SMART Communications is taking more action to block clickable links in all SMS passing through its network as a way of curbing the rise of smishing.
"Upon closer study, however, we decided to forego this approach. Notably, neither the National Telecommunications Commission nor the National Privacy Commission has ordered the ban on clickable links in SMS," Angel Redoble, first vice president and chief information security officer of PLDT and Smart said.
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