UM-Bot Posted February 21, 2020 #1 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Samsung Galaxy owners were left puzzled when a strange message was sent out during the night. https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/334834/mystery-message-spooks-smartphone-owners 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Desertrat56 Posted February 21, 2020 #2 Share Posted February 21, 2020 As long as it no longer burst into flames. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Buzzkill Posted February 21, 2020 #3 Share Posted February 21, 2020 I got the message. It was a bit unnerving wondering who was trying to "find my phone" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robotic Jew Posted February 21, 2020 #4 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Don't believe it. It's obviously the government. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted February 21, 2020 #5 Share Posted February 21, 2020 I noticed it, but I can't say I was particularly spooked by it. I assumed it was something I'd hit inadvertently, which is not uncommon. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted February 21, 2020 #6 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Quote "This notification was confirmed as a message sent unintentionally during internal testing and there is no effect on your device," a spokesperson wrote on the Samsung UK Twitter page. "Samsung apologises for any inconvenience this may have caused to our customers and will work to prevent similar cases from occurring in the future." https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/334834/mystery-message-spooks-smartphone-owners Sorted. Suppose they have sacked the person who unintentionally sent it or at least had a few words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiff Posted February 21, 2020 #7 Share Posted February 21, 2020 This was quite bizarre as I got the message twice (last night and the night before) on an old S7 with no SIM card in that I use to watch youtube on via wifi while my S10 charges. It didn't come through on the S10 or mrs Stiff's S10 either. Odd. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Reaper 6 Posted February 21, 2020 #8 Share Posted February 21, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, UM-Bot said: Samsung Galaxy owners were left puzzled when a strange message was sent out during the night. https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/334834/mystery-message-spooks-smartphone-owners My wife also received, but at home the encrypted firewall I use would not allow an intrusion. Peace Edited February 21, 2020 by Manwon Lender 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mktexan Posted February 21, 2020 #9 Share Posted February 21, 2020 As a software developer, I can see all too easily how this happened. It was too easy of a mistake and someone wasn't paying attention when testing push notifications and sent the message to the wrong environment. Woops, hope the person keeps their job! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted February 22, 2020 #10 Share Posted February 22, 2020 (edited) Yup... kind of like inadvertently clicking on "reply all" Edited February 22, 2020 by and then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the frog Posted February 22, 2020 #11 Share Posted February 22, 2020 lol, that's so easy to spread mass paranoia now that everybody have a new god, their smartphone ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glorybebe Posted February 22, 2020 #12 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Neither I nor my daughter received these on our Samsungs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted February 22, 2020 #13 Share Posted February 22, 2020 (edited) It wasn't just Galaxy owners affected, apparently. "Over on Twitter Samsung was claiming the alert only affected a "limited number of Galaxy devices" – yet readers using non-Galaxy phones got in touch to tell us they had received the notification. ""I'm just letting you know this message appeared on my Norwegian Samsung XCover 4," said Tomas, who had also not set up Find my Mobile. "Others reported seeing other people's personal data on Samsung's account management page when they logged in to change passwords as a security precaution. "Yet more still found details missing altogether." Full monty at The Register UK: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/21/samsung_find_my_phone_notification_questions/ Edited February 22, 2020 by Eldorado 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted February 22, 2020 #14 Share Posted February 22, 2020 There's a Samsung account management page is there? Where's that then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted February 26, 2020 #15 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Latest: Samsung mystery notification may not have been as innocent as company first claimed "Samsung has now admitted there was a data breach but claim it only affected “a small number” of customers. "Given Samsung is the number one seller of smartphones globally, a “small number” of its users could still be a very sizeable amount. "“A technical error resulted in a small number of users being able to access the details of another user,” a Samsung spokesperson told The Register." At News dot com Australia: https://www.news.com.au/technology/gadgets/mobile-phones/samsung-mystery-notification-may-not-have-been-as-innocent-as-company-first-claimed/news-story/4fa64ee2069a4dd223ff1242853194a7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted February 26, 2020 #16 Share Posted February 26, 2020 6 hours ago, Eldorado said: "“A technical error resulted in a small number of users being able to access the details of another user,” a Samsung spokesperson told The Register." Well, I couldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Desertrat56 Posted February 26, 2020 #17 Share Posted February 26, 2020 14 hours ago, Eldorado said: Given Samsung is the number one seller of smartphones globally, a “small number” of its users could still be a very sizeable amount Why is that? Given their history I would not waste money on any of their products. You can buy an iPhone that will last years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scholar4Truth Posted February 27, 2020 #18 Share Posted February 27, 2020 This isn't the first time cell phone users have been sent strange text It happened this past year back in November but in that case it was a glitch with T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cell-phones-mysterious-text-messages_n_5dc4424fe4b0d8eb3c917dcf?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJ5X6ynbml17GSr_ONWfzjSamLNWCNerlE4b2tMsxQZWNUXNtkV8LcPOm9PSlZUXXxYxn1U3BghPCeT7JEu0TfwvyuxSQHFHPdCV-Nvu66R7YpUNUG00VGjPmgV03DLKvkeTZs1z9AhXENpWr2HCbQF5BVXKAj4t2yLSbzHghSt1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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