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iCloud Users Continue to Be Plagued by Calendar Spam

I've been getting a LOT of spam to my email inbox lately... a few a day unfortunately.

No calendar spam to speak of yet. Knocking on wood.
 
pgiguere1 said:
Part of the issue is that some users tend to click "OK" to popups without reading them, which is what makes them subscribed to spam calendars in the first place.

Apple could make this less likely simply by respecting their own Human Interface Guidelines.

This is what the modal looks like.

"Cancel" button should be on the left, and "OK" button should be a verb like "Subscribe".

From Apple's HIG:
  • "Cancel buttons should always be on the left."
  • "To the extent possible, use verbs and verb phrases that relate directly to the alert title and message—for example, View All, Reply, or Ignore. Use OK for simple acceptance."
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yeah, this happened to one of our kids, teachable moment of not accepting the ok's on everything. turns out adults need to take a pause and read things too. interesting on their HIG, would be good for them to make that change assuming most people don't take the time to slow down and actually consider the options.
 
I’ve never had this issue, but I do have a recurring problem with old appointments from months ago in my calendar popping up as if they’re about to happen. When I go to the old appointment one of the reminder entries is usually something random like “Remind me in 159 days and 6 hours”.
 
pgiguere1 said:
Part of the issue is that some users tend to click "OK" to popups without reading them, which is what makes them subscribed to spam calendars in the first place.

Apple could make this less likely simply by respecting their own Human Interface Guidelines.

This is what the modal looks like.

"Cancel" button should be on the left, and "OK" button should be a verb like "Subscribe".

From Apple's HIG:
  • "Cancel buttons should always be on the left."
  • "To the extent possible, use verbs and verb phrases that relate directly to the alert title and message—for example, View All, Reply, or Ignore. Use OK for simple acceptance."
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apple hig isn’t up to date, from a UX design POV, they should regularly update it. What you showed in that modal screenshot is good to put cancel on the right instead of the left. Most users commonly select the right button first.

what they can improve on is the wording, not now vs cancel, or subscribe vs ok.

and yes the other problem is that majority of the people don’t read, so no matter how yu design something people are just lazy and design has limits, users don’t
 
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This happened with my mom and I still don't know how she got these spams. Cause she didn't remember and I never got one.
 
ian87w said:
The video shows how simple it is to just unsubscribe the calendar (how did one even subscribe to a spam calendar in the first place?).

What else can Apple do?
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I've had this problem, too lol. I found a youtube video that explains where they come from:

Yes - I probably go to too many dodgy/adult sites 🙃
 
Cndnmax said:
You have to approve it for it to be added to your calendar. Stop clicking OK without reading the pop up window and you’ll be fine lol.
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This is what gives “Security Researchers” heartburn. The fact that most security exploits require user intervention, but those don’t make for sexy front page clickbait. SO, they have to go full “chicken little” about it and obscure the details and if it goes viral fast enough, then millions all over the world will have read their name before the inevitable “Oh, you have to unlock your phone and hand it to the attacker? And, every now and then, reauthenticate when asked?”
 
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Has anyone figured out how to unlink the Facebook birthday calendar? I did it 10 years ago but it still shows birthdays linked to my Home calendar. The only work around is to uncheck that calendar in settings.
 
Definitely not Apple's fault when people are click happy without reading what they're doing....

Also not Apples fault people are visiting porn sites that are dodgy! 😆😆😆😆😆
 
I've seen spam texts, but not calendar invites. Any email address can get sent ICS files that look like a calendar invite, but are just spam links.
 
My boys get spam messages from roblox and one of them got it through their iPad mini, it’s an easy problem to delete but I got annoyed after his iPad went off every 10 minutes while it was charging from like a ton of spam calendar invites 🤣🤣 freaking kids 😭😭
 
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