u/DuskHyde

Image 1 — Received SMS from "jss" with no other sender info
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Image 3 — Received SMS from "jss" with no other sender info
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Received SMS from "jss" with no other sender info

ETA: whoops, I'm dumb. Resolved, I managed to probably half-asleep send this to myself.

also posted this on Apple's community discussions, so if I get any more information from there, I'll update this thread.)

Device: iPhone 12 Pro Max

OS version: iOS 26.5

I received a weird SMS this morning without sender information. It shows up in my inbox as being from "jss". Screenshots attached of the message in my inbox, once opened, and of the "sender".

I initially assumed that some kind of glitch happened and that it was from my wife, because it's the kind of content we would share to each other, from a subreddit that we both follow. But "jss" is the only sender information that shows up, period. I checked the URL itself by long-pressing the link, and it's just a normal link, no weird tracking/additions at the end or deceptive URLs. Furthermore, I asked my wife if she sent me the link, and she did not. She looked through all of her texts sent to me, just in case she sent me something while half-asleep. She had no recollection of having seen the post, either.

Even if she did, I'm not sure why it would have shown up this way. I'm a little freaked out. If I recall correctly, "JSS" is an acronym referring to something with Javascript, but I don't know if or how that would relate to this. I'd really appreciate any insight. I put my phone in lockdown mode for now, which I know may be an overreaction and/or useless for this purpose. Thanks in advance!

u/DuskHyde — 3 days ago