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I'm suspicious of any messaging system that has ties into rich media / embedded-in-chat content. I even wish I could disable URL previews, gifs, and inline images in Signal.

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I didn't know it was possible to disable URL previews in iMessage[1] until I read this comment. Does toggling this setting only prevent the preview from displaying or does it prevent the fetch altogether? I wish there were a way to white list the URL previews for certain contacts rather than turning it off all or nothing.

[1]https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7677834

It can be your "trusted" contacts that infect you though.

"Jeff Bezos was hacked by a file sent from the WhatsApp account of the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bezos_phone_hacking

I didn't see a way to disable URL previews in that thread. The given "solution" is wrong -- it just disables message previews in the lock screen.

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