So what about texts sent between Messages users who have spam protection enabled? In that case, Google would theoretically store both of their numbers. Meanwhile, carriers who support spam reporting may receive a separate copy of the spammer’s last message and phone number. Google’s software may prompt you to submit a manual report if it identifies a message as spam, at which point “up to 10” of the suspected spammer’s messages will be sent to Google. However, Google’s support site, which was recently updated with details about data protections, notes that if you choose to manually report a message as spam, then the full contents of the message is sent.
To help identify spammers, Google temporarily stores the phone numbers of people sending and receiving messages with you and the times they messaged with you, but does not store your phone number or the content of these messages. In a statement provided to The Verge, a spokesperson from Google said: Messages users can already report spam texts, but by working automatically in the background, Google now collects and temporarily stores phone numbers. Google was quick to downplay privacy concerns about the way the feature tracks and stores details about the messages sent. “Google temporarily stores the phone numbers of people sending and receiving messages with you.”
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