Observed arrival · 2026-09-18
NoiseGate, a spam filter that stops texts at the door
NoiseGate is an Android SMS/MMS app designed to quarantine spam before it reaches the phone’s main inbox.
- For
- Android users tired of SMS spam
- Worth noticing
- Four filtering stages combine device rules, reported spam, similarity matching, and an AI decision.
Field notes
The site specifies a four-stage pipeline: device rules, matches against reported spam, similarity search, and AI judgment. Its examples show ordinary contacts and delivery notices passing through while a loan advertisement is quarantined, including one 98% similarity result. The stated privacy model keeps classification text from being retained and stores only reported spam, while contacts remain on the device. The Android release is still marked as being prepared for the Play Store.
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