Effective Date: September 18, 2026 Last Updated: September 4, 2026
This Privacy Policy describes how Pojava, LLC ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and protects information when you use the lessms Android application ("App") and the less.ms website ("Website"), collectively referred to as the "Service."
The short version: Your SMS and MMS messages stay on your device. Nothing is sent to us automatically, ever. The one exception is entirely up to you: if you choose to contribute an example to the Spam Library, that single message is stripped of personal details on your device, shown to you for approval, and only then sent. Everything else we collect is what is necessary to manage your account, license, and trial.
The following data is processed entirely on your device and is never transmitted to our servers:
The less.ms website may collect standard web server logs including IP address, browser type, referring URL, and pages visited. We may use this information to understand usage patterns and improve the Website. We do not use third-party advertising trackers.
The Spam Library is a public, community-built collection of spam examples. Contributing is entirely optional; the App never submits anything on its own.
How a contribution is made. Contributing is an action you take in the App, and the App displays what will be sent before you take it. By choosing to submit, you are voluntarily contributing the sanitized text to the less.ms website for publication in the Spam Library.
What happens on your device, before anything is sent. The message is processed locally to replace personal details with placeholders: your name and any names you have listed become {name}, phone numbers become {phone}, email addresses become {email}, and web links keep only their main domain, with the rest becoming {sub} and {path}. The result is displayed to you in full. Nothing is transmitted unless you then choose to submit it.
What is published. Only the placeholder-substituted text. Your name is not attached to it, and neither is your account — there is no account involved at any point. A published entry gives a reader no way to learn who contributed it.
What we retain privately. Each submission carries a random identifier generated for your installation of the App. We keep it so that if a set of submissions turns out to be inaccurate or abusive, we can withdraw them. This identifier refers to the app installation, not to you. It is not linked to your website account, your email address, your phone number, your device identifier, or your name, and reinstalling the App replaces it. We do not use it to build a profile of a contributor, to infer anything about a contributor's interests or characteristics, or for any purpose other than moderating the library.
What the message asked you for. When you contribute, you may optionally tell us what the message asked of you — for example whether it asked for a password, a payment, a donation, or was simply an advert. This covers the message itself and any page it linked to, if you had already opened it. This is voluntary, you can leave it blank, and we never ask you to open a link to find out. We use it to classify the campaign, because a message that is only a link tells a reviewer nothing about its purpose. This answer is never published and never attached to a public entry; it is visible only to reviewers.
Review before publication. Submissions are held for review by a person before appearing publicly, so that anything containing personal information the automatic processing missed can be rejected.
Sender numbers. The sender's number is submitted with the example, because it is often part of what identifies a spam campaign. Bear in mind that spam senders routinely forge numbers, so a number appearing in the library does not mean its rightful owner sent the message.
Contributing from the website instead. You can also submit an example from the less.ms website, which requires you to be signed in. The processing is the same and still happens entirely in your browser: names, phone numbers, email addresses and link details are replaced before anything is sent, and the page shows you the exact text that would be submitted. The original message is never transmitted.
How a website submission differs. A submission made in the App carries a random identifier tied to that installation and to nothing else. A submission made on the website is instead recorded against an identifier derived from your account. That identifier is not your account name, your email address or your account number, it is never displayed anywhere on the site, it is never attached to a published entry, and it cannot be reversed using our database alone. An administrator can derive it in order to withdraw submissions from an account that has abused the library. We do not use it for any other purpose, and it is not used to build a profile of a contributor.
We are describing this plainly because it is a real difference: an App contribution is anonymous to us, while a website contribution is anonymous to other people and to the website itself, but is deliberately linkable by an administrator so that abuse can be undone. If you would prefer the App's arrangement, contribute from the App.
Please note: because a published entry cannot be traced back to you, we generally cannot identify and remove a specific past contribution on request. Review the text carefully before submitting.
We use the information we collect to:
We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for their marketing purposes.
We do not sell your personal information. We may share information in the following limited circumstances:
We use industry-standard measures to protect your information, including:
No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.
The Service is not directed to children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, please contact us at support@pojava.com and we will delete it promptly.
You have the following rights regarding your personal information:
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at support@pojava.com. We will respond within 30 days.
The App and Website offer optional sign-in via Google. If you use this feature, Google may collect information per their own Privacy Policy. We receive only your email address and a Google account identifier from this flow.
SMS and MMS messages you send or receive travel through your mobile carrier's network under your carrier's terms and privacy policy. We have no control over and no access to your carrier's handling of your messages.
Purchases are processed by Google Play. We do not receive or store your payment details, and we are not told when a purchase is made. Please review Google's privacy policy for details on how payment information is handled.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post the updated policy on the Website with a new effective date. For material changes — particularly changes that affect how we handle your SMS-related data or your account information — we will notify registered users by email at least 14 days before the changes take effect. Continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Pojava, LLC support@pojava.com