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Protect Your Cell Phone From Spam

Posted by Hemos on from the must-protect-phone dept.

Dejected @Work writes "If wireless technology ever kicks off you may be getting spam phone calls - "hot deals 10 feet away". If so you will have to use techniques like RMI, BrightMail, and latest e-mail filters to keep phone spam free. This article examines some of these tools and programming concepts."

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  1. Trouble ahead. by MWoody · · Score: 3, Funny

    Uh, oh. I get lots of spam on my computer, and it sucks. And now I'm going to get lots of spam on my phone.

    The difference?

    I can throw my phone...

    1. Re:Trouble ahead. by gnovos · · Score: 3, Funny

      Or better yet, you can walk the extra block to the place that was advertized and throw a mad hissy fit complete with top-of-the-lungs yelling and screaming (don't forget sailor cursing!) about how much you hate spam and how angry and pissed off you get when you get it sent to your phone. Make a habit out of it. They can't really expect to keep you out with tresspass laws since they are *specifically* targeting you with an invitation to come to thier store. (IANAL, but I don't see how you could invite somone over to you house and then arrest him for trespassing when he steps through the door. Correct me if I'm wrong.) If you, and all your friends, do this loud enough and long enough, perhaps within earshot of a news reporter on a slow news day, pretty soon there will be a huge stigma against spamming passersby.

      --
      "Your superior intellect is no match for our puny weapons!"
    2. Re:Trouble ahead. by mbennis · · Score: 1, Funny
      In the midlle of a work meeting :
      BZZZZ BZZZ BEEP BEEP
      Me : "Sorry i have to answer, waiting for an important call...."
      looking on the phone screen :
      ENLARGE YOUR PENIS, FREE MORTGAGE NOW!!!!!

      Me : "Sorry familly stuff"....:-)

  2. depends on whats for sale by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hi, my name is Jenny im 18 and me and my girlfriend were wondering if you wanted to see us live ...

    Hmm.. except, this is the kind of thing I'd purchase "in real life" ;)

    1. Re:depends on whats for sale by amanb · · Score: 2, Funny

      > Hi, my name is Jenny im 18 and me and my girlfriend were wondering if you wanted to see us live ...

      No, Ms. Jenny, but what wouldn't I give to see you die?

  3. Won't happen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    If I know the spammer is ten feet away chances are I might go there and "#@£% his @#"! :-)

  4. beating people up by FrenZon · · Score: 2, Funny

    The majority of spam messages are from anonymous or overseas accounts where it is extremely hard to track down the physical location for the seller.

    If someone sends me a message telling me that "HOT DEALS ARE 10 FEET AWAY!" then unless the deals are really hot, there is going to be a lot of yelling, screaming and physical activity going on.

    Of course, if the message is along the lines of "MY GIRLFRIENDS WANT YOU NOW!!!", the yelling, screaming and 'physical activity' may be of a more pleasant nature.

  5. Imagine having a spammer in front of you by spacey · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd consider carrying mace if that "Deal 10 ft away" scenario came into being.

    -Peter

    --
    == Just my opinion(s)
  6. PORN ADS CAUSE CELL PHONES TO BE BANNED! by phunhippy · · Score: 3, Funny

    hehe I can see the headlines now! US district court has declared that cell phones are a transmission device that carry morally offensive advertising and will be banned in all areas to protect children..

    hehe that would be amusing... first hold the backbones liable for the content.. then the cell phone providers.. well it would stop possible cell ads in the futre :|

  7. That headline.. by Stonehead · · Score: 3, Funny

    would be a typical SMS message to expect.. :L

  8. You can fight back by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    I've already received SMS spam. The message, repeated 3 times over the course of a month, read "Refinance for 4% - Call Ed - 520-xxx-yyyy" (I don't remember the actual number).

    So, I decided to help the guy advertise. I went to Google, typed in 'XXX "free for all" link' and placed ads on about 30 sex related free-for-all pages reading "FREE PHONE SEX! - Try us out! 520-xxx-yyyy".

    Interestingly, I haven't received any more spam from that place.

    (Posting anonymously in case anybody who knows the spammer reads /.)

  9. Spam, Spam Spam... by mlknowle · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just realized that I spend more time reading about spam on /. then I do deleting it from my inbox.