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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. 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 :|

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

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

  4. 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 /.)

  5. 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.