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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. 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 /.)