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US Cell Phone Users Discover SMS Spam
The Llama King writes "It's a bigger problem in Europe and Japan/Asia, but as SMS text messaging or "texting" becomes more popular in the United States, its users are discovering that spammers like it too, according to this Houston Chronicle story. Cell phone companies are trying to stem the spam flood before it starts, worried that users will turn off their phones, thus denying providers revenue."
You would regret this after a party, if you forgot to add girl's number to your contact list :)
I new the US mobile system was fucked up, but I didn't think it was that bad.
Sure sounds like you're getting royally ripped off.
Government of the people, by corporate executives, for corporate profits.
I can't wait until I start getting ASCII porn messages on my phone.
"Much work is lost, for the lack of a little more." -Edward H. Harriman
...and racking up a great big for her.
That sounds like a lot of the spam I get.
$x='S24;r)>63/* h@<5+oZ)32"5cz';$me='phroggy'x$];
$x=~y+ -xz+\0-Tx+;print$_^chop$me for split'',$x;
Make the sender pay with what? A $0.05 credit card charge? Mail them a bill? Require them to establish an account beforehand?
If you make the sender pay, then you're severely reducing the usefulness of the service.
There is a simple solution to stop spammers: put a bounty on them. Hell, I'd gladly put a good $100k on a spammer's head. If we all put bounties on spammers, spamming would be eliminated. Wha-la!