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Text Messages To Replace Stamps In Sweden

Posted by samzenpus on from the mobile-licking dept.

99luftballon writes "Sweden and Denmark are running tests on replacing stamps with text messages. The writer sends a text message to a central server, which bills for the stamp and returns a code to be written on the letter. It's an interesting system but it better have very good security. Could this be the end of stamp collections and philately?"

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  1. Fraud by StripedCow · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Just wait until a postman copies the code to a package of his own, and just destroys the original package.

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    If Pandora's box is destined to be opened, *I* want to be the one to open it.
    1. Re:Fraud by 91degrees · · Score: 3, Interesting

      That's quite a high risk for few krona worth of postage.

  2. Re:Nice to get this from slashdot by rajanala83 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    A system like this, operated by the Deutsche Post in Germany, is working since over a year. Works like a charm. Fast & Reliable. Almost, but not entirely, unlike Slasdot editors.