I saw this reported on a TV show a couple weeks ago amid much outcry... but just as with pretty much everything else, the price of an SMS is set acording to supply and demand. If enough people are willing to pay 5p per message, then that's what the carriers are going to charge!
There is no ethical issue here. Your argument demonstrates there's no *legal* issue.
The ethical issue remains - is it right to go poking around someone's private belongings; i.e., the stuff they don't want shared with anyone else?
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I saw this reported on a TV show a couple weeks ago amid much outcry... but just as with pretty much everything else, the price of an SMS is set acording to supply and demand. If enough people are willing to pay 5p per message, then that's what the carriers are going to charge!