Sabtu, 19 Februari 2011

GSMA Will Recommend a "Mark as Spam" System

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The GSM Association aka GSMA will recommend operators to join a program that lets mobile users to report spam messages. Operators like AT&T, Bell Mobility, Sprint and Vodafone had also participated.

Alan Ranger, vice president for Cloudmark's mobile marketing said that users can forward suspicious spam content to 7726, which spells out as spam in the numeric format.  Cloudmark will be selling and managing the spam report service. Once a user reports an SMS, the service blocks them from coming on to a mobile user’s cell phone. 

For users in the U.S., receiving five such unsolicited messages a day may not seem uncommon, according to messaging security firm Cloudmark. Users in Asian countries may find themselves deleting upwards of 50 unsolicited text messages in a single day.

Users were urged to forward any messages they suspected to be spam to “7726,” a text message short code that corresponds to the word spam. Most spammers buy up prepaid SIM cards, Cloudmark says, and send out spam messages until the card runs out.

An ongoing effort to reduce the message’s effectiveness is a necessity according to Cloudmark. Adult-oriented messages may redirect a user to a malicious phishing website. 
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