http://www.adotas.com/2006/08/report-spammers-taking-over-text-messages/ Where Interactive Advertising Begins Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:04:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://www.adotas.com/2006/08/report-spammers-taking-over-text-messages/#comment-15344 Adotas » For Better or for Worse, Mobile is on the Move Mon, 14 Aug 2006 15:41:01 +0000 http://www.adotas.com/2006/08/report-spammers-taking-over-text-messages/#comment-15344 [...] As convenient as it may be for advertisers and consumers alike, making contact with outsiders via mobile inevitably makes for vulnerability. As we reported on August 4th, millions of text message spams are already in circulation. The most frustrating aspect of those unwanted texts, irritation aside, is that mobile users actually end up paying for them. It can also be pretty disappointing to get some of those marketing messages. How many of us have been excited to get a text on a slow day only to see that that it's our network announcing yet another offer? [...] [...] As convenient as it may be for advertisers and consumers alike, making contact with outsiders via mobile inevitably makes for vulnerability. As we reported on August 4th, millions of text message spams are already in circulation. The most frustrating aspect of those unwanted texts, irritation aside, is that mobile users actually end up paying for them. It can also be pretty disappointing to get some of those marketing messages. How many of us have been excited to get a text on a slow day only to see that that it’s our network announcing yet another offer? [...]

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