No tech that can't be abused

[jducoeur]

*Sigh*. It is depressing to realize that I am beginning to want not just anti-virus for my phone, but anti-malware filters for my text messages. I just got a text that is a *screamingly* obvious phishing spam, but I suspect a lot of people will fall for it anyway...

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[jducoeur]

In this particular case, it doesn't claim to be from a company: it's disguised as a personal message, which contains a URL (obfuscated so I can't tell where it goes to, but I'm not going to open it). The general smell is that of malware distribution.

Anyway, hadn't occurred to me that the phone companies actively prosecute this stuff. I'll see if I still have the thread live on my phone with the information -- thanks...

[zydee.livejournal.com]

Most welcome :) Yeah, phone companies get tetchy about people sending fraudulent stuff over their systems.