The Liberty Alliance today announced it will write specifications designed to enhance the privacy of mobile messaging, a lucrative, but insecure way of selling content. The alliance is a consortium of industry representatives working to create online authentication standards. The newly formed alliance team will focus on SMS (short message service) and MMS (multimedia messaging service) standards, which will make it easier for content providers to offer paid services such as ring tones, skins and wallpaper.
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Liberty Alliance To Create Privacy for Phone Transactions
Posted by: Susan B. Shor June 21, 2005 10:02 AMThe Liberty Alliance today announced it will write specifications designed to enhance the privacy of mobile messaging, a lucrative, but insecure way of selling content. The alliance is a consortium of industry representatives working to create online authentication standards. The newly formed alliance team will focus on SMS (short message service) and MMS (multimedia messaging service) standards, which will make it easier for content providers to offer paid services such as ring tones, skins and wallpaper.