Although a study released today found that 8 of 10 respondents had received unsolicited mobile phone messages and warned that the intrusions will only worsen, one analyst questioned whether the problem was as significant as the study made it seem. “Every form of communication, old and new, gets spammed — from ‘voice spam’ on the streets of New York City to junk mail in my post office box to telemarketers on phones to e-mail messages to whatever,” Pete Lindstrom, research director at Spire Security, told TechNewsWorld.
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Study Finds Mobile Phone Spam on the Increase
Posted by: Susan B. Shor February 9, 2005 09:57 AMAlthough a study released today found that 8 of 10 respondents had received unsolicited mobile phone messages and warned that the intrusions will only worsen, one analyst questioned whether the problem was as significant as the study made it seem. “Every form of communication, old and new, gets spammed — from ‘voice spam’ on the streets of New York City to junk mail in my post office box to telemarketers on phones to e-mail messages to whatever,” Pete Lindstrom, research director at Spire Security, told TechNewsWorld.