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I am still stunned that they respond so swiftly to this but have not dealt with SMS spoofing in years: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3509228 http://news.
by richardburton 15y ago
I am still stunned that they respond so swiftly to this but have not dealt with SMS spoofing in years:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3509228 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3509228
This is certainly bad, but SMS spoofing has the potential to do a lot more damage. People trust SMS too much.
- talkingquickly 15y agoThis seems to be quite a simple fix; SMS spoofing's a much more complicated problem I think because it requires co-operation across carriers. There are also a lot of services which rely on "legitimate spoofing" e.g. skype allowing you to send text messages from it's service which appear to be from your actual mobile number (so they can be replied to etc).
- richardburton 15y agoJust because it is complicated does not mean it should not be dealt with. Fast.
- mooism2 15y agoIt's complicated, so fast is the last thing you want --- unless you're happy with a high risk of inadvertently introducing new loopholes.
- richardburton 15y agoCurrently they are doing nothing. So I stand corrected. Faster than 0mph.
- mooism2 15y agoI agree it needs fixing, and that the phone companies should try to fix it. Just not in haste.
- dan_b 15y agoIt's a feature, not a bug.