Stalker Send SMS Terror Down Under

Guess they didn't see this one coming: in Australia, a new Telstra initiative allowing text messages to be sent from public telephones is being exploited by a stalker who is sending terrifying mobile text messages to a Brisbane woman.
And can you guess how Telstra is handling this? "A Telstra spokesman said people had had the ability to make anonymous calls from public telephones for the past 50 to 60 years and the text service was no different." This is surely going to backfire on Telstra...

| 7:54 PM | Bullying by SMS |
The Permanent Link to this page is: http://www.textually.org/textually/archives/2004/02/003024.htm