Indian Politicos Dilute Vision with SMS Spam

In a case of over doing it, Indian politicians - who are in in the midst of five rounds of national elections that will finish May 10th - have been manipulating SMS technology into a tool of annoyance.

Excerpts from John Alderman's article in TheFeature.com.

"Voters have complained of waves of spam being spread by parties that convinced operators to send messages to their entire customer base".

"In addition to unsolicited SMS and email, voters have received recorded messages from politicians in their voicemail, in landlines and mobiles".

"The head of one software company bragged it had software capable of sending up to 10 million SMS an hour".

emily | 9:49 AM | SMS and Politics |
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