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New security scheme tracks text spammers in hours
2013-08-09 14:15:44| InfoWorld: Top News
A new way to track the source of spam text messages can detect culprits within two hours, helping reduce the illicit traffic that can clog cell towers and disconnect legitimate calls, researchers say. Called Greystar, the scheme invokes the use of phone numbers assigned to laptops, tablets and the like, which don't typically receive any SMS messages, according to the research to be presented at the 22nd Usenix Security conference next week.
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