Mobiles tout spam fix
By Xu Chi |
August 26, 2010, Thursday
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MOBILE phone companies are pushing what they call a "beautiful view" - your mobile phone's display unspoiled by spam messages.
Whenever you receive junk messages telling you that you have won 1 million yuan (US$147,046) or whatever, the companies promise, you'll be able to report the sender's number to police and they will track down the spammers and scammers with the help of a stronger real-name registration policy.
Customer service staff workers with China Mobile said they will be getting serious about name registration starting next Wednesday, in accord with a Ministry of Industry and Information Technology requirement.
Mobile phone users will have to register their phone number with their own ID cards at local mobile business offices, or the company will no longer handle their mobile phone services such as a change in calling plans.
The staff workers said the new policy would help curb spammers if adopted widely across the country. But many people are dubious.
The main problem is that although mobile phone operators have been promoting the policy since May 31, they are only urging their customers to do so, not forcing them.
"If you want to track down the name and locations of the spammers, at least you should be sure that they too have registered their phones with real names," said He Yaochao, a critic at Naihai.com.
"But how can you persuade them to register their phones, which is quite like a suicidal attempt, instead of forcing them to do so by laws and regulations?" He said.
Whenever you receive junk messages telling you that you have won 1 million yuan (US$147,046) or whatever, the companies promise, you'll be able to report the sender's number to police and they will track down the spammers and scammers with the help of a stronger real-name registration policy.
Customer service staff workers with China Mobile said they will be getting serious about name registration starting next Wednesday, in accord with a Ministry of Industry and Information Technology requirement.
Mobile phone users will have to register their phone number with their own ID cards at local mobile business offices, or the company will no longer handle their mobile phone services such as a change in calling plans.
The staff workers said the new policy would help curb spammers if adopted widely across the country. But many people are dubious.
The main problem is that although mobile phone operators have been promoting the policy since May 31, they are only urging their customers to do so, not forcing them.
"If you want to track down the name and locations of the spammers, at least you should be sure that they too have registered their phones with real names," said He Yaochao, a critic at Naihai.com.
"But how can you persuade them to register their phones, which is quite like a suicidal attempt, instead of forcing them to do so by laws and regulations?" He said.
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