19
2008
Cordless Phones and Cell Phones
Scams:
A rather new problem with cell phones is scam messaging. Low lives and criminals try to trick people into sending money into their account. This is becoming a real problem now as people posing as the network inform people via sms that they have won a lot of money and in order to get their hands on that money they should send a small amount usually 20 or 30 to this account or number. Sadly a survey shows that an alarming amount of people actually fall for this and do actually send the money, and then wait for their prize. Messaging which should have been a fun way of staying in contact with your friends is also used for this purpose and in this way the service is abused.
Pranks and Misleading Information:
Cell phones are also used to carry out pranks and other jokes which in actuality are not funny and they do more damage that good. Pranks such as bomb threats and death threats are not funny at all, yet people send them to random numbers just to have a good laugh. They do this because they know that their identity is secure and there is no way the receiver of that message can find out who the sender is. Similarly, forwarding messages that are unverified and half true can be destructive. It can worsen an already bad situation. For example bomb scares spread like wild fire by forwarding that sms to a large number of people, then those people forward it to other people and so on. This can create paranoia and anxiety.
No More Privacy:
Due to cell phones are lives are no longer private. Cell phone cameras have made sure of this. You can never be sure when someone is taking your picture or recording your video. Due to the powerful cameras and zoom features of modern cell phones anybodys picture or video can be taken in high quality, no matter where they are. Further more tracking services by network providers can be accessed by anyone and we can be located anytime via our cell phones.
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