Talk:SMS spoofing

No, SMS spoofing is not just used maliciously
There are, of course, legitimate reasons for SMS spoofing. Eg. you want a foxytag account, and don't have a mobile phone. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jgombos (talk • contribs) 06:42, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

SPAM
In the fourth section, it says about mobile phone spam. This has nothing to do with SMS Spoofing, maybe move it to a spam related article. --Jenkinsp 17:08, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Permission
It looks like that the author of this article has given its permission to be used as a source here.--Woohookitty(cat scratches) 09:10, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

Felony
Can someone cite an article that explains what countries this is a illegal in? It's a bold statement to just say that it's a felony.
 * In the US, there is an attempt to outlaw sms spoofing in bill S.030.. but it has not passed yet AFAIK. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jgombos (talk • contribs) 21:54, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

"A user may also modify the phone's settings so that only messages from authorized numbers are allowed
so why don't phones always some like that?

and what's an authorized number any way? how does it know? >_< —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.173.113.96 (talk) 13:42, 11 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Because it's not up to the providers to decide who their customers can and cannot communicate with. There would be a public outcry if manufactures of cellphones (or carriers) began blocking "unknown" numbers without the user first opting in.

In response to your second question, an authorized number is generally one that exists in the users contacts. Eliwins (talk) 01:14, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Rahul Lakhaney, a FreeLance Information Security Consultant Found a major vulnerability in Facebook, He used SMS spoofing to change people's Status by sending spoofed SMS from Victim's Number (spoofed) to the standard Facebook status update number. According to him the vulnerability still exists in Facebook.

Edit request from 209.87.254.222, 28 March 2011
On SMS Spoofing, the last URL links to a page that isn't there. The Threat of SMS Spoofing:Prevent Revenue Loss by Securing The Network Against Fraudulent Attack

It should either be fixed to point to a valid page, or be removed.

209.87.254.222 (talk) 15:51, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done. If you have another link to put in its place, let us know. Thanks, — Bility (talk) 17:08, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Why possible?
This seems like a huge security hole. Does the network really accept SMS with arbitrary sender id/phone number? As the phone's and SIM's identities are known, this seems unnecessary. Those with a legitimate need to use alternative identities could have these noted in a registry. These issues are not discussed here, nor (what I can see) in the articles about the SMS protocols or Mobile security. --LPfi (talk) 12:51, 16 September 2017 (UTC)