Can spam messages be eliminated through unified code?

Starting from on January 1, December 1, China Mobile, China Unicom, China Telecom, and China Netcom all start with "106"CodeTo achieve "four-in-one", the industry believes this is conducive to further reduce spam messages and illegal ordering.
After the four-network integration, do users receive less spam messages? According to a joint survey with a technology channel and 3G portal network, two users said spam messages were "greatly reduced". Industry analysts believe that some spam messages will be tightened.

Half of users choose "tolerance"

According to the survey data, more than half of users said they would not take the initiative to complain to regulatory authorities or operators when receiving spam messages because they felt "useless ". according to the 3G portal survey, the customer did not know the phone number of the complaint. the number of users who do not know the phone number is close to three, which shows that the promotion of anti-spam messages by operators and regulatory authorities is still to be improved.

Surprisingly, long-term crackdown on illegal content such as pornography is still an important part of spam messages. according to the survey, about 484 of 104 people received similar text messages, accounting for 21.5%. according to 3G portal data, the content of pornographic text messages is as high as 38.5%.

According to a supplementary survey jointly conducted by the 3G portal, the number of SP text messages starting with 106 in pornographic text messages has dropped to 20.7%, and the number of point-to-point text messages occupies 34.8%. according to the reporter's understanding, a considerable part of these pornographic text messages are promotional messages sent from pornographic sites. the highest proportion is the wap push (WAP website push information) that does not see the other party's number ).

According to industry insiders, the reason why such wap push is rampant is that it turns the content into garbled characters through technical means and avoids operator inspection.

The attacker is still the culprit

"SP is much more honest now, but it is still difficult to control illegal groups. fu Liang, director of Wanfang consulting and research, said that the ability to send spam messages from SP has been restricted. "Four network SP code is only the beginning. fu Liang believes that the four network SP code integration means that the Ministry of Information Industry, operators and SP will gradually strengthen their own management. "The Ministry of Information Industry needs to increase management efforts to revoke power and permissions. SP only has one code and also needs to build a brand for the code."

Some insiders believe that the number of illegal text messages sent based on the SP platform of the operator is gradually decreasing. However, due to the widespread use of SMS message senders and the violation of independent WAP websites through wap push, therefore, illegal text messages cannot be fundamentally resolved. the person said that the four network codes of SP are only for SP, and the fight against similar group messaging relies on joint efforts with the public security authorities.

Previously, when SP had multiple access codes, a non-compliant SP was found at a certain carrier, but the code can be obtained from other carriers to continue providing services, the practice of "taking a single shot for another place" leaves a lot of room for the SP. for a poor sp accustomed to "guerrilla warfare", even if it is ordered by the operator for rectification or compensation, the amount of compensation to the user is much lower than the illegal income, and the violation cost is low.

Complaint channels are still scattered

The number of spam messages is too large, but mobile phone users do not know the phone number of the complaint. Industry experts suggest that spam messages are often pornography-related, therefore, the Ministry of Information Industry should take the lead in unifying the phone numbers for reporting the scattered bad information of major operators. at present, public security authorities in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, Zhaoqing, and Shantou have opened 110 bad short message reporting phone numbers to receive SMS alerts from local mobile users.

In addition, Guangdong will regulate mobile phone Short Messages through legislation, and strive to clarify the concepts of "bad SMS", "spam SMS", and "harmful SMS" in the form of policies or legislation, different types of management are used to differentiate short messages such as false frauds, prostitution, pornography and obscenity, and interference with others' lives. These messages are handled in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.

Poor Background: WAP sites send obscene text messages for profit

"In the fee charged, the carrier Commission is 15%. We will take 85%. and the link content is registered on the carrier server. They should know the link content. pan Jun, CEO of Beijing jiexun's WAP site, defended himself.

Pan Jun and his subordinates were arrested for using the purchased phone number book to publish text messages with obscene links to nearly 10 million mobile phone users nationwide. They were accused of spreading obscene articles for profit. According to investigation, from ~ On the 29th, the number of clicks of text message users similar to obscene links reached more than 0.195 million. The Prosecutor provided that the company's WAP department had a monthly income of only a few thousand yuan, and the monthly income of pornographic pages was as high as 0.6 million.

One of the concerns in this case is whether the mobile operators that provide release and billing methods are equally responsible.

Telecom observer Xiang Ligang believes that mobile operators only provide one channel. xiang Ligang believes that although the carrier server may be able to back up similar information, it is restricted by the principles of privacy and protection of commercial information. "without the permission of relevant departments, you cannot view the information without authorization, because it infringes on the privacy right of others."

"Where is the boundary of pornography? This is beyond the operator's judgment. fu Liang, a senior telecommunications analyst, believes that content inspection should be conducted first by the Ministry of Culture. because more than 1 billion messages are sent every day, even if the operator is responsible for checking, it is technically difficult to prevent vulnerabilities. however, carriers are obligated to assist relevant departments in the investigation to quickly handle the issue. if illegal text messages involve too much information and cause too much damage, the operator is still responsible.

Some local lawyers believe that the operator should check the contract for violation. if the contract states that the operator should not charge for similar text messages, the operator is not responsible. Independent WAP should not only bear formal responsibilities, but also be liable for violation of the contract with the operator.