The technological advancements in the recent times have been so great and widespread, that they have virtually transformed the very way we live and function. Mobile telephones, as well as the technological acceleration it has experienced, is surely a good example of the same. Using the short messaging service feature on mobile phones has made the process of communication very easy and swift. Today you can find these SMS being used for both personal, as well as marketing and advertising purposes by companies.

Although SMS development has been able to bring people closer throughout the world, like a coin, this also has a flipside to it. The flipside in this case is the various threats which SMS exposes their users to.

One of the very first and most important downside is the hoard of spam containing messages and SMS content received by users each day, sent over by marketers. This is highly frustrating for the receiver as he cannot do anything to stop the receipt of such SMS and spam.

Another threat of SMS development is the questioning and luring messages received each day, which try to incur the financial or personal details of the person by giving him the luring of an attractive gift or a lottery. This information can then be used for notorious purposes and thus can cause harm to or get the receiver into trouble.

Another important downside of SMS development is the free and spoofed messages floating around the network. Such messages are often the result of a smart but bad intentioned hacker making through the security of a content provider and using his or her credentials to float in appropriate content throughout the network. Apart from this, there have also been cases of SMS faking and flooding in of too many messages into the inbox of the receiver.

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