Just a quick update on my post yesterday about trying to stop Eureka from spamming me with SMS’s. According to Future Mobility the company that Eureka hired to send out the SMS’s, the service doesn’t rely on phone numbers.
Eureka used an Ad Zone geo-targeted SMS service that Future Mobility provides. This service doesn’t rely on numbers, instead, it automatically sends SMS messages to customers physically present in a selected area, using the operator’s mobile towers.
Future Mobility doesn’t have control over which numbers receive these messages, it depends entirely on the telecom operator. What they recommended to me is to activate a Zain service called Do Not Disturb (DND). I don’t know what that service is and can’t find any info on the Zain website so looks like I’m going to have to call Zain to find out.
It’s really interesting though, I assumed bulk SMS services required phone numbers, the fact they don’t is both fascinating and upsetting since even if you work hard to keep your number out of databases, you’ll still get SPAM.
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The bottom line is everyone and everything sells your data and numbers without your knowledge and consent in Kuwait, simply because there are no laws what so ever that protect the consumer regarding this.
I think what they are referring to by DND, is to ask Zain to stop you from receiving all ads, which is also not a solution because you need some messages (that might be labelled as ads), like your banks SMS service
This is ridiculous
This is the most dystopian thing I have read. How is this legal?
” it automatically sends SMS messages to customers physically present in a selected area, using the operator’s mobile towers.”
How is that even legal ???