I called Safaricom  the same day I received the sms from YEScampaign and they said that , the sender had sent out a broadcast message, i.e 072200001 -whatever number

Those of you who work for the Telcos, does this mean anybody can buy bulk sms and broadcast to us anytime?



On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 8:57 PM, Solomon Mburu Kamau <solo.mburu@gmail.com> wrote:


On 15 July 2010 20:36, Harry Karanja <kairo@softlaw.co.ke> wrote:
I also got the SMS yet I have never subscribed to any SMS referendum
service. Strangely the country code of the sender seems to be from Sweden.

Maybe they are using Safaricom's network because it's colour is green, as I have not received such a promotion from my Zain line.


 


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With the registration of SIM cards, won't even more information be leaked?

Edith
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They are not the only ones. Even this amorphous 6969 promotion somehow
got hold of people's numbers.

It's high time some sort of law was passed protecting customer
information along the lines of the UK Data Protection Act

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Edith Adera <eadera@idrc.or.ke> wrote:
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