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Short message service (SMS) messaging is one of the oldest and most popular texting methods. In addition to personal communication, businesses use SMS messaging to contact customers and market their ...

Years ago, email spam was a huge problem. There was an escalating war between spammers and spam filters. Eventually, spam filter technology won. Although email spam is still a thing, the vast majority ...

SMS-based multifactor authentication is now so badly compromised that it has become a major vector for fraud. But there's a ...