Addendum on SSA requiring text messaging for online access A couple of other quick points, which I've noted at the blog posting at:
https://lauren.vortex.com/2016/07/ssa-cutting-off-users-who-cant-receive-text-messages There are also many SSA users who live in rural areas with no cell phone service available at all! And we can bet that crooks will find ways to leverage this SSA text messaging system with fake messages to target this particularly vulnerable population. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently doing so -- my opinions expressed here are mine alone. _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list https://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
