Comments on: Random calls possibly used to spread panic on Tesco store closures http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2007/07/random_calls_possibly_used_to_spread_panic_on_tesco_store_closures.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:14:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: technokitten http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2007/07/random_calls_possibly_used_to_spread_panic_on_tesco_store_closures.html/comment-page-1#comment-71937 technokitten Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:53:39 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2007/07/random_calls_possibly_used_to_spread_panic_on_tesco_store_closures.html#comment-71937 Could it have been pre-recorded in which case it could have been an app randomly dialling mobile numbers via the internet? Could it have been pre-recorded in which case it could have been an app randomly dialling mobile numbers via the internet?

]]> By: Adam http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2007/07/random_calls_possibly_used_to_spread_panic_on_tesco_store_closures.html/comment-page-1#comment-70711 Adam Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:05:09 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2007/07/random_calls_possibly_used_to_spread_panic_on_tesco_store_closures.html#comment-70711 Would be very easy with a Text-to-Speech application. As long as enough people thought it was genuine, the effect would be the same. Guess this is on the same lines as the Vishing campaigns where an automated system phones you claiming to be from your credit card company and asks you to type in your number, expiry, etc to confirm you are the correct person before 'passing you onto a representative'. We live in a world where nothing can be trusted. Trust no-one and to (mis-)quote the late Cobain, 'just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to you'. Off to lie in a metal-lined, darkened room for several years! Would be very easy with a Text-to-Speech application. As long as enough people thought it was genuine, the effect would be the same.

Guess this is on the same lines as the Vishing campaigns where an automated system phones you claiming to be from your credit card company and asks you to type in your number, expiry, etc to confirm you are the correct person before ‘passing you onto a representative’.

We live in a world where nothing can be trusted.

Trust no-one and to (mis-)quote the late Cobain, ‘just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to you’.

Off to lie in a metal-lined, darkened room for several years!

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