The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Spam Texts: 4.5 Billion Messages a Year and Counting [VIDEO]”.

Kate Freeman says, “Text message spam promising free iPads or cash rewards may be obnoxious and unwanted, but they also carry a greater danger: clicking on texts can install malware that collects personal data from your phone.

They’re also booming faster than any other sector of the tech industry. Spam text messages in the U.S. increased 45% in 2011 to an incredible 4.5 billion messages, Richi Jennings, an industry analyst and expert in spam, told Bloomberg“.

Spam Texts: 4.5 Billion Messages a Year and Counting [VIDEO]

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