"SMS is not necessary" — service allows you to unsubscribe from annoying SMS


Hello!
The theme of the struggle with unwanted SMS advertising habré has been raised time and again[1]. I want to make a small contribution in the fight against a multi-headed Hydra of the spam.
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I, like probably many, often receive SMS messages with "neovadiol" taxi advertising, loans, fitness centers and other joys of life. And here today came on the tools smsnenado.ru[2] prompting you to unsubscribe from SMS.
%username%, I to the service are irrelevant, I'm warning you

When I saw the repost of the news on this project were skeptical, but curiosity overcame, and I went to investigate.

On the home page we offer the option of wrestling
the
    the
  • Fill out the form and verify your phone number
    • the
  • , the Service will send a request to the operator to shut off the distribution
    • the
  • When this happens, the server will send the notification by e-mail

Give a grunt of disbelief and climb the "Terms of service" at the bottom of the form. And then I saw this:
The conditions are a public offer. It emphasizes the free and gratuitous services to disable me from SMS-mailing. Declared that the information obtained "under any circumstances will not be used for the implementation of SMS."
Well, good, I thought, and decided to leave the application.



Introduced data — phone came SMS asking to confirm the number by entering the code on the site, so as not to disturb the Operators in vain. Here is a little doubt there, but after checking his account confirmed. as long as the money in place.

Soon fell email the message
Thank you for using our service. Your application is accepted for processing.

We will send Your complaint to the advertising distributor with the requirement to unsubscribe You from the SMS-mailing. If the distributor stops sending messages, we will prepare for You the user manual and the text of complaint to the Prosecutor. The appeal shall be submitted through the online reception, the procedure takes about 10 minutes. Your further participation is not required, supervisors will personally deal with the illegal SMS-mailing.


Even posledoval the service website, I learned the company that created the service (JSC "VINTASOFT") is a developer of SMS and this service is trying to deal with careless competitors that violate the law.

In General, the project site all popular tell, there is a section with FAQ and feedback. Well, after reading the "Help" project, I decided to support the good initiative and write an article on Habr, telling you %username% about another way to fight.

I hope that was helpful.

UPD: vk I found Director Indusoft



At his request, publish the answers on comments:

HangGlider,3 March 2013 at 00:25#
we will prepare for You the user manual and the text of complaint to the Prosecutor's office
illegal advertising by SMS is engaged in the FAS. There are plenty of instructions how to do it.
Answer: Yes, in accordance with the law, advertising that is distributed via SMS, is administered by FAS. But there are a couple of points:
1) a common policy concerning the SMS to the FAS no, in every region of the FAS operates in different ways- somewhere it can be fined (there are examples on smsnenado.ru ), somewhere can pull on the brakes. In General, MS
from the recipient of the SMS treatment in the FAS does not guarantee that it will ever accomplish your goal; on the other hand, appeals to the FAS are not beneficial to the senders SMS them for it can be fined. That's why our service is useful as the SMS senders and recipients of SMS.


IllAIR,March 3, 2013 at 01:04#
Answer: first, a portion of the mailing prhodil through us. Secondly, we have agreements with other companies that also do SMS messaging. Yes, some senders we still can not find, because established relations with all SMS senders, and we inform people if they unsubscribe from the mailing list failed.


L3n1n,March 3, 2013 at 01:26#
In most cases service will help you to turn off only SMS advertising operators themselves. But also begs the "why should they"? That you can do yourself by calling the operator. The result is the same, and you will not leave your room to third parties
Answer: Under SMS operators we understand not cellular operators, namely the companies who send SMS. These companies have contract with mobile operators, and Opsosy in accordance with the law On Communication could not miss their mailings. We contact the distributors for FREE and giving them data about the person who wants to unsubscribe.


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