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  2. iPhone and Android users told to stop sending texts after ...

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    US officials have warned people to not send text messages amid a massive and ongoing cyber attack against telecom companies.. Smartphone users are instead urged to use encrypted messaging apps ...

  3. Text messaging - Wikipedia

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    A text message conversation on an iPhone. Text messaging, or simply texting, is the act of composing and sending electronic messages, typically consisting of alphabetic and numeric characters, between two or more users of mobile phones, tablet computers, smartwatches, desktops/laptops, or another type of

  4. SIM swap scam - Wikipedia

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    A SIM swap scam (also known as port-out scam, SIM splitting, [1] simjacking, and SIM swapping) [2] is a type of account takeover fraud that generally targets a weakness in two-factor authentication and two-step verification in which the second factor or step is a text message (SMS) or call placed to a mobile telephone.

  5. SMS - Wikipedia

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    An SMS message written on a Motorola Razr V3. Short Message Service, commonly abbreviated as SMS, is a text messaging service component of most telephone, Internet and mobile device systems. It uses standardized communication protocols that let mobile phones exchange short text messages, typically transmitted over cellular networks.

  6. T9 (predictive text) - Wikipedia

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    Keypad used by T9. T9's objective is to make it easier to enter text messages.It allows words to be formed by a single keypress for each letter, which is an improvement over the multi-tap approach used in conventional mobile phone text entry at the time, in which several letters are associated with each key, and selecting one letter often requires multiple keypresses.

  7. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority - Wikipedia

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    The Device Identification, Registration, and Blocking System (DIRBS) is an initiative launched by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to regulate the use of mobile devices in the country. Introduced in 2018, this system aims to combat the issues of smuggled, counterfeit, and non-compliant mobile phones while ensuring proper ...

  8. Category:Texting codes - Wikipedia

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    Below are articles of texting codes used to communicate on mobile phones or in on-line chats. Pages in category "Texting codes" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.

  9. SMS language - Wikipedia

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    SMS language displayed on a mobile phone screen. Short Message Service language, textism, or textese [a] is the abbreviated language and slang commonly used in the late 1990s and early 2000s with mobile phone text messaging, and occasionally through Internet-based communication such as email and instant messaging.