Thursday, March 27th, 2008
A bigger worry than lead paint on toys?
Apple made headlines around the world when slave-like conditions at its Chinese manufacturing facility were exposed. Last year the proliferation of China-made toys with lead paint caused outrage among Westerners. But while these two events angered consumers outside the Middle Kingdom, Chinese consumers themselves have reason to get up in arms: A recent tidal wave of SMS spam.
More than 200 million of the country’s mobile phones—about half of all China’s cell phone users—were sent spam from seven advertising services companies. Consumers’ personal information, including cell phone numbers, were somehow obtained by the ad companies.
