The New York Times, April 5, 2012: “Eluding a Barrage of Spam Text Messages”

Mr. Number and our CEO Jason Devitt were featured in today’s Personal Tech section of The New York Times.

“You can always filter out e-mails,” said Jason Devitt, chief executive of Mr. Number, a company in Palo Alto, Calif., that markets a mobile app to stop spam texts. “The problem is that anyone in the world can make your phone ring or display a text, if they have your phone number.”

In “Eluding a Barrage of Spam Text Messages,” columnist Eric Taub covers the pandemic spams, scams and smishing schemes coming to a smartphone near you. The article includes many useful tips and recommends Mr. Number specifically for Android users, so please share it with someone you know!

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One Response to “The New York Times, April 5, 2012: “Eluding a Barrage of Spam Text Messages””

  1. Dean_held says:

    I really wish they had spell check and a way to add numbers to you android contact list like other text messaging/call applications!