IT security teams use these specialized internal codes to tag, track and stop suspicious activity across digital channels ...

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Raise your hand if you hate getting text messages from shady businesses you have no relationship with. Now consider whether your business uses text messaging to communicate with your customers. Are ...

A new study claims that the industry average for an SMS text message response from a common short code was approximately 9 seconds. The fastest common short code responded in less than 6 seconds and ...

Many Web sites and apps now offer two-factor authentication (2FA), which requires you to enter a short numeric code—the so-called second factor—in addition to ...

Premium messaging providers are NOT public interest groups.... I'd like to know what in the public interest, other than premiuim messaging, is in the public interest of allowing short codes I think ...

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This doesn't mean they would close down texting? Right? I mean they couldn't. But could someone explain in a nut shell what this means. I can't make since of it. Thanks. Premium text messages work ...