Hey Hey,

First let me just say... W00T!. MY suggestion became reality. I'm pumped. Thanks JupM.

Anyways... on with the discussion. I've been playing with my cell phone a lot lately, now that I have one that is actually fun to play with. Since I posted the suggestion for this thread I've been thinking a lot about cell phones and PDAs and the problems they could lead to. My cell phone is Java powered as many phones now are, other phones have built in PDAs and run PalmOS. With the advent of picture phones, the ability to SMS files is now a reality. What if someone decided to use our cell phones against us. A Java virus, or something written for the PalmOS (for which app dev. can be done in something as simple as VB), that could propagate through text messaging. I don't know a lot about the hardware of cell phones, so this could be fully impossible, but what will happen as cell phones become more advanced? A virii that is downloaded in a game or a ring tone seems entirely like a possibility. It spreads it self by SMSing itself to everyone in your phonebook (sure it won't make it to land line users, but everyone has at least one cell phone number in their phonebook). Besides sending itself to other cell users, it could also force your phone to dial a number. This would cause conjestion on the cell network to start with, but what if they were all directed at the same number, for example 911. This would cause basically a DDOS attack against the switchboards at 911. It was, in my opinion, cause chaos. Anyone thought about this before, or heard anything about it? What's everyone's opinion on it?


Peace,
HT