The Liberty Alliance, a group dedicated to protecting digital identities, has announced plans for a specification which would “withhold users’ phone numbers from wireless content providers”. The idea is that content companies will be able to provide services requested by consumers without obtaining the phone number of the consumers. That way they can send a ringtone but not spam…at least, that’s the idea…
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