Editing SMS (section)

==== Silent SMS ====
In 2010, almost half a million silent SMS messages were sent by the German federal police, customs and the federal domestic intelligence service [[Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution|Verfassungsschutz]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reitman |first1=Rainey |date=10 January 2012 |title=Privacy Roundup: Mandatory Data Retention, Smart Meter Hacks, and Law Enforcement Usage of Silent SMS |url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/01/privacy-roundup-mandatory-data-retention-smart-meter-hacks-and-law-enforcement |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215071621/https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/01/privacy-roundup-mandatory-data-retention-smart-meter-hacks-and-law-enforcement |archive-date=15 February 2015 |access-date=15 February 2015 |publisher=[[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Zoll, BKA und Verfassungsschutz verschickten 2010 über 440.000 "stille SMS" &#124; heise online |date=13 December 2011 |url=http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Zoll-BKA-und-Verfassungsschutz-verschickten-2010-ueber-440-000-stille-SMS-1394593.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302053002/http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Zoll-BKA-und-Verfassungsschutz-verschickten-2010-ueber-440-000-stille-SMS-1394593.html |archive-date=March 2, 2013 |access-date=February 24, 2013 |publisher=Heise.de}}</ref> These silent messages, also known as silent TMS, stealth SMS, stealth ping or Short Message Type 0,<ref>{{cite web |date=September 2015 |title=3GPP TS 51.010-1 version 12.5.0 Release 12 |url=http://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_ts/151000_151099/15101001/12.05.00_60/ts_15101001v120500p.pdf#page=3419 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424000419/http://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_ts/151000_151099/15101001/12.05.00_60/ts_15101001v120500p.pdf#page=3419 |archive-date=April 24, 2017 |access-date=April 23, 2017 |publisher=[[ETSI]] |pages=3418–3423}}</ref> are used to locate a person and thus to create a complete movement profile. They do not show up on a display, nor trigger any acoustical signal when received.  Their primary purpose was to deliver special services of the network operator to any cell phone.