Editing SMS (section)

=== Other uses ===
[[File:Landline text messaging.JPG|thumb|A [[Siemens]] [[landline]] [[DECT]] telephone that is capable of SMS]]Additionally, an intermediary service can facilitate a [[text-to-voice]] conversion to be sent to [[landline]]s.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kelly |first=Heather |date=December 3, 2012 |title=OMG, The Text Message Turns 20. But has SMS peaked? |url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/12/03/tech/mobile/sms-text-message-20/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127015927/https://www.cnn.com/2012/12/03/tech/mobile/sms-text-message-20/index.html |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |access-date=December 22, 2020 |website=[[CNN]]}}</ref>

In 2014, Caktus Group<ref>{{cite web |title=Caktus Group |url=https://www.caktusgroup.com/case-study/worlds-first-sms-voter-registration-system/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222110329/https://www.caktusgroup.com/case-study/worlds-first-sms-voter-registration-system/ |archive-date=2017-02-22 |access-date=2017-02-21}}</ref> developed the world's first SMS-based voter registration system in Libya. As of February 2015 more than 1.5 million people have registered using that system, providing Libyan voters with unprecedented access to the democratic process.<ref>{{cite web |title=Libya's Election Ushers in New Voter Tech |url=https://worldpolicy.org/blog/2014/06/25/libyas-election-ushers-new-voter-tech |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707133610/https://worldpolicy.org/blog/2014/06/25/libyas-election-ushers-new-voter-tech |archive-date=July 7, 2014 |access-date=June 14, 2015 |publisher=World Policy Institute}}</ref>

==== Flash SMS ====
A Flash SMS is a type of SMS that appears directly on the main screen without user interaction and is not automatically stored in the inbox.<ref>{{cite web |title=SMS types on routomessaging.com |url=http://www.routomessaging.com/message-sms-types.pmx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130505115257/http://www.routomessaging.com/message-sms-types.pmx |archive-date=May 5, 2013 |access-date=February 20, 2016}}</ref> It can be useful in [[emergency|emergencies]], such as a [[Fire alarm system|fire alarm]] or cases of [[confidentiality]], as in delivering [[one-time password]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Flash SMS |url=http://www.sms-wiki.org/p_28-flash-sms.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150818052517/http://www.sms-wiki.org/p_28-flash-sms.html |archive-date=August 18, 2015 |access-date=June 14, 2015}}</ref>

==== 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.

==== SMS bombs ====
In March 2001, Dutch police in [[Amsterdam]] attempted to fight increasing cell phone theft by sending an SMS every three minutes to a phone that has been reported stolen, with the message "This handset was nicked, buying or selling is a crime. The police."<ref>{{Cite web |title=CNN.com - SMS bombs nominated for crime-fighting prize - August 30, 2001 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/08/30/sms.crime.fighter.idg/index.html |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-04-13 |title=Dutch police fight cell phone theft with SMS bombs |url=https://www.idg.net/idgns/2001/03/27/DutchPoliceFightsCellPhoneTheft.shtml |access-date=2024-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010413120547/https://www.idg.net/idgns/2001/03/27/DutchPoliceFightsCellPhoneTheft.shtml |archive-date=2001-04-13 |url-status=dead}}</ref>