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Wrong Test Score SMS Leads To Student Suicide
Not the sort of story you want to hear, but apparently an Indian teenager committed suicide after getting an SMS saying she had failed her exam results. It still seems unclear if the error was at the end of the company sending the results, or if the girl keyed in the wrong information. Either way, providers are very quickly telling everyone to make sure they double check the information in the future to avoid such issues. This is an unfortunate story, but shows one of the dangers of instant information, and our natural willingness to accept any new bit of information as factual without double-checking. As information becomes ever more pervasive, people need to be reminded constantly that just because the information comes to you, it doesn't always mean that it's right. This is just one of many cultural issues people are going to need to get used to as wireless technologies become more widespread.
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