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Not in the news - yet - but this is buzzing around on Twitter this morning.

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If you're on O2's UK mobile network (not ADSL), you'll (probably) see a line beginning with x-up-calling-line-id - followed by your mobile phone number in plain text. Other operators may use different headers, or hopefully none at all - let me know - I'm interested to know if other networks are doing it too.

http://lew.io/headers.php

And, yes, if I go to that page, my phone number is included in the headers. I’m not sure about the injected JavaScript allegations - I’ve not seen that, but I do expect some kind of image downgrading to keep the mobile network fast.

BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones tweeted this a while back:
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“@O2: @stevelacey Hi Steve, it's our top most priority, we're investigating this at the moment..." O2 seems to be taking this seriosuly

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I assume they've already had some.. earnest conversations with the Information Commisar's office this morning.


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So far, seems like it’s just O2. The Guardian have picked up the story now.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/20 ... ch-website

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The privacy breach means that site owners could be collecting the phone numbers of visitors which could then be used for telephone and SMS marketing without the phone owner's consent. That in turn could open up phone users to reverse-charge SMS spams, which could cost them huge amounts in bills if their number is used for scams.

The Information Commissioner's Office said it is considering whether to investigate further, although a spokesman said there was no immediate breach of the Data Protection Act. A mobile phone number on its own is not classed as "personally identifying information" (PII), because it does not identify an individual on its own; but the spokesman said the office would consider whether other personal data was being processed at the same time.

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I'm on O2 and I don't get the header line with my phone number appearing on that page. Maybe they have sorted this out.

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I'm on O2 and I don't get the header line with my phone number appearing on that page. Maybe they have sorted this out.


im on 02 how do I check the header line? :cry:

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im on 02 how do I check the header line? :cry:

You don't need to, they fixed it a few hours ago.

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Here’s their page about the issue.

http://blog.o2.co.uk/home/2012/01/o2-mo ... wsing.html

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Here’s their page about the issue.

http://blog.o2.co.uk/home/2012/01/o2-mo ... wsing.html


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I'm on O2 and I don't get the header line with my phone number appearing on that page. Maybe they have sorted this out.

I also checked - and it says on the link now that they have indeed fixed it slightly.

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It was fixed at 2 this afternoon.


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