I was about to suggest placing your mobile number at the end of the posts in this thread... see what tripe we all get sent :/
O2 Giving out phone numbers?
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I was about to suggest placing your mobile number at the end of the posts in this thread... see what tripe we all get sent :/
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And the same here on the same network as well
Let me put it like this - would you add your own personal mobile phone number to your OcUk forum signature?
Because that's pretty much what's happening, it means your number is being sent to any website you visit and opens you up to be inundated with spam calls!
It's a bit different to openly showing it to it being available for those who want to find it and know the means of doing so.
I think it's a big who-har about nothing to be honest.
Let me put it like this - would you add your own personal mobile phone number to your OcUk forum signature?
Because that's pretty much what's happening, it means your number is being sent to any website you visit and opens you up to be inundated with spam calls!
Pretty much, apart from it isn't. There's a big difference from publicly announcing your phone number for anyone to openly see to it being embedded in some website details.
It's openly shown to anyone with a website or advertising banners or anything else. It's easily mineable and easily gathered.
So although it is different to posting on here. It's not secure and it's not hard to get.
Usually such things are a hoo har, like the iPhone "tracking" but I don't agree with this. It's easily obtained.
So although it is different to posting on here. It's not secure and it's not hard to get.
Usually such things are a hoo har, like the iPhone "tracking" but I don't agree with this. It's easily obtained.
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Granted, and I see your point.
However, I'm sure you'll admit anyone with even a little skill "could potentially" retrieve and use your mobile number. I for one would prefer to try and keep my number private and not give any potential cold callers the chance of using my number amongst the others they've gleamed as a test bed for their sales calls!
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This is a Nokia Gateway which is a network element. This is nothing to do with handsets, for example the Orange Nok gateway adds a header in for roaming profile enabled.
I'd imagine this is likely done for NAT routing or at least, was done at the start like this. MSISDNs, the technical version of your telephone number, have a very useful property for routing data/calls to the right place as you move between masts and in the old days this was used for a lot of items which networks don't really need them for.
Don't get me wrong, it's not excusable that they do this but I doubt it's being exploited currently.
If it's being inserted by the gateway and not the handset (Highly likely) changing browsers probably won't fix it. It will affect all O2 and MVMO customers who are on O2 (GG, Tesco, Kingston if they still have it).
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Hmm, considering going to go in to o2 and complain about this next Wednesday when I'm in a decent suit...
Shows mine up. Stock Browser, O2, HTC Desire.
Thankfully my phone browsing is limited to OCUK, BBC and Facebook pretty much on my phone, but it isn't always...
kd
Shows mine up. Stock Browser, O2, HTC Desire.
Thankfully my phone browsing is limited to OCUK, BBC and Facebook pretty much on my phone, but it isn't always...
kd
I for one, is not happy about this
out of interest why? have you been bombarded by spam calls/texts?
are you just as upset about you landline being in the phone book?
I had been with T-Mobile for ages without any spam texts, as soon as they merged with Orange i would end up with one every week minimum.
Glad I'm with Three now.