O2 data breach potentially shares your cellphone number with the...

Courtesy Engadget  Wed, 01/25/2012 - 02:54

O2 data breach potentially shares your cellphone number with the world There's an alarming rumor circulating that suggests that UK network O2 forwards your phone number to any website visited on a smartphone.

Lewis Peckover built a site that displays the header data sent to sites you visit, finding a network-specific field called "x-up-calling-line-id" which displayed his number.

Angry users who tested the site have flooded the company's official Twitter, which is currently responding with:

"Security is our top most priority, we're investigating this at the moment &...


 

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