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O2 Disclose Mobile Numbers to Websites

Posted on 25th January, 2012 by Richard
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Yesterday lunchtime, Lewis Peckover (@lewispeckover) noticed that mobile browsers on O2′s UK network were sending the phone’s number to websites as an HTTP header, resulting in this information being available to the websites browsed.  This information is not present when … Continue reading →

Posted in Non-IT | Tagged Data Protection, Law | Leave a reply

I’m British – SOPA Doesn’t Affect Me, Right?

Posted on 18th January, 2012 by Richard
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Wrong! The wording of the proposed SOPA legislation means that a huge number of websites can be classed as “facilitating the commission of copyright infringement”.  For example: A blog which allows users to post comments An e-commerce site which allows … Continue reading →

Posted in General Computing | Tagged Copyright, Law, SOPA | Leave a reply

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