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That annoys me. When I go to websites using my phone or tethered, everyone knows my phone number. :( !android
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@dandart What do you mean know your phone number? By autocomplete data steeling?
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@0x6d686b HTTP headers when using phone tether program :(
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@carlosmn android always knows its number - and even lets apps know it if they request.
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@dandart is that on CDMA networks? Mine (on GMS/UMTS) only knows its IMSI and IMSI SV, but says "My phone number = Unknown"
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@carlosmn Nope, GSM T-mobile
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@dandart interesting. Recently, I've used cards from Spain, Italy and Germany, and my phone never knew its number, prob. depends on carrier
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@carlosmn what carriers?
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@dandart IT: WIND, ES: simyo/orange, DE: simyo
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@carlosmn Wrong actually most phones can report their own number pretty easily. As well as unique Identifiers for the handset itself
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@carlosmn never heard of wind or simyo... are they local or not too famous (like fresh)?
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@skreech2 unique IDs are local, so trivial, phone # from network is easy to get, but how many phones /do/ bother to ask?
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@dandart wind is only Italian, simyo DE resells from E-Plus (which I think is local as well), simyo ES resells from Orange
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@0x6d686b i can't see context of your update, but it's standard for wap to have phone num in HTTP request header.
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@shiny But this is not wap, this normal HTTP … why is there a difference in the HTTP-headers if I'm mobile?!
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@0x6d686b it's in the headers the phone adds to the browser request (at least with proxoid)
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@bdeferme Hehe, maybe also coz I work for the secret service. ;-P
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@dandart Wow. Yet another reason not to accept overpriced services that are worse than freely available alternatives.
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@clacke What do you mean by that?
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@dandart I'm assuming your tethering comes from your provider, with a fee. Don't see why any free tethering app would have such a function.
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@clacke Nope - it's free alright.
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@clacke happens in phone browser as well with no tether stuff
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@dandart Wow, that's really nasty then.
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@dandart what if you use another browser such as Dolphin or Opera Mobile instead of the default?
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@techiem2 No, tethering through it using Firefox still reveals it.
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@dandart keep me posted :)
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@0x6d686b it's also added by some telcos at their gateway (transparent proxy). generally only for a s…
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@dandart Your data traffic goes via operator's (wap/web) gw which puts phone number into HTTP request. In Finland, Elisa used to do that.
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@jaakko that's a pretty major privacy fail, how did they get away with that?
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@jimh The operator responded saying that it's not against the law. This was 5 yrs ago. The official privacy authority never responded :)
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