Comments on: O2 sharing phone numbers for mobile surfers (but not everyone) http://www.slashgear.com/o2-sharing-phone-numbers-for-mobile-surfers-but-not-everyone-25210620/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Thu, 17 May 2012 17:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Alex Williamson http://www.slashgear.com/o2-sharing-phone-numbers-for-mobile-surfers-but-not-everyone-25210620/#comment-175576 Alex Williamson Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:59:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210620#comment-175576 Yep, it does this on mine too!

O2 simpicity, Motorola Defy Plus
Slightly outraged!

]]> By: Sampsonij http://www.slashgear.com/o2-sharing-phone-numbers-for-mobile-surfers-but-not-everyone-25210620/#comment-175574 Sampsonij Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:42:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210620#comment-175574 Yes it shows mine. Business customer on O2 with iPhone. Thats not acceptable.

]]> By: Andy http://www.slashgear.com/o2-sharing-phone-numbers-for-mobile-surfers-but-not-everyone-25210620/#comment-175567 Andy Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:50:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210620#comment-175567 Yup, it shows up on mine (Galaxy Nexus, O2, 3G connection).

I knew they were proxying traffic because none of the ad-blockers work when using mobile data. I posted on XDA about it, and that was suggested as the reason why.

What I didn’t know is that they are forwarding my phone number. This is a pretty severe privacy violation, no? 

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