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Nigerians! Glo Is Exposing Your Phone Number To The Whole Internet by dee5(m): 3:04am On Dec 16, 2015
this is a simple disclosure notice to all who care to know! if you are using a glo sim card for browsing, visit http://whatheaders.com/
and you will see how Glo sends your phone number with every request you make to the internet look for msisdn entry and you will see
your phone number there.

Implications: this means if you visit a telemarketer's website, they dont need to ask for your phone number anymore because Glo
just gave it to them in your web request headers. And if you are unfortunate to stumble upon a stalker or serial killer over the internet,
the can prank call you and pry personal information from you and attack you because Glo has already made your phone number available to them. Also, there's the danger of identity thieves and other forms of vices on the internet.

Also if such attackers have access to your sim registration data on glo's storage servers? oh well, there goes your private data!

Well Glo mobile just handed all these criminals your "private" phone number on a platter of Gold!

This is just to let the populace know.
Re: Nigerians! Glo Is Exposing Your Phone Number To The Whole Internet by stchinedu: 4:33am On Dec 16, 2015
dee5:
this is a simple disclosure notice to all who care to know! if you are using a glo sim card for browsing, visit http://whatheaders.com/
and you will see how Glo sends your phone number with every request you make to the internet look for msisdn entry and you will see
your phone number there.

Implications: this means if you visit a telemarketer's website, they dont need to ask for your phone number anymore because Glo
just gave it to them in your web request headers. And if you are unfortunate to stumble upon a stalker or serial killer over the internet,
the can prank call you and pry personal information from you and attack you because Glo has already made your phone number available to them. Also, there's the danger of identity thieves and other forms of vices on the internet.

Also if such attackers have access to your sim registration data on glo's storage servers? oh well, there goes your private data!

Well Glo mobile just handed all these criminals your "private" phone number on a platter of Gold!

This is just to let the populace know.
It's true.
Re: Nigerians! Glo Is Exposing Your Phone Number To The Whole Internet by pallybrown(m): 5:13am On Dec 16, 2015
Ok
Re: Nigerians! Glo Is Exposing Your Phone Number To The Whole Internet by chidanzy(m): 12:58pm On Dec 24, 2015
So what should we do?
Re: Nigerians! Glo Is Exposing Your Phone Number To The Whole Internet by bigtt76(f): 2:04pm On Jan 10, 2016
This site harvests those details undecided
Re: Nigerians! Glo Is Exposing Your Phone Number To The Whole Internet by plendil: 11:09pm On Jan 11, 2016
is this true?

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