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A: The only information websites had access to is your mobile number, which could not have been linked to any other identifying information we have about custom
by DougBTX 15y ago
A: The only information websites had access to is your mobile number, which could not have been linked to any other identifying information we have about customers.
But it is used for age verification and billing...
- mseebach 15y agoI think it means that only phone numbers were exposed, not other identifying information. The billing and age verification systems (into which presumably the phone number is a key) were not compromised.
- gjulianm 15y agoI suppose that O2 gives their trusted partners a way to check age and make billings through a private API or similar. Any other site which is not affiliated with them wouldn't have access to that API so they can't get any other information.
- justincormack 15y agoBut a hash of the number, or a random id would work for this too.
- biafra 15y agoYou are right. This is how its done in countries or with carriers that require this.