Comments on: Mobile Phone Directory: In Public Between Non-Consenting Adults and Children http://www.news.software.coop/mobile-phone-directory-in-public-between-non-consenting-adults-and-children/707/ What software.coop is doing and contemplating Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:12:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Virgilio Anderson http://www.news.software.coop/mobile-phone-directory-in-public-between-non-consenting-adults-and-children/707/#comment-1005 Virgilio Anderson Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:12:38 +0000 http://www.news.software.coop/?p=707#comment-1005 Joe from 118 800: Your own CEO admitted on the BBC's Working Lunch 14/7 that this data was made live on the Internet without proper testing. How can the public feel assured that proper security measures have been taken to prevent any hacking into your servers, which contain thousands of confidential records from people who don't want to be on your database? Virgilio Anderson Joe from 118 800:

Your own CEO admitted on the BBC’s Working Lunch 14/7 that this data was made live on the Internet without proper testing. How can the public feel assured that proper security measures have been taken to prevent any hacking into your servers, which contain thousands of confidential records from people who don’t want to be on your database?

Virgilio Anderson

]]> By: MJ Ray http://www.news.software.coop/mobile-phone-directory-in-public-between-non-consenting-adults-and-children/707/#comment-1004 MJ Ray Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:23:54 +0000 http://www.news.software.coop/?p=707#comment-1004 It seems el Reg is also watching this one - see http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/13/118800_failure_encore/ It seems el Reg is also watching this one – see http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/13/118800_failure_encore/

]]> By: MJ Ray http://www.news.software.coop/mobile-phone-directory-in-public-between-non-consenting-adults-and-children/707/#comment-1003 MJ Ray Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:53:37 +0000 http://www.news.software.coop/?p=707#comment-1003 Hello, Joe from 118800 - so, rather than being privacy infringement, it's invite-spam? That's slightly better but still seems anti-social to me. Why not make the service opt-in? Hello, Joe from 118800 – so, rather than being privacy infringement, it’s invite-spam? That’s slightly better but still seems anti-social to me. Why not make the service opt-in?

]]> By: Joe http://www.news.software.coop/mobile-phone-directory-in-public-between-non-consenting-adults-and-children/707/#comment-1002 Joe Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:53:19 +0000 http://www.news.software.coop/?p=707#comment-1002 Hello, Joe from 118800.co.uk here. The website has been taken down for some essential maintenance work to be carried out, in order for us to improve the service we offer our customers. Any requests to opt out of the service before the site was taken down will still be carried out so there is no need to opt out again. Just to reassure you that we’ll never actually give out anyone’s personal details. When you search on 118800.co.uk, we’ll send an SMS message to the person you’re looking for, giving them your contact details and it is then up to them if they wish to call them back or not. We are genuinely interested in getting peoples feedback so that we can shape the service to make sure people are comfortable with it and for the service to be as useful and reliable as possible. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us on contact@118800.co.uk Thanks, Joe 118800.co.uk Hello, Joe from 118800.co.uk here.

The website has been taken down for some essential maintenance work to be carried out, in order for us to improve the service we offer our customers. Any requests to opt out of the service before the site was taken down will still be carried out so there is no need to opt out again.

Just to reassure you that we’ll never actually give out anyone’s personal details. When you search on 118800.co.uk, we’ll send an SMS message to the person you’re looking for, giving them your contact details and it is then up to them if they wish to call them back or not.

We are genuinely interested in getting peoples feedback so that we can shape the service to make sure people are comfortable with it and for the service to be as useful and reliable as possible.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us on contact@118800.co.uk

Thanks,

Joe
118800.co.uk

]]> By: MJ Ray http://www.news.software.coop/mobile-phone-directory-in-public-between-non-consenting-adults-and-children/707/#comment-1001 MJ Ray Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:54:31 +0000 http://www.news.software.coop/?p=707#comment-1001 Some more discussion at http://steve-dale.net/2009/07/11/all-uk-mobile-numbers-accessible-from-next-week/ Some more discussion at http://steve-dale.net/2009/07/11/all-uk-mobile-numbers-accessible-from-next-week/

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