(keitai-l) Re: Phone Number Transmission when conneting with iMode

From: Renfield Kuroda <Renfield.Kuroda_at_msdw.com>
Date: 08/28/00
Message-ID: <39AA2911.1D0ED7AA@msdw.com>
dc wrote:

> Does chtml have a "mailto" type tag - and then you could determine who the
> user is from the msgs from address, assuming the phones email app is
> correctly configured...
> I understand it works the other way around (you can send email to a phone
> with a link that launches the browser).
>

mailto tag: http://www.nttdocomo.com/source/tag/a.html

>
> I heard that even official sites do not get a unique ID from the user, much
> less their telephone address. However, I'm not sure this is correct, as then
> it would require visitors to login to a game site each session with an ID,
> in order to continue their progress. Is this the case? or do sites just
> request a password (if that) to know who you are?
>

That is incorrect. Official sites do have access to the unique handset id.
However, this is NOT the phone number, and even official sites cannot get
demographic information about the user.

r e n



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