On Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:17:47 +0900 (JST), Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net> wrote:
> I've just found out, and verified, that AU appears to be handing subscriber
> IDs to non-offical sites. This appeared in a request to www.cynic.net:
>
> x-up-subno: 05004011197815_vk.ezweb.ne.jp
>
> Is this really a unique ID for that subscriber, and the same across all
> sites? When did they start doing this, or have they always done it?
I think it's been available since the beginning at least as and ENV variable:
HTTP_X_UP_SUBNO
Originally the value was the subscriber's phone number(!), but that was
apparently changed in mid 2000.
Dave
Received on Fri Dec 15 11:05:44 2006