It's Not Just O2 Leaking MMS Messages

wiedzmin writes "A recently publicized issue with UK's O2 leaking private MMS to the Internet by making them available and searchable in Google has gained a lot of momentum and forced the company to promptly fix the problem. However a quick internet search shows that other mobile server providers, including those located in US and Canada, also make all MMS messages available in a similar manner. In fact, operators like Sprint and Boost Mobile will even let you see the phone number from which the picture or video was sent, download it, print it, forward it or reply to it from the same web page. Other operators like Canada's Bell, Solo Mobile, Verizon, Rogers and Quest appear to have removed or otherwise protected all MMS messages recently as all the cached search listings that show up for these providers are no longer available. There is no telling how many other operators' MMS listings can be accessed given correct search terms, but it looks like they are starting to get the idea and remove them from the web."

Comments

Re:Profit!

[PlasticArmyMan]

On Slashdot it's far more likely that it's a big manbitch with big mantitties.

PICLENS!

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

This is where you really want to use http://www.piclens.com/
This is the Firefox plugin for Windows - but there's a Mac OS X version that works with Safari, too.

Any Linux suggestions?

Re:PICLENS!

[nmg196]

Am I missing something? How the hell is the 02-O2 confusion in ANY WAY related to Piclens - a plugin for viewing images???

It's not even related to the actual story either (MMS on O2).

Mod parent down.

Re:PICLENS!

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

I am describing a possible way of optimally 'exploring' the search links provided in the actual story. Piclens lets you view a panorama of linked/searched images, rather than click one-by-one (nothing here - maybe the next one!), Thank you very much.

Mod yourself down. You are rude. And speak before you think.