| Phorm - why you should oppose it. |
Fri, 21 March 2008 12:34  |
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Taken from a Bebo page.
Phorm, formerly 121 Media, the creators of spyware/adware, have now signed arrangements with Virgin Media, BT and Talk Talk to monitor the web browsing habits of their customers and claim this intrusion will provide 'better security' and 'better-targeted' advertisements based on the sites the customers visit.
Phorm claims that the software they will be using will not affect the privacy of the customers of these ISPs; however, these customers will be automatically opted-in to the scheme.
This Group explains how it is claimed to work, and provides the means to counter the software, and resources to help combat this threat to customers privacy.
Spread the word - this is a massive invasion of your privacy.
Use Dephormation to stop Phorm's Activities:
http://www.dephormation.org.uk/
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lacewing.
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| Re: Phorm - why you should oppose it. |
Thu, 24 April 2008 02:38  |
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Wow. I am amazed that no-one commented about a system that scans everything that comes down your phone line: every web page, every email, and then targets you with advertising based on the pages you were viewing.
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| Re: Phorm - why you should oppose it. |
Thu, 24 April 2008 17:26 |
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Thank you for your contribution, Jo.
A great many fair-minded people have been opposing Phorm from the beginning, and there has even been a petition to the PM at No 10, which was quite as successful as these things invariably are.
However, in today's Micro Mart, it was published that the Information Commissioner Officer (ICO) has decided that, in accordance with European data-protection laws, Phorm must be an opt-in system when (and if) it is implemented.
I don't know about anyone else, but I try my very best to keep my web-browsing as private as I possibly can; the idea of having all my browsing monitored and analysed is a pretty scary proposition, and as someone pointed out, is similar to the Post Office opening all your mail and reading it before forwarding it to you, just so that they could then send you a 'better class' of junk mail. We ought to bear in mind, too, that the people behind Phorm used to be in the root-kit business until only a few months ago - can a leopard really change his spots?
Perhaps this decision is a ray of hope in our over-monitored and surveillance-mad land? Let's hope so.
lacewing.
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| Re: Phorm - why you should oppose it. |
Thu, 24 April 2008 19:33 |
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Why dont those who wish to complain change to a decent isp
Then you wont be monitered or traffic shaped.
I currently use enta net who give me 8 static ip address with no traffic shaping.
Great ping times no traffic shaping and very fast access all f the time.
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| Re: Phorm - why you should oppose it. |
Wed, 07 May 2008 21:42 |
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Have you seen who the ISPs are?
One of them is BT.
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