| Cheemag |
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| Thu Apr 03 2008 07:12 PM |
Re: ISP's sign up spyware company
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What do people think about BT, Virgin and Talk Talk (so far) signing up Phorm ( a company who's boss was responsible for some of the spyware we all hate).
Can you give us his name and the spyware you are referring to please?
I'm in contact with Virgin my ISP and they have confirmed their intention to introduce this. They have given this assurance though:Quote:
you won't be forced to use the system, and you will be
given the choice to keep your internet experience exactly as it is now.
As we get closer to launch we'll explain how this will work.
Joe.
PS. Thanks for bringing this to our attention, its the first I've heard of it.
The company's boss is a dubiously named Mr Ertugrul, who has links to
121 Media, an adware business.
What I do not understand (perhaps I've missed something), is that they say
they do not know who you are, they do not take your IP address, yet they
target you with tailored adverts. If they don't know who you are, how the
hell can they target you with adverts?
As many IP addresses are not fixed but come from an ISP pool of IPs,
what the hell use would that be in targetting adverts anyway?
They say you can opt out, but who's to know if opting out will have any
more effect than ticking a box on a website to say you don't want adverts
'from carefully selected companies' has any effect. (For 'carefully selected
companies' read 'We're going to sell your EMail address to whoever's
prepared to pay for it, whether you tick the box or not".
There's something very fishy indeed about this whole business.
For what good it may do, go to the Downing Street website and sign the
petition there, although I wouldn't be at all surprised if this business
were to turn out to be a sneak initiative by the (spit!) government.
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Cheemag.