Posted Wednesday 13th August 2008 12:26 GMT
As in
"We told the people we were doing it"
As opposed to the British version
"We broke the law and the Police can't do anything because our directors are giving their bosses money"
Posted Wednesday 13th August 2008 12:35 GMT
Isn't it common sense to assume that any free access point is most definitely unfriendly?
Targeted ads seem to be the least of your problems, and I think I'd assume that anything I sent was going to be snooped in some way - the same as I would at a BlackHat conference, regardless of what the organisers say.
Posted Wednesday 13th August 2008 12:35 GMT
Please can anyone who insists on calling an ad supported service "free" receive a swift cricket bat to the side of the head.
Posted Wednesday 13th August 2008 12:35 GMT
You need to know you can trust thoise in a position steal your DATA.
We trust, or used to trust the companies like BT. Phorm has never been one you could trust to many links into murky water.
A question that had been around a few times which tended to be given a wide birth or fudged answers is.
Question asked was to a forum member called Hamsterwheel searches link him to Phorm and he does admit to being with Phorm.
Q. Would you agree Hammy that if the servers for webwise had a slight alteration of script the program could be programmed to retain more personal details without the customer knowing?
A. Of course they could, but they have promised not too, and if they did and got caught they would be in all sorts of bother. They would not jeopardise their business by doing such silliness.
We all know what temptation can do and with scriptors fro around the world including Russia just how trustworthy are they for handling this type of program linked into your ISP network where all your personal DATA is ripe for picking.
Posted Wednesday 13th August 2008 13:33 GMT
Had a little look into this a while back:
http://badphorm.co.uk/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?5585.post
Posted Wednesday 13th August 2008 13:58 GMT
... as their own.
I mean, AIM listed in London. US HQ?
One of ours or one of theirs?
Let's just pretend they are French, then nobody has to own up.
Paris, because now we all agree she has Phorm.
Posted Wednesday 13th August 2008 13:58 GMT
In that sentence the word 'secretly' is entirely redundant.
Posted Wednesday 13th August 2008 17:01 GMT
So Phorm's been caught with its hand in the American cookie jar and seems to be pack peddling a little. Don't worry folks it won't be as easy for them to run for it as it was last time they did a runner from over the pond. It was apparently getting a little hot under the collar for them with investigations into an alleged rootkit product associated with ContextPlus when they were known as 121Media.
Come to think of it, why is BT operating with them. Surely BT broadband should be SQUEAKY CLEAN?
Posted Wednesday 13th August 2008 18:02 GMT
It would be possible to make a partial analysis of when different service providers where using PageSense, by looking for the damage that that system did to forum posts and its appearance in web server logs.
http://badphorm.co.uk/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?2676
http://badphorm.co.uk/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?2750
For EthoStream, the ‘site’ ID you should be looking for appears to be I.ETHOS.LIVE
Posted Wednesday 13th August 2008 19:14 GMT
Please can anyone who insists on calling an ad supported service "free" receive a swift cricket bat to the side of the head.
Well us Yanks prefer Louisville slugger, and the eco friendly tree hugger Yanks use Easton aluminum bats.
Posted Wednesday 13th August 2008 21:17 GMT
... it's
jail and deport, airfare paid in GBP's
or
extradite and jail, airfare paid in USD's
Stanstead is in Kent, isn't it?
The coat? Either way I think he will be leaving the country.
Posted Thursday 14th August 2008 00:46 GMT
Please can anyone who insists on calling an ad supported service "free" receive a swift cricket bat to the side of the head.
Well us Yanks prefer Louisville slugger, and the eco friendly tree hugger Yanks use Easton aluminum bats.
How can anybody even remotely "eco friendly" regard an aluminum bat as a good thing? Do they have any idea what happens in the manufacturing process? Turning an entire tree into a single bat (and burning the shavings) would be more eco friendly.
Posted Thursday 14th August 2008 09:15 GMT
And there is the joke. Most people have no clue how much energy it takes to make virgin aluminum . Its far cheaper and echo friendlier to use recycled aluminum.
Posted Thursday 14th August 2008 09:15 GMT
Whatever's over there will eventually come over here, and Phorm is apparently no different. Maybe the appealing possibility of US regulators showing some unexpected spine will rub off on our toothless shower.
Posted Thursday 14th August 2008 13:28 GMT
I don't know if I can speak for the AC who made this suggestion, but certainly from my point of view you can apply whatever bat you prefer. And I'll let you have total freedom to choose which part of the liar's anatomy also.
Please post the results on YouTube. :)
Posted Thursday 14th August 2008 16:40 GMT
"Isn't it common sense to assume that any free access point is most definitely unfriendly?"
And my neighbour seems such a nice bloke!
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