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Phorm, formerly 121Media, created Spyware/Adware, and have now signed arrangements with Virginmedia, BT and Talk Talk to monitor the Web Browsing habits of their Customers and claim they will provide better Security and Advertisements based on the Sites the Customers visit.

Phorm claim that the Software they will be using will not affect the Privacy of the Customers; However the 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 the Customers Privacy.

Spread the word - this is a massive invasion of your Privacy.

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  • Virgin Media admit interest in Phorm

    Sammy by Sammy
    Yes... its official!!!

    An official Statement given on the Virgin Media Newsgroups on the 28th January 2009, via a member of the Support Staff:

    "We are investigating the use of Phorm's technology under our existing agreement with the company, however we have not deployed the system and we do not have any timescales on when, or if, we will rogress to trial or full launch."

    Coupled with a recent Blog entry on Phorms own Website, this goes a long way to confirm that Virgin media are still in bed with Phorm, and are looking seriously at the Technology.
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  • Latest about the Stop Phorm Campaign

    Sammy by Sammy
    Hey Guys

    - Over the past few months, we have discovered Illegal Trials conducted by BT (British Telecom) and Phorm.

    - The 16th July 2008 seen our first Protest outside the BT AGM at the Barbican in London. A member of the Campaign, a BT Shareholder, was present at the AGM, and gave the Board a good grilling; additionally this bought the Phorm issue to the attention of the BT Shareholders.

    - A firm in the US called NebuAd, which is similar to Phorm, has recently come under great scrutinee from the US Senate. The US Senate have reacted responsibly, in the interest of the Consumer, and the likelyhood is that the System will be outlawed in the US.

    - The negative response from the public, has resulted in a massive drop in the Shareprice of Phorm, which reached a height of £30, and is now £7.50 - this is fantastic news, as it indicative of a loss of confidence in Phorm as a going concern.

    - We have concentrated a lot of our time contacting the European Parliament - who have demanded that the UK Government respond to their concerns about Phorm. Latest News is that the UK Government missed the deadline, and we are waiting to see how the EU will react.

    - Talk Talk had announced that they will only implement Phorm if the System is Opt-in, opposed to the underhand Opt-out approach Phorm wish to use. The difference is that Opt-in will give you a choice, Opt-out will mean more people are monitored by their system.

    - VirginMedia are being tight lipped, and deny they have signed a contract and claim that they have only a memorandum of understanding. However, Virgin Media have admitted testing Phorm's system.

    The Campaign is now concentrating on Consumer Education. YOU CAN HELP: Let all your friends, family and colleagues know about Phorm... and likewise, get them to pass the messge on.

    The parties involved with Phorm are keeping this matter out of the Press, and YOU can fill this gulf by educating people in your life. This, at this time, is the strongest method of defeating Phorm
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  • Chat Session: 20032008

    Sammy by Sammy
    You have joined room: WebwiseChat_March11
    Welcome to Webwise Live Chat - this is a moderated forum. Due to the large volume of questions, we will make every attempt to answer the range of concerns but may not get to everyone in the time allotted.

    adminis: "You previously stated that the categories ("Channels") are policed to ensure they do not contain personal information, if no personal information can be captured, why do you need to do this policing?"
    KentErtugrul: The vetting is not just about personal information, it is also to avoid allowing channels which relate to sensitive areas. For example, we do not carry adult advertising. As a result there are no "adult" channels. Therefore it is not possiblt to capture even fully anonymouse adult browing behavour and associate this agains the random number of the browser. The vetting process give us ultimate control over which product categories are noted since we cannot note anything other than predefined categories

    phail: please can you explain why you feel the need to spy on everyone?
    KentErtugrul: I understand the emotional reaction whcih you have but I would lke to point out the difference between what we are doing and what you describe.

    1) The is a clear and absolute choice on the part of everyone participating. NOBODY is forced in
    2) This represents a dramatic step forward in online privacy. Look in your browser right now. You have probably been cookied by over one hundred different sites, which have noted your presence, stored your IP address and possibly tied it into other information which you may have given up elsewhere. You never gave permission for this to happen. People are losing privacy today because there is no place which serves advertisers' purpose of maximising relevance whilst at the same time handing consumers a clear on off switch. And which does this without storing any browsing history. This is what this does and this is why Webwise in fact represents the best defense which consumers have AGAINST spying

    Dean_Lee: I hear that if I take my laptop abroad, and use a Phorm ISP there, my channel info will be fetched across from the UK, so my ads stay targeted . That’s pretty cool. But which ISP gets to share the revenue, my UK one or my foreign one?
    KentErtugrul: Revenue is attributed to whichever ISP is providing you with the connectin at the time. In due course, this provides users with the real possibility of cheap / free wireless internet connections wherever they may roam

    narcosis: If you read RFC2965 you'll see there is no such thing as a TLD multi site cookie or a global style cookie. How does your cookie get read by different sites to display ad's or ignore the user (due to being opted out) ?
    MBurgess: Yes, you are right. But this is a standard cookie that is only read by Phorm system, i.e. the webwise.net domain. Ads are displayed by the Phorm system only - Advertisers and the sites on which their ads are shown never see the cookie, and no user data is ever passed to them.

    tinfoilhat: When connecting to a website that carries OIX ad space, does that site have any access to the UID cookie? Is the random user number visible to that site?

    phail: Why should anyone trust you, you are well known for creating spyware / adware, I think the phrase "a leopard never changes their spots" is appropriate, what's to stop you changing the collection of our personal data to suit your own ends?
    KentErtugrul: If you in fact look at the facts of the case rather than some of the things which have been written, you will see that we have one of the most "blue chip executive teams, boards, business partners and investors of any publicly traded internet company in the UK, that our history in the adware business is a matter of public record as the only adware company ever to be traded on the stock exchange. As far as changing the system is concerned, we have invited Ernst and Young to regularly inspect all of our claims. We are issuing an open
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