<div>I have strange feelings towards this Phorm thing. I don't mind being "spied" on, if you can call it that, because I have nothing to hide; just as I don't mind CCTV, biometric ID cards, DNA tests and databases - I don't break the law and I don't have a criminal record it is therefore only in place to assist me, not hinder me.</div>
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<div>However, the thing that does boil my blood about Phorm is purely the fact they're breaking the law. I hate, with a passion, big companies thinking they can just do as they please and are above the law - i.e. MS.</div>
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<div>That's my two-cents on the matter :P<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/31/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Les Pritchard</b> <<a href="mailto:les.pritchard@gmail.com">les.pritchard@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">After our Phorm conversation in the LUG meet this week I thought this was interesting...<br><br>
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From: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:S0107981@Cumbria.ac.uk" target="_blank">S0107981@Cumbria.ac.uk</a><br>Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 23:23:56 +0100<br>Cc:<br>Subject: [admin] [Feedback] Press Release - Prostesters to Picket<br>
Shareholders at BT PLC AGM<br><br>Alexander Hanff sent a message using the contact form at<br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://lug.org.uk/contact" target="_blank">http://lug.org.uk/contact</a>.<br>
<br>I know this is not Linux related, but I am a long term and well known Linux<br>user here in the UK so I thought maybe you guys could support me by posting<br>this out to your lists and newsletters:<br><br>Press Release - Immediate Release<br>
<br>Protesters to Picket shareholders at BT PLC Annual General Meeting - 16th<br>July 2008<br><br>On 16th July 2008 there will be a full day protest against the use of Deep<br>Packet Inspection for the purpose of behavioural profiling. The event will<br>
focus on the plans by BT PLC, Virgin Media and Car Phone Warehouse to<br>introduce deep packet inspection technologies through exclusive contracts<br>with Phorm Inc.<br><br>Since Phorm issued a press release on 14th February 2008 regarding these<br>
exclusive contracts there has been a storm of outrage amongst the public,<br>leading academics, privacy advocates, Members of Parliament, Members of the<br>European Parliament, Peers in the House of Lords and the industry as whole.<br>
The technology has been called illegal by Foundation for Information<br>Policy Research, which was recently supported by a statement from the<br>European Commission.<br><br>As a result of the negative publicity generated over the past 3 months<br>
Phorm Inc.'s share price has plummeted by approx 70% and continues to<br>struggle to develop confidence from investors.<br><br>In 2006/2007 BT PLC have admitted to running covert trials of the<br>technology without first obtaining the consent from customers required by<br>
EU and UK Data Protection and Communications regulations, directives and<br>legislation. However, to date neither the Information Commissioner nor the<br>Secretary of State have held BT PLC to account for these allegedly illegal<br>
actions.<br><br>Therefore, the growing public campaign to seek justice for the victims of<br>these covert trials and the wider mission of stopping the technology from<br>being deployed, has led to an organised one day protest in London, UK.<br>
There is expected to be a significant press and media presence at the event<br>which will begin at the Barbican Centre, continue on to BT Centre (BT's<br>corporate HQ) and finally end with a march on to Charing Cross Metropolitan<br>
Police Station in the early evening. On arrival at the Metropolitan Police<br>station a full case file with witness testimonies and supporting evidence,<br>along with a petition demanding a criminal investigation will be handed to<br>
the senior officer on duty.<br><br>For more details about the event, please visit the following two web<br>sites:<br><br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/30/bt_agm_phorm_protest" target="_blank">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/30/bt_agm_phorm_protest</a><br>
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