[dundee] Bad phorm, ISPs spying for your 'protection' and to line their pockets with advertising

[Barry Carr]

Nice find Lee, I've signed it.

Cheers
Barry

Lee Turner wrote:
> 
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/04/phorm_ripa
> 
> "Phorm's system works by reading the contents of web pages you visit, to 
> build up a profile of your interests on your computer. It then uses this 
> information to target you with appropriate categories of advertising 
> when you later visit a website that is a member of the Open Internet 
> Exchange (OIX), its publisher and advertiser network. Phorm has 
> announced that The Guardian, Financial Times and MySpace have all signed 
> up to let it serve the targeted ads to their users."
> 
> And finally the petition page
> 
> http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ispphorm/
> 
> Please sign this up regardless of your ISP and pass this on to friends 
> family/co-workers
> 
> Cheers
> -- 
> <generic witty comment>
> 
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