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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Martin_1962 on 31 March 2008, 21:02:49
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Some ISPs are looking at installing spyware at their end to track your internet usage, the spyware company is called Phorm.
Please read about it here
El Reg (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/29/phorm_roundup/)
Then contact your ISP to check.
If you are with BT you can use it as a get out
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This sounds a little like 'Big Brother' looking over your shoulder.
I assume it must be legal, but one thing it didn't make clear was if we, the customer, could opt out of it.
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Some ISPs are looking at installing spyware at their end to track your internet usage, the spyware company is called Phorm.
Please read about it here
El Reg (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/29/phorm_roundup/)
Then contact your ISP to check.
If you are with BT you can use it as a get out
Only BT consumer ISPs. And its not spyware, its done at the DNS level. And those people using other ISPs but chose to use BT DNS servers, beware ;)
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Some ISPs are looking at installing spyware at their end to track your internet usage, the spyware company is called Phorm.
Please read about it here
El Reg (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/29/phorm_roundup/)
Then contact your ISP to check.
If you are with BT you can use it as a get out
Only BT consumer ISPs. And its not spyware, its done at the DNS level. And those people using other ISPs but chose to use BT DNS servers, beware ;)
Well if BT go ahead I am changing and I will recommend everyone to keep away from them
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Some ISPs are looking at installing spyware at their end to track your internet usage, the spyware company is called Phorm.
Please read about it here
El Reg (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/29/phorm_roundup/)
Then contact your ISP to check.
If you are with BT you can use it as a get out
Only BT consumer ISPs. And its not spyware, its done at the DNS level. And those people using other ISPs but chose to use BT DNS servers, beware ;)
Well if BT go ahead I am changing and I will recommend everyone to keep away from them
Its fair to say all ISPs are actively looking at similar revenue streams, whether or not they publically admit it. I wouldn't get too worked up over it, there are solutions ;)
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Some ISPs are looking at installing spyware at their end to track your internet usage, the spyware company is called Phorm.
Please read about it here
El Reg (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/29/phorm_roundup/)
Then contact your ISP to check.
If you are with BT you can use it as a get out
Only BT consumer ISPs. And its not spyware, its done at the DNS level. And those people using other ISPs but chose to use BT DNS servers, beware ;)
Well if BT go ahead I am changing and I will recommend everyone to keep away from them
Its fair to say all ISPs are actively looking at similar revenue streams, whether or not they publically admit it. I wouldn't get too worked up over it, there are solutions ;)
I know, you know, a lot don't
Ranging from blocking in hosts up to SSH
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Plenty of DNS servers out there..... Plenty of methods of routing.....