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Internet News · 12-03-08, 05:40 PM

Recently there was news of the interest of the big three internet service providers BT, Virgin Media and Talk Talk, in the marketing company Phorm, which is said to monitor the computer activity of the subscriber as they surf the net. The ISP’s can make more revenues through targeted adverts with the use of Phorm. [...]

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grizz · 13-03-08, 09:31 PM

all the isp's doing this are nothing short of a bunch of greedy basts.
i've been following this phorm crap in virgin newsgroups and it looks like
the guy that' setting it up was a well know spyware creator and spammer and god knows what else.
surely this must go against the data protection act

12-03-08, 05:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
Internet News Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 2,747 Thanks: 0 Thanked 11 Times in 9 Posts	Talk Talk offer Phorm Recently there was news of the interest of the big three internet service providers BT, Virgin Media and Talk Talk, in the marketing company Phorm, which is said to monitor the computer activity of the subscriber as they surf the net. The ISP’s can make more revenues through targeted adverts with the use of Phorm. [...] More: Talk Talk offer Phorm

13-03-08, 09:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
grizz Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 225 Thanks: 34 Thanked 35 Times in 26 Posts	Re: Talk Talk offer Phorm all the isp's doing this are nothing short of a bunch of greedy basts. i've been following this phorm crap in virgin newsgroups and it looks like the guy that' setting it up was a well know spyware creator and spammer and god knows what else. surely this must go against the data protection act

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