Comments on: Are You Webwise? http://www.ukcolumn.org/2008/09/29/are-you-webwise/ Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:34:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Pete http://forums.ukcolumn.org/showthread.php?tid=&pid=#pid Pete Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:36:01 +0000 http://www.ukcolumn.org/?p=353#comment-3009 Phorm is - mass surveillance - mass industrial espionage - mass intellectual property infringement Visit Dephormation.org.uk for more information. Join us at NoDPI.org and Badphorm. And write to your MP; https://www.dephormation.org.uk/letters/ PHORM MUST BE STOPPED Do not use BT/Virgn/TalkTalk as your broadband service provider. Phorm is

- mass surveillance
- mass industrial espionage
- mass intellectual property infringement

Visit Dephormation.org.uk for more information.

Join us at NoDPI.org and Badphorm.

And write to your MP;

https://www.dephormation.org.uk/letters/

PHORM MUST BE STOPPED

Do not use BT/Virgn/TalkTalk as your broadband service provider.

]]> By: Greg http://forums.ukcolumn.org/showthread.php?tid=&pid=#pid Greg Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:51:26 +0000 http://www.ukcolumn.org/?p=353#comment-2419 Does anyone know if there are any signs to look out for if your internet connection is being monitored?, such as a crackle or a fizz sound or an overactive processing noise when the computer is not active?, also i've heard that a pc / laptop can be remotely interfered with including accessing your webcam and literaly spying on you?, If this is true then Orwell's 1984 is surely just around the corner, some would say he was a visionary but knowing the twisted inhuman greedy fools that currently operate aloft the pyramidal power structure, I would say they indolently and perversly take their ideas directly from fiction, life copies art, eh, just like Towering Inferno. Does anyone know if there are any signs to look out for if your internet connection is being monitored?, such as a crackle or a fizz sound or an overactive processing noise when the computer is not active?, also i’ve heard that a pc / laptop can be remotely interfered with including accessing your webcam and literaly spying on you?, If this is true then Orwell’s 1984 is surely just around the corner, some would say he was a visionary but knowing the twisted inhuman greedy fools that currently operate aloft the pyramidal power structure, I would say they indolently and perversly take their ideas directly from fiction, life copies art, eh, just like Towering Inferno.

]]> By: Pacid http://forums.ukcolumn.org/showthread.php?tid=&pid=#pid Pacid Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:43:13 +0000 http://www.ukcolumn.org/?p=353#comment-726 “If this is the case, it is unclear to me what the purpose of the ‘invitation’ is, as a cookie based system suggests that all internet traffic, whether customers opt in or opt out, will stream through the tracking equipment…” It’s because we’ve got only the second half of a whole opt-in/out-out system. Firstly, the subscriber needs to agree that this can take place on their broadband connection. Even once the subscriber has agreed, each individual user of that connection still needs to give permission to allow profiling. I’ve seen two explanations for why the first half is missing. One explanation is that BT don’t want to provide a true opt-out. By making it necessary to leave BT broadband to completely avoid Webwise, BT are hoping that few subscribers will do this. The other explanation, and the one I favour, is that BT have found it incredibly difficult to implement due to a combination of technical issues and the regulatory constraints that separate the parts of BT. “If this is the case, it is unclear to me what the purpose of the ‘invitation’ is, as a cookie based system suggests that all internet traffic, whether customers opt in or opt out, will stream through the tracking equipment…”

It’s because we’ve got only the second half of a whole opt-in/out-out system. Firstly, the subscriber needs to agree that this can take place on their broadband connection. Even once the subscriber has agreed, each individual user of that connection still needs to give permission to allow profiling.

I’ve seen two explanations for why the first half is missing. One explanation is that BT don’t want to provide a true opt-out. By making it necessary to leave BT broadband to completely avoid Webwise, BT are hoping that few subscribers will do this. The other explanation, and the one I favour, is that BT have found it incredibly difficult to implement due to a combination of technical issues and the regulatory constraints that separate the parts of BT.

]]> By: Paul http://forums.ukcolumn.org/showthread.php?tid=&pid=#pid Paul Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:40:35 +0000 http://www.ukcolumn.org/?p=353#comment-714 Thanks for this info. I'm a BT customer and I must admit that the Internet Service is excellent. A bit more expensive than others but it works and I love it. When I learn of all the other chancers like Talk Talk and read of their customer experiences then I'm glad I'm with BT. I'll make sure that on the day in question I access every single porn site that I can think of. So no change really :o) I couldn't care less what they see me looking at. Thanks for this info. I’m a BT customer and I must admit that the Internet Service is excellent. A bit more expensive than others but it works and I love it. When I learn of all the other chancers like Talk Talk and read of their customer experiences then I’m glad I’m with BT. I’ll make sure that on the day in question I access every single porn site that I can think of. So no change really :o ) I couldn’t care less what they see me looking at.

]]> By: Enufs Enuf http://forums.ukcolumn.org/showthread.php?tid=&pid=#pid Enufs Enuf Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:54:51 +0000 http://www.ukcolumn.org/?p=353#comment-713 ....sigh...... ….sigh……

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