AntiPhormLite

[kinmel]

The war against Phorm is stepping up a gear -  AntiPhormLite

[Lance]

Looks interesting!

It's good to know though, that being with IDNet we're not going to be caught by phorm anyway.

[Rik]

Nice one, I look forward to seeing Phorm debris around the place.

[Sebby]

Ditto. That'll really get on their nerves.

[Rik]

And, hopefully, their profits. 

[Sebby]

That, or increase their losses.

[Noreen]

Did you read the Update at the end of that link?

Update
The app went live on Thursday afternoon. There is no physical address and phone number on the AntiPhorm site, prompting a bit of concern about the provenance of the app in a thread on the BadPhorm forum. One poster complained that it generated multiple tabs in a browser window.

Commentors elsewhere suggest switching to a Phorm-fee ISP is a better approach than applying a as yet-unproven application.

[Rik]

Such as IDNet.

[Noreen]

They are getting in a state about this sort of thing across the Atlantic. http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Charter-Starts-Selling-Your-Browsing-History-94421

[Rik]

I noticed a report the other day - it seems users, generally, are less than impressed with this concept.

[Noreen]

And the American system is an "opt out" one requiring cookies, if you later delete cookies then you have to "opt out" again.

because the system uses cookies, a customer must insecurely opt-out of being tracked on each PC in his or her home. Further compounding the work that the customer has to do, if the he or she deletes cookies in accordance with safe browsing techniques, it will be necessary to insecurely opt-out on each and every PC again.

[Rik]

At least we have the ICO on our side...

[madasahatter]

Did you read the Update at the end of that link?

Totally agree with that last sentence. After all, what is the clearest way to send a message to an ISP that gets into bed with spyware knwoingly? Hit them in the wallet! Enough peeps do it, and then where are they gonna be?

[Dangerjunkie]

Already did it. That's why I'm here. Followed it up with a stinking letter to VM's MD too.

It finished with me telling him that he had 90 days to get his people to collect his gear from me or I'll take it as consent to transfer of ownership of it to me and that I may dispose of it in any way I choose...

Cheers,
Paul.

[Sebby]

Nice one, Paul.

[Rik]

It finished with me telling him that he had 90 days to get his people to collect his gear from me or I'll take it as consent to transfer of ownership of it to me and that I may dispose of it in any way I choose...

A technique I am very fond of, Paul, though I usually add in a storage charge. 

[Gary]

Thankfully O2/Be are not using Phorm either, but what worries me more is its ability to "profile" a user, its not all about advertising

[JB]

There is another nasty already well established. Some IT professionals consider it to be more intrusive than Phorm as it retrieves much more personal data from your computer and can even differentiate between different people using the same computer. It is called comScore.

Take a look here:- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/12/inside_comscore/

[Lance]

  That is one piece of software I certainly do not want on my machines!

[Rik]

Or within a mile of them.

[madasahatter]

It's frightening how much that damn thing can do!

[Rik]

Just wait till the Govt opens its databases to it. 

[madasahatter]

they won't do that Rik - they're too busy just leaving it around for anyone to get their hands on 

[Rik]

True - they don't have to go to the data, the data will come to them.