Originally Posted by OF1975 (Post 34530423)

CJH please don't take my comments to be any kind of criticism or complaint against you regarding footage taken at the meeting. I am grateful that you and alexander were able to attend and that you were there to record as much as you could.

My comments were 100% aimed at whoever is responsible for releasing the proffessionally filmed footage.

Originally Posted by dav (Post 34530432)

I wonder...is there a link between this Phorm malarky and Berkett's comments on net neutrality?

Is he setting us up for a, "get Phormed and enjoy priority routing for your traffic or opt-out and get to the back of the queue"?

Just idle thinking, that's all...

Originally Posted by OF1975 (Post 34530434)

In a word: YES. The link is that he's become stupid overnight and is trying to lose as many customers as possible.

Originally Posted by dav (Post 34530439)

Overnight? You're too kind to the man...surely he's been working on his condition for ages:D There's a whole foetid history of bad decisions on his watch, isn't there?

Originally Posted by AlexanderHanff (Post 34530276)

Just a quick update, there is a strong possibility that I will be in the BBC "Click" studio next week regarding Phorm. I just received the invite this afternoon. Another trip to London...
Alexander Hanff

Originally Posted by Pasanonic (Post 34530391)

"I'm really not interested in fighting a legal battle on behalf of BT users who's rights might have been compromised".

I'm a BT BB customer and have posted once or twice on their forum(s) up until now but the two original threads were closed when critisism of BT/Phorm became too intense and the moderator has made life very difficult for posters on the latest open thread. EG: the last post there was made at 4.37pm today. To all intents and purposes there is nowhere there to make ones feelings known or to ask questions. This forum appears to be the only place where the the discussion is open, vibrant and worthwhile so I hope that I and other BT users can join in and feel welcome and some, tho' not I'm afraid non-techie me, might make valueable contributions. After all, it's all one web and this affects us all regardless of ISP.
Many thanks.
Chris.
PS: Forgive my ineptness if I made a mess of the quote usage. I'm a total novice still finding my way about.

Originally Posted by OF1975 (Post 34530452)

Hey guys I need some help. I have decided, partly as a bit of light relief, to submit the new term I coined yesterday (terra-phorming) to urban dictionary. My definition is as follows (major thanks to Alexander for this, he WILL recognise it):

A process which aims to turn people into products; a global warehouse selling pieces of everyone and our privacy to the highest bidders.

I need a good example of its use so that I can submit it to the website in the hope they will accept it. The trouble is it needs to be short and snappy and help give the term some useful context. Any ideas?

Originally Posted by OF1975 (Post 34530452)

Hey guys I need some help. I have decided, partly as a bit of light relief, to submit the new term I coined yesterday (terra-phorming) to urban dictionary. My definition is as follows (major thanks to Alexander for this, he WILL recognise it):

A process which aims to turn people into products; a global warehouse selling pieces of everyone and our privacy to the highest bidders.

I need a good example of its use so that I can submit it to the website in the hope they will accept it. The trouble is it needs to be short and snappy and help give the term some useful context. Any ideas?

Originally Posted by OF1975 (Post 34530452)

Hey guys I need some help. I have decided, partly as a bit of light relief, to submit the new term I coined yesterday (terra-phorming) to urban dictionary. My definition is as follows (major thanks to Alexander for this, he WILL recognise it):

A process which aims to turn people into products; a global warehouse selling pieces of everyone and our privacy to the highest bidders.

I need a good example of its use so that I can submit it to the website in the hope they will accept it. The trouble is it needs to be short and snappy and help give the term some useful context. Any ideas?

Originally Posted by Pasanonic (Post 34530391)

I'm really not interested in fighting a legal battle on behalf of BT users who's rights might have been compromised.

Originally Posted by Frank Rizzo (Post 34530465)

Hello everyone. I had tried to stay away from registering here (you guys are doing a great job - I just prefer to read what goes on here) but I would like to reply to pasanonics comment here:



I think getting some kind of justice for the 2006/2007 trials is key in getting Webwise stopped in it's tracks for this reason:

If the ICO, Home Office or whatever make the right decision and confirm that those trials did contravene various laws then it is quite likely that BT would be forced to identify and write to everyone who were unwittingly used in those trials.

The current "total" so far is 108,000. If that is true BT may have to write to all those 108,000 customers stating exactly what they did (spied on them). Now how do you think the vast majority of those 108,000 customers are going to feel once they realise how they have been violated?

Not only will many decide to drop BT as an ISP and phone service but an extremely high percentage of them will stick two fingers up to any form of Webwise opt-in system presented to them.

Of course, if BT can not identify those 108,000 users then they may be forced to write to EVERY customer stating that they may have been part of the secret trials. That would be even more damaging for BT and should ultimately see the end of Webwise and various directors.