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Originally Posted by tech team
if you are not opted in, no browsing data whatsoever is passed from the ISP to Phorm
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You say this, but come on now, we both know that’s deliberately ambiguous. Ive noticed you have neglected to answer not just on this board but others too, the question of what data gets passed
TO and
FROM Phorm once a user opts out (and believe me there will be plenty of them!).
Its fine saying that once opted out no data is passed from the ISP to Phorm (i.e. returned data from a webpage) but what you don’t seem to want to answer is whether any data is
SENT to Phorm in the first place (i.e. the initial request for said webpage)
So for example If I am opted out (via your lousy cookie), does any data sent
FROM my machine go through Phorm systems or servers (at
ANY stage) in order to load a web page, send an email or IM. It’s a simple enough question, but please be as technical as you like when replying.
Or >>
If opted out, does the data requested (
FOR a webpage for example) bypass
ALL Phorm technology and thus route itself
ENTIRELY though my ISP’s servers only (just as it would be if you were not to exist).
Or (as I suspect) >>
Does some/any/all data sent
FROM a user go through Phorm at some stage in order to
REQUEST a web page, send an email or IM, even if the user is opted out.
In essence, what I'm asking is this, does
OUTBOUND traffic still go through Phorm (at
ANY stage) in order to reach it destination even if the user is opted out?
You see, to put it bluntly, I don’t trust you and so it would seem that over 95% of members who have voted here are also inclined to agree. In short
WE DO NOT WANT OR NEED PHORM, not now not ever.
Dressing this up as of
‘benefit to the user’ under the guise of so called security is frankly insulting. So know this, I like many others will fight this to the bitter end, how ever long it takes.
Phight Phorm and take back what is rightfully yours...your privacy!