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Originally Posted by mart44
It just depends on your point of view.
I'm only saying that there could be a different one regarding Phorm.
I try and look at all sides instead of taking a knee-jerk reaction.
Nothing wrong with that is there?
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your current POV, i assume given your data on this site
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 139
is it that you dont spend any real time posting on message boards or by extension, much time online interacting, but perhaps you online game a lot?, and so cant see that interactive side?
you say you are trying to look at all sides of this whole interactive and inter-related picture, did you ask yourself the question, do i really know the whole picture or anything aproaching that?
why do you charactorise this thread and the comments in it as a 'Knee-jerk' reaction ?
are you making the assumption that noones ever thought about the implications of loosing freedoms in whatever form before this ISP/Phorm business aired ?
i realise for you,if infact you dont interact, spend much time online as yet, or dont understand nor care about the powerful tech involved, it might seem as a mear curiosity, almost nothing to worry about.
thats its power, this centralised core DPI kit has such possibilitys for the Bad in the wrong hands, and yet its virtually invisible, and werse, its can be remotely re-programed on the fly so you might never see the bad until its to late...
is it also to be assumed you dont as yet buy goods services or bank on the internet and so again, you dont see the danger involved there ?
never the less, you can see the finantial gain motive and probability that criminal gangs all over the web are looking forward to haveing a collective Phorm network to potentially tap into ,dont you?
i cant find the URL right now,found it...
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquir...er-crime-chart
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UK rises to number two in cyber-crime chart
After the US
By
Stewart Meagher: Friday, 04 April 2008, 1:38 PM
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but its been reported yesterday that the UK has the worlds second largest criminal online activity after the No.1 US , so you can be sure if theres an ISP/Phorm 0day DPI loophole, it will be found and used.
are you trying to tell us your of the 'im alright jack' school of thought ?
that being the case , how long before your not alright if your libertys and privacy are striped away right under your nose.
as another side of this multi sided thing, id like to just point to this central Government databases URL that points out yet another potential abuse of a computerised system that was unintended and unautherised.
http://www.tjmcintyre.com/2008/02/go...cent-have.html