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Old 05-04-2008, 13:37   #2407
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Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797]

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Originally Posted by flowrebmit View Post
That depends on whether your computer is ever connected to the internet on non-Phorm infected ISP. If you always use VM, and they had Phorm kit then the nasty Webwise UID would be stripped by the DPI kit as the cookie passes through i.e. See Richard Clayton's point 22:

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22. The specious cookie (from the point of view of www.cnn.com) will be removed as the request passes through the Layer 7 switch.
I feel deeply uneasy about the this manipulation of data and redirecting and faking web-sites. It just smacks of Rootkit type thinking.
Thanks for the clarification (Not good for anyone who uses their laptop at home and on wifi hotspots, then.)

I agree - adding things and stripping things out of my web traffic is not something I want anyone to do, especially a spyware company.
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