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kt88man · 05-04-2008, 14:30

Please, someone tell me I'm wrong:

So much for the anonymous UID.

On a website that hosts the Phorm/OIX adverts when the advert is fetched by the browser from the use of either an IMG tag or an Iframe, then the (Phorm/OIX) 'adserver' has the UID from the cookie (to know which advert to serve) and the users IP address from the request header (or we won't get the advert back)...

So Phorm now have your (so called anonymous) UID tied to your IP address...

05-04-2008, 14:30	#2409
kt88man Inactive Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 75	Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797] Please, someone tell me I'm wrong: So much for the anonymous UID. On a website that hosts the Phorm/OIX adverts when the advert is fetched by the browser from the use of either an IMG tag or an Iframe, then the (Phorm/OIX) 'adserver' has the UID from the cookie (to know which advert to serve) and the users IP address from the request header (or we won't get the advert back)... So Phorm now have your (so called anonymous) UID tied to your IP address...