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Apologies, Simon. It seems I've opened up a real can of worms here. Not my intention at all. We need true privacy advocates like PI and your good self, but having two hats with one of them saying, "Will approve for cash" doesn't do you any favours.
Yes, you need to make a living, but the thing we need to realise is that the nature of your PI work doesn't put food on the table and that maybe we should support the actions of groups such as PI more. After all, it's you fighting "the man", not us. You have the experience, contacts and reputation to get things done far better than most of us could. Maybe it's time the people you are representing via PI contributed more than just giving a well meaning, "Thank you." In that way, you wouldn't have to compromise your position by accepting payment from people who expect you to sign off on their system. It smacks of "oldest profession" connotations.

Anyway, this is all detracting from the main issue of stopping Phorm dead in their tracks and is probably best saved for another day.