Nice one, Alexander. Very pleased the meeting went well and thank you for presenting the users' perspective.
I'm particularly happy that you too have met Simon and realise that he's not been rephormulated...
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[Simon Davies] is an incredible man and when you meet him face to face, his passion for his work as a privacy advocate is very clear and very humbling and some of the things people have said have actually been very hurtful to him and upsetting.
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The chap from Orange was very interesting and confirmed that Orange were not interested in deploying Phorm's technology until they could devise a true opt in solution (with real consent not some buried terms) at the authentication level. His thoughts were it might be possible to put Phorm opt-ins onto a separate IP block so that only that block of IPs went anywhere near Phorm's kit.
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I know virtually nothing about how the ISPs' network gear works but was wondering if Phorm-related kit could not be positioned on an http proxy server that could be configured within each user's browser, eg on port 8080?
It certainly sounds like a simple solution that would involve no unauthorised DPI to check opt-in status and would allow anyone to completely avoid Phorm-infected kit.
Any technical comments would be appreciated, if only to get the idea out of my head?