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Originally Posted by The Jackal
Seriously I'm just trying to weed out the specifics of why you lot are so anti-phorm and imo it's down to different opinions with the two clans being seperated by
[1] Those who dislike the idea of ISPs profiting off their back.
[2] Those who think this tracks everything they do.
Personally clan[1] know what they are talking about and I'm all for their cause. Those in group [2] need some education on the subject.
ps No I don't troll however most my posts appear to give that impression. I've got to live with it and so do the people around me.
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The Jackal, have you read the patent application? Have you read the statements made by phorm to the New York times? Issue 2 may not be applicable right now but statements made by phorm and also the details contained in the patent very clearly lay out the possibility that this is the thin edge of the wedge. There is absolutely nothing so far to stop Phorm with regard to function creep. It would be very easy for Phorm to change the software and start snooping on traffic other than that on port 80.
How about you go read up more on Phorm, read the entire 10 page Richard Clayton report (I have) and then come back and tell us why the issue of function creep isn't an issue we should be worried about? Lets remember this is a company that has a very checkered past and even up until recently has shown that it cannot be trusted. You did read about their attempts to edit their own wikipedia entry didn't you?