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Old 18-04-2008, 23:11   #4074
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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 AlexanderHanff View Post
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This is a ridiculous answer. What Kent said at the PIA was this would only effect 1% of customers. Of course this is blatantly untrue. 100% of customers will suffer this triple redirect the first day the system goes live. Their assertion at 1% is an illustration that they believe only 1% of their entire customer base will block all Phorm cookies, which they have no evidence to support. Neither did Kent have any evidence to support this at the PIA meeting, he merely stated it was so. Not good enough. Also Computer Misuse Act, Interference with Goods and Fraud Act all apply to this redirect situation.
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If I understand Dr Richard Clayton's paper correctly:

The triple redirection cookie browser con will happen for every new web site domain that you visit.

The cookie has an expiry of 3 days. So even for sites that you have visited in the past - every 3 days it seems your browser will be forced into the triple redirection cookie browser con.
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