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Originally Posted by JohnnyWashngo
Hey all,
Thank for this informative and interesting thread.
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My question revolves around the security policy I have for computers on my LAN. Simply put, the machines on my LAN all run Firefox or Opera and are setup to remove cookies and personal data when the browser is closed. This is great for me and has proved invaluable for people who use my LAN as it means that they are certain that any user credentials that are entered during a browsing session are removed from the machine when the browser is closed.
However, it would seem that this would mean that the phorm cookies which manage opt-in/opt-out preferences will be deleted each time the browser closes as well - no doubt making my vulnerable to their snooping or worse, forcing me to opt-in/opt-out each time I start a new browser session.
Does anybody have any thoughts on this?
Sounds like it could be a pain for someone like myself. Not that I would stay with an ISP using Phorm for long once I realised what was happening  |
Good question. My experience as a BT customer is that my ISP have said they are "working on a cookie-free solution". (ie they haven't got one YET)
At present they seem to be running with a cookie-based opt-OUT solution for their forthcoming trials. What they have NOT made clear, is whether all the customer's web traffic will nevertheless suffer redirection anyway, if there is an opt-out cookie or if there is NO cookie. As they have indicated (apparently) that blocking the Phorm/Webwise related IP's and domains will break browsing, it does look at the moment as if intercepting and redirection is going to be universal, (without informed consent) but that you won't be getting a Phorm ID if you are opted out or merely not opted-in.
It's still a rather fuzzy area in terms of what they are planning, and I think they are remaining vague deliberately in the hope that what they have already designed is legal. If it isn't, then they have to go back to the drawing board. So they are obfuscating. I personally don't even think BT feel confident any more whether their proposed trials are legal, otherwise they would have started them already. They are a month late at least.