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Originally Posted by 3x2
I have been thinking about the issue of "Search engines" (read Google) as outlined in (21). If we view the connection between me and Google as a transaction between two machines (or customer and service) - that is to say remove the internal complexities of the Internet. We end up with a situation where Phorm, with their "man in the middle" attack, get to use Google, and everything that lies behind it, to enhance their own product at no cost. Why develop and build your own search engine when you can simply steal the "end product" of a competitor? Whatever the internal complexities of Google, the "end product" is what matters and if Phorm can simply steal that "end product" directly from "the wires" and, worse still, use it to compete against you why would you ever entertain the idea? Perhaps if Phorm were caught digging up the road outside "Google" in order to install a wire-tap then the "jury" would have a clear view of what is proposed here.
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This is an issue I touched on a couple of weeks ago and I published an entry to the denyphorm blog
here
It is also mentioned in the Wikipedia entry for Phorm. I have spoken to friends who work both at Google and Microsoft and they are passing along my concerns to the relevant people. I have requested that Google and Microsoft implement an SSL version of their search page to circumvent the Phorm DPI system.
I also made contact with Yahoo and posted a summary of the response here a few dozen pages back.
Alexander Hanff