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Old 25-04-2008, 17:29   #4830
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Angry Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797]

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Originally Posted by GeoffW View Post
There are some key details in the technical review of the current operation that I think are worth highlighting .

- Only port 80 is profiled. So I don't see why people should be worried about online banking and https traffic.

- The redirection between servers must be bad for performance, and even if people don't care much about ads they don't click on, they will care about anything that impacts performance.


Maybe in a prophylactic section.

- Only well known browsers are profiled. So it would be good advice to get the User Agent extension for FF or to use Opera.
- The effect of blocking cookies
- The dephormation FF addin.
Respectfully: How do you know this is all that they do? - This is what they say they do (now), but what else is going on? Unless you can get hands-on and disassemble their code (not exactly easy!), we have only their word for it. And we do know that they are a bunch of lying, spyware-purveying, Russian *******s. If they said "Here, download this neat little root kit, it will keep you safe and make you money" would you do it? What is the difference?
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