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Paddy1 · 29-04-2008, 12:41

Surely the removal of the cookie based opt-out raises many more questions.

If there is no id reference on the client side then how do they have a unique reference to associate with the anonymous profile? If this reference is stored server side, then it must be associated with the user profile in some way, be it based on IP address or modem mac id. I refuse to believe that they will be unable to make the link between the user and the phorm id, or that they will refrain from doing so.

If there are multiple user accounts on the home pc and no client side identifier then how do they distinguish between different users on the computer? Do this give rise to the risk of wife surfs up a few divorce sites and hubby gets ads for divorce lawyers type scenario? To my mind, they cannot avoid this without a client side reference based on user account. Where are they going to store it? Do browsers have access to the registry? Or rather, does the browser allow external access to the registry?

29-04-2008, 12:41	#5026
Paddy1 cf.addict Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 350	Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797] Surely the removal of the cookie based opt-out raises many more questions. If there is no id reference on the client side then how do they have a unique reference to associate with the anonymous profile? If this reference is stored server side, then it must be associated with the user profile in some way, be it based on IP address or modem mac id. I refuse to believe that they will be unable to make the link between the user and the phorm id, or that they will refrain from doing so. If there are multiple user accounts on the home pc and no client side identifier then how do they distinguish between different users on the computer? Do this give rise to the risk of wife surfs up a few divorce sites and hubby gets ads for divorce lawyers type scenario? To my mind, they cannot avoid this without a client side reference based on user account. Where are they going to store it? Do browsers have access to the registry? Or rather, does the browser allow external access to the registry?