Cable Forum - View Single Post - Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797]

29-04-2008, 19:38

Technical question. If Phorm works by setting cookies with the Webwise UID, is there anything to stop 'Anti-Phorm' web sites (including, hopefully, CF) reading this cookie with client-side script and generating a pop-up warning:-

Warning - you are being Phormed and your 'anonymous' WebWise ID is 123456789ABCDEF

If this works, it should throw some doubt in even non-technical users' minds on the assertion that the ID is anonymous and cannot be tied back to the user.

29-04-2008, 19:38	#5103
JohnHorb Guest Location: Sale, Cheshire Services: 10MB Broadband, DTV, Telephone Posts: n/a	Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797] Technical question. If Phorm works by setting cookies with the Webwise UID, is there anything to stop 'Anti-Phorm' web sites (including, hopefully, CF) reading this cookie with client-side script and generating a pop-up warning:- Warning - you are being Phormed and your 'anonymous' WebWise ID is 123456789ABCDEF If this works, it should throw some doubt in even non-technical users' minds on the assertion that the ID is anonymous and cannot be tied back to the user.