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Old 05-05-2008, 11:55   #5728
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Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797]

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Originally Posted by BadPhormula View Post
Hold on I think everyone is missing the Elephant in the room here. Phormscum couldn't give a damn about anti-phishing being on by default... this is classic conman sleight of hand by K*nt Etrugrul... what K*nt wants on by default is his profiling spyware which happens to have this totally irrelevant redundant phishing scam switched on in parallel.
On the negative side, this is potentially a loophole re RIPA, it can be argued that providing an anti-phishing service is a legitimate exception, in the same way that eg running an anti-spam service is.

On the other hand, they may just be looking for something to make opting-in seem more attractive to the great unwashed.
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