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Originally Posted by BadPhormula
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.
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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.