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Originally Posted by Frank Rizzo
... You are tainted; you are in bed with the enemy. ...
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With all due respect, when I last spoke to you regarding police action against BT you said you were biding your time for certain reasons. You are one of the few people with hard evidence of Phorming and also have good arguments to show how you were personally affected in terms of lost time and a new computer.
Meanwhile I have been in contact with 2 other individuals who had no evidence of Phorming who have literally had their allegations ignored by the police, given the lack of evidence, the lack of personal loss and access to sufficient resources to investigate (public interest argument).
If you haven't since approached the police, might I ask why not? Whilst I can see some of your point with respect to Simon at the end of the day we live in a commercial society and I have no problems with whom individuals chose to work with (with one criticism in the case of SD that I have already posted).
In my view you'd be better targeting your energy in fighting for a police case, which you may well be, than pinning your hopes on 80/20 to fight our cause.
You'll be in good company asking for some action against BT, Don Foster MP wants at least the company to issue an apology to all customers who could have been affected (i.e. all customers) and the Earl of Northesk apparently wants some action.
I was affected but don't have any proof, so I have written several carefully-worded letters to several MPs, the ICO, BT and the BBC, as well as other high-profile members of the internet community about my belief that ISPs and the infrastructure of the internet should be protected against this kind of (ab)use, no specifically by Phorm but by any data profiling company.
I guess what I'm trying to say to everyone who wants to fight this is to try and take some (legal) direct action in writing, spreading the word through leaflets, bumper stickers, petitions... Whatever it takes rather than attacking individuals associated with Phorm and BT, especially where these people only became involved many months after the second trial. It's not as if SD wrote the software or introduced the happy couple of BT and Phorm.
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Originally Posted by OF1975
Simple really. Two words: Patricia Hewitt.
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What the former Secretary of State for Health and BT board member has got to do with current policing decisions or influencing newspaper editors I don't know.
From what I know about politics a political party is a party of strong-minded individuals and equally strong-minded senior civil servants who wouldn't be at the beck and call of a colleague who has been out of office for the best part of a year.
I would however look to other high profile members of the media, including some Phorm directors, and view the issue as simply one of money talking.