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SimonHickling · 06-05-2008, 19:54

Have they said whether they'll be restricting file/mime types at all?

I've just been reading a bit on El Reg about "CloudFS" and thinking about internet based storage. Imagine Phorm coupled with BT Digital Vault. If they can "see the whole internet" they can scan the stuff you put on the digital vault to target their advertising at the stuff in your documents.

A number of companies offer these storage solutions. I've never used one, so I don't know the protocols used. I have used WebDAV before and if it's not HTTPS it would be accessible to them.

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SimonHickling Inactive Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 66	Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797] Have they said whether they'll be restricting file/mime types at all? I've just been reading a bit on El Reg about "CloudFS" and thinking about internet based storage. Imagine Phorm coupled with BT Digital Vault. If they can "see the whole internet" they can scan the stuff you put on the digital vault to target their advertising at the stuff in your documents. A number of companies offer these storage solutions. I've never used one, so I don't know the protocols used. I have used WebDAV before and if it's not HTTPS it would be accessible to them.