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Old 09-05-2008, 12:50   #6184
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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 R Jones View Post
BT have said to me that their Webwise will not profile pages that are password protected - ie behind a logon. They havne't explained HOW that works, and of course the basic interception of the traffic (though not the profiling in theory) still occurs anyway if the visitor is a Webwise user.
I do not think they can know if the user is logged on or not. They would have to be able to examine the status of the site cookies and be able to interpret them. Also a laptop owner could be logged on at one location (none phormed) and then take it to another location (phormed) still logged on.
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