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Originally Posted by R Jones
4 - The fact that the robots.txt method of excluding Webwise/Phorm, promoted and recommended by Phorm and by BT, won't work on the BT hosted customer websites, whether on BTOpenworld or on BTYahoo!/Geocities because webmasters do not have access to the toplevel domain where robots.txt is stored, and which NOT include any exclusion clauses such as those which would exclude Google or Phorm.
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Keep in mind the
comments here; robots is a method of exclusion
not a method of inclusion.
In other words robots is the same old opt out idiocy. You can't follow an opt out model of copyright abuse, violation of privacy, communication interception etc.
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And speaking of copyright abuse I've coded up a CDR generator.
If you're feeling kind, please help me test by clicking here;
http://www.dephormation.org.uk:8080/..._cdr/usage.php
If you're feeling very generous, please try the following link too (sets a temporary Phorm UID alike cookie);
http://www.dephormation.org.uk:8080/...ge.php?debug=y
No invoices will follow.
Please feel free to click a few times. You'll either see CDR LOGGED or NO CDR LOGGED according to the copyright risk/RIPA risk identified by the code. If you're with a Phorming ISP or you present a Phorm UID (by using the debug link) then you'll be classed a high risk (and a log entry will be created). If you're on a non-Phorm ISP you'll be classed a low risk (and no log is created).
Sadly, people who share the same IP address range as Phorm in Delaware or Moscow may see the words 'Sorry!'.
This is a known fault.
I'll release the code once I'm happy its doing what was intended.
If you think the code hasn't classified your request correctly, please can you drop me a PM (ideally with your IP/ISP details).
Pete.
UPDATE; thanks for your test clicks, its made/making a huge difference to the code, please keep clicking, thank you!