View Single Post
Old 19-05-2008, 10:03   #6806
Dephormation
Inactive
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bristol
Services: Aquiss.net and loving it. No more Virgin Media, no more Virgin Phone, no more Virgin Mobile.
Posts: 629
Dephormation is a name known to allDephormation is a name known to allDephormation is a name known to allDephormation is a name known to allDephormation is a name known to allDephormation is a name known to allDephormation is a name known to allDephormation is a name known to all
Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Wildie View Post
Just wondering, what would the thing do with Valve`s Steam front end? after all its a browser and I cannot see them be pleased to see their front end changed with adverts from a unpaid 3rd party.
... or happy about the content presented through Steam being copied and used to sell computer games by other manufacturers.

Its an interesting point. I'll check tonight what user-agent Steam uses. If its anything like OpenOffice, Microsoft Office etc it will be identical to Internet Explorer, and Phorm will not be able to help themselves but scam the content (which would include lists of your online friends for example).

The other thought I have about apps like Steam, how do you think you are going to express your wish to opt in/out? How is that going to be stored by Steam? (does it retain cookies for third parties?)

Pete.
Dephormation is offline