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Originally Posted by Dephormation
X-Post from badphorm, I just noticed a subtle change (I think) to the wording on webwise.bt.com site.
Instead of saying
BT Webwise is not available until BT Webwise is switched on.
It now says...
The Webwise feature is not available at this time.
Not sure what significance (if any) this has. But someone is clearly twiddling with it.
Rob? Any ideas?
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Nope. No idea at all and I have nothing to add! Its gone v quiet! (I think they'll attack at dawn)
I see BT are still basically advertising a cookie based opt-out, with an option to block
www.webwise.net cookies as a permanent opt-out if you do't want webwise cookies on your computer.
No sign on the FAQ of a change to opt-IN but then the Webwise trial is Opt-IN anyway and they aren't saying anything about the final design of Webwise at this point. I think they have realised that the safest way to avoid putting their feet in their mouths is to keep their mouths closed.
No sign either of how the Webwise trial invitation is to be issued - whether by illegal interception of a browsing request for a 3rd party site or merely by a legal customer service message when a customer visits BT-ISP customer pages such as bt.com or BTYahoo Homepage or BTYahoo Webmail.
No indication of how comprehensive the informed consent will be on the Webwise trial invitation.
BT are now blocking my emailed questions with their spam filters, unless I change to a new address. I've asked if they can explain why they are doing that rather than just admitting that they don't want to answer any more questions, so I can forward their reply to the regulator. And I've sent a list of legal questions by snail mail to the BT Retail legal department.
Latest "official" Webwise trial commencement date now only six days away with formal 24 hours notice therefore only five days away (Sunday!!)
BT Beta forums currently throwing up server errors all morning. Some BT customers reporting problems logging into BTYahoo! webmail.
Reading between the lines of Dr Richard Clayton's blog, I suspect he may be getting very annoyed at being misled by Phorm. Aren't we all!?