Finally got a reply from BT about my blocked emails - blocked by the spam filters - they say they have "no idea" why they were blocked.
The reply contained a denial that trials were starting on 26th May so I have pointed out the press release that stated that they were starting within 28 days of 29th April.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communicatio...9408146,00.htm
It was also pointed out to me that not everyone has my "voracious appetite for detail" - which I found quite amusing. I suppose they are rather relying on that, to sneak Webwise past a snoozing public? Certainly there appear to be plenty of people within the decision making process at BT with a very poor grasp of detail.
I've pointed out that Phorm seem to have a poor eye for detail too - now that they have revised their advice to Richard Clayton about how the system works.
I'd post this on BT Beta forums but they are still playing up. Must be a server with a poor appetite for detail.
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Originally Posted by SimonHickling
I've had some new replies from BT - paraphrasing, here goes :
It's use of the robots.txt is to determine whether or not the page should be deemed to be in the "public domain"
But then it explains that it doesn't crawl like a bot, but uses the information in robots.txt to decide whether or not the page contents should be analyzed.
It then goes on to explain that it is the responsibility of the broadband subscriber to explain to casual users of their systems (family, friends, etc) that Webwise is turned on - they liken it to security settings.
All in all with another couple of bits they have really made me quite angry again.
I am trying to see how robots.txt can stop access to password protected pages, but I didn't ask that and I don't have a reference to a quote about that - has anyone got one knocking around?
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I have no explanation of HOW BT Retail claim to do this, but I do know that they claim they won't be going past password logins. Haven't time to look it up but you may find it on the Webwise FAQ.
It's when you ask "HOW" that they clam up. And quite often it means that when you really look at what they have said, it doesn't quite say what they hope you think it said. They are very good at being vague.