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Originally Posted by markt50
Phorm have never once provided any suitable answers to these and many other questions. Let me put it this way, if Phorm was introduced as an 'Opt In' system, and if I decided not to opt in and my traffic was never changed from how it works today, then I would have no problem with Phorm at all. The facts are that Phorm does not work this way, it has no 'opt out', it is trying to trick people by launching with a default 'opt-in' policy.
All Phorm has to do for me is prove that I can really opt out, and that if I opt out my Internet connection is not going to be degraded. They have failed to prove these very simple things and I can't help but wonder why.
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This really is all I require from Phorm, too. If it can be proven, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the system is truly OPT-IN and that, by default, all trafic goes nowhere near any profiling kit or undergoes no redirects etc, then my (and I assume many others' objections) will largely disappear. This, for me, is the big get-out (stay-out?) of jail card for those wishing to force this system on unsuspecting members of the public who may wander blindly into being tracked and monetised.
As an idea I can see that Webwise may well appeal to certain people and they may well feel that it enhances their web experience. Unfortunately, for it to be less distasteful and truly transparent, let it prove its worth by letting people make a positive decision to sign up to it. If it really is the holy grail and all that it's cracked-up to be, ordinary people will be flocking to enable it. If it's a piece of old tosh then it'll die a quick death. The point is, it should live or die on its own merits, not be slipped under the radar and enabled by stealthy means on unsuspecting users' PC's.