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Originally Posted by HamsterWheel
Just as an example of Phisihing, just got this.
Clicked on it to show what I was talking about and went straight to the site with no interception from Windows etc.
[link removed - don't visit links posted on forums unless you trust the peson posting it]
perhaps a few of you should also try it - if you get to the site then you ought to sign up for Webwise as soon as it is available.
EDITED TO SAY - DO NOT GIVE YOUR DETAILS !!!!!
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"just got this..."
In other words you went to this site as a result of an email.
I'll type this very slowly as you obviously have trouble reading - Webwise does not prevent phishing emails. It has nothing to do with phishing emails.
The fact that you are getting phishing emails is proof that you are too trusting (I'm being polite) and don't care who you give your personal information to.
Please explain to us all how Webwise will reduce the number of phishing emails.
P.S. Why the warning not to give our details?
Are you saying that you should make that choice for us all and we MUST trust the people that YOU have faith in with the information that YOU decide is acceptable and only block those people or companies that YOU wouldn't give information to?
Think about what you've just posted and you may move from your current standpoint and realise that Webwise removes that choice from all of us in all cases. Only you should ever be allowed to decide who you share your information with and no-one else should ever have access to customers data at an ISP level.
If you are happy to provide Phorm with information about your internet usage then that should be a contractual arrangement between you and Phorm and should not require any involvment from the ISPs. THe whole reason that te BT trials have been delayed for the last two months is that the Webwise system was designed to be undetectable and was meant to be used without the customers' knowldge or consent. They can't get it working as a legitimate tool because it was written as a spyware application.
You are either extremely ill-informed or you don't want people to know and understand the truth about Phorm and Webwise. Either way I hope that visitors to this forum will see through you and disregard your posts.