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Originally Posted by AlexanderHanff
What a day. ...
Anyway, just wanted to update you all, it was a very positive experience today and a little spoiler for you, the Earl doesn't think the Phorm system will be deployed at any point in the near future and perhaps not at all, he also feels if BT do deploy it, it would be a very serious mistake.
Back soon,
Alexander Hanff
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Well done Alex and thanks.
Speaking as a BT customer I get the feeling too that BT have gone very very quiet and that these trials are dead in the water. It's just a gut feeling, but they seem to be climbing back into their bunkers.
The list of bad news is just so long,
Caught out by the revelations of Phorm/Kent's past activities
Caught red-handed over the illegal secretive trials and their dishonesty over those affected who suffered actual loss
Caught red handed over the leaked trials technical document and the revelations therein
Caught out by the ICO demanding opt-in
Caught out by their conversations with the ICO becoming public and by their being shown to have been very very economical, in fact downright stingy, with the truth.
Caught by the revelations of their shady dealings with the hosting of the BT Webwise site and Phorm handling the contact page enquiries
Caught with leaky cookies on
www.bt.com
Caught passing PII to Phorm
Caught out over dates as to who contacted who when, regarding ICO and HO
Caught out when the FOI request released their useless interstitial page
Caught out when they realised they couldn't use network based opt-in because BT wholesale ran that
Caught out by developments in the USA making them look like the only lonely ISP supporting this technology
Caught out by the anti DPI Anti Phorm Anti-BT Webwise campaign growing rather than fading
Caught out by the Parliamentary interest
Caught out by the police eventually getting the files and knowing that they have to be investigated
Caught like a rabbit in the headlights, stuck in the middle of the fast lane to oblivion, handcuffed to Phorm and unable to run to safety.
and the NebuAd news from over the pond is far far better than we expected a few months ago if El Reg is anything to go by - and they are certainly not the only ones reporting it.
Yes - sleep well tonight Alex. For at least a few minutes...