[Cobbydaler]

Originally Posted by D_Advocate

Ah .. that one alt3rn1ty - many thanks

I'll get around to that one, and some others I've missed, once I've eaten and maybe had a little snooze.

It's tough being so popular.

D_A

Originally Posted by fidbod

@ Devils Advocate.

One of your previous posts stated you would be concerned if it could be shown that the Phorm system made personally identifiable information (PII) available. I would argue that Phorm also increases your security risk significantly. I am interested in your thoughts on the following thought experiment.

1. The cookie that Phorm set on your PC contains a unique identifier (UID)

2. Your PC's IP address can be read from the HTML requests generated when browsing.

3. Malicous Javascript code on a website can "read" the Phorm UID from your machine.

As a malicous person I now have two pieces of information unique to your PC. That I can use to target you.

You could argue for a long time whether these two bits of information are PII and I will not offer judgement on that. However it is now much easier for me to target your PC to extract further infomation.

thoughts?

@ D_Advocate

So despite your meal & possible nap, you'd rather respond to a later post than this one?