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Originally Posted by fidbod
Pete,
please can you explain how the CDR tool you created works?
In particular what data does it capture UID, IP etc
and what level of oversight does it give a website owner? Can it tell you only if your site has been visited by a phormed IP or can it tell you which pages within the website have been visited and number of unique visits by the phormed IP?
I have chased up my MP on Phorm - Kate Hoey. However I think the complaint to the EU has definitely got legs.
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I'll release it as open source immediately once the trials start, but until then, I see no reason to give BT a head start... If it were a question of privacy protection of course I'd publish it instantly, without a moments hesitation.
The code produces accurate billing files for each ISP, subdivided according to the level of confidence that a given user was Phormed, and recording as much evidence as possible about IP address/host/UID cookies etc.
Because Copyright damages are civil, the standard of proof is balance of probability. If you have 10,000 hits/month from BT subscribers, and BT announce to advertisers that 75% of users are opted in to Phorm... that's 7,500 billable hits. Invoice them for 5,000 and they can't really object.
Bear in mind too BT are effectively actively attempting to conceal the Phorm UID, and evidence of copyright infringement. That won't do them any favours.
There is a criminal dimension to Copyright infringement, but that's a different topic.
Pete
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