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Originally Posted by phormwatch
Just a heads up to everyone. In case anyone was unaware (as I was), dabs.com was bought by BT in 2006. It is now under BT ownership.
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I quoted Dabs at the AGM (as a pertinent example to the question to Hanif Lalani regarding eCommerce). Would a firm like Dabs.com want their private unencrypted communications with customers sold to Maplin for advertising?
Of course not. It would be damaging to them. So how could the
idiots at the Home Office imply any web site would tolerate interception of their private unencrypted communication.
Pete
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Originally Posted by CWH
They really do appear to want to monitor absolutely everything that passes for communications.
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The people who want to do this, are mad. Simply mad. Particularly so if a certain bunch of alleged spyware/rootkit suppliers are involved in any way shape or Phorm.
Why? Because if you can't trust your ISP, you're going to tend toward encrypting your data (if you've got any sense). Server and client side. Encrypted web sites, encrypted email.
When that happens, how are they going to sustain their clever 'security' measures, if they can't read a flipping thing anyone transmits. How are they going to differentiate between suspicious use of encryption, and general use of encryption?
Suddenly the promise of security through intrusion evaporates, and you're left in a bleak world where the Govt has even less idea what even the crooks are up to because they can't be separated from normal society, and the communication data can't be decoded.
