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Originally Posted by HaveToBeAnon
Oh, just another thought while I'm here.
BT have, as you would expect, a whole team of security experts who's job it is the keep the backbone infrastructure secure and reliable, and it has to be said do a pretty good job. What you would not expect is that they weren't even consulted, and discovered about phorm at the same time as the rest of us, ie February, and their head man, I won't mention names so lets call him JR, went absolutely ape-s..t on hearing about it.
Thats an indication of just how secret this has been within BT, keeping it from people who would instantly recognise it for what it was.
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I'll second this. JR is a top bloke, and if for a second I thought he had been involved in this product I would a) have been surprised and b) would probably have trusted their claims a little more.
Anyone involved in network security will take about 2 seconds to discover who this person is as he is quite visible in the community. Campaigners might even be able to email him directly using the old firstname.lastname@domainname that is used at BT. Nuff said.
It's also worth pointing out that anything added or removed from BT's network (be it BT Retail or other group members) is subject to a change request being approved.
This CR has many details, such as a summary of the intended purpose, backout plans, and a list of approval groups that need to sign it off before it can be added to the network.
I can't imagine something that is placed in such a crucial position in the network would
not have a CR. It would nice if that information made it into the public domain wouldn't it ?