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Originally Posted by tarka

Confirmed, when clicking the opt in link I do see a similar cookie for a.webwise.net (i'm with BT). Interestingly, the opt out link just goes to the home page. To confirm that the opt out link wasn't doing anything at all I tried leaving the cookie in place then clicking the opt out link but after being sent to the home page the cookie remained, presumably leaving me opted in.

I also tried visiting a.webwise.net/services/ and got a 404.

The ISP check is carried out from the home page :- http://www.webwise.com/index.php

If you look on the left hand side it should say:-

"The Webwise feature
is not available
at this time."


The opt-in and opt-out are on separate pages


OPT-IN = http://www.webwise.com/privacy/opt/in.html

OPT-OUT = http://www.webwise.com/privacy/opt/out.html

Bypassing the homepage and using either these links works for me (I'm not with one of the Phorm Three)

The opt-out link deletes the UID cookie and creates the opt-out cookie "OPTED_OUT=YES".

{Firephorm} Blocked Master cookie (http://a.webwise.net/services/OO?op=...om%2Findex.php)

Phorm Master Cookie: "uid=na; expires=Sat, 4-Aug-2007 20:50:26 GMT; path=/services/
OPTED_OUT=YES; expires=Tue, 3-Aug-2010 20:50:26 GMT; domain=.webwise.net; path=/"

I believe they "fixed" the opt-in/opt-out script to check referrer a few months after I mentioned the remote opt-in issue over on ISPReview - So directly accessing the actual opt-in url http://a.webwise.net/services/OO?op=in without spoofing referrer will give an error - I guess people who block referer wouldn't want to opt-out anyway.