"Pete", is a user/customer who is as annoyed about VM's potential selling of your browsing habits, as the rest of us are. In the VM newsgroups he has created a Firefox (FF2) Plugin for us all. I considered this so important that I even converted to FF from Maxthon.
Here is his message.
Hello all,
I've got all the Dephormation options working now (see
http://www.dephormation.org.uk/ or
http://www.planetsaturn.pwp.blueyond...k/dephormation .... same page).
I've added a feature which alerts you to Phorm/Webwise/OIX content/links/ads on a page (off by default, but easy to enable).
The startup alert is more informative, but can also be suppressed using the options.
Enjoy. Feedback is always welcome.
Pete.
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Tested on FF 2.0.0.12/Window XP. Will install into 1.5 - 2.0.0.x.
To install;
1) Save dephormation.xpi to your hard disk.
2) Select Tools Menu/Add-ons to display the Add-on window.
3) Drag the XPI file into the Firefox Add-on window.
4) Restart Firefox. An alert is displayed as Firefox starts confirming that Dephormation is active.
To uninstall
1) Select Tools menu/Add-ons to display the Add-on window.
2) Click on the Dephormation 'Uninstall' button
3) Restart Firefox.
Options;
"Disable Phorm" - sets a Phorm opt out cookie with every page load (defaults to on) Startup Alert - displays a Dephormation startup confirmation (defaults to on)
"Randomize UID" - changes the Phorm UID cookie to a random message (defaults to on)
"OIX Ad Alert" - displays an alert if a page you are viewing contains
Phorm/OIX/Webwise references (defaults to off)