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phormwatch · 21-05-2008, 00:52

I was just thinking of how BT is going to try and not fall foul of the RIPA act. They need permission from both the person who is browsing and the website owner to intercept communications.

They will claim that website permission is implied, even when it isn't. Put that aside for a second. They claim that a website can stop their data being pimped by sending an email to BT (or Phorm?) with the URL of their website and it will be added as a website to ignore.

My question is this: How are they going to authenticate who the senders are of the emails which they receive? Couldn't I just send an email to BT on behalf of, say, news.bbc.co.uk or any other website and demand to be opted out? How are they going to confirm my identity? If they need contact information, what if I want to be opted out, but I don't want to reveal that I am the owner of a website?

21-05-2008, 00:52	#6914
phormwatch Inactive Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 254	Re: BT Phorm website opt-out problem I was just thinking of how BT is going to try and not fall foul of the RIPA act. They need permission from both the person who is browsing and the website owner to intercept communications. They will claim that website permission is implied, even when it isn't. Put that aside for a second. They claim that a website can stop their data being pimped by sending an email to BT (or Phorm?) with the URL of their website and it will be added as a website to ignore. My question is this: How are they going to authenticate who the senders are of the emails which they receive? Couldn't I just send an email to BT on behalf of, say, news.bbc.co.uk or any other website and demand to be opted out? How are they going to confirm my identity? If they need contact information, what if I want to be opted out, but I don't want to reveal that I am the owner of a website?