Internet spy camera

[Planetgarb]

looks like Phorm is not dead yet

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...under-web.html

The British inventor of the internet has launched a damning attack on plans by BT and other communications firms to spy on the web-surfing habits of up to 11million households.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee said he is 'embarrassed' to be British because this country - unlike the USA - has failed to block the 'Big Brother' move.
He warned the proposals are far more sinister than intercepting letters or tapping telephone conversations.
And he suggested the technology was even worse than allowing companies to install TV cameras in the homes of the nation to snoop on how people live their lives.
BT, TalkTalk and Virgin Media are all considering launching a system known as Phorm, which would track the internet pages that their 11m customers look at.

[xgc505m]

I'd like to see a 2 tier pricing from BT. If you want targeted adverts, which generate revenue, then the end user should have a lower BB cost. If you dont want the intrusion or marketing, then pay a premium price. Pretty simple from my perspective.
M

[Rchivist]

http://www.computerweekly.com/Articl...-phorm-ban.htm

one of a flurry of media articles about Phorm this week, there has been a storm of coverage in print nd online media, including Daily Mail, following the meeting at the House of Lords on 11th March arranged by Baroness Miller and the all party group on Co0mmunications, addressed by a variety of world class experts including Sir Tim Berners-Lee, founder of the internet.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7936625.stm

The Computer Weekly article says:

BT must be stopped from deploying technology that uses people's personal internet communications to make money from advertisers, the government was told this week.

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer, Liberal Democrat home affairs spokeswoman, asked in the Lords for the government to delay the rollout of interception-based online advertising until its legality had been established under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.

She told Computer Weekly that Ofcom, the Information Commissioner, the Home Office and the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) were all passing the buck. Phorm could normalise a level of snooping not even attempted by the Home Office's stalled Interception Modernisation Programme. Other ministers have praised Phorm for its enterprise.

Prepare for more headlines on Phorm, as the issue is going mainstream, both in terms of politics and media coverage.