BT show bad Phorm

[Dracos]

BT threatened with legal action over secret Phorm trial. BT has admitted that it conducted secret trials on its customers, passing their browsing histories on to an advertising agency. Full story here http://www.macuser.co.uk/?news/news_story.php?id=178605

If like me you feel strongly about this you can sign an online Govenment petition here http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ispphorm/

 

[CitizenGeek]

Wow, that is one awesome pun :]

 

[Dracos]

More about Phorm here from the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7301379.stm

More info here at BadPhorm http://www.badphorm.co.uk/page.php?2

So what do they actually see?
Phorm doesn't just see the URL of every page you visit, they see the entire content of every single web page (with the exception of encrypted pages). That means they can read your mail if you use most types of webmail, view all the posts you make or read on web forums, obtain the content of most webforms you complete, in fact just about anything you do on the web that is not encrypted can be hoovered up by Phorm. Phorm claim they do not store this information for more than 14 days.