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Re: [LUG] Phorm?

 

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:40:24 +0000
Anton Channing wrote:

> Has anyone else been following the Phorm
> scandal?  Where basically BT, Virgin Media
> and Carphone Warehouse are going to (have
> already started?) selling http logs to a
> company called Phorm?
> 
> Possibly other big ISPs also joining them
> shortly.
> 
> Phorm used to be involved in creating spyware
> under the name 121 Media.
> 
> I read about on The Reg:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/29/phorm_documents/
> 
> Basically, I want to find out if I need to
> move ISP, whether there is anyway I can tell
> if my ISP is already doing this, any way I
> can tell if an ISP I think of moving to is
> already doing this, anyway I can write a web
> page that can detect this type of request and
> inform the user they are being spied on?
> 
> I have seen mixed reports on whether a https
> proxy would be useful or not in this scenario.
> Anyone able to give a definitive answer on
> why or why not?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Anton

Sounds like a job for onion routing!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_routing

Grant.

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