Although this is about internet technology, it's not something just for the techies - It's something that has the potential to affect many, many users of the internet.

Phorm is the name of a company created by an ex-spyware boss, who are dealing with some of the UK's biggest Internet Service Providers in order to buy information on all the (unencrypted) content that their customers are using.

The "Father Of The WWW", Tim Berners-Lee against Phorm: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7299875.stm

There's a petition to the Goverment to raise awareness of it - http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ispphorm/

Unlike the third party petition sites - the UK Government actually pay some attention to the petitions on the site if they get enough signatures. Sign it NOW.

The Register has a good run-down on it - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/29/phorm_roundup/

There's an Anti-Phorm website - http://www.badphorm.co.uk/

Many Anti Virus / Anti Spyware companies have already committed to marking Phorm as spyware. Yet companies like BT and Virgin Media are quite happy to sell your browsing habits on to them.

I have no problems with people veiwing my browsing habits. They'd be more sad than me.

In fact, I go in the following order.....

Answer / send E-mails
Glaze over Blabbermouth
Talk shit on Forums (hello there!)
Myspace
Ebay & Amazon
Porn

Send that to whoever wants it.

H.O.D. Feemo wrote:I have no problems with people veiwing my browsing habits. They'd be more sad than me.

In fact, I go in the following order.....

Answer / send E-mails
Glaze over Blabbermouth
Talk shit on Forums (hello there!)
Myspace
Ebay & Amazon
Porn

Send that to whoever wants it.

You bastard!!!!!!!!!!! Have you been stalking me? That's pretty much exactly what I do,in that order!

Myspace
UKThrash
Newgrounds
Hotmail

Then beer and guitar playing!

I signed the petition so they cant see all the bestiality sites I've been browsing

Emails. Forums. Myspace. eBay. Cyanide and Happiness.

Bangover wrote:I signed the petition so they cant see all the bestiality sites I've been browsing

Why bother?
If they are monitoring your browsing,all they'll do is send you an e-mail saying
"Dear Sir,we've noticed that some people who regularly visit Equine Anal Insertions.com,also enjoy Dogs fucking Teens.co.uk."
Please click the link for more recommendations"

It could also be used to make some really annoying vicious spyware. I fucking hate spyware.

ribbons69 wrote:Dogs fucking Teens.co.uk

.co.UK?!

I am sure there are an equal number of depraved young girls who want to get fucked by Dobermans as anywhere else.

Birth
UK Thrash
Death

:infamousharrisdancer:

If they sell my details to someone who can send more Asian pr0n my way then I'm all for it.

/thread

James wrote:Birth
UK Thrash
Death

:infamousharrisdancer:

haha

UKthrash stays on the whole time i'm online, just takes me ages to browse the forum while checking mcspaces and emails and stuff!!!

also - ?