Phorm and Sky

Does anyone know if Sky is signing up to the [censored] that is Phorm? If they do I'm buying myself out and moving. So anyone know?

Chuffer

I have seen a post on a other forum which suggests it may be on its way to sky,not sure how accurate the post is.

I wouldn't have thought you would need to buy out your contract - phorm would be a pretty significant change to the contract terms.

Isn't it just a matter of using firefox with adverts blocked, and a google anonymiser, rather than switching ISPs?

My Vigor router blocks most in-page advertising.

I would think that Sky is an obvious candidate; they have a large user base, and as Sky broadband is most definitely a loss-leader for the TV service it would give them a chance to claw some cash back. All IMHO of course.

Regards,
Steve

Phorm intercepts and analyses all your non-encrypted browsing activity including what you enter into search engines like Google, any emails you view in webmail, data submitted in non-encripted forms etc,etc.

You can not opt-out or block this or opt-out from having their code injected into all webpages you download, although they do offer an opt-out of targeted adverts.

Blocking thier adverts doesn't protect your privacy.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/29/phorm_documents/comments/#c_168002

Edited by AbandonShip (Sat 08-Mar-08 18:01:50)

Funny you should mention this.

We have a poll and also a transcript of when we asked if Sky were trialling it. There was no answer to our question.

http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/polls/21030-phorm-sky-broadband-would-you-stay-go.html

Just for the record, it does say about halfway down the page:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/07/phorm_interview_burgess_ertegrul/page3.html

that BT have a page where it can be switched on and off (link takes you to here):

http://webwise.bt.com/webwise/index.html


I would be surprised if the relevant authorities would allow ISPs to tie-up with phorm *without* allowing users the choice to opt-out.

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Blocking thier adverts doesn't protect your privacy.

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Privacy and anonymity on the internet is a total myth, especially since the introduction of the laws introduced to (allegedly) combat terrorism.