Eu starts action against government over phorm

[sidthelamp]

The main question is......
Do we want our privacy,
or do we want the terrorists caught.

i want my privacy from unauthorized spying on my online trading activities,witch would also cover my customers right to privacy,let alone some anonymous 3rd party using phorm to poach my customers,

this latest bit of snooping has nothing to do with terrorism [ although who gets to see the gathered information is yet to be made clear]

the latest bit of legistration you need to check out ron as of the 4th of this month all your mobile, internet activity is being logged a requirement that is now law to your isp. the strange twist to this legistration is your messages, calls are only logged, not recorded, so by implication if you talk to a mr x[ could be a on line transaction for instance] and mr x commits a crime you will find yourself at the least having to explain your envolvment with mr x and by implication could find yourself having to prove your inosense before you a charged with any offence,witch is contra to english law, do not let the fear of terrorism outway the realitys of terrorism, nor let them that preach fear gain control over you and your freedom.

[SalusLibrorum]

The main question is......
Do we want our privacy,
or do we want the terrorists caught.

Terrorists. Right. The catch-all excuse for invading privacy nowadays. Except this is nothing to do with security and everything to do with making money out of you and your customers browsing habits by tracking everywhere you go and everything you do on the net.

You think they're going to Hijack your browser and scare you to death with their advertising?

[bittymatriarch]

Here's the BBC take:

"The European Commission has started legal action against Britain over the online advertising technology Phorm. It follows complaints to the EC over how the behavioural advertising service was tested on BT's broadband network without the consent of users."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7998009.stm

[bittymatriarch]

"Amazon has said it will not allow online advertising system Phorm to scan its web pages to produce targeted ads. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7999635.stm