Mele20
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Hilo, HI
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Re: Anti-Spyware Coalition Probes Data Pimping (Phorm, NebuAd)
Why would The Anti-Spyware Coalition need to launch a review? Obviously they do not understand ANYTHING about Phorm and the others! If the Coalition is that ignorant I really fear for USA users.
"We need to go into detail on how the consent factors work here. Does someone clearly know they're being tracked or not?" Schwartz says. "We must determine what level of risk is tied to these things."
There is NO CONSENT! The cookie issue is completely irrelevant...don't they even understand that basic simple fact? God, they have to be educated really fast otherwise I guess I will be giving up my computer because if Road Runner signs a deal with Phorm (or any of them) I will not stand for ALL DATA FROM MY COMPUTER being tracked ALL THE TIME NO MATTER WHETHER I OPT OUT OR IN. The damn hardware is Man in the Middle Physical Attack on ALL COMPUTERS ON THE NETWORK that has installed the hardware. There is no escape. The cookie stuff is irrelevant. It doesn't make any difference if you opt out. You are STILL TRACKED ALL THE TIME and your browser is still hijacked on every request it makes and redirected to a Phorm server in Russia. Trick code is still inserted into your browser. Opting out only means that you won't be served specialized ads. Opting out does not mean that Phorm will not track all data from your computer, build a profile on you and sell it.
There isn't anything for the Antispyware Coalition to decide. There can be NO middle ground. Phorm must be condemned in EVERY RESPECT. Phorm is highly invasive of the user's privacy and opting out does not in any way protect the user's privacy. The Antispyware Coalition should have immediately issued a public statement CONDEMNING ANY ISP THAT ADOPTS this hardware. What good is the Antispyware Coalition if they have to "study" this when there can be nothing more invasive of privacy than an ISP turning on Phorm?
How can the AntiSpyware Coalition be so NAIVE? They should already know a great deal more about this than I do. Yet, it appears they know nothing. That is extremely frightening and depressing.
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