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TheFaQQer replied

6 March 2008, 14:18
It's OK, they've told the BBC that this is to help us.

Phew.

Linky
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smiff replied

28 February 2008, 14:42
Firefox with NoScripts and AdBlock addons work for me.

I only get to see about 25% of web content due to this strict filtering though....
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HRH replied

28 February 2008, 14:39
nothing that a decent ML filter won't stop.
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chicane replied

28 February 2008, 14:34
Think of all the poor blokes out there who'll suddenly be bombarded with a barrage of appropriately-targeted ads for x-rated sites based on previous hours of "doing some work in the study, love".
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DimPrawn replied

28 February 2008, 14:33
Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View Post

Is this a serious comment?

No, Next.

Are any of my comments?
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ratewhore replied

28 February 2008, 14:28
Targeted advertising don't mean a thing when adblock is enabled...
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Peoplesoft bloke replied

28 February 2008, 14:27
Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

If we all had ID cards this wouldn't happen.

Is this a serious comment?
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TheFaQQer replied

28 February 2008, 14:15
I think it's a NickyG backed conspiracy.
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miffy replied

28 February 2008, 14:15
Phorm's proprietary ad serving technology uses anonymised ISP data to deliver the right ad to the right person at the right time

That'll be just when I'm trying to fill out a form then.

Great news that. Time to tap into the neighbours wide open wireless router me thinks...
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DimPrawn replied

28 February 2008, 13:42
If we all had ID cards this wouldn't happen.
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realityhack started a topic All your browsing are belong to us.

28 February 2008, 13:41
All your browsing are belong to us.

Phorm will be buying your past and present browsing behaviour info from your ISP soon, if not already. BT have been doing this since July, denying it at the time, Talk Talk and Virgin Media to follow.

This is packaged rosily as 'Webwise', to protect you (aww bless) from nasty sites out there, and to stop all that horrid advertising... from being untargeted and irrelevant to you, that is.

Apparently you can opt out - which simply installs a different type of cookie to 'tell our system to ignore that computer'. Opting out takes some doing, the link is buried in the privacy policy, here.

Nice of them to ask us.
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