BBC NEWS | Technology | ‘Illegal’ ad system scrutinised
BBC NEWS | Technology | ‘Illegal’ ad system scrutinised
I really do wonder how many times people have to be told. I just wish that the ISP’s such as BT would listen to their customers. They don’t want it, they don’t need it and their opinions are backed up by industry experts.
Technical analysis of the Phorm online advertising system has reinforced an expert’s view that it is “illegal”.
The analysis was done by Dr Richard Clayton, a computer security researcher at the University of Cambridge.
What Dr Clayton learned while quizzing Phorm about its system only convinced him that it breaks laws designed to limit unwarranted interception of data.
Phorm can say what they want in response but even if it does turn out to be legal that can only be a technicality of where the line is drawn. It is close enough to an invasion of privacy to create such a reaction and on that alone its rollout should be scrapped. Unless they have no respect for their customers?
