Comments on: FIPR calls on Home Office to withdraw misleading advice on Phorm http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2008/04/23/fipr-calls-on-home-office-to-withdraw-misleading-advice-on-phorm/ Protecting your rights in the digital age Fri, 16 May 2008 04:16:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jonah http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2008/04/23/fipr-calls-on-home-office-to-withdraw-misleading-advice-on-phorm/#comment-163782 Jonah Wed, 14 May 2008 15:47:21 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/?p=507#comment-163782 The Problem is if D.P.I Interception is deemed legal then it is also Open House for everyone else to use! http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080513-hackers-used-packet-sniffers-to-filch-credit-card-data.html The Problem is if D.P.I Interception is deemed legal then it is also Open House for everyone else to use!

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080513-hackers-used-packet-sniffers-to-filch-credit-card-data.html

]]> By: VPN http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2008/04/23/fipr-calls-on-home-office-to-withdraw-misleading-advice-on-phorm/#comment-163721 VPN Fri, 09 May 2008 13:19:06 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/?p=507#comment-163721 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/09/rowling_privacy_ruling/ If Private data is processed then such Data "does" become part of the D.P.A when it is published without express permission! http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/09/rowling_privacy_ruling/

If Private data is processed then such Data “does” become part of the D.P.A when it is published without express permission!

]]> By: Privacy? http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2008/04/23/fipr-calls-on-home-office-to-withdraw-misleading-advice-on-phorm/#comment-163629 Privacy? Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:51:43 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/?p=507#comment-163629 According to Phorm & FIPR this system leaks UID details when connected to a HTTPS/SSL Website, this enables any unscrupulous Website owner to gather the UID & depending on the Website setup, link it to an individual IP or any E-mail Address which may have been provided. This in itself makes the Whole System flawed from a Privacy, Data Protection Prospective 0r Fraud Prospective Angle! This is irrespective of the Wire-tap imposed on the Customer, without due Consent of Law, where both parties need to consent or Proper Legal Process for any wrong-doing has been observed! According to Phorm & FIPR this system leaks UID details when connected to a HTTPS/SSL Website, this enables any unscrupulous Website owner to gather the UID & depending on the Website setup, link it to an individual IP or any E-mail Address which may have been provided.

This in itself makes the Whole System flawed from a Privacy, Data Protection Prospective 0r Fraud Prospective Angle!

This is irrespective of the Wire-tap imposed on the Customer, without due Consent of Law, where both parties need to consent or Proper Legal Process for any wrong-doing has been observed!

]]> By: Analysis http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2008/04/23/fipr-calls-on-home-office-to-withdraw-misleading-advice-on-phorm/#comment-163618 Analysis Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:33:20 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/?p=507#comment-163618 Analysis of the Phorm (Webwise) & Nebuad systems, are not as Rosy as may at first be assumed! If these systems, despite the Severe Privacy, Data Protection & Fraud Issues, manage to get approval, they would appear to be a fairly short lived prospect. I will elaborate. First Commercial Websites, not wishing to be an OIX partner & who wish to protect their advertising space will SSL Certificate their Websites. Social Websites will inevitably follow suit to also protect their clients confidentiality. Private & Business Websites will also follow suit to protect Copyright & Trade Secret Issues. Museums, Government Sites, Libraries, would also need to SSL in order to protect against Copyright Infringement. Other Advertising Groups of course will not stand idly by & will lobby for more stringent regulation & at the same time alter their own systems to make them much more robust! Security Groups will find ways to block or impede the gathering of such data, in the manner proposed! As a result over a few years the ISP & Phorm would then once again be in a poor business model Scenario! Society would be the Main Loser, due to the Loss of the necessary, Privacy, Data Protection & Fraud Laws which are at this time still in place! Analysis of the Phorm (Webwise) & Nebuad systems, are not as Rosy as may at first be assumed!

If these systems, despite the Severe Privacy, Data Protection & Fraud Issues, manage to get approval, they would appear to be a fairly short lived prospect.

I will elaborate.

First Commercial Websites, not wishing to be an OIX partner & who wish to protect their advertising space will SSL Certificate their Websites.

Social Websites will inevitably follow suit to also protect their clients confidentiality.

Private & Business Websites will also follow suit to protect Copyright & Trade Secret Issues.

Museums, Government Sites, Libraries, would also need to SSL in order to protect against Copyright Infringement.

Other Advertising Groups of course will not stand idly by & will lobby for more stringent regulation & at the same time alter their own systems to make them much more robust!

Security Groups will find ways to block or impede the gathering of such data, in the manner proposed!

As a result over a few years the ISP & Phorm would then once again be in a poor business model Scenario!

Society would be the Main Loser, due to the Loss of the necessary, Privacy, Data Protection & Fraud Laws which are at this time still in place!

]]> By: VPN http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2008/04/23/fipr-calls-on-home-office-to-withdraw-misleading-advice-on-phorm/#comment-163614 VPN Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:12:19 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/?p=507#comment-163614 The Hype!! http://www.capmarkets.com/ViewFile.asp?ID1=236930&ID2=226023989&ssid=2&directory=9344&bm=0&filename=PHRM_230408.pdf The Hype!!

http://www.capmarkets.com/ViewFile.asp?ID1=236930&ID2=226023989&ssid=2&directory=9344&bm=0&filename=PHRM_230408.pdf

]]> By: VPN http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2008/04/23/fipr-calls-on-home-office-to-withdraw-misleading-advice-on-phorm/#comment-163607 VPN Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:24:55 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/?p=507#comment-163607 Just looking at the Graph for Phorm Share Dealing over the past year, given the Two Spikes, during the BT covert tests & just before the announcement of possible deals, gives me a strong sense of Insider Trading! I could be wrong but given their apparent track record??? Just looking at the Graph for Phorm Share Dealing over the past year, given the Two Spikes, during the BT covert tests & just before the announcement of possible deals, gives me a strong sense of Insider Trading!

I could be wrong but given their apparent track record???

]]> By: VPN http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2008/04/23/fipr-calls-on-home-office-to-withdraw-misleading-advice-on-phorm/#comment-163606 VPN Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:41:29 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/?p=507#comment-163606 Another update to this Saga. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/24/home_office_phorm_fipr_bt/ Another update to this Saga.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/24/home_office_phorm_fipr_bt/

]]> By: David Pollard http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2008/04/23/fipr-calls-on-home-office-to-withdraw-misleading-advice-on-phorm/#comment-163602 David Pollard Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:52:10 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/?p=507#comment-163602 Nicholas Bohm and his colleagues deserve congratulation for the effort they have put into producing this paper to make their arguments clear, straightforward and comprehensible. Nicholas Bohm and his colleagues deserve congratulation for the effort they have put into producing this paper to make their arguments clear, straightforward and comprehensible.

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