BT’s ‘illegal’ 2007 Phorm trial profiled tens of thousands
BT’s covert trial of Phorm’s ISP adware technology in
summer 2007 involved tracking many thousands more
customers without their knowledge than previously
reported, it’s emerged.
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Today Phorm said the 2007 trial was actually performed
on “tens of thousands” of lines. It refused to provide
a specific figure, but at the absolute least there are
38,000 BT Retail customers unaware their
communications have been allegedly criminally
intercepted in the last two years. The number could be
as high as 108,000.We asked a Phorm spokesman why it doesn’t believe
people have the right to know how likely it is they
were part of a secret test. “We’re just not going to
disclose that,” he said. “They were BT customers and
you have to ask BT about that.” A BT spokesman refused
to provide a figure….
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