SSX4lifeHello World Premium Member join:2004-02-13 |
SSX4life
Premium Member
2008-Feb-27 8:51 am
Would you trust an ex conWould you trust an ex con to be a teller at a bank? Or a security officers?
Would you trust a pedophile to be a school teacher?
Didn't think so. | |
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Shamayim
Premium Member
2008-Feb-27 9:30 am
Can a tiger change its stripes?Uh-uh. | |
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gaforces (banned)United We Stand, Divided We Fall join:2002-04-07 Santa Cruz, CA |
gaforces (banned)
Member
2008-Feb-27 9:47 am
Violation of PrivacyThis kind of hardware will make encryption popular, making it harder for the govt to spy as well. No matter what they say that it is anon data, to serve you targeted ads, they have to know who you are to do that. They LIE so they can make money. | |
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swhx7
Premium Member
2008-Feb-27 12:22 pm
Re: Violation of PrivacyEncryption hides the content, not the IP address or destinations. The addresses are all they need for data-mining. | |
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gaforces (banned)
Member
2008-Feb-27 4:28 pm
Re: Violation of PrivacyCookies are blocked, flash is blocked, most the ad/marketing sites are blocked. How are they going to get useful data to target ads to me? Just by the sites I visit? That wont be useful to target ads to me, specially when I wont even see them. | |
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Doctor FourMy other vehicle is a TARDIS Premium Member join:2000-09-05 Dallas, TX |
You can't polish a turdNo matter how much you try, it always comes out looking (and smelling) like s**t. The same is true with many spyware vendors. | |
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Just block the ads and this will stopFirefox + NoScript + AdBlock Plus = No Worries.
You can't stop your ISP from selling your browsing habits but you can certainly stop those that your data is sold to in their tracks. Ad buyers will only send money to a company if their ads are clicked on and sales are made. | |
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swhx7
Premium Member
2008-Feb-27 12:21 pm
Re: Just block the ads and this will stopThis doesn't work until a large enough number of people do it. Firefox users are about 25% now and that includes most of those who have a clue about computers. There are millions who can hardly tell a keyboard from a kumquat, and studies show a subset of them account for most ad clicks.
It will take legislation to stop this sort of thing. The best approach is educating people - naive users being offended by the "creepy" factor of ISPs monitoring and selling user data is the biggest weapon against this. | |
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| | FreedomBuildWell done is better than well said Premium Member join:2004-10-08 Rockford, IL |
Re: Just block the ads and this will stopNot the mention of the charging and raising of rates for the 'Value of Service' | |
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emptywigHuh? What? Premium Member join:2002-08-05 Pasadena, TX |
emptywig
Premium Member
2008-Feb-27 10:33 am
Stupid Spelling and Stupid Name= Company out of business soon.
I really wish people, but mainly business people, would stop using these 6th-grade-level spelling adaptations. Phorm? First off, its the kind of "Look how cool I am" spelling that one would expect from some punk-ass 15 year-old tagger.
But more to the point, doesn't "Phorm" make you think "Phishing" and does that sound like a good name for a company? Who is the genius who thought that was a good name, and why is he/she employed?
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waynoo
Anon
2008-Feb-27 2:46 pm
Re: Stupid Spelling and Stupid NamePhorm is anagram of Morph.
Has anyone actually looked at the web site to see how it works? The hardware assigns a random id number to the user. If you have various log ins then each session/user will have a different random ID for THAT SESSION. as soon as you turn your pc off, or disconnect your broadban, your random id is deleted. No Ip addresses are collected. It really isn't that difficult to understand. But then again, some people see to love a good conspiracy theory ( let me guess Ernst & Young are also guilty?!!) | |
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emptywig
Premium Member
2008-Feb-27 6:38 pm
Re: Stupid Spelling and Stupid Namesaid by waynoo :
Phorm is anagram of Morph. How clever they are. Like my 10yr old niece. wig | |
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wruckman Ruckman.net join:2007-10-25 Northwood, OH |
Absolutely Not!Once a criminal, always a criminal. Reform is a illusion of restraint.
Can you trust Sony again? After they put rootkits on our PCs? I think not! | |
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Yeah Rightthe only thing more ridiculous than trusting purveyors of spyware with personal data is the Utah porn filter idea. I have one reaction to both:
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