hymjuvnvortexcom uk isps spy google users others httplaurenvortexcomarchive000375html greetings given cctv surveillance fetish uk days seems somehow sickly appropriate british isps forefront comes spying content subscribers web browsing appears google users bullseye related media attention far revolved around manner three largest uk isps gone bed phorm toward goal monetizing web browsing habits subscribers providing targeted ads httpwwwtheregistercouk20080229phorm_roundup course theres lot soothing promotional blather bt site claiming data collected regarding sites visit quickly deleted anonymized officially isps claim havent made decision optout vs optin current british telecom limited deployment call service webwise httpwebwisebtcomwebwiseindexhtml promote mainly antiphishing system appears optout requiring either maintaining special cookie browser blocking cookies particular site thirdparty tracking web sites visit bad enough webwise presumably incarnations phorm system go one big step farther actually spy web content extract use search terms enter search engines webwise use website address keywords search terms page viewed match category area interest eg travel finance given vast majority searches days conducted google obvious ispbased system attempting monetize vast number search transactions users google technical manner seems eerily similar wiretapping unbelievably intrusive unacceptable except perhaps fullyinformed optin basis use search engine lets say google expressing implicit belief search data abused misused google made determinations regarding use manner search query data isps partners im communicating google period dont care isps claim data quickly discarded anonymized well looks like iphone thats put blender httpyoutubecomwatchvqg1ckckm8yi nobody google rights search terms know search keywords sensitive names addresses social security numbers sloppy people searches new words used domains product names manner personally commercially sensitive information found search query data anyone tried stunt basis physical mail phone calls theyd probably land prison isps increasingly pushing envelope terms spying even altering subscriber web traffic latest example utterly beyond pale hard see abusive behavior continue pass legal muster indefinitely subscribers wish optin systems full understanding whats involved well wouldnt recommend thats choice however systems fully deployed manner requires subscribers optout avoid communications google search engines intercepted foresee angry subscribers particular search services giant likely anything amused lauren lauren weinstein nsrczxvortexcom nsrczxpfirorg tel 1 818 2252800 httpwwwpfirorglauren cofounder pfir people internet responsibility httpwwwpfirorg cofounder nnsquad network neutrality squad httpwwwnnsquadorg founder privacy forum httpwwwvortexcom member acm committee computers public policy laurens blog httplaurenvortexcom _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list httplistsvortexcommailmanlistinfoprivacy fri 08 aug 2008 043633 0800 privacy forum uk isps spy google users others