UK Copyright Industry Wants to Use Pop-Ups to Stop File-Sharing
Using the strikingly flawed logic that everyone connecting to a file-sharing network is automatically a copyright infringer, the UK copyright industry wants the government to force ISPs to use pop-up windows to inform users that they are accessing a website that presumably has unauthorized content.
One may call it a new weapon against file-sharers who are [...]
Britain – Growing Calls Emerge to Make Phorm Opt-In
After being criticized for being illegal by many including FIPR, now there is growing calls by others to make Phorm opt-in instead of opt-out to conform with British privacy laws.
ZeroPaid has learned that two entities have joined calls to make technologies like Phorm opt-in instead of opt-out. Phorm is an Internet Service Provider side [...]
CIPPIC Comments on FTC Proposal on Consumer Tracking Adverts
The Phorm storm may be taking place far away, but few are aware of a similar storm brewing in the United States. Should advertising have the ability to track online users? The FTC seems skeptical about the proposition.
A recent posting on the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic official website says that [...]
Phorm Analysis by Richard Clayton Released, Trials Continue
An interesting technical analysis of the controversial Phorm technology has been released recently. It offers an informative look into the technology that is currently being rolled out for ISPs.
Imagine every bit of information you receive being analyzed before it even reached it’s intended destination. It’s a thought that helped caused an uproar in the [...]
“Private” Surfing Software Browzar Branded Adware
It seems as though the newly released Browazar internet browser isn’t so private after all. According to an article on the BBC’s website, not only does it direct web searches to online advertisements, but some technical experts “…also say Browzar, which claims to leave no trail of webpages visited, does not work.”
Using Internet Explorer as [...]
