Call to prosecute BT for ad trial
Found on BBC News on Friday, 06 June 2008
BT should face prosecution for its "illegal" trials of a controversial ad-serving technology, a leading computer security researcher has said.
But BT plans to push ahead with a further trial of the technology later this summer, the BBC has learnt.
During the trials adverts were stripped out of web pages served up to BT customers and replaced with more targeted ads, if available.
"This isn't how we expect ISPs to treat their customers' private communications and since, not surprisingly, it's against the law of the land, we must now expect to see a prosecution."
Phorm needs to be stopped as soon as possible. They try to make money by using the work of others. I wonder how long a company would succeed in sending employees to stores, stick ads on all the CD-cover and leave.