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[News] Anti-FOSS Internet 'Standards' and Phrom/BT's Violation of the Law

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EDPS confirms the possibility of a 'Soviet Internet'

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| EDPS, the European Data Protection Supervisor, points out in its analysis of 
| the Harbour report that amendment 81 gives the possibility of a 'Soviet 
| Internet', where National Regulatory Authorities could impose technological 
| mandates, such as mandatory TPM chips to connect to the internet.   
| 
| [...]
| 
| FFII has been involved in the OOXML standardisation discussion, and according 
| to Wikipedia, there are proposals to standardize the TPM stack inside ISO: 
| 
|     Some efforts exists have the Trusted computing specifications 
|     standardized by ISO. This was active for a first part in October 2007 and 
|     member states of the ISO/DIS JTC1 are expected to send their opinion to 
|     ISO by July 24 2008.   
| 
|     The concerned documents are referred to as
| 
|     * ISO/IEC DIS 11889-1 Trusted Platform Module — Part 1: Overview
|     * ISO/IEC DIS 11889-2 Trusted Platform Module — Part 2: Design principles
|     * ISO/IEC DIS 11889-3 Trusted Platform Module — Part 3: Structures
|     * ISO/IEC DIS 11889-4 - Trusted Platform Module — Part 4: Commands
| 
| Which means that it would be easier for National Regulatory Authorities to 
| mandate such standard to connect to the Internet. 
| 
| It is time to contact your MEP and ask them to reject this amendment 81. EDPS 
| has also some concerns about the Harbour's IMCO report on amendments 9, 30, 
| 76, 81,112 130, 134.  
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http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-85894/edps-confirms-the-possibility-of-a-soviet-internet
http://tinyurl.com/5wmvdn

Phorm: Our business is fine, honest

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| After its share price slumped to a new low, Phorm today sought to allay 
| investor fears about the ISP-level adware business by repeating assurances 
| that a critical third trial with BT will go ahead.  
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/04/phorm_stock_market_announcement/


Recent:

Phorm secretly tracked Americans too

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| of British Telecom customers as part of its grand scheme to target online ads
| from inside the world's ISPs, it was "operating a number of public commercial
| services" on various stateside networks.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/13/phorm_us_tests/


Spy fear over e-mail check plan

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| Plans to give local councils and other public bodies the power to monitor
| e-mail and internet traffic have been branded a "snoopers' charter".
|
| The government wants to make it mandatory for phone and internet companies to
| store all information on personal web use for 12 months.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7557963.stm


Home Office questioned over Phorm

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| Critics have asked why the Home Office has not intervened over secret Phorm
| trials BT conducted in 2006 and 2007.
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The EU has asked the UK government to clarify the situation.


Bad Phorm: EU demands UK Government response on intrusive web ad tracking
technology

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| Controversial behavioral advertising targeting outfit Phorm, whose Webwise ad
| technology monitors user browsing habits to serve appropriate advertising
| messages, might have dragged the UK Government into a slugfest with the
| European Union over a possible breach of strict Euro data laws...
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/19884/1054/


Controversial Ad Network Caught Editing Wikipedia

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| Phorm has been beset by controversy for years over its business model and
| quietly-run trials on British Telecom's (BT) broadband service.
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http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/04/08/controversial-ad-network-caught-editing-wikipedia
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