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Article: BT rekindles Phorm concerns.
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- Computer Act!ve
- Article date:
- January 8, 2009
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Byline: Dinah Greek
BT rekindles Phorm concerns
Critics disappointed as ISP moves closer to using web-monitoring technology
news THAT BT is likely deploy the controversial Webwise web monitoring technology has reignited privacy concerns.
BT ran trials of Webwise in September last year and announced these had finished in December.
"There will now be a period of joint analysis of the resultsa[bar] [and] BT's expectation is to move towards deployment," the ISP said in a statement.
Dr Richard Clayton, privacy and security expert at Cambridge University said BT's announcement was "disappointing" because the internet ...