BT and Phorm secretly tracked 18,000 customers in 2006

[K1u]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/01/bt_phorm_2006_trial/

Exclusive BT secretly intercepted and profiled the web browsing of 18,000 of its broadband customers in 2006 using advertising technology provided by 121Media, the alleged spyware company that changed its name to Phorm last year.

[Rab]

Update: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/29/bt_phorm_trial_go/

A sample invitation page posted to BT's "Webwise" pages gives details of how customers will be asked for permission to wiretap their line. It says: "As a BT Total Broadband customer, you can try an exciting new service called BT Webwise."

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Thats why I built a small script to watch my cookies folder and delete their tracking cookie as soon as it is created.