Phorm cookies

Nicholas Bohm ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:00:52 +0100


Charles Lindsey wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:17:15 +0100, Nicholas Bohm <nbohm@ernest.net> wrote:
> 
>> Thereafter I found that "opt-out" cookies were regularly set on my 
>> machine from related sites, which I was not aware of having visited. 
>> Only now that I have also blocked "webwise.net" and "a.webwise.net" do 
>> I find that the setting of these cookies has ceased.
> 
> Odd! That implies some Phormery is already operational. Do you use any 
> of BT, VM or Talktalk to access the net? 

I use Merula Limited - http://www.merula.net/

> If not, then I would be 
> surprised if they were opt-out cookies. Can you show us an actual cookie?

Sorry, I junked them all.  I have unblocked "webwise.net" and 
"a.webwise.net"
while leaving "www.webwise.net" blocked, and will report again if I find 
anything.

Nicholas
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