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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