Stealing Phorm's business model (MOD PARENT UP)

Ian Batten ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Wed, 9 Apr 2008 20:39:46 +0100


On 9 Apr 2008, at 20:22, Ian Batten wrote:
>
> Well, they've already said they're going to process search engine  
> strings --- indeed, that's most of their business model.  So when  
> they say they will remove ``form fields'', that's not true, is it?

The FAQ has something on this:

> If Phorm/Webwise doesn't capture form data, how does it collect  
> search engine queries?
> All search keywords become part of the request your browser sends to  
> the search engine. Webwise looks at the http request to understand  
> what search keywords were used. [X]

That's pretty slippery: that's the distinction between POST and GET.   
Saying that forms that use POST are skipped and forms that use GET are  
processed isn't ``all forms'', is it?

ian