Stealing Phorm's business model (MOD PARENT UP)
Ian Batten
ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:05:46 +0100
On 10 Apr 08, at 0834, Roland Perry wrote:
>
> Which isn't clear on who will become one of the 10,000 triallists.
>
> "The trial invitation will be presented through a special web page
> that will appear the first time those customers start a web-browsing
> session after BT Webwise becomes available.
I'm the `customer'. How do they know that the opt-in/out screen is
being presented to the customer and not to a random user? If I block
access by my children to webwise, what happens?
> At this point, those customers invited can choose to click YES, NO
> or Find More to get more information. The site also contains
> detailed information on the service and a one-click option to switch
> the service off, which can be activated at any point during the
> trial."
All of those being things that 9 year olds are ideally equipped to
explore. And nine year olds are, under no circumstances, either the
customer or empowered to represent the customer.
ian