URLs, IPs and interception
Roland Perry
ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Sat, 1 Mar 2008 14:40:15 +0000
In article <47C8A6AF.2050701@zen.co.uk>, Peter Fairbrother
<zenadsl6186@zen.co.uk> writes
>Consensual interception is only lawful if _both_ parties agree to the
>interception, which is generally impossible (as, for instance, I don't
>agree to anyone intercepting my websites, and Phorm don't check whether
>I have given permission, as they are required to do under RIPA).
RIPA is all about "intended recipients".
I don't see a problem with the subscriber[1] agreeing through the T&C
that the intended recipient of his browsing requests is a black box at
the ISP. That box will them request pages from the website returning
them to their intended recipient, the black box. Which sends something
similar (maybe with ads inserted in the blank spaces provided by
participating websites) back to the subscriber.
[1] Although that leaves the issue of other users on the same connection
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Roland Perry