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Covert BT Phorm Trial Report Leaked 292

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday June 05, 2008 @10:46AM from the look-at-what-someone-found dept.

stavros-59 writes "An internal BT report on the BT secret trials of Phorm (aka 121Media) Deep Packet Inspection has been revealed on Wikileaks today. The leaked document shows that during the covert trial a possible 18 million page requests were intercepted and injected with JavaScript and about 128 thousand charity ads were substituted with the Phorm Ad Network advertisements purchased by advertisers specifically for the covert trial period. Several ISPs are known to be using, or planning to use, DPI as a means of serving advertising directly through Layer 7 interception at ISP level in the USA and Europe. NebuAd claim they are using DPI to enable their advertising to reach 10% of USA internet users." CT: nodpi has updated their page with a note that says that the charity ads were "purchased and not hijacked"- read there to see what the latest is.

Submission + - UK phone and email database proposed (timesonline.co.uk)

Submitted by mishmash on Monday May 19, 2008 @06:41PM

mishmash writes: The Times of London is reporting proposals for a massive government database holding details of every phone call, e-mail and time spent on the internet. This is to be justified as being "part of the fight against crime and terrorism". "Internet service providers (ISPs) and telecoms companies would hand over the records to the Home Office under plans put forward by officials." Contact details for representatives to let them know your views are available at Write to Them.

Submission + - Spoofing SSL in Firefox 3

Submitted by on Monday May 19, 2008 @06:38PM

An anonymous reader writes: In just a few days the new Firefox 3 browser from the house of Mozilla will be release. Except of course if another re-build of the current release candidate has to be made, which would push the publishing of the newest browser to sometime in June. One such reason could be the ease one can spoof the secure mode indicator of secured sites, specially on the Linux platform.

The full story is here: https://blog.startcom.org/?p=86

Submission + - Breaking the Fermilab code (jgc.org)

Submitted by

Saiyine

on Monday May 19, 2008 @05:02PM

Saiyine writes: "Do you remember the code received at Fermilad we discussed last Friday? To most of us it just looked like random bits on a paper, but well, it seems like somebody has cracked it in just two days! Read on to learn the hidden secret..."

Submission + - Taser Wins Lawsuit to Change Cause of Death (azcentral.com) 1

Submitted by

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property

on Sunday May 04, 2008 @02:10AM

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes: "Taser has started a legal campaign against medical examiners who rule that Tasers contribute to the cause of death and they just won a case. While they do have a number of scientific studies that establish their claims, it's interesting that the alternate cause of death they champion — excited delirium — appears only in police reports on the deaths of difficult or drug-addled inmates, not in medical textbooks. Of course, that may change soon — Taser is funding and promoting research on the subject."

Journal SPAM: New US Law Mandates DNA Collection from All Newborns 12

Journal by Jeremiah Cornelius on Saturday May 03, 2008 @06:52PM

It sounds like the setup for the movie Gattaca, but the United States has enacted a Federal law mandating the creation of a national "DNA Warehouse", with the President's signature on April 24, 2008. Described as a "national contingency plan", justification for the new law, S. 1858, known as Th

Submission + - RBHS Hackers pose Morality questions (signonsandiego.com)

Submitted by

Liath

on Friday May 02, 2008 @06:57PM

Liath writes: "8 Rancho Bernardo HS kids have been caught in a hacking operation apparently in effect for the last 2 months. The Asst. Principal in charge has distributed a memo [pdf | signonsandiego.com] to the local news and schools, talking about the moral character of today's students.

From the memo:
After listening, I turned to his mother and asked, "What do you think of this kind of morality?" The mother replied, "I am not a mother anymore". I asked the same question to the boy's father and he responded, "This is not the morality of my ancestors.""

Submission + - BBC: Identity 'at risk' on Facebook (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by

on Thursday May 01, 2008 @03:48AM

An anonymous reader writes: Personal details of Facebook users could potentially be stolen, the BBC technology programme Click has found.

The popular social networking site allows users to add a variety of applications to their profile. But a malicious program, masquerading as a harmless application, could potentially harvest personal data.

Submission + - Customs crackdown: $110k fine for 'unmodded' GTAIV (idg.com.au)

Submitted by

Titus Germanicus

on Thursday May 01, 2008 @02:48AM

Titus Germanicus writes: "Australian gamers ordering 'unmodified' copies of the game from overseas that may contain legally objectionable material — may want to think twice. The Australian Customs Service confirmed yesterday that importing UK and North American copies of Grand Theft Auto IV into the country would likely contravene the Prohibited Imports Regulations. This is an offence that carries a fine of up to $110,000. Talking to Goodgearguide Australian customs said, "Imported copies of GTA IV could potentially fall within the definition of a prohibited import, if they contain material above the MA 15+ rating [given to the Australian version of the game]", a Customs spokesperson said yesterday. "The maximum penalty for this type of offence is a fine of up to $110,000. Customs may detain or seize any items that are suspected of contravening the regulations.""

Submission + - Microsoft EULA results in $175m tax judgement (channelregister.co.uk)

Submitted by

AustinSlacker

on Tuesday April 01, 2008 @01:00PM

AustinSlacker writes: "It appears that Microsoft's own EULA has resulted in a $175 million dollar (USD) judgment against Microsoft in Indian courts. I don't pretend to understand U.S. tax law, so I won't even begin to try and explain Indian tax law. I suggest that you RTFA."

Submission + - BT and Phorm secretly tracked 18,000 customers (theregister.co.uk)

Submitted by on Tuesday April 01, 2008 @12:20PM

An anonymous reader writes: The Register has revealed that British Telecom ran secret trials of Phorm's advertising software in 2006, using 18,000 of their unwitting customers as guinea pigs. Phorm's controversial advertising technology monitors users' clickstream data and uses it to serve advertisements via websites that have signed up to its OIX ad platform. Phorm, previously known as spyware merchants "121media Inc", signed a deal in February with UK IPSs BT, VirginMedia, and Carphone Warehouse, which will give them access to around 70% of the UK's broadband market.

Submission + - Pirate Bay flees Europe, sets up in Egypt (thepiratebay.org)

Submitted by

Youhearditherefirst

on Monday March 31, 2008 @10:29PM

Youhearditherefirst writes: "The biggest Bittorrent tracker and torrent website, The Pirate Bay, has as of today terminated all operations in Sweden to protect the owners from litigation under the new copyright law. A contingency plan has taken effect and the site is already back up. It is now served from facilities in Sinai, Egypt. One of the admins has permanently relocated as well and there are already plans to add more fiber connections and possibly other hosting locations to improve service and stay out of reach of the IFPI."

Submission + - The Pirate Bay moves to Egypt (thepiratebay.org)

Submitted by odinsgrudge on Monday March 31, 2008 @09:53PM

odinsgrudge writes: The Pirate Bay announced today that they have moved their servers to the Sinai desert in Egypt. According to Tr1n1ty, "Moses walked in the desert of Sinai for 40 years. Our servers will be active for at least another 40 as well."

Submission + - Microsoft misleads with "green" marketing (computerworld.com)

Submitted by jcatcw on Wednesday March 26, 2008 @09:37AM

jcatcw writes: Microsoft has launched a 'Get green, Stay green' marketing program that may convince people that it has something to do with helping save the environment. According to Preston Gralla, nothing can be further from the truth. It's a marketing campaign to get people to buy the Windows Live OneCare protection suite.

Submission + - Fox Refuses To Pay FCC Indecency Fine

Submitted by

cphilo

on Tuesday March 25, 2008 @02:58PM

cphilo writes: "http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/24/AR2008032402969.html In an unusually aggressive step, Fox Broadcasting yesterday refused to pay a $91,000 indecency fine levied by the Federal Communications Commission for an episode of a long-canceled reality television show, even as the network fights two other indecency fines in the Supreme Court. Have we become a nation where lawlessness is the norm? Where, to misquote Leona Helmsley "Only the little people pay taxes or obey laws?""

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