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On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:21:17 +0000 Simon Waters <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Andy Smith wrote: > > > > A lot of people objecting to Phorm already have suppliers that do > > similar. A good example would be Google. I assume all those who > > object to Phorm do not use Google Mail, Google Checkout and if they > > use Google Search they delete all cookies etc. afterwards. > > I'm with Clare and Eion, I delete cookie every time the browser closes, > the only sensible way unless you want to spend eternity deciding whose > cookies are doing something useful for you. Deleting cookies does not protect you from Phorm - in fact, deleting cookies *prevents you using the opt-out* that Phorm 'offers'. The Phorm attack happens outside your own browser, it is a routing issue, not a cookie issue. The only safe method is to block or redirect to localhost all traffic to and from any Phorm machine via DNS and/or iptables. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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