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Re: [LUG] Petition against on-line advertising....

 

Neil Williams wrote:
> 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.
>   
I'd appreciate knowing how to do that please?

Kind regards,

Julian

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