I saw a piece on this on the Gadget Show yesterday and apparently BT customers should be expecting Phorm to be in place quite soon, although they did mention an ‘opt-in’ way of doing things so we shall have to see.

My opinion on the thing is the same as most of the blogging communities - I don’t like it, not one bit. Anything that knows what we’re doing on the internet isnt a good idea. Surely if everything we’re doing is going through another system (for example peoples online banking details, secure emails and so on) wont this be another place for people to hack and plant some nasty piece of code?, It’ll be vulnerable for sure won’t it?

Great news, but I’m afraid that it won’t be enough : “In particular, they shall prhobit listening, tapping, storage or other kinds of interception or surveillance of communication and the related traffic data by persons other than the users without their consent, which must be freely given, specific and informed indication of the user

“So BT can just like Google: propose a new service and ask users to accept new Terms of Services describing the use of Phorm. Nevertheless, it

Thanks Janos - I’ll check that software out.

I just wonder how many will actually fully realise just what they are opting in for and how hard the sell will be to get them to.