Virgin Media Ad deal with Phorm causes a Storm

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/article/...causes-a-storm

95% of those who took part in the poll, do not want their every move on the
web tracked and then this data sent to a third party.

(The other 5% who voted for were VM Employee`s Namely Fuggly, Alex and Mark)

"MeGgAhUrTz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> http://www.cableforum.co.uk/article/...causes-a-storm
>
> 95% of those who took part in the poll, do not want their every move
> on the web tracked and then this data sent to a third party.
>
> (The other 5% who voted for were VM Employee`s Namely Fuggly, Alex and
> Mark)

I think they used another computer and each voted twice )

MeGgAhUrTz wrote:
> http://www.cableforum.co.uk/article/...causes-a-storm
>
> 95% of those who took part in the poll, do not want their every move
> on the web tracked and then this data sent to a third party.
>
> (The other 5% who voted for were VM Employee`s Namely Fuggly, Alex
> and Mark)

Given those stats then only 100 people voted in this "poll". Of the 3
MILLION VM customers, exactly what %age is 100?

Hardly representative is it?

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Carl Waring wrote:
> MeGgAhUrTz wrote:
>> http://www.cableforum.co.uk/article/...causes-a-storm
>>
>> 95% of those who took part in the poll, do not want their every move
>> on the web tracked and then this data sent to a third party.
>>
>> (The other 5% who voted for were VM Employee`s Namely Fuggly, Alex
>> and Mark)
>
> Given those stats then only 100 people voted in this "poll". Of the 3
> MILLION VM customers, exactly what %age is 100?
>
> Hardly representative is it?
>
Phorm in a teacup?

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Carl Waring wrote:

> Hardly representative is it?

Perhaps not, but the HUGE amount of protest in the VM newsgroups is
pretty indicative of thelevel of concern that's felt.