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**Stuart** · 26-07-2010, 11:47

One of the ISPs associated with Phorm has come up with a new way to monitor their users.

They are trialling a system that logs which IPs their visitors are using, then checks them against a blacklist of known bad IPs. It also stores a "whitelist" of known safe Ips.

As with BT and Phorm, they claim that no personally identifiable information will be collected, although as El Reg notes, the relevant laws do classify URLs (which are passed) as personally identifiable information.

While the system, when it goes live, will apparently be opt in, they are, at the moment, scanning all IPs that all their users visit.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07...lk_stalkstalk/

So, is this a good thing (anything that slows the spread of trojans and viruses must be good, musn't it) or bad?

26-07-2010, 11:47	#1
Stuart Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sarf east Luhndun. Services: Virgin for TV, BT for phone and Be* for Broadband. Posts: 23,946	Talk Talk's new security system: Good thing or Spyware? One of the ISPs associated with Phorm has come up with a new way to monitor their users. They are trialling a system that logs which IPs their visitors are using, then checks them against a blacklist of known bad IPs. It also stores a "whitelist" of known safe Ips. As with BT and Phorm, they claim that no personally identifiable information will be collected, although as El Reg notes, the relevant laws do classify URLs (which are passed) as personally identifiable information. While the system, when it goes live, will apparently be opt in, they are, at the moment, scanning all IPs that all their users visit. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07...lk_stalkstalk/ So, is this a good thing (anything that slows the spread of trojans and viruses must be good, musn't it) or bad? __________________ Just to make it clear if a post is bold and is from a team member, it's a moderating decision. If it's not bold or not from a team member, it's not.