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Phorm strikes back
Phorm (AIM: PHRM) has launched a counter-attack in what they describe as media “guerrilla warfare” against a small but dedicated band of online “privacy pirates” who are, Phorm claims, targeting journalists, MPs, EU officials and regulators with the purpose of destroying the company. What I am not sure about is why Phorm is surprised about…
What is… Behavioural Targeting? Part I: Contextual, Re-targeting and Interest-based targeting
If you read any online media magazine you have most likely stumbled on this new advertising paradigm coined “Behavioural Targeting”. It is being hailed as the “saviour of online advertising“, the holy-grail of marketing and so many other superlatives that you can’t stop asking yourself what the heck is the fuss all about. Depending who…
Paragliding in Spain with Lijar Sur
Paragliding is probably the closest you will get to flying like a bird. I just finished a pilot training course in Algodonales with Lijar Sur, a well recommended Spanish school, and came back not only addicted to free flying but also with a great enthusiasm for the Spanish hospitality and life style, which our instructors…
You’ve been de-Phormed, have a nice day :)
Thanks to privacy advocate and anti-phorm campaigner Peter John of www.deformation.org.uk I found the way to stop Phorm from snooping and using your website’s data for their benefit. In fact it’s quite simple as long as you have PHP or some server side technology on your web server. An image (or another) request to your…
How does your website look like under Dillo 0.8 on a FreeBSD?
Ever wondered how your web site looks like under Epiphany 2.22 running on FreeBSD 7.0? Ok a bit too obscure, how about on FireFox 3.0.3 under the now ubiquitous Ubuntu 8.04 without installing neither of them? Browsershots.org can help. This free service produces screen shots of any web site URL as it is rendered using…
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