| Phorm is Spyware In the past, we've seen applications that replaced ads on webpages with their own ads. We, rightfully, called these applications ad-ware or spyware. However, to do this a spyware purveyor needed to install a rogue application on your computer.
Phorm, however, just waved some cash under the noses of some ISPs and got their program installed on the ISP level. You can run all the anti-spyware applications ever developed and it won't help you one bit on this one. The ads on the pages you are viewing *will* be replaced if your ISP is running Phorm and Phorm decides to replace the ad. Let's call Phorm what it is: Spyware on a massive scale. (Now, in line with how other spyware vendors reacted, I wonder if Phorm will try to sue me for calling them spyware.)
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-Jason Levine
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