I've just come across this article in the New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/technology/18target.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Isn't this just the ISP's using a legal form of spyware

I know the Virgin Media newsgroups have been discussing this for some weeks now.
Pretty much every customer involved in these groups (admittedly probably a very small proportion of the overall customer base) has told VM that they want no part of it.
As I understand it VM's stance is that nothing has been agreed or decided yet.

It's called Phorm and I for one would drop any ISP that uses it....

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/29/phorm_roundup/

Wasn't there a thread about this last week?

Wasn't there a thread about this last week?

Not wasn't, more is (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=309628):D