Phorm and the Home Office: Interesting.

The BBC have the story here.

It's unsuprising that the Home Office would be interested in giving Phorm a go, as it seems theres a culture in government that thinks its fine and dandy to go snooping around people without explicit permission.

No doubt (as the report alludes to) the Home Office had a vested interest in the Phorm technology, either to use for themselves, to cover up their own activity, or to justify the regime where its ok to snoop.