phorming

A parasitic marketing technique, which involves intercepting web site traffic to profile ISP user's interests and affiliations (without explicit consent from either the web sites or their users) . Profiled ISP users can then be subjected to targetted advertising for competitor web sites (hence, parasitic marketing). Generally very unpopular with ISP users for legal, privacy and security reasons. Generally rejected by web site owners whose copyrighted content is scanned and abused to promote their rivals.

desktop applications like Word, Outlook, Excel, and Open Office are indeed acutely vulnerable to 'Phorming'
I'm sure along with others that passing my personal details via phorming or any other way will not be tolerated
My bank account is hacked due to it being easier to do due to Phorming

by AntiPhormUKPRTeam March 23, 2008

terra-phorming

A process which aims to turn people into products; a global warehouse selling pieces of everyone and our privacy to the highest bidders.

"My computer is infested with spyware... I've been terra-phormed!!

Friend 1: "Dude, what's with the mountain of unsolicited junk adverts you have?"
Friend 2: "I can't help it. I've been Terra-Phormed".

"Terra-Phorming; turning your privacy into profit."

by OF1975 April 16, 2008

Phish Pharming

When your Risk Management department starts phishing the company in an effort to develop job security or increase their perceived relevance.

I didn't really get phished much until Risk and Compliance started Phish Pharming us every few days.

by Jaydeo April 25, 2019

pharming party

A party of young people fishing for drugs in there elder's drug cabinet and then having a party.

You go to your mom's house, then you find and take her xanax at your pharming party.

by Rootsy August 26, 2006

pharming

The act of searching another person's bathroom or medicine closet for expired or forgotten script pills with the intent of stealing them to get high. Usually done by a group of teens or young adults at their rents houses and then pooled and shared.

Derived from the word farming to imply "getting by on what sprouts up" and substituting the "f" with the phonetic equal "ph" as in pharmacy to imply "getting by (high) off whatever can be harvested."

The location the pills are taken from is often referred to as a pharm.

"More cautious than most, Justin always looked up the purpose of the pills he found after pharming his friends' houses to learn of any risks or interactions taking them might cause."

by Sleightflow December 9, 2012

pharming

Interfering with Domain Name Resolution so that a given URL (ie www.large-financial-institution.com) is redirected to an ipaddress that the user did not intend, usually done to get personal information from the user into the hands of a hacker.

That pharming scam fooled 10,000 people into giving up there bank login information.

by qexter May 14, 2005

pharming

A new type of rave where you bring in whatever prescription drugs you have and trade them with someone else.

You want to go to a pharming party this weekend?

by Hannah222 August 27, 2005