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Probably, but if your business model is selling Javascript widgets (of which anyone can easily view the source), then you're already in bad shape.
by ubertaco 11y ago
Probably, but if your business model is selling Javascript widgets (of which anyone can easily view the source), then you're already in bad shape.
- rahimnathwani 11y agoI don't think OP is talking about products which consist entirely of front-end code, but rather analytics or tracking services which rely on front-end JS to collect user data, which is then used by the main product. For cases like MixPanel, I don't see why the traffic wouldn't be proxied through the original domain. Unless MixPanel needs to (i) ensure that the property is not faking their stats/events, or (ii) track visitors across sites, the fact that the JS etc. is served from MixPanel directly is more of a convenience than a necessity. The same would not apply if MixPanel were providing a verification service to third parties, who were advertising on or wanting to buy MixPanel's customer's site.
- markyc 11y agowith the advent of community driven filtering, how long until the self hosted tracking scripts get blocked also? and who would notice?