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How would you know it's doing evil stuff from the outside though?
by dewey 7y ago
How would you know it's doing evil stuff from the outside though?
- cfitz 7y agoIncluding the Google Analytics library and Facebook Pixel on your site at the very least sends each and every pageview back to both of those entities. If the developer has implemented custom conversions, even further behavior is tracked.
- dhruvmanchala 7y agoWhat are your thoughts on having those pageviews tracked? We could turn them off if people weren't comfortable.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoI wouldn't, but the last time we had a story here where mental health websites were sending sensitive data to advertisers, they did it in such a dumb way you could spot it easily on the network tab of your browser's dev tools. Haven't seen anything like here in my brief look.
- kube-system 7y agoOther than the fact that Facebook and Google know that you’re looking for therapists...
- dhruvmanchala 7y agoThe form, where we collect user data, is not hosted by us, and is hosted by a HIPAA-compliant vendor. What particular data was being shared in your story?
- TeMPOraL 7y agohttps://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3194/privacy-international-study-shows-your-mental-health-sale https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3194/privacy-inte... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20877945 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20877945