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> I understood from the start that this data was for fraud protection. If we're being honest with ourselves, the title of your original blog post ("Stripe is S
by frakkingcylons 6y ago
> I understood from the start that this data was for fraud protection.
If we're being honest with ourselves, the title of your original blog post ("Stripe is Silently Recording Your Movements On its Customers' Websites") is worded like they're being being sneaky and have something to hide.
- mtlynch 6y agoThanks, that's fair. I gave a lot of thought to how to word it to not project intention onto Stripe. But I did think one of the most important parts of the story was Stripe's lack of disclosure about the behavior. I considered and rejected "secretly" and "surreptitiously" because they suggested intention. "Silently" was the best word I could think of to convey the lack of disclosure while minimizing judgmental undertones. I understand that it still does suggest something underhanded, so maybe it would have been better for me to omit the word entirely.
- greatwhitenorth 6y agoHow about "Stripe records Your Movements On its Customers Websites"? Does it still not convey the meaning? But yeah, click bait titles drive traffic to the blog and to your website (portfolio rebalancer) that you linked in your blog post. May be you will end up in page 1 of Google when some one searches "Stripe Privacy". Smart strategy and all in all a win :-)
- anon102010 6y ago"Stripe records cursor movement on customer websites as part of its fraud control efforts" - that's probably the real title. But obviously doesn't get the traffic.
- barrkel 6y agoAnd also every URL you visit on the site
- thoraway1010 6y agoAS does almost all other fraud fighting tools (they all use beacons to try to get as broad a sample as they can of user click / browse trails).
- barrkel 6y agoThat's not my beef; my beef is the abbreviation of the immediate parent of my comment.