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Personally, I use the web server hits to let me know what people are interested in. I don't burden my users with javascript analytics. For the moment I can jus
by jws 18y ago
Personally, I use the web server hits to let me know what people are interested in. I don't burden my users with javascript analytics.
For the moment I can just drop all the data from IE6 users, but if AVG is serious about this they will have to start randomizing their signature or it won't work.
AVG is a robot. They should use the robot exclusion protocol and clearly identify themselves in their user agent string.
- jm4 18y agoMy understanding is that the whole point of this feature is to identify bad sites. It defeats the whole purpose of the feature if it identifies itself as a robot and site owners can easily filter or redirect the traffic.
- jws 18y agoIt depends on the site. A non-malevolent site that has malware injected into its HTML will still be caught. The content won't get a chance to see the identification. A malevolent site can just track their mechanism and work around it, like not showing malware to IE6 users unless they ask for the content a second time in quick succession. (Might not work, I don't know if the AVG copy gets cached. One would hope it doesn't for the sake of sites that do browser sniffing.)
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