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Well, I see it as a great reminder why one shouldn't trust scripts hosted elsewhere into one's site.
by maaaats 13y ago
Well, I see it as a great reminder why one shouldn't trust scripts hosted elsewhere into one's site.
- tankenmate 13y agoIndeed, it's the funniest public sevice announcement I have seen in a while.
- UnoriginalGuy 13y agoI use Google and I'm comfortable with that. The nice part about using Google is first off it offers speed advantages (as most people will have Google's JQuery lib cached already), secondly I don't expect Google to get hacked, and lastly we have Google's permission to do exactly that.
- nly 13y agoSo, do you think your visitors have a problem with Google knowing about every visit to your site?
- UnoriginalGuy 13y agoIt is specifically mentioned in our privacy policy. We also use Google Analytics, so that ship has sailed.
- PommeDeTerre 13y agoNonsense. Users can very likely block Google Analytics on your site with ease, and without impacting the rest of your site's functionality. That's not necessarily the case when more critical content is served from Google's servers. Regardless of what your privacy policy states, the responsible thing to do is to at least give your users the option of opting out of such tracking by third-parties, all while still leaving your site usable.
- UnoriginalGuy 13y agoIf Google's CDN is unavailable it falls back to a local copy we host. Inline with this example: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5257923/how-to-load-local-script-files-as-fallback-in-cases-where-cdn-are-blocked-unavai http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5257923/how-to-load-local...
- nly 13y ago> the responsible thing to do is to at least give your users the option of opting out of such tracking by third-parties Reddit do this. You can choose to load their js from their own servers rather than a CDN.