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Re: DataExplorer homepage spies on its viewers
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Winfried Brügmann |
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Re: DataExplorer homepage spies on its viewers |
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Date: |
Sun, 25 Apr 2021 10:02:21 +0200 |
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Thank you for hinting this. I have updated the web pages to eliminate
findings.
with kind regards, Winfried
On 24.04.21 12:08, Bruno Haible wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On the DataExplorer homepage http://www.nongnu.org/dataexplorer/index.html
> there is a button with the text "PayPal - The safer, easier way
> to pay online!". This is an advertisement, which is not allowed on Savannah
> [1]. Worse: Next to it, in the JavaScript code of the page, there is
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> <img alt="" border="0"
> src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/de_DE/i/scr/pixel.gif"; width="1"
> height="1">
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> These means that each time a user visits this page, an HTTPS request is
> made to paypalobjects.com. That is, your page lets PayPal spy on all of
> its viewers.
>
> To me, that is unacceptable and not compatible with the ethics of a
> community.
>
> Bruno
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> [1] https://savannah.gnu.org/register/requirements.php
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>