Re:You shouldn't hotlink someone else's JavaScript
by nly on Friday July 26, 2013 @07:02AM
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So, do you think your visitors have a problem with Google knowing about every visit to your site?
Re:You shouldn't hotlink someone else's JavaScript
by UnoriginalGuy on Friday July 26, 2013 @07:19AM
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It is specifically mentioned in our privacy policy. We also use Google Analytics, so that ship has sailed.
Re:You shouldn't hotlink someone else's JavaScript
by PommeDeTerre on Friday July 26, 2013 @08:09AM
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Nonsense. 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.
Re:You shouldn't hotlink someone else's JavaScript
by UnoriginalGuy on Friday July 26, 2013 @08:32AM
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If 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...
Re:You shouldn't hotlink someone else's JavaScript
by nly on Friday July 26, 2013 @11:46AM
(#6108817)
> 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.
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.