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  1. #1

    Default NOF & Better Privacy plugin

    Dear all,

    I've tested my website at http://www.microartwork.com with the Better Privacy plugin (available here https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefo.../betterprivacy)

    It got a bad rating due to

    10 external party sites
    5 third party session cookies
    5 third party lasting cookies
    20 invisible pictures

    Now I'm wondering from where this all could come from ? I don't set cookies, nor do I use counters, Flash, and of course no ads, Google analytics or similar stuff. Just my plain website, that should have the rating totally harmless ?

    TIA
    Cyana

  2. #2
    Twayne
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    Default Re: NOF & Better Privacy plugin

    In news:cyana.4ozyma@no-mx.forums.netobjects.com,
    cyana <cyana.4ozyma@no-mx.forums.netobjects.com> typed:
    :: Dear all,
    ::
    :: I've tested my website at http://www.microartwork.com with
    :: the Better Privacy plugin (available here
    :: https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefo.../betterprivacy)
    ::
    :: It got a bad rating due to
    ::
    :: 10 external party sites
    :: 5 third party session cookies
    :: 5 third party lasting cookies
    :: 20 invisible pictures
    ::
    :: Now I'm wondering from where this all could come from ? I
    :: don't set cookies, nor do I use counters, Flash, and of
    :: course no ads, Google analytics or similar stuff. Just my
    :: plain website, that should have the rating totally
    :: harmless ?
    ::
    :: TIA
    :: Cyana

    What exactly are you testing; general web site or forms and do you actually
    mean; Security or Privacy? They are two very different things. One protects
    personal data, the other protects against hacking, code injection, etc..

    Didn't the tester give ANY hints about why or how to correct the situation?
    Were they deemed info, watch out, or critical? There must have been
    something to give you more info on what the tester found.

    OS? Version?
    NOF version?
    Have you looked at the cookies to see what they contain?
    Why not delete the cookies? None of those are likely to be of any use to
    anyone but the cookie lander.
    Have you read the considerable English text at the web site link you
    gave?
    With 20 invisible pictures I'll guess that you're using javascript since
    you really included very little useful data.
    Any forms? Those open huge holes unless you validate and sanitize the
    data. ALL outside input must be treated that same way.


    It makes sense to me that you might get a poor rating bases on all the 3rd
    party and permanent cookie stuff.

    Got a website where it can be seen?

    More detailed information would help a lot; otherwise you'll just get a lot
    of guesses.

    HTH,

    Twayne`



  3. #3

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    Hello Twayne,

    thank you for your reply ! Sorry that I've caused confusion - it's not the BetterPrivacy plugin, but the Privacy Dashboard plugin available here http://www.primelife.eu/results/opensource/76-dashboard I was talking about, sorry for this mistake.

    This plugin rates every website you are visiting on the fly into three categories:

    if (site uses persistent 3rd party cookies or 3rd party flash cookies)
    classify as (unhappy face) "websites that enable third parties to track you across the web"
    else if (site doesn't use P3P and has (lasting cookies or flash cookies or third party content))
    classify as (thoughtful face) "websites which collect some information, but lack a machine readable privacy policy"
    else
    classify as (happy face) "websites that take good care of your privacy"



    My own website http://www.microartwork.com gets a bad unhappy face rating due to the issues mentioned above in my first message. The strange thing however is that none of them applies at least to my knowledge, so I'm wondering if NOF adds 3rd party references and tracking cookies to your code without letting you know ? I think these things are becoming very important because sensibility for tracking cookies and alike is rising and I definitely want a website that takes care of the visitor's privacy.

    TIA
    Cyana
    Last edited by cyana; 02-11-2011 at 06:42 PM.

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