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Dear All,
This may not be the correct forum to post this reference to Bruce Schneier's article (our apologies).
Bruce Schneier is a highly respected security expert.
A public accessible FAQ site mustn't have sensible information.
Those who have must
- run on a secure network,
- activate all security options,
- remove the social networks icons / links from pages,
- use only HTTPS,
- etc
phpMyFAQ has built-in security features, and you may remove those buttons / links from your pages.
Having said that, in our opinion, reading Bruce Schneier's article is useful -- even considering the high level of expertise of this forum's users.
The excerpt:
Link to the original article:The problem is that these buttons use images, scripts, and/or iframes hosted on the social media site's own servers. This is partly for webmasters' convenience (…) But it also gives Facebook, Twitter, Google, and so on a way to track you -- even if you don't click on the button.(…)
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“What I'm using instead is SocialSharePrivacy, which was created by the German website Heise Online and adapted by Mathias Panzenböck. The page shows a grayed-out mockup of a sharing button.(…)
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“It's not a perfect solution -- two clicks instead of one -- but it's much more privacy-friendly(…)"
Changes to the Blog
Bruce Schneier. 2013-03-22.
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/ ... o_the.html
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Kind regards
2013-024-15
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