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Re: Tracking (Score: 1)
by kipuka on Saturday, January 17 @ 05:49:02 CET
(User Info | Send a Message) | I was trying to give suggestions on what you could tell them. I think their viewpoint is valid, but at the same time I think they're naive about server-side logging and what it captures. The important thing is always how is the info used. Visitors don't know but a site's owner does. IMO he should tell them in a privacy statement.
Tracking means being able to follow any individual visitor and what he is doing. This can be done totally server-side or a combination of client/server side. Many sites take the info they collect and analyze it on an aggregate level not down to any specific visitor unless he's causing trouble. Software tools like Protector, WhoIsWhere, etc, and some log analyzers provide the ability to watch each person's activity and thus is invading his privacy. Some sites with ads use webbugs planted in pages and also place cookies on people's computers to not only track their actions but also the computers used. Most people do not like being tracked this closely. There needs to be some balance between privacy and a site's security.
I don't know why phpnuke intentionally stores the IP in addition to the language in a cookie for guests. Maybe it's to help limit voting in polls and manage sessions. By setting it, a webmaster could easily use it for other purposes. Like georgiaguy, I also think this may be a pretty easy fix by just not setting any cookies for guests. I've surfed phpnuke sites before with cookies set to off, which is my normal browser setting, and they worked fine without them. If he can't figure out what to comment out in the code, then I'll take a look. He's already created a modified signup which is great. I also recommend you create a privacy statement to describe what info your site collects and how you are using it.
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| Parent- Re: Tracking by kipuka on Saturday, January 17 @ 07:51:03 CET
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