beware

  • aizuddinmanap

    (@aizuddinmanap)


    10 years ago

    please beware as admin installed tracking and sending data to their server

    if($_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']){
    $domain = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
  }

  add_option('nkweb_id', 'UA-0000000-0');
  add_option('nkweb_Display_Advertising', 'false');
  add_option('nkweb_track_login_and_register', 'false');
  add_option('nkweb_Universal_Analytics', 'true');
  add_option('nkweb_Domain', $domain);
  add_option('nkweb_Use_Custom', 'false');
  add_option('nkweb_Custom_Code', '');
  add_option('nkweb_Enable_GA', 'true');
  add_option('nkweb_Error', '');
  add_option('nkweb_code_in_head', 'true');

  //Just for statistics
  try {
    $xml = file_get_contents("https://www.marodok.com/url.php?url=".site_url());  

  } catch (Exception $e) {
    // nothing :-)
  }
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  • Plugin Author justanotherdev

    (@marodok)

    Hi,

    Sometimes someone write me for support but don’t say his website, what can I do? Well, I just send the url ONCE for review the generated code and help (is not your website public? then, why is in internet?)

    If I can do this part very fast less other users will be affected for a plugin issue.

    As you can see, I just send the public url of the website, nothing more, If this fails, nothing happens. So, which data I am tracking? Nothing.

    Too many other programmers have read the source code and have told me some advices, why they don’t get worried for this code part? Because isn’t a security issue or tracking backdoor. Is just to try to make the plugin better.

    Now, do you prefer that I remove this part of the code?

    No “phoning home” without user’s informed consent.

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/about/guidelines/

    If user asks for support – they can send you an url along with the request. Why collecting that site URLs upfront? This looks like data collecting and does not help to build up confidence to use this plugin.

    Remove that code to comply with WP plugin repository guidelines and attract more users.

    Otherwise: Thanks for this tiny plugin – very welcome while the other guy is bloating his stuff…

    Plugin Author justanotherdev

    (@marodok)

    Hi,

    I have removed that code part, you can review it.

    Regards

    Great! Thx.

    Plugin Author justanotherdev

    (@marodok)

    you welcome,

    if you can review the plugin that could be nice ??

    Regards

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