Why does the plugin want to steal all the information from my website?

  • Jones

    (@newdisposejones)


    1 year, 7 months ago

    The last one star review didn’t go far enough in explaining the deception. I only give 2 stars since the tag probably works, but I won’t be using it for just a snippet of code. The author needs to know that lying to people to extract personal information is not ethical and illegal in my country.

    Note that the plugin asks you to “Click on Allow & Continue to activate Linkedin Insight Tag” as if it is mandatory to use the plugin.

    “Click on Allow & Continue to activate Linkedin Insight Tag on your website :)! The Linkedin tag (with base & event codes) allows you to track actions people take on your website.

    Never miss an important update — opt-in to our security and feature updates notifications.

    See you on the other side.”

    Then you will be sharing the following:

    • View Basic Profile InfoNever miss important updates, get security warnings before they become public knowledge, and receive notifications about special offers and awesome new features.Your WordPress user’s: first & last name, and email address
    • View Basic Website InfoHomepage URL & title, WP & PHP versions, and site language
    • View Basic Plugin InfoCurrent plugin & SDK versions, and if active or uninstalled
    • View Plugins & Themes ListNames, slugs, versions, and if active or not

    If I misunderstood what “Allow and continue” does I am happy to be proven wrong.

    • This topic was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by Jones.
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  • Plugin Author Pagup

    (@pagup)

    Hi,

    Thank you for your review.

    Regarding this step, it’s a standard “opt-in” form with 2 options. Either “Continue” or “Skip”… and regardless of the chosen option, the plugin installation will be carried out on the site. Essentially, it’s a form asking if the user wants to receive personalized support (which is sometimes necessary to “debug” an issue, and it may be necessary to know the site’s configuration) as well as additional information about the plugin.

    Concerning the information shared at the site level, nowadays, there are numerous online tools that allow you to obtain a lot of this information, such as: https://builtwith.com/ (I invite you to test it with any website). Similarly, by right-clicking and selecting “view source” on any site, you can see the CMS used, the theme used (in the case of WordPress), the plugins used, and so on. And some online tools even go beyond that!

    In short, there’s no sensitive information here that isn’t already publicly accessible, and again, we leave the choice to the user whether to share it or not.

    Lastly, regarding the email… as you can imagine, it’s quite common to have support requests (for various reasons, each as different as the next – compatibility issues, bugs, etc.). Given that the support form is directly integrated into the plugin, in the event of any request, or even an upgrade to a “PRO” version… without the user’s email, it would be impossible for us to respond and therefore, to effectively provide a service to the user.

    We hope this has reassured you on the matter.

    Regards

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