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Re: Google announces privacy changes, no opt out for users
From: Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks () VT EDU>
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:55:20 -0500
On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:38:22 CST, Tim Doty said:
They also use javascript to validate form data. I haven't looked at it deeply (what is there to validate for a simple file upload?), but I did notice the comment that they skip hidden elements because user's can't alter the information. Really? My estimation of their web developers is dropping...
Somebody shoot me. Or them. Or somebody. :) Am I the only person who has this cool add-on? https://tamperdata.mozdev.org/ I suspect the guys at jotti need to test-drive this one a bit. ;) Oh, this is often useful when trying to figure out what the web developers did to screw things up *this* time: http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/
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- Re: Google announces privacy changes, no opt out for users Bradley, Stephen W. Mr. (Jan 25)
- Re: Google announces privacy changes, no opt out for users Tim Doty (Jan 26)
- Re: Google announces privacy changes, no opt out for users John Kristoff (Jan 26)
- Re: Google announces privacy changes, no opt out for users Tim Doty (Jan 26)
- Re: Google announces privacy changes, no opt out for users Tim Doty (Jan 26)
- Re: Google announces privacy changes, no opt out for users Valdis Kletnieks (Jan 26)
- Re: Google announces privacy changes, no opt out for users Martin Manjak (Jan 25)
- Re: Google announces privacy changes, no opt out for users Solem, Vik P. (Jan 25)
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