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Re: Signature Image Abuse
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lugnet.admin.suggestions
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Fri, 30 May 2003 19:18:25 GMT
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On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 05:23:13PM +0000, Orion Pobursky wrote:
> In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Dan Boger wrote:
> > On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 02:20:53PM +0000, Tim Courtney wrote:
> > > Also, with a signature feature implemented, people will probably be
> > > more inclined to use that than paste in each time. If it's not
> > > convenient for them to store more than x lines, they won't. So that
> > > will deter abuse as it is.
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> > it will allow a different kind of abuse. If I put an image in my sig, I
> > can track who's reading my posts - just like doubleclick.net. Not sure
> > if people are worried about the privacy implecations.
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> You can do that now by putting an image in you post
right - that was my point. The fact that you could put it in a sig is
the same thing, only easier. Just wanted to point out something to
consider when allowing inline images.
Dan
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Dan Boger
dan@peeron.com
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| (...) Of course in practice it wouldn't be a very effective way for someone to snoop because of image caching in clients. They'd log a few hits here and there but not likely enough for any meaningful tracking. --Todd (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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