[thelist] Google Analytics and security

[ftarzwell at fayec.com]

Hi David,

Apart from them having access to the users' data stored on their end, would
that allow them to access our site in a way that it would jeopardize the
applications on our servers?

Thanks,

FayeC

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:14:01 +0000, David Dorward <david at dorward.me.uk>
wrote:
> On 30 Oct 2007, at 15:11, <ftarzwell at fayec.com> wrote:
>> Does anybody know if the Google Analytics script causes
>> vulnerabilities
>> that would make it be refused for use on a public financial site?
> 
> Well, you are going to be including JS from Google's server.
> 
>  From a technological point of view, they could use this to pull any
> data displayed to your users in to their databases.
> 
> If you use it, you have to trust Google (and Google's employees) not
> to help themselves to your users' data.
> 
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