Comments on: “Private” YouTube videos expose thumbnail images http://www.theprivacyblog.com/online-privacy/private-youtube-videos-expose-thumbnail-images/ Anonymizer's Privacy Blog Sun, 25 Mar 2012 03:51:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: lance http://www.theprivacyblog.com/online-privacy/private-youtube-videos-expose-thumbnail-images/comment-page-1/#comment-8603 lance Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:41:44 +0000 http://www.theprivacyblog.com/?p=410#comment-8603 Anonymizer does not strip out active content like JavaScript because that would break the functionality of a large fraction of websites. "Safe" is always relative you your threat. If you are worried about tracking by advertisers and normal businesses, you should be OK using JavaScript, but if you are concerned about more aggressive opponents, then you might want to turn off all active content and consider additional safeguards as well. Anonymizer does not strip out active content like JavaScript because that would break the functionality of a large fraction of websites. “Safe” is always relative you your threat. If you are worried about tracking by advertisers and normal businesses, you should be OK using JavaScript, but if you are concerned about more aggressive opponents, then you might want to turn off all active content and consider additional safeguards as well.

]]> By: anonymizer-er http://www.theprivacyblog.com/online-privacy/private-youtube-videos-expose-thumbnail-images/comment-page-1/#comment-8602 anonymizer-er Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:35:14 +0000 http://www.theprivacyblog.com/?p=410#comment-8602 Hi Lance, Is it "safe" to enable javascript while using Anonymizer Universal? I'm suspecting it isn't. Thanks Hi Lance,

Is it “safe” to enable javascript while using Anonymizer Universal?

I’m suspecting it isn’t.

Thanks

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