What's Behind Those Front Pages?

Many websites have now integrated within their index pages (and other pages also) with hidden codes that can most likely be seen only when the source code is opened from your browser. The things that you see hidden likely are mainly like stats to be tracked (visitor rate, page views, etc). This isn't a big problem because those hidden codes only track down data that is not breaking your privacy rules. But what happens when you see certain things like beacon ads (which are very intrusive) and place tracking cookies on your computer going behind your back? Well then this is where you have to see what the company is doing about this. Many sites like Myspace, FaceBook (especially), Fox, and other huge sites have all ads that place tracking cookies on your computer, not very harmful but still intrusive.

Websites can just about hide anything, from the letter "a" to a simple Exploit on the page. Both are small things but privacy is broken there. Not all webmasters are going to show all information about a specific page, everyone knows that because that would make it easier for hackers to get into sites. But the thing is that not many website post about their privacy policies on their privacy page (or if they even have one). There can be many things lurking on a site and you might never know about it until you look closely (if you even do one day at all).

Bottom line is that you will never know what a website really has. If the page is safe, or if the site is really there and not a page loaded from your computer. Many of these things will matter more in the future because many websites have exploits on their site and the webmaster doesn't notice sometimes because everything seems fine due to stealth from the exploit. I don't think that this really matters to most webmaster because of their "Security" but believe me when I say that anything has a weakness.

TrackBack URI for this entry

Comments (0)

Subscribe to this comment's feed