Hi Jakob, Is that right? I have trouble seeing the privacy gains in this instance since the client via reVddit is merely querying reddit in the same manner it would by visiting reddit itself.
Connecting from my own server would, I believe, result in requests getting throttled by reddit since their API puts limits on how many requests a client can make (~60 per minute). It would also result in a slower experience for the end user to be re-routed through whatever tiny server I would allocate to this free software project. Ehsan, Thanks for your reply. I'm afraid I still don't understand the details of Tracking Protection. Are there any social media sites that are not on the tracking protection list? How are they distinguished from reddit? Perhaps if I understand this bit I'll be convinced to move the requests to the server side. To clarify, revddit.com does not load any scripts from reddit. It queries reddit's API in the same way reddit does to help users know about 3rd parties removing content that they shared online. It does not require a login from the user and only uses my developer API key. The site currently does nothing if it cannot query reddit directly via the client. I see two options, (1) Gracefully let users know that they have Tracking Protection enabled and explain the above. (2) Move the requests code to the server, possibly resulting in poorer performance. Cheers, Rob _______________________________________________ dev-privacy mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-privacy
