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gaurdianaq

@Gargron heh I find it interesting that I see this right after my teammate suggests we use stripe for a project and I said I didn't have the time/energy to look into whether I considered it ethical... not that I think they'll care.

codesections

@Gargron

> #Stripe is Silently Recording Your Movements On its Customers' Websites

It's not the only one. This sort of client-side tracking (aka "real user monitoring") is…well, "pervasive" is probably putting it to strongly. But way more common than I'd like.

jussi

@Gargron stripe has always been a bit suspicious company . ô.o

cache mx

@Gargron it seems like python -m json.tool would work just as well as that python -c string, unless I'm missing something

gudenau

@Gargron Isn't that the point of things like the Facebook/Twitter/Reddit/etc. buttons and reCaptcha?

Shanya

@Gargron

" I noticed that every page navigation generated a new HTTP POST request to a Stripe URL"

"This was strange because none of the pages I visited contained any calls to Stripe’s library."

oh my stars these are directly contradictory what business does this author have ANYWHERE near a website that handles money

Aral Balkan

@Gargron PS. I spoke with Patrick (their CEO) and he’s put my mind at rest. Birdsite link (sorry): twitter.com/aral/status/125268

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