Questions tagged [privacy]

For questions related to privacy (user permissions / security techniques, internet tracking system such as Cookies, Web bugs etc.)

For questions related to privacy (user permissions / security techniques, internet tracking system such as Cookies, Web bugs etc.)

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Salesforce - Prevent developer from accessing client base

We've been developing a complete Salesforce overhaul for my organization, and have been using a 3rd party developer firm for all Sandbox customization. We're rolling out phase one on Monday, which involves importing our existing client base (4000+…
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How to make C++ class access ALL of another class's private members in a const way (only read not write)

I'm making a game where I have a Level class that deals with storing all the objects in vectors and changing them. And I have another class that is called Engine.h that has static functions that calculate things based on the vectors Level owns but…
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PET technology Fluent Nhibernate

For a web application (with some real private data) we want to use privacy enhancing technology to prevent big risks when someone gets permission to our database. The application is build with different layers, and we use (as said in the topic…
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can I have a password in config/application.rb if I upload to a public github repository?

can I have a password in config/application.rb if I upload to a public github repository? I am setting up a contact form and have a password to a particular email for that project there. If I push to github will this be public? Where can I learn…
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FB restrictions to read from stream of non-friend posts

Does any restriction exists in FQL if I need to read a post from stream table, where PostID is some arbitrary id of non-friend's public post? In other words, does reading from stream table currently only means I am allowed to read posts that I am…
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How safe is it to use Facebook as an identity provider?

We are in the process of creating a new authentication system for all of our company web apps. We are considering allowing users to login via Facebook, Google, Live, etc. What are your thoughts on safety, privacy and security of allowing Facebook…
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Working with JavaScript private methods:

I am following Douglas Crockford's tutorial on the visibility of JavaScript variables and functions here : http://javascript.crockford.com/private.html I have written the following MyClass.js file and I am running it from the terminal using node.…
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Jolla: Can third party applications launch other applications in jolla?

I was thinking if Android applications or harbour applications can launch other application like Android/harbour application launching native applications OR other android or harbour applications? because this could be security risk if user…
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Vimeo API set privacy to disable

I'm using the new Vimeo API and I've successfully changed the title of a video but I also need to change the privacy settings. I thought I'd simply be able to do: $lib->request($uri, array('name' => $post_title, 'privacy' => 'disable'),…
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How to prove or tell your user that your Mobile App is not stealing or using user's data in any wrongful way

I am developing an app that has to access user's contacts to perform certain operation automatically for the user. But how do I prove it to the users that the app isn't doing anything its not intended to do...obviously without showing the actual…
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How can I tell if a visitor to my website is using incognito mode?

Googling this question turns up questions about people wanting to know if someone else in their household is using incognito mode when they browse the web, that is not what I'm interested in. Using cookies, I cannot distinguish between a first time…
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Access iOS contact list without permission or asking - Privacy matters

I do know how to ask permission for contact's list accessing, is a very simple implementation, also I know Apple checks all this in case of going live to the App Store. I'm about to receive a AdHoc bundle to a third party client, very very picky…
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Can I save a users gmail contacts in the database for later use?

Once a user has authed my application to fetch his contacts, would it be allowed to save all the contacts in a database for later use? I wonder if there would be any restrictions to this. This way we could prevent the user from authoring every time…
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What information can I get about my iOS customer

I want to know what identifying information I will be able to send to my web server from my iOS app. I have searched the Apple Developer website to answer this question but I cannot seem to find anything. This is the type of information I am…
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fingerprinting traffic from smartphone mobile hotspot

Is it possible to detect whether certain TCP or UDP traffic is generated and processed directly by an Android mobile phone itself, or is being tethered to a different machine? With HTTP, detection is relatively simple -- just look at the User-Agent…
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