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B3nd3r ago

http://citizeninvestigators.org

Doesn't use https:// but instead pesters the user with at least six trackers from google to facebook. This isn't looking good at all for a site with such a purpose. Oh and thanks to cloudflare you can't even look at it from a semi-secured browser like TOR bundle with scripts turned off. OP's contributions on voat also don't give any reason for confidence. Not a single contribution but admits to having used tons of alts. Chances are this is a honeypot to identify curious users who fly too close to the sun.

Update: Can confirm @voatsucksreally

  • facebook tracking is gone
  • still uses google cookies
  • ssl now fully functional with verified certificate.
  • site can now be used with TOr browser with disabled scripting

Kudos to OP, he finally seems to take the concerns seriously instead of fucking around with alt-voting. Thanks OP - for now.

'tips fedora.

voatsucksreally ago

Yes, I have not purchased the SSL extra yet. Please realize I spent a month working on this, I didn't know if you guys would like it or not. I am going to need some help with some of these things - so bear with me. Remember, I literally just released the first version today so there will definitely be things that need fixing.

Also, this is NOT a honeypot. Good god. Are you against progress for our cause? Yes, I haven't had a single contribution in the last month since I made this account because I've been building the site! You try to do something to help, and people just want to say ridiculous things like this to slow the momentum. I can give screenshot proofs that I have contribution history here on other accounts and even on /r/pizzagate before it was banned.

Dude - you don't think this site has any tracking? Hello, IP tracking which can directly identify you! Anyways, if you have suggestions on how to improve certain functions of the site such as this, please feel free to leave them in the feedback and suggestion section of the site with details on how to improve. That would be a lot better than using scare tactics here to scare people away from making progress.

3333333333y ago

IP tracking should be disabled. You shouldn't be tracking. Take the constructive feedback and don't get insulted.

JoJoVoat ago

GREAT JOB!!!!! Thanks for the hard work you put into it....

3333333333y ago

Advice: 1. Drop all trackers!!! 2. Don't track IP's. Change your access log to not do this. There is tutorials online to do so. 3. Use Letsencrypt for free SSL 4. Cloudflare is the government's biggest honey pot. The CEO was the creator of project honey pot. 5. Make it open source

reasonedandinformed ago

The caution expressed here, and throughout the thread, is very legitimate. Any good platform should have a strong focus on security and anonymity, with zero tracking.

bubblebubble ago

Paying for SSL certs is so 2011.Use Let's Encrypt. It is free! And turn of those trackers and analytics.

4thDaGrymReaper ago

Just keep using Voat, make progress here, like its already doing. Waiting for someone to be really good at using WordPress/bbPress and PHP is just a waste of time. It might take someone a year or more to even create Voat from something like bbPress. If this site took you about a month, then it might be longer. SSL should have been first priority if you are trying to get an investigator community.

SaneGoatiSwear ago

nothing on earth should have you have a fucking facebook tracker on your site.

ever.

fuck you.

ISellDownvoats ago

actually agree with you for the first time

B3nd3r ago

you actively expose your users to tracking by literally everyone and deliver their asses to facebook, google, cloudflare and who knows who else who's tracking tech you build into your site. Intended or not doesn't matter.

You are endangering people by going live with this crap. No excuses.

UPDATE: OP made changes for user safety

voatsucksreally ago

Dude - you don't think this site has any tracking? Hello, IP tracking which can directly identify you! Anyways, if you have suggestions on how to improve certain functions of the site such as this, please feel free to leave them in the feedback and suggestion section of the site with details on how to improve. That would be a lot better than using scare tactics here to scare people away from making progress.

B3nd3r ago

I can use voat via proxy via TOR and it has https://. No, I can't find any active trackers on voat. Same goes for the relevant chans - that's what makes them usable.

please feel free to leave them in the feedback and suggestion section of the site with details on how to improve.

Fuck off! I'm telling you here what's obviously flawed with your project, I'm not going to expose me to your honeypot to repeat myself.

That would be a lot better than using scare tactics here to scare people away from making progress.

I'm warning users to not fall into the trap you built. Calling this "Scare Tactics" proves your ill intentions.

UPDATE: OP made changes for user safety

VictorSteinerDavion ago

This was a criticism made the first time it was proposed

But as I say that, this is the kind of thing I'm happy to observe before deciding.
Observe from behind my 7 proxies......