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Apparently CodePen 2.0 sends data to their servers as you type

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Re: Apparently CodePen 2.0 sends data to their servers as you type

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Post by maxim-fin »

midnitewarrior wrote: post #20

Look into https://www.fullstory.com/ , many major websites use this, it's basically a real-time video view of the user's browser screen. You can see where they move their mouse, how quickly they are typing, each character one at a time. I worked for a company that would have phone support for users, and we'd be watching their screens giving gentle suggestions to them as they were using our app for how to do what they…

interesting!

Re: Apparently CodePen 2.0 sends data to their servers as you type

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Post by maxim-fin »

kypro wrote: post #31

This is so it can restore any unsaved changes. I take no opinion on whether this is good or bad, but I can see how from a UX perspective it's nice not to lose 10 minutes of work because your browser crashes or something.

Yes, absolutely, there are good reasons for that. The point is that any secrets typed/pasted in there should be considered compromized

Edit: but then if you you quit (or crash) without saving the pen first there is no way to recover unsaved work regardless. That is, the pen must be saved manually at least once for the user to benefit from the autosave.

Re: Apparently CodePen 2.0 sends data to their servers as you type

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Post by davidmurdoch »

nusl wrote: post #17
tvink wrote: post #4

You're gonna be shocked how many input fields do this for various UX features :)

Shopify does this. If you ever go to purchase a product on a Shopify 'site, and enter eg your e-mail address, it'll save it even if you decide to cancel and close the tab. Sometimes you receive spam from companies along the lines of marketing or "we noticed you didn't complete your purchase" type crap. Shit is rly invasive.

They can only send the marketing emails if you have the "send me marketing emails" checkbox checked when you type in your email address. Dark pattern, yeah.

Re: Apparently CodePen 2.0 sends data to their servers as you type

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Post by giancarlostoro »

midnitewarrior wrote: post #20

Look into https://www.fullstory.com/ , many major websites use this, it's basically a real-time video view of the user's browser screen. You can see where they move their mouse, how quickly they are typing, each character one at a time. I worked for a company that would have phone support for users, and we'd be watching their screens giving gentle suggestions to them as they were using our app for how to do what they…

Elastic has something like this too, as does Splunk iirc. Idk how all three compare I just know they can track DOM events type of stuff and recreate a flow video.

Re: Apparently CodePen 2.0 sends data to their servers as you type

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Post by maxim-fin »

giancarlostoro wrote: post #35

Pretty sure it always autosaved so this makes sense to me? I always assume it would send my data over to their backend, its code that ends up there regardless?

Yes, that is for autosave and for rendering

Edit: The point is that any secrets typed/pasted in there should be considered compromized

Re: Apparently CodePen 2.0 sends data to their servers as you type

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midnitewarrior wrote: post #20

Look into https://www.fullstory.com/ , many major websites use this, it's basically a real-time video view of the user's browser screen. You can see where they move their mouse, how quickly they are typing, each character one at a time. I worked for a company that would have phone support for users, and we'd be watching their screens giving gentle suggestions to them as they were using our app for how to do what they…

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