Story Generator
Found this notification on my vpn after reviewing malicious sites this morning. I haven't uploaded anything to the perchance site. I may be wrong but it appears something was captured from my system without my permission. Thoughts?
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View original on lemmy.worldFound this notification on my vpn after reviewing malicious sites this morning. I haven't uploaded anything to the perchance site. I may be wrong but it appears something was captured from my system without my permission. Thoughts?
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Possible explanation: https://www.reddit.com/r/perchance/comments/1isr339/comment/mdyvhnl
But actually, looking at the URL just now, it's the "cookie popup" script which is used for GDPR type stuff, which is legally required in the European Union: https://user-uploads.perchance.org/file/63c85ff7ce3ecc0323e0bbd555078fad.js This script is used at the platform level - not within any particular generator, so it's not specific to the story generator.
I'm not sure why NordVPN has flagged it. I have NordVPN and I haven't received any warnings for this (but I'm not in the EU - maybe that matters). Either way, it should be fine to just block it.
I appreciate the information. Is there any chance they've copied or captured a story I've written? I usually write them and then delete them. Also I noted in the header there is a line item that states "report to:" and it appears to poing to cloudfare. Thoughts.
No, Perchance uses an iframe for sandboxing so the ads/CMP/etc. cannot see any data you input/generate.
Copy-pasting a paragraph from a comment of mine on another thread:
NordVPN not a true VPN. They got in trouble some years back for leaking (or selling) user data. Use protonvpn, airvpn, or mullvad. :)