In article <C9D1ECB6.10B40%z(a)mzmcbride.com>om>,
MZMcBride <z(a)mzmcbride.com> wrote:
Raul Kern wrote:
> how to add facebook like box to chapters mediawiki homepage:
>
http://et.wikimedia.org [...]
The bigger concern would be whether doing so is
acceptable under the
Wikimedia Foundation's privacy policy. I'm not sure how much data is
transferred simply by users loading an iframe from another site or what
other risks there might be from doing so.
My understanding is that merely displaying the "Like" button allows
Facebook to track the browsing of anyone who visits the page, whether
they have a Facebook account or not.
While I'm sure Facebook is a lovely company that has only its users'
best interests at heart, it is probably a good idea not to enable
third-party user tracking services on Wikimedia websites, as a matter of
principle if nothing else.
- river.