Bust-a-name - Privacy concern???
I was playing with bustaname again yesterday when I kept seeing “Waiting for http://tapefailure.com/” on my status bar. I was curious enough to go to the website to see what it was about.
From what I see, it is a service to record form data and login details which means whatever you type on bust-a-name will be recorded. Dig further into their FAQ:
“Does Tapefailure intrude upon my user’s privacy?
Tapefailure only records what occurs on your website; it records nothing outside the browser window or on other websites. It also does not record cookies, internet history, or anything outside your website.”
Okay, so it doesn’t intrude on my privacy. But for a domain name searching and buying website, recording user action and analyzing search trend doesn’t boost user confidence. Who knows what they will do with the data. Maybe find out the most serch terms and buy out the domain name to sell on sedo.com? Who knows…
[update 26/07/07] Ryan comment that they are no longer using the services of tapefailure.com on bustaname. Thanks, Ryan, for taking the effort to clarify this issue.