Posted by Neredbojias on 10/13/07 15:03

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 02:18:39
GMT Wings scribed:

>> Grey area, but I do sort of agree. It's pretty bad practice -- and
>> wouldn't work in any of MY sites... I have breakout code in all my
>> sites to prevent anything we work on being re-framed by a 3rd party.
>>
> I'm not advocating anything here - just want to alleviate my
> ignorance... What's bad about your site being framed in someone else's
> site? Wouldn't that increase your site's exposure? I understand that
> the other site could be making some financial gain from using your
> site that way, but how does that hurt you instead of help you?

What's bad is that the "hosting" site can associate whatever it wants to
with the content of your site/page. Would you want a picture of your
mother located beneath a Hitler-adorned banner stating "Arbeit macht frei"?

--
Neredbojias
Half lies are worth twice as much as whole lies.

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