Third-party scripts can create massive privacy risks because they have access to everything your users do on your site. From payment details to personal information and login credentials. These scripts can be compromised through supply chain attacks, ownership changes or malicious updates. Turning them into data collection tools without your knowledge. Recent attacks like the Polyfill attack have shown how legitimate scripts can suddenly become malicious, quietly stealing user data for months before detection. Your users trust you to protect their information, but traditional security tools can't see what's happening in their browsers.
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What privacy risks do third-party scripts create for my website visitors?
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025
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Simon Wijckmans
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Founder and CEO of c/side. Building better security against client-side executed attacks, and making solutions more accessible to smaller businesses. Web security is not an enterprise only problem.