[ripe-list] https://www.ripe.net/ inappropriate javascript

> On 3 May 2019, at 13:30, Mirjam Kuehne <mir at ripe.net> wrote:
> 
> We use Google Tag Manager to improve the browsing experience on
> ripe.net. We have a lot of content, and with people using our website
> for a range of different purposes, it helps us to check that our website
> layout is fit for purpose.

I don’t know what’s worse, the NCC intentionally using spyware or a respected senior member of staff parroting this sort of marketing bullshit. Was the NCC Services WG ever consulted about the use of things like Google Tag Manager? 

"improve the browsing experience” - really? This is not the sort of language I’d ever expect to find at RIPE. If the community is happy or unhappy with the web site, they are quick to tell the NCC. [See the current thread. QED.] There’s no justification or need to bring in toxic waste like Google Tag Manager* (or whatever) as an intermediary. And no, “everybody else’s web site is doing this” is not a valid excuse.

* Once evils like this worm their way in, they metastasise and become impossible to remove. And more and more of our Personal Data get handed over to our google overlords without proper oversight or control. Nice.