Member of the Month

hi_vis360
November, 2024

Online

Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post. Register to become a member today!

"We no longer accept embed code in the forums"

profile picture
.qzyxya
Posts: 1479 - Karma: -26
Is there a thread about this? Just noticed this and seems like a pretty big change. Thoughts?
Don't really get how it could be a security problem

Note: We no longer accept embed code in the forums. You can only use URLs from supported sites (NS, YouTube, Vimeo, EpicTV, Brightcove). Sorry, it was a really big security problem and we're not putting it back.
Apr 16 2014 1:50PM
3 0
profile picture
theBearJew
Posts: 10951 - Karma: 15,633
It's been addressed in a few threads about the layout change. I went back and forth with Bishop about this. It apparently is a security problem so they removed it.

The new way to embed is just like you would an image, just instead of "img" use "video"

So its, [ video ]www.youtube.com/fakevideo[ /video ] Just obviously don't include the spaces inside the brackets.
Apr 17 2014 10:20AM
0 0
profile picture
BWalmer
Posts: 9141 - Karma: 12,885
The security issue is that within embed code could be anything...it can modify the site (several times certain threads had random stuff all over it...once the word "penis" was written in green on every page of the site). Modifying the page is only part of it, embed codes can lead to phishing, scams, and viruses as well. It is proving to be a major security issue across the web, and NS isn't the only site stopping embed codes.
Apr 17 2014 11:59AM
0 0
profile picture
Mr.Bishop
Posts: 22708 - Karma: 76,635
BWalmerThe security issue is that within embed code could be anything...it can modify the site (several times certain threads had random stuff all over it...once the word "penis" was written in green on every page of the site). Modifying the page is only part of it, embed codes can lead to phishing, scams, and viruses as well. It is proving to be a major security issue across the web, and NS isn't the only site stopping embed codes.


Boom, better than I can say it.
Apr 17 2014 1:35PM
1 0
All times are Eastern (-5)