This month, we're seeing reports in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken, about problems uploading pictures (images, photos) to our blogs.
The monolithic advice, provided by Blogger
Not everybody, however, finds all Blogger released fixes to be consistently effective. Many times, this is because very few people control their own computers.
Outside of corporate owned computers, managed under a very restrictive corporate security policy, no two computers in the world are identical.
Every computer owner has different preferences for security software.
Every different computer owner has their own opinions what products should be used, to keep their own computers safe from malicious influence. Most security products contain filters.
Different filters, in different security software, block access, cookies, and scripts.
Filters can block both cookies and scripts, essential components in Blogger code. Many filters use hashed values, known as "signatures", to index their databases of problem cookies and scripts. The filters are updated automatically, by the vendors of the software.
Filters occasionally contain signature references which cause Blogger cookies and scripts to be blocked. Other filters can block website access. This is why many owners go from "It's working.", to "It's broken!" - and "I never changed anything!!!".
Many different security products contain different filters.
There are many differing security products - in the browsers, on the computers, and even on the networks - used by the different owners. Almost everybody uses some security products - or their computers become part of the botnet universe, and help the bad guys to serve us our hacking and spam.
You have to choose - and every choice has its own consequences.
Here is the reality. You choose.
It's Hobson's Choice, for sure. Even so, I would choose, and recommend, the former - but choose your security, carefully. And, please prepare to learn as you publish.
Every #Blogger blog publisher, who owns a computer, has a choice, for giving control of their computers. You can either use security software, and give control of your computer to the publishers of the security software - or not use security software, and give control of your computer to the hackers.
I strongly recommend the former choice.
The monolithic advice, provided by Blogger
Use Draft Blogger!suggests that Blogger Engineering knows about the problem, and has a quick fix in their beta testing environment, Blogger In Draft. Some blog owners have found this to be effective - as a short term solution.
Not everybody, however, finds all Blogger released fixes to be consistently effective. Many times, this is because very few people control their own computers.
Outside of corporate owned computers, managed under a very restrictive corporate security policy, no two computers in the world are identical.
Every computer owner has different preferences for security software.
Every different computer owner has their own opinions what products should be used, to keep their own computers safe from malicious influence. Most security products contain filters.
Different filters, in different security software, block access, cookies, and scripts.
Filters can block both cookies and scripts, essential components in Blogger code. Many filters use hashed values, known as "signatures", to index their databases of problem cookies and scripts. The filters are updated automatically, by the vendors of the software.
Filters occasionally contain signature references which cause Blogger cookies and scripts to be blocked. Other filters can block website access. This is why many owners go from "It's working.", to "It's broken!" - and "I never changed anything!!!".
Many different security products contain different filters.
There are many differing security products - in the browsers, on the computers, and even on the networks - used by the different owners. Almost everybody uses some security products - or their computers become part of the botnet universe, and help the bad guys to serve us our hacking and spam.
You have to choose - and every choice has its own consequences.
Here is the reality. You choose.
- Use various software products - and your computer becomes controlled by security product vendors, and updated automatically.
- Use no security products - and your computer becomes controlled by hackers and spammers, and updated automatically.
It's Hobson's Choice, for sure. Even so, I would choose, and recommend, the former - but choose your security, carefully. And, please prepare to learn as you publish.
Every #Blogger blog publisher, who owns a computer, has a choice, for giving control of their computers. You can either use security software, and give control of your computer to the publishers of the security software - or not use security software, and give control of your computer to the hackers.
I strongly recommend the former choice.
Comments
Yes, until blog owners can start taking the responsibility for the accessories on their personal computers, the picture is rather dismal.
The security accessories have to have the final word on what data gets passed to the browsers. If it were possible for Blogger to provide code that overrides security settings, what could happen with the websites provided by the hackers?