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## Usage
Cloud solution launched as 100% free experience. You can [help me cut server costs] if you like this service.
Cloud solution launched as 100% free experience. [Help me cut server costs] if you like this service.
If you want to see big numbers in your profile, deploy a standalone solution to draw any views count you want
without spamming our server. Everybody knows that any counters could be faked.
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## FAQ
### Isn't that a security breach?
### Why does the counter increase every time the page is reloaded?
GitHub passes all images URLs through their [GitHub Camo proxy service](https://github.blog/2010-11-13-sidejack-prevention-phase-3-ssl-proxied-assets/).
This means that only GitHub can track personal information, such as visitors User Agent or IP address.
Third party cloud service stores only views timestamps and total count of views.
This is counter of profile views (page hits), not a counter of unique visitors.
There is no way to get the username, browser user agent or IP address of the visitor because
GitHub proxies all image URLs through the [GitHub Camo service].
In other words, we can only increment the counter for each request from the GitHub proxy server,
we don't know who initiated it.
### Are you making money on it?
No. Only spending them. You can [become a sponsor] if you want it to keep running & receive new features.
No. Only spending them. [Become a sponsor] if you want it to keep running & receive new features.
## License
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[GitHub, Inc]: https://github.com
[Live demo]: https://github.com/antonkomarev
[my profile repository]: https://github.com/antonkomarev/antonkomarev
[help me cut server costs]: https://paypal.me/antonkomarev
[become a sponsor]: https://paypal.me/antonkomarev
[Help me cut server costs]: https://paypal.me/antonkomarev
[Become a sponsor]: https://paypal.me/antonkomarev
[GitHub Camo service]: https://github.blog/2010-11-13-sidejack-prevention-phase-3-ssl-proxied-assets/