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There is zero reason to do something like this (if you're doing it at all) with a chunk of javascript hosted by a another party.

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Eager is to give all of the non-technical website owners access to the JavaScript tools we use every day. If you do know how to install a script manually, there is certainly less of a reason to use it.

If you don't know how to install a script manually you definitely don't have any business to install remotely hosted javascript, especially not from a source that has terms and conditions that all but guarantee abuse of the fact that you installed their scripts.

I'd also advise anybody installing such scripts (even locally) to read them to make sure that they only do what they say they do.

We view Eager as a safer alternative to installing something like a WordPress plugin. Non-technical people certainly use them extensively, yet they introduce very large security holes. We are trying to provide much of the same power, but without the danger of a server exploit.

If you do read the Eager terms of service, you'll see that we explicitly guarantee that we won't sell any tracking information. We don't build every Eager app, but the ones we have built are open source, and don't track or report anything to us.

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