# Defaulting to discourse.org CDN for avatars is a privacy and security risk

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/defaulting-to-discourse-org-cdn-for-avatars-is-a-privacy-and-security-risk/33731>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** privacy\
**Created:** [Septembre 25, 2015, 3:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/defaulting-to-discourse-org-cdn-for-avatars-is-a-privacy-and-security-risk/33731 "2015-09-25T03:35:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [Septembre 25, 2015, 3:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/defaulting-to-discourse-org-cdn-for-avatars-is-a-privacy-and-security-risk/33731/2 "2015-09-25T03:46:51Z")

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Calm down bro 😃

The performance hit was about rendering the images in the first place (CPU) not network.

And you can always turn it off 😃. I’m happy because the work to put this service allowed me to switch to another by simple configuration. They just ship with a working default.

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