# Why do anonymous page views accumulate on login-only forum?

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**Category:** Data & reporting\
**Created:** [27.Декабрь.2018 00:57:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-do-anonymous-page-views-accumulate-on-login-only-forum/105108 "2018-12-27T00:57:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [27.Декабрь.2018 01:34:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-do-anonymous-page-views-accumulate-on-login-only-forum/105108/3 "2018-12-27T01:34:32Z")

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I experimented with those. They didn’t seem to increment the anon count when accessed when not logged in. However, I’m surprised they are accessible at all when not logged in. Same for terms of service. When I say “no access when not logged in” I intend that to cover all pages! In my case Terms of Service and Privacy just have a link to the same privacy policy page that is the footer of all pages. And that footer shows up on the Discourse 404/private page too. But are there other supposedly “secure” pages that are accessible without being logged in? Why are these pages being accessible without login not a security violation? Thanks.

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