inline > -----Original Message----- > From: Kay Schenk [mailto:kay.sch...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2016 14:34 > To: OOo Apache <dev@openoffice.apache.org>; Dennis Hamilton > <dennis.hamil...@acm.org> > Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Removing all tracking from AOO sites > > On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 2:01 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton > <dennis.hamil...@acm.org > > wrote: > > > There are web pages delivered by Apache OpenOffice properties that, > when > > browsed, signal their access to tracking sites that collect statistics > > about site usage. This is done by fetching scripts and/or images from > the > > sites that provide the statistics. > > > > This is a form of tracking that is carried out by services not under > > control of the Apache OpenOffice project. > > > > The effort to track usage also causes "insecure content" warnings in > > browsers, depending on the security options the user has set for their > > browser and the web address being used. > > > > PROPOSAL > > > > Remove all tracking elements from AOO-authored and published web > pages. > > > > This eliminates an under-used arrangement and also removes the > uncertainty > > that is raised when visitors are warned that there is insecure content > > associated with the web page they are viewing. > > > > This proposal is offered for lazy consensus no earlier than > > 2016-05-23T23:00Z. > > > > BACKGROUND [ ... ] > > > > These images, and also some scripts, are used for gathering access and > > usage statistics from various services. > > > > Since we are not routinely making the available statistics public, > this is > > one of those we-collect-it-because-we-can and not because-we-need-it. > > There is, as far as can be determined on these lists, no active use of > the > > information that is collected. [ ... ] > > > I took a quick look at this issue. Just for clarification, this seems to > ONLY be an issue with accessing certain elements from > https://forum.openoffice.org/ > , correct? If this is the case, I am requesting that you change the > subject of this message so it is restricted ONLY to > forum.openoffice.org. > > I got very concerned by the stated subject because we use Google > Analytics > extensively -- it's part of every single page on > http://www.openoffice.org/ > -- and of course, this IS a tracking mechanism. > > I understand the problems this is causing but in this case, I think we > need > to be a more specific. [orcmid]
I was aware of that. However, unless we are making visible and public use of Google analytics, I don't believe we should be doing it. The proposal to drop all tracking is because there apparently is no use of it and no accounting for it. If I am mistaken about that, it would be useful to know how to access the analysis and how to make that available to anyone. - Dennis ` > > > > > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > MzK > > "Time spent with cats is never wasted." > -- Sigmund Freud --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
