On 24 March 2014 14:43, Bastien Nocera <had...@hadess.net> wrote: > On Mon, 2014-03-24 at 14:29 +0100, Luc Pionchon wrote: >> About privacy issues, >> >> On 24 March 2014 12:50, Emmanuele Bassi <eba...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Minutes/20140311 >> >> > * Privacy issues regarding GNOME Software statistics reporting >> > * The GNOME Software statistics configuration moved to GNOME Control >> > Center >> > * https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=725912 >> > * The change to send usage stats to distros by default was intentional >> >> I am very surprised to read the argument developed in [1]. Shouldn't >> GNOME preserve user's privacy far before serving distributor/vendor's >> interest? This is worrying. >> >> [1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=725912#c2 >> >> >> > * Bastien suggested this be explicitly asked/presented to users in >> > GNOME Initial Setup >> >> I think that this is not enough: The user is not always the one who >> does the initial setup. Also the initial setup may have happened long >> ago, who will remember what he selected during initial setup? >> >> I think that the user must be informed at the same time when >> information is sent. Without having to dig into various settings. It >> could be, for example, a check box in GNOME Software with a label >> like: >> >> "[x] send usage stats alongside the connection." or alike. >> >> Together with a link to the policy and details about what is actually sent. >> >> This would be clear and transparent, and would allow user to disable >> the "service" anytime, without any extra steps. > > You misread the bug report to say "initial setup will be the only place > where we'll ask that question". There will be a toggle in the Privacy > panel obviously. > > And your argument is also pretty thin on the ground. The user didn't do > the initial setup and the evil person who installed it is sending your > software usage, in case the keylogger they installed isn't quite enough. >
No. This is not what I wrote. _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
