Hi, Indeed privacy is an important issue. When we introduced the collection of data in Spotter we made sure that: - the collection of data is off by default - you are asked explicitly to turn it on - and, even when you send the data, you are sending technical tool data or at most, anonymized data.
In other words, we want people to send data, but they should be in control and sending data should always be an opt-in and as transparent as possible. Right now, there is a central Privacy setting holder that is being used to guard the usage of the GTEventRecorder. To check that this is the case, take a look at the result of this query: (SystemNavigation new allReferencesTo: GTEventRecorder binding) \ (SystemNavigation new allReferencesTo: Privacy binding) ==> GtExamplesReleaseTest>>#testAllMissingInternalExamples GTEventRecorderHelp class>>#client GTEventRecorderTest>>#setUp GTEventCollector>>#register These are only test, help and registration methods, which are fine. We should make a QA rule out of this. In the future, we would like to work on a more obvious signal that data is being collected. Cheers, Doru > On Dec 5, 2017, at 9:43 PM, Esteban Lorenzano <esteba...@gmail.com> wrote: > > anyway *no data is collected without asking first* > > I demanded that and if someone sneaked in without permission, I will be very > very upset. > > Esteban > >> On 5 Dec 2017, at 21:39, Juraj Kubelka <juraj.kube...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> I understand it. For that reason there are settings. >> >> Cheers, >> Juraj >> >>> On Dec 5, 2017, at 17:34, Sean Glazier <sglazier...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Personally, I know of work places where this is not going to be allowed. I >>> understand they need the data, but you need to be able to turn it off. A >>> secure facility would not allow the transmission out in any case. >>> >>> >>> Kind Regards, >>> >>> Sean Glazier >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 2:45 PM, Juraj Kubelka <juraj.kube...@icloud.com> >>> wrote: >>> Check Privacy section in Settings Browser. >>> If you ever send anything, data are anonymized. >>> Developers use it to be able to evaluate their research (PhD) work. It is a >>> requirement in the research field. >>> By sending the anonymized data, you help developers to understand how their >>> tools are used. >>> In particular, I am aware of Spotter, Quality Assistant, GT tools, and >>> Roassal. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Juraj >>> >>> > On Dec 5, 2017, at 16:30, Bernhard Pieber <bernh...@pieber.com> wrote: >>> > >>> > I just found a file named org.pharo.global-identifiers.ston in my >>> > preferences folder. It contains a #secretUUID and a #computerUUID. :-( >>> > What is this information used for? More importantly, how can I turn it >>> > off? >>> > >>> > Bernhard >>> >>> >>> >> > -- www.tudorgirba.com www.feenk.com "Value is always contextual."
