Am Sa, 14.09.2019, 22:12 schrieb Ian Turton: > I'm not aware of QGIS collecting any data during use. Is there something > specific they are concerned about?
When I start up QGIS, it connects to several servers & services: 1. https://feed.qgis.org/?after=1568275949&lang=en 2. https://qms.nextgis.com//static/news.json 3. https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/plugins.xml?qgis=3.9 What's this? 1. Is the news feed on the new welcome page (IP gets transmitted), 2. Is "QuickMapServices" plugin (IP gets transmitted), 3. Is getting news about updates (IP & QGIS version get transmitted). I have checked HTTP(S) communications only right now, but there might be others (f.e. connection to the server[s], where you can download plugins). So at least, there are two communications without a plugin installed inside the core, which transfer the IP. This IP can be used to identify users and is covered by some privacy laws. We have to figure out, if qgis.org stores them, why, for how long and what they're doing with this. I've worked with an University, which had fixed IPs for all their workers. So you was able to track them down until their office desk. I recommended them to move to an masqueraded IP of course ;) Best regards, Tobias _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
