Package: ovito Version: 2.3.2~git8178817e-2 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
I'd like to point your attention to a nasty hidden feature of the ovito program. The problem is that the ovito keeps the users under permanent surveillance. In great details: * for each user, unique persistent identificator is created in the configuration file * the identificator will be sent to ovito.org each time the user starts the program * this behavior is hidden from the user * neither the users are informed about the tracking * nor there is an option to disable it * no information in README/doc/etc about who is collecting the data, how the data are used... The good news is that it is easy to fix (at least it seems to be :) The relevant part of the code is located in ModifyCommandPage.cpp, lines 375 - 412 Please help the debian users to keep their privacy! Best regards Alex -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.13-1-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- debian-science-maintainers mailing list debian-science-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/debian-science-maintainers
