Re: SRWare Iron: Chromium without the data-mining

2010-05-24 Thread Giuseppe Iuculano
Il 18/05/2010 19:12, Ryan Oram ha scritto: > "Chrome Incognito Tracks Visited Sites" > http://www.lewiz.org/2010/05/chrome-incognito-tracks-visited-sites.html I just backported upstream commit that fixes this huge privacy killer bug... > This seems to be becoming a theme. As Chromium has much of

Re: SRWare Iron: Chromium without the data-mining

2010-05-24 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
Hi. AFAIK, even Chrome has disabled most tracking stuff per default (except those things which FF/etc. do too). With chromium, it was regarded to be a (reportable) bug if anything that is privacy sensitive could not be disabled, IIRC. And regarding Iron,... the following might be interesting: ht

Re: SRWare Iron: Chromium without the data-mining

2010-05-19 Thread Ryan Oram
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 6:03 PM, Joao Pinto wrote: > >> I can't start a SRWare PPA immediately as they haven't released >> updated source code in some time (probably due to neglience if >> anything). >> >> Thanks, >> Ryan > > If you believe there are serious concerns with the current chromium pack

Re: SRWare Iron: Chromium without the data-mining

2010-05-19 Thread Joao Pinto
> I can't start a SRWare PPA immediately as they haven't released > updated source code in some time (probably due to neglience if > anything). > > Thanks, > Ryan > If you believe there are serious concerns with the current chromium package just file bugs, why fork when you can fix it ? Best rega

Re: SRWare Iron: Chromium without the data-mining

2010-05-18 Thread Scott Kitterman
"Ryan Oram" wrote: >A Launchpad PPA of SRWare Iron would solve all my concerns. Fortunately those are open to everyone so you are able to scratch your own itch. Scott K -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lis

Re: SRWare Iron: Chromium without the data-mining

2010-05-18 Thread Ryan Oram
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 8:27 PM, Dane Mutters wrote: > I think some of you would be interested in reading this page that > (allegedly) documents some of the (allegedly) somewhat shady > beginnings of Iron: > > http://neugierig.org/software/chromium/notes/2009/12/iron.html > > If this information i

Re: SRWare Iron: Chromium without the data-mining

2010-05-18 Thread Ryan Oram
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 8:15 PM, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote: > Just do it !!! Ubuntu has chromium maintainers already. Start your own > SRWare ppa. > > And please stop spamming ubuntu & debian mailing list. You were > already asked once to stop this non-sence. > > When you have constructive packaging

Re: SRWare Iron: Chromium without the data-mining

2010-05-18 Thread Dane Mutters
accidently hit reply instead of sending to the list...whoops... I think some of you would be interested in reading this page that (allegedly) documents some of the (allegedly) somewhat shady beginnings of Iron: http://neugierig.org/software/chromium/notes/2009/12/iron.html If this informat

Re: SRWare Iron: Chromium without the data-mining

2010-05-18 Thread Ryan Oram
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote: > The chromium daily builds ppa is more accuratly should be described as > a mini-fork it has spliced chromium tree almost in half and throughout > out loads of junk (embedded copies of libraries being the most > significant part). > > My pe

Re: SRWare Iron: Chromium without the data-mining

2010-05-18 Thread Ryan Oram
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 7:49 PM, Dylan McCall wrote: >> I've posted this on the debian-devel mailing list as well. This was >> posted out of a concern that Canoncial is thinking about switching >> over to Chromium in later releases as Lubuntu has done already. I have >> seen articles of this possi

Re: SRWare Iron: Chromium without the data-mining

2010-05-18 Thread Dmitrijs Ledkovs
On 19 May 2010 00:49, Dylan McCall wrote: >> I've posted this on the debian-devel mailing list as well. This was >> posted out of a concern that Canoncial is thinking about switching >> over to Chromium in later releases as Lubuntu has done already. I have >> seen articles of this possibility as w

Re: SRWare Iron: Chromium without the data-mining

2010-05-18 Thread Dylan McCall
> I've posted this on the debian-devel mailing list as well. This was > posted out of a concern that Canoncial is thinking about switching > over to Chromium in later releases as Lubuntu has done already. I have > seen articles of this possibility as well. I don't feel making > Chromium the default

Re: SRWare Iron: Chromium without the data-mining

2010-05-18 Thread Ryan Oram
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 3:33 AM, Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: > Unless things have changed, Chromium does not include the tracking > features of the branded Chrome. Hence, Chromium is fine. Plus it has > the benefit of already being a full open source project. It doesn't include everything, but it

Re: SRWare Iron: Chromium without the data-mining

2010-05-18 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough
On 18 May 2010 01:15, Ryan Oram wrote: > http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron_chrome_vs_iron.php > > This should become a full open source project with a community behind > it. With Mozilla disregarding H.264, the community needs a full > browser capable of H.264 video playback without th

Re: SRWare Iron: Chromium without the data-mining

2010-05-18 Thread Ryan Oram
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 1:30 PM, John Moser wrote: > Shut up.  You're whining like a raving politicized lune and nobody is > listening to your monologue. > > Apply some critical thinking skills.  It's a bug in a special mode of a > browser, a mode that doesn't store history/cookies.  It's not (kno

Re: SRWare Iron: Chromium without the data-mining

2010-05-18 Thread Joe Terranova
Don't hold back, John. Tell us how you really feel. On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 1:30 PM, John Moser wrote: > Shut up.  You're whining like a raving politicized lune and nobody is > listening to your monologue. > > Apply some critical thinking skills.  It's a bug in a special mode of a > browser, a mo

Re: SRWare Iron: Chromium without the data-mining

2010-05-18 Thread John Moser
Shut up. You're whining like a raving politicized lune and nobody is listening to your monologue. Apply some critical thinking skills. It's a bug in a special mode of a browser, a mode that doesn't store history/cookies. It's not (known to be) sharing anything with the 'net, so it's innocuous a

Re: SRWare Iron: Chromium without the data-mining

2010-05-18 Thread Ryan Oram
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Ryan Oram wrote: > "Chrome Incognito Tracks Visited Sites" > http://www.lewiz.org/2010/05/chrome-incognito-tracks-visited-sites.html > > This seems to be becoming a theme. As Chromium has much of the same > privacy issues as Chrome (SRWare Iron is made from Chromiu

Re: SRWare Iron: Chromium without the data-mining

2010-05-18 Thread Ryan Oram
"Chrome Incognito Tracks Visited Sites" http://www.lewiz.org/2010/05/chrome-incognito-tracks-visited-sites.html This seems to be becoming a theme. As Chromium has much of the same privacy issues as Chrome (SRWare Iron is made from Chromium and the code is striped from Chromium), this "feature" is

SRWare Iron: Chromium without the data-mining

2010-05-17 Thread Ryan Oram
http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron_chrome_vs_iron.php This should become a full open source project with a community behind it. With Mozilla disregarding H.264, the community needs a full browser capable of H.264 video playback without the privacy issues of Chrome. We need to "Icewease