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How many Fedora users are there?
How many Fedora users are there?
Posted Oct 12, 2006 9:41 UTC (Thu) by NRArnot (subscriber, #3033)In reply to: How many Fedora users are there? by malor
Parent article: How many Fedora users are there?
There's a matter of principle here: they're getting this information in a sneaky underhand way, and some folks (not myself) will object to this so strongly that they'll refuse the distribution. I just think it's not the right thing.
Why not ask the user? Have an installation screen with a choice to be made. Ask "Let Fedora know that I'm running this system" (by default) or "Don't ...". Include a description of exactly what information is obtained if you accept (very little) and why it is helpful to Fedora to know this. And, of course, a corresponding kickstart option.
I don't think many people will refuse, especially since the truth of the statement can be checked with the source code by any paranoid hacker.
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How many Fedora users are there?
Posted Oct 12, 2006 13:31 UTC (Thu) by skvidal (subscriber, #3094) [Link]
Just to be clear - there's no reason to be angry about this.
There will be no tracking image. It is NOT going to be done. It was successfully discarded as an idea for this (and probably any other) release.
The only data we're planning on looking through is apache logs of people connecting to get the mirrorlists for updates of packages.
-sv
How many Fedora users are there?
Posted Oct 19, 2006 23:21 UTC (Thu) by seg (guest, #41224) [Link]
Why is checking the apache log on the mirror list script okay but checking the apache log on an image is SNEAKY AND UNDERHANDED?
Did you know !!!!!!!!!! YOUR COMPUTER IS BROADCASTING AN IP ADDRESS RIGHT NOW !!!!!!!!!