On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:29:53 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Simo Sorce wrote: > >> This is as much, or more, a PR issue, not just a legal issue. > > It was expressed as a legal issue. > [rest of comments snipped...] Since it is both legal and PR, maybe smolt could publish a specific privacy policy under which the data would be collected and used. That should stand to answer questions and guide any future code changes. I'm concerned about privacy issues more than most, and I've looked at smolt and read what Mike has said publicly. I for one am satisfied that the approach taken serves a useful purpose while doing a decent job of protecting privacy. IMHO, the only thing missing is an actual published policy which expresses formally what Mike has already said. [From what I understand: it's informed consent, opt-in, with no personally identifying information sent, and nothing is ever sent without the user's permission. It *does* store a randomly-generated GUID cookie on your drive which is transmitted as part of the profile upon installation or whenever smolt is run manually by the user. IP addresses are never retained, MAC addresses, Serial Numbers, or other UIDs are never sent.] --Jack Spaar -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
