[fab] Re: Firefox splash page tracker

[Stephen John Smoogen]

On 10/6/06, seth vidal <skvidal at linux.duke.edu> wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-10-06 at 10:52 -0600, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
> > On 10/6/06, seth vidal <skvidal at linux.duke.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > > Appropriate: On first login of a desktop, if the
> > > > fedora-help-us-help-you.rpm is installed, then a pop-up comes to the
> > > > user and says: we would like to get data from your usage of the
> > > > desktop. These are the things that we are tracking, and if you want to
> > > > participate click yes. If you want to see what we collected, click on
> > > > the blue hat in the corner, if you want to stop collecting, either
> > > > remove the RPM or right click on the blue hat and choose "Stop
> > > > tracking."
> > >
> > > opt-out is the WRONG way of doing this.
> > >
> > > It makes fedora malware.
> > >
> >
> > You didnt read correctly. I said "If you want to participate, click
> > yes.". THat is Opt-in.
> >
> > If I didnt make it in bold letters for you, sorry.
>
> no need for the sarcasm
>

My apologies.. it was wrong, but I felt like I was being accused of
making Fedora spyware.


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Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator
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