Metrics and your privacy

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 18:45:26 +0000,
  Alan <alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> It doesn't need to be opt-out or opt-in. To follow good data protection
> practice it does need the users permission, and ideally it should show
> what will be sent/stored to the user before they decide. If at all
> possible nothing counting as personal data should be stored/processed
> (and that can include IP addresses).
> 
> So I'd suggest a basic design would have to look something like this

I like the approach you suggest below, but I have comments on the UUID
mentioned in the example. Unless there is going to be some followup later
I don't see how it would be useful. If it is being sent, then it should be
displayed with the other information being sent. 

> 
> During install
> 	generate 128bit UUID
> 	Generate summary of hardware/other interesting data
> 
> 	Present the user with a firstboot screen that says
> 
> 	[] Send the following information to fedora for use in
> 	anonymous analysis to improve the distribution. Your email
> 	address and personal data will be not be sent. Your IP address
> 	will not be stored
> 
> 		- List of PCI device identifiers present
> 		- CPU type
> 		- Memory Size
> 		- Disk size/type
> 				[View Information To Be Sent]
> 
> 	[] Count this machine but send no information about it
> 
> 	[] Do not count this machine