tags 745668 + fixed-upstream thanks Hi Alex,
thanks for noting us about this problem. I have discussed it with upstream and they have fixed it in git [1], so will be available in the next release, which comes soon. [1] http://sourceforge.net/p/ovito/git/ci/00ff7c9e02c4436a37b033bbad14d4006e005a8c/ Regards Anton 2014-04-23 23:51 GMT+02:00 <[email protected]>: > I'd like to point your attention to a nasty hidden feature of the ovito > program. > The problem is that the ovito keeps the users under permanent surveillance. > In great details: > * for each user, unique persistent identificator is created in the > configuration file > * the identificator will be sent to ovito.org each time the user starts the > program > * this behavior is hidden from the user > * neither the users are informed about the tracking > * nor there is an option to disable it > * no information in README/doc/etc about who is collecting the data, how the > data are used... > > The good news is that it is easy to fix (at least it seems to be :) > The relevant part of the code is located in ModifyCommandPage.cpp, lines 375 > - 412 > > Please help the debian users to keep their privacy! -- debian-science-maintainers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/debian-science-maintainers
