> On Mar 8, 2024, at 12:09 PM, Gary D. Gregory <ggreg...@apache.org> wrote: > > Sure, badging can be fun and it sure seems popular on GitHub: I do like my > Mars 2020 Helicopter Mission badge (https://github.com/garydgregory/) ! > > I wonder if there are there any privacy issue we should be able to foresee? > > I would guess that badges would be derived from data that a member from the > internet public might be able to painstakingly assemble, but maybe not. >
Every badge that I’ve come up with in brainstorming about this has been either 1) based on public information or 2) something that the recipient requests (like “I attended a particular event.”). None of it seemed particularly painstaking. Do you have concerns? > Should a person be allowed to opt out of a specific badge or the whole badge > system? As I said in the email you responded to … >> >> For every badge system I’ve looked at, nobody receives any badges until they >> log into the system, creating their account. That is, these systems are all >> opt-in by default. If people are actual averse to receiving congratulations >> for their activities, then don’t create a badge system account. Done and >> done. >> Whether a person can opt out of a particular badge, that’s more a tooling question. I would assume that the answer is “yes” since this is just data, and data can be deleted. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
