The problem is that this 'feature' can only be disabled via an init-param. We could check the parameter and refuse to start, but we can't disable this from Wicket code.
Emond On Friday 03 October 2014 13:54:26 Martin Grigorov wrote: > Atmosphere does this since its very early versions... > I personally don't care because I don't use (Wicket-)Atmosphere. There are > several technical things I don't like in Atmo. > > Last time I tried to upgrade Wicket-Atmo from 2.1.8 to 2.2.x it stopped > working for some reason. And I didn't have time to debug it. So it stays at > 2.1.8. > I'm sure Emond will upgrade it to the version with the setting to suppress > "phone home" without any sweat :-) > > Martin Grigorov > Wicket Training and Consulting > https://twitter.com/mtgrigorov > > On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Martijn Dashorst <[email protected] > > wrote: > > > > My first reaction was to remove the module from our project, but that > > would leave everybody currently using it stranded on the E.T. [1] > > version. I think we should at least release a version that disables > > the server side callbacks by default (providing an option to enable > > them) and go from there. > > > > I am certain Jeanfrancois Arcand doesn't have nefarious motives but > > frameworks should not phone anywhere without explicit approval. > > > > Anybody have other thoughts on the future of wicket-atmosphere? > > > > Martijn > > > > > > [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyFijjikkeM > > > > On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Martijn Dashorst > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Due to functionality that tracks atmosphere-framework usage you might > > > be in violation of EU tracking laws. > > > > > > Apparently Atmosphere opens an undocumented server-side connection to > > > Google Analytics to track Atmosphere usage. At this stage it is > > > unclear what can be tracked by Google from this connection, but > > > suffice to say this is troubling. > > > > > > Atmosphere's maintainer doesn't see any problem with this phone home > > > behavior ("it is sent to Google Analytics, not Google") [1] but has > > > implemented a feature to disable this [2] > > > > > > At this moment we can't recommend people using wicket-atmosphere in > > > production systems until we have updated the atmosphere library and > > > disabled the phone home tracker. > > > > > > Emond & Martijn > > > > > > [1] > > > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/atmosphere-framework/RIkB689kExI > > > > > [2] > > > > https://github.com/Atmosphere/atmosphere/commit/97993855734903536b046a41b1 > > dbbe3f3558d463 > > > > > > > > -- > > Become a Wicket expert, learn from the best: http://wicketinaction.com
