The only think that this would "reveal" beyond what a YUM update does is a unique ID and install date (why do we need that?). I do not think we need an opt-in for that. Basically, as long as the data gathering is so simple I do not even think a unique ID is needed - we are not looking for exact science here but marketing number and if a few servers are behind the same router/IP that will, or should not, disturb the picture much.
We could and should properly make an opt-in solution if we decided to gather more detailed (and usefull??) data as I suggested. Greetings, Jesper From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hsing-Foo Wang Sent: 9. marts 2014 21:24 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [discussion] Install statistics for SME Server [SMOLT] On 9-3-2014 21:05, Jonathan Martens wrote: On 9-3-2014 20:47, Hsing-Foo Wang wrote: Hi Jonathan, nice to see you back around. I have been around, although laying low and will be around and every now and then chime in with my meaning, ideas etc. although I can not dedicate the time I did before at the moment. Fair enough and you've mentioned that before. Nevertheless, good to have you around. The 'Test Internet Connection' in the console app 'phones home' with data. Let's take a look at that. Problem is that this is manually run, but we can easily device a cron job or the like for it. Yep, or at a 'opt in or out option within the installer, 1 time off I personally think that the data submitted should only contain: a. Install date b. Version c. GeoIP location d. Unique installer code I think that would be a goof enough starting point, to which I hardly can think there would be objections. Agree. I believe it would respect most if not all privacy laws on all continents and respective countries regarding d. When using a virtualization platform and 'cloning a VM' this unique code will not change... That could be easily solved by genetaing a unique id based on hardware charachteristics. IDs of NIC/HDs will most likely not be the same. This coul dbe taken as a salt for genertaing the UID IMHO. Right. Let's see if other readers voice their opinion. Regards, -HF Kind regards, Jonathan _______________________________________________ Discussion about project organisation and overall direction To unsubscribe, e-mail [email protected] Searchable archive at http://lists.contribs.org/mailman/public/discussion/
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