I am not paranoid about personal info, but the one time I looked through the Talkback information, it had stuff like the name of the computer and the user name which for the life of me I couldn't understand why it needed it or how those values affected Mozilla so I can see jukola's point though I just sent the info back entire in subsequent crashes because I don't care enough...
Patrick Gallagher wrote: > jukola wrote: > >> Patrick Gallagher wrote: >> >>> jukola wrote: >>> >>>> Christian Biesinger wrote: >>>> >>>>> ado beith wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I just downloaded mozilla 0.9.9 and installed it. But it crashes as >>>>>> soon as I load the browser up >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Did you get a "Talkback Window", asking you to send in crash >>>>> information? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Why would anyone send in "Talkback Information"? >>>> >>>> This "talkback" does not only send the information about what >>>> happened just before the crash but also detailed information about >>>> your computer and what's connected to it. >>>> >>>> Even if you unclick the unneccesary parts of the "talkback" >>>> information this "customised" version of "talkback" is not stored >>>> but you have to do it each and every time you send "talkback" >>>> information. "Talkback" is talking back.... >>>> >>>> I have abolished "talkback" long ago. It's a "NO" each and every >>>> time a crash has happened and the question whether or not to send a >>>> "talkback" is presented. >>>> >>> IF you're not willing to offer information about crashes to help >>> build moz into a great and stable platform, why would you run it? The >>> main purpose of using moz is (supposed to be) testing, and providing >>> feedback that can assist in the development process - this is why the >>> binaries are provided int he first place, isn't it? >>> >> >> I'm more than willing to offer information about crashes contributed >> to Mozilla. >> >> I'm though not willing to give away detailed information about my >> present computer; type of processor, speed, the software I'm using, >> what printer I have etc. and so on. This has nothing to do with the >> behaviour of Mozilla during crashes. Mozilla is a software, "talkback" >> should not be concerned about what printer I'm using, only of it's own >> drawbacks. >> > But the talkbalk sends back information on what Mozilla was doing and > the environmental variables that were affecting it at the time. This > type of information ensures that moz will perform up to par on different > types of systems, with different types of hardware and software. It > doesn't send information on who you are, just the things that affect > mozilla's operation, and interoperate with moz. > > Patrick >
