mherger wrote:
> > I find it a bit odd to see you making a comment here, and not in the
> > '--nomysqueezebox thread'. But please say so, if you don't want us to
> > use or promote --nomysqueezebox.
>
> I've left similar comments every now and then. Whenever I see the
> "feature" getting too much attention I add to it. My bad :-).
>
> > One thing I would like to know is if Logitech is still using this
> shared
> > data, and if this is compliant the General Data Protection Regulation
> > (GDPR).
>
> Yes, it is. I'm not the expert myself, but we do have experts asking me
> questions and telling me what to do in this regard.
>
> First of all: there's no data collected for the sake of collecting data.
>
> I removed analytics code years ago.
>
> https://github.com/Logitech/slimserver/commit/2f7cb049a594917b2406de537fc5955062bca364
>
> The SB related websites no longer use Google Analytics and the likes. I
> think we no longer pull in any resource from any outside host.
>
> What I call "data" is what is being stored as part of the integration.
> Prefs syncing and app configurations. Plus technical data like web
> server log files logging requests. That's it. We don't even store prefs
> about non-Logitech hardware players. It's really all about the feature
> of potentially switching a player from LMS to mysb.com and back.
>
> Second: "Logitech" as a larger organization does not actively use this
> data. What I'm asked for every now and then is summarized numbers like
> "how many users/devices are there". I'm likely the only one even knowing
>
> how to get to that data. AFAIK there are only three people (including
> myself) who have access to the database.
>
> And you can easily delete your account from mysb.com.
>
> If you didn't provide credentials in LMS but didn't apply the --nomysb
> flag either, the devices would still use the image proxy on mysb.com to
> speed up image resizing. All the data collected in this case is the log
> entry in nginx' access.log file. That's what I'd use to estimate the
> number of players out there still actively being used.
>
> With --nomysb applied I don't have that information any more. Which
> means I don't "see" those installations.
>
Thanks for the transparenty and clear writeup. This was the information
I was looking/hoping for. I think it is good for every user to know,
what data is used and what is not. That's why it is good to hear that
Logitech is respecting the community as it is, even when it comes to
privacy.
>
> I'm sorry for this totally off-topic, and rather lengthy posting. But
> you asked for it :-P. I definitely don't want to be a pain about the
> nomysb flag. After all I did implement it. But as so often I didn't
> consider the negative impact it might have. I considered it an easy way
> for myself to make sure LMS would still run without mysb.com. Only later
>
> I came to realize that it could also prevent me from making sure
> mysb.com does not go away too soon...
> --
>
> Michael
You're definitely not a pain :-) I will remove the USB version from
Sourceforge.
Greetings,
Martin
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