From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 6 20:48:32 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F20836ED for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2012 20:48:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from raistlin@tacorp.net) Received: from mail.tacorp.net (mail.tacorp.net [72.240.52.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADD188FC14 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2012 20:48:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.tacorp.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.tacorp.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F33E1B5138; Thu, 6 Dec 2012 15:39:52 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at tacorp.net Received: from mail.tacorp.net ([127.0.0.1]) by mail.tacorp.net (mail.tacorp.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id uP9eJOnzdijY; Thu, 6 Dec 2012 15:39:50 -0500 (EST) Received: by mail.tacorp.net (Postfix, from userid 2366) id 496451B5137; Thu, 6 Dec 2012 15:39:50 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.tacorp.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 476BE1B512B; Thu, 6 Dec 2012 15:39:50 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 15:39:50 -0500 (EST) From: Jason Slagle To: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Google spyware on FreeBSD Web site? In-Reply-To: <201212042102.OAA15657@lariat.net> Message-ID: <20121206153135.L1781@mail.tacorp.net> References: <201212041900.MAA14107@lariat.net> <8C4CD043-64B0-45F5-9E71-9CE0860E6097@langille.org> <50BE5FDF.7010604@infracaninophile.co.uk> <201212042102.OAA15657@lariat.net> X-message-flag: Get yourself a real mail client! http://www.washington.edu/pine/ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: Eitan Adler , pete wright , chat@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:48:32 -0000 On Tue, 4 Dec 2012, Brett Glass wrote: > I actually use several such plug-ins. However, the average user does not; > in fact, most users do not even know how to activate the "Do Not Track" > header (which Google's lobbyists in DC have advocated that Web sites > ignore). It seems to me that The FreeBSD Project should be on the side > of security, privacy, and good ethics. Just because it has received > contributions of labor from Google does not mean it should not sell out > to it. > > Just my $0.02. > > --Brett Glass Sell out? Maybe you should take some time to reread the announcement. This has nothing to do with selling out. It has everything to do with the project wanting to make sure it's resources are spent in productive areas, and to improve the site for users. If you don't want the GA script to load on the site, are you volunteering to write the software to allow them to accomplish those goals? If not you're just whining and not contributing. Also, under the default settings, Google Analytics does NOT set any doubleclick cookies, or as far as I've ever been able to tell, ANY cookies related to ad tracking. Additionally, the cookies it sets are all first party - they will be from the FreeBSD domains, and will not be readable by others. I think you might have put your tin foil hat on a little to tight this morning. Jason -- Jason Slagle - RHCE5, VCP4 /"\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign . X - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail . / \ - NO Word docs in e-mail .