Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 15:48:42 -0800 From: Outside_the_Box LLC <outsidetheboxllc@gmail.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Google spyware on FreeBSD Web site? Message-ID: <CABycKAW7Vy2iQZsYB4WbpKKFfz41GCkgq6L8XiObPJ5UNhqzhQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201212041900.MAA14107@lariat.net> References: <201212041900.MAA14107@lariat.net>
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* +1... On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> wrote: > Everyone: > > Today, I received a rather shocking the announcement: The FreeBSD > Project's Web developer announced his intent to incorporate > corporate spyware into the FreeBSD.org Web site. > > As you may or may not know, the so-called "Google Analytics" scripts > do more than analyze the traffic which goes to a Web site. They also > spy on its users, planting cookies in their browsers and tracking their > activities on the Web for the exclusive benefit of one corporation: > Google. > > What's more, at least one organization which is paid to lobby for Google > in Washington, DC has announced that it does not intend to honor, and > does not recommend that Web sites honor, the "Do Not Track" header. > So, even if users are knowledgeable enough to cause their browsers to > generate this header (most are not), there is no reason to trust Google > to honor it. > > The FreeBSD project should not allow or condone such behavior -- > which is a serious security risk and violation of visitors' privacy. Nor > should it show favoritism toward a single corporation. > > I'd like to ask that the FreeBSD project set a good example for others > by refusing to incorporate corporate spyware into its Web site. If it > is desirable to gather statistics regarding the site, there are ways > to do it that do not compromise visitors' privacy or execute invasive > spyware on their machines. > > Sincerely, > Brett Glass > > ______________________________**_________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/**mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat<http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat>; > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@**freebsd.org<freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org> > " >
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