From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 4 23:48:44 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 559D0C97 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2012 23:48:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from outsidetheboxllc@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vb0-f45.google.com (mail-vb0-f45.google.com [209.85.212.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06B7C8FC08 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2012 23:48:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vb0-f45.google.com with SMTP id p1so4219685vbi.18 for ; Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:48:43 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=cXm6pyhNS9rEhFTPTm5mGmRDvnEdyrIhaXHtU0lOvJU=; b=1CV9H1jW/NhLdToW6d4/O8vlDpuccUgC/tgry8skO6CluowHYTDbtZCRqLNgUzdoXG L+TNImQxtK3ELvvfrmZpGQHlmRD4kXT9FeIiE9eJERVjHg53V4Su+vuWnH1m7qB3qQYR 2xVjiQMWdJhohmZjlaYtux6uEc2favsy64h17ZzIOif/saJTc98zWZVf/GOzpUPwUI1I IOH0ud3kyN6mAa0NRC63oyo4Lnq/D2XtHdCGLcGGVHsI5hqr/OV1OBNtOo32qGcP+nsX 5afa1ChIMKnCkeeR6gmPC3BjnvZZiko4In0n/Ledr/3A4a3TkTwd+yYGotksKjpyY+9N WRig== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.33.228 with SMTP id u4mr11566284vdi.4.1354664922998; Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:48:42 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.58.235.41 with HTTP; Tue, 4 Dec 2012 15:48:42 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201212041900.MAA14107@lariat.net> References: <201212041900.MAA14107@lariat.net> Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 15:48:42 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Google spyware on FreeBSD Web site? From: Outside_the_Box LLC To: Brett Glass Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: freebsd-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: Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:48:44 -0000 * +1... On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Brett Glass 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 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@**freebsd.org > " >