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Hi Gabriel,
> specially about the "etc." mentioned in that page (?!).
I wrote this section and left it vague at the time because Curtis Rueden
was in the process of refining the database schema and setting up exactly
what was tracked. I realize that I should certainly not have used vague
language when discussing user privacy though, and apologize for that!
The release wiki page is updated to specify exactly what metadata is
stored: country, java version, language, operating system, time zone,
update site.
>I think the collection of usage data should be made an OPT IN option and
so be set OFF by default.
This was a tough decision for us. We certainly don't want anyone to feel
uncomfortable using ImageJ. But we are committed to keeping these
statistics anonymous, and this is extremely important information for an
open source project. This data will certainly be used to strengthen future
funding requests to continue the support of Fiji/ImageJ and its
collaborations.
So we decided to make it opt out to get as realistic a view of usage as we
can, while still allowing anyone who is uncomfortable to disable this
functionality.
Of course, any further discussion or objections to this feature are
welcome... I, personally, would like to better understand any specific
concerns people may have.
Thanks for the feedback,
Mark
On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Gabriel Landini <
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wrote:
> On Friday 08 Aug 2014 16:47:33 you wrote:
> > Today the ImageJ team is proud to announce a new public release candidate
> > for ImageJ2: version 2.0.0-rc-11.
>
> Great to hear the IJ2 has reached rc11.
>
> Looking at the New Features page, I think the collection of usage data
> should
> be made an OPT IN option and so be set OFF by default.
>
> Users might like to exercise some privacy by not being tracked, specially
> about the "etc." mentioned in that page (?!).
>
> Cheers
>
> Gabriel
>
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