Re: Google spyware on FreeBSD Web site?

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On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Brett Glass <[email protected]> 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
>
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