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Re: Which Debian packages leak information to the network?

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On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 03:47:35AM +0200, Weber wrote:
> Am 19.05.2016 um 18:42 schrieb Paul Wise:
> > On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 11:50 PM, Patrick Schleizer wrote:
> > 
> >> Hello we are a privacy-centric distro based on Debian and wanted to know
> >> what Debian packages leak information about the system to the network
> >> without a user's consent/expectation.
> > 
> > Debian probably needs a privacy team to audit all packages that send
> > data to the network and develop mitigation, configuration or patches
> > to counter these.
> > 
> 
> this is a very good plan.
> 
> 
> my idea:
> 
> - make a new "info table" for all packages "privacy data used by app "
> 
> - what exact meta data
> 
> - who gets the data ; if third who?
> 
> - how long ist the data saved and in which country
> 
> 
> 
> -->  write to all developers an email ,and ask them to fill out the
> tables for their packages .Now and in future.
> 
> 
> If they will not  do it , make a button "unsafe" or else...
> 
> This job should do the programmer,and a team
> should control if their inputs are correct.
> 
> 
> Ps.
> 
> This idea was sent to google and Mozilla ,too
> But they dont want to write this infos to PLAY or Firefox Apps .
> Because then users could see,what data is sniffed and will perhaps
> stop millions to use it...
> 
> You know , privacy is not really wanted from some companies...
> 

Who knows the english translation
of the french words 'libre' and 'gratuit'?



P.S.

Thanks for replying below the text.
It is good to read in the discussion order.


Groeten
Geert Stappers
-- 
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Which Debian packages leak information to the network? Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@riseup.net> - 2016-05-18 18:00 +0200
  Re: Which Debian packages leak information to the network? Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org> - 2016-05-18 18:40 +0200
    Re: Which Debian packages leak information to the network? Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2016-05-18 19:00 +0200
      Re: Which Debian packages leak information to the network? "georg@riseup.net" <georg@riseup.net> - 2016-05-19 02:00 +0200
        Re: Which Debian packages leak information to the network? Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2016-05-19 06:00 +0200
      Re: Which Debian packages leak information to the network? Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2016-05-19 17:50 +0200
      Re: Which Debian packages leak information to the network? Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@riseup.net> - 2016-05-19 18:10 +0200
        Re: Which Debian packages leak information to the network? "Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk> - 2016-05-19 18:30 +0200
      Re: Which Debian packages leak information to the network? donoban <donoban@riseup.net> - 2016-05-20 10:40 +0200
        Re: Which Debian packages leak information to the network? Elmar Stellnberger <estellnb@gmail.com> - 2016-05-20 11:00 +0200
          Re: Which Debian packages leak information to the network? ale <ale@wwb.cc> - 2016-05-20 11:30 +0200
            Re: Which Debian packages leak information to the network? donoban <donoban@riseup.net> - 2016-05-20 12:00 +0200
            Re: Which Debian packages leak information to the network? Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org> - 2016-05-20 18:20 +0200
  Re: Which Debian packages leak information to the network? Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2016-05-19 18:50 +0200
    Re: Which Debian packages leak information to the network? Weber <kweber33@gmx.de> - 2016-05-20 03:50 +0200
      Re: Which Debian packages leak information to the network? Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl> - 2016-05-20 08:30 +0200
    Re: Which Debian packages leak information to the network? Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2016-05-20 04:50 +0200

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