Re: bugs.debian.org: something's wrong...
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 10:46:00AM -0400, Holger Levsen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Montag, 18. März 2013, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> > > Now it's appearently back online, but a web tracking has been
> > > added, as seen in #703298. That's disgusting.
> > It's not tracking, it's showing an avatar. That's not quite the same thing.
>
> this is not tracking, those are facebook like buttons?!?
>
> Seriously, (I havent realized before) these embedded images from gravatar.com
> *are* webbugs, allowing automation.com to track BTS usage.
>
> I too find this totally unacceptable default (to have this enabled by default
> with just the not even yet implemented option to opt-out).
>
> Before filing a serious bug about this, I'd like to get some feedback what
> other think. (Too tired after traveling yesterday..)
Since you ask, I suggest to disable it now and enable it later only after
opt-in.
Regards,
Bart Martens
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