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Bug#873955: RFP: selfspy -- log everything you do on the computer, for statistics/fun etc.



On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 03:29:06PM +0100, Chris Lamb wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> * Package name    : selfspy
> * URL             : https://github.com/gurgeh/selfspy
>   Upstream Author : David Fendrich (@gurgeh)
> * License         : GPLv3
> 
>   Selfspy continuously monitors and stores what you are doing on
>   your computer. This way, you can get all sorts of nifty statistics
>   and reminders on what you have been up to. It is inspired by the
>   Quantified Self-movement and Stephen Wolfram's personal key
>   logging [0]

May I suggest we audit the hell out of the code of tools like this
before they come into Debian? :)

This is basically a spyware tool, with huge privacy implications.

For example, from a simple usability perspective, we may want to make
the "-n" option the default (ie. don't log actual keystrokes, just
timing).

Of course, we should also make sure the data stays on disk... (as
opposed to being sent to a third-party server)

A.
-- 
The most prudent course for any society is to start from the
assumption that the Internet should be fundamentally outside the
domain of capital.
                        - The Internet's Unholy Marriage to Capitalism

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