Bug#756879: atanks: please avoid calling home

2014-08-04 Thread Jesse Smith
On 14-08-04 04:23 AM, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > Am Sonntag, den 03.08.2014, 10:22 -0300 schrieb Jesse Smith: >> Many people requested update checks be enabled by default and, as >> there is no information sent about you and nothing logged, this cannot >> be a privacy issue. > > In some way this c

Bug#756879: atanks: please avoid calling home

2014-08-04 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Am Sonntag, den 03.08.2014, 10:22 -0300 schrieb Jesse Smith: > Many people requested update checks be enabled by default and, as > there is no information sent about you and nothing logged, this cannot > be a privacy issue. In some way this circumvents Debian's packaging system. On Debian "stable

Bug#756879: atanks: please avoid calling home

2014-08-03 Thread Jesse Smith
On 14-08-02 09:59 PM, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Jesse Smith (2014-08-02): >> I am not sure why you would want to disable update notification. > > I'd call it basic privacy. > How is checking for updates a privacy issue? No information about you or your computer or even your installation of Atank

Bug#756879: atanks: please avoid calling home

2014-08-02 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Jesse Smith (2014-08-02): > I am not sure why you would want to disable update notification. I'd call it basic privacy. > Especially with a patch to the source code, that seems overkill. If the > message bothers you you could just disable update notifications in the > Options menu under the Netw

Bug#756879: atanks: please avoid calling home

2014-08-02 Thread Jesse Smith
On 14-08-02 09:13 PM, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Package: atanks > Version: 5.5+dfsg-0.1 > Severity: important > > Hi, > > just noticed when exiting atanks: > | A new version, 6.0, is ready for download. > | See http://atanks.sourceforge.net for the latest news and downloads. > > The code seems to

Bug#756879: atanks: please avoid calling home

2014-08-02 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Package: atanks Version: 5.5+dfsg-0.1 Severity: important Hi, just noticed when exiting atanks: | A new version, 6.0, is ready for download. | See http://atanks.sourceforge.net for the latest news and downloads. The code seems to live in src/update.cpp's Get_Latest_Version(), and I'd suggest pat