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Originally Posted by w_mark
As others here have alluded to, if this were a commercial company people would be all over you like a rash for doing this
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No one has "alluded to" what you're saying. In fact I have stated outright the exact opposite. Commercial companies often get away with collecting data and it often takes a lot of time and reverse engineering to expose what the commercial companies are actually doing. Whereas open source projects expose their source code to everyone and any time a open source project attempts anything nefarious the entire community rises up quickly in opposition.
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Originally Posted by w_mark
(collecting data without informing your 'customers) - so why are you any different? Just because you hide behind 'open source' does not give you any protection whatsoever.
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It's understandable to approach a question out of ignorance, that's what questions are for, but as folks try to educate you and you make no attempt to understand what is being put forward you move from ignorant to troll.
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Originally Posted by w_mark
Final point to those saying 'read the source' - he is not distributing source code, he is distributing a compiled and working program - once it has bene compiled you have absolutely no idea what changes or additional code he has made to the program over and above the published source code.
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OMG! how did I miss this.
My eyes are open now.
It is ashamed he hasn't made the source available in some format so any average Joe could set it up and run from the source. Maybe
making public instructions on setting up that environment might make it easier for me to believe that calibre isn't eating my lunch.
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Originally Posted by w_mark
Which is why, with no straight answer coming back, the question is still 'what else is Calibre collecting?'
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Asked before and answered in post
4,
13, and
16. Since you have trouble reading the section I'll quote it here just for you.
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Usage statistics
Usage statistics are collected whenever a user starts calibre. Every calibre installation has a unique ID, this ID remains unchanged by upgrades and even an uninstall/re-install. This ID is used to collect usage statistics. Only this ID and the IP address of the computer is stored, no other identifying information is collected.
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If there was even a hint that there was any more data being collected, folks would be right next to you in this thread screaming to reign in Kovid and is out of control intrusive practices. As it is though you are
pissing into the wind crying foul alone.
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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
Psst, dont tell anyone, but calibre secretly scans all the files on your computer, and sends them to me. I then auction of every single file to the highest bidder. And I've been doing this for four years now, which has made me a squintillionare. And calibre records *every single* keystroke and mouseclick you ever made. And if you have a webcam it uses it to figure out what you spend most of your time looking at. Eat that, Facebook!
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Now that the cat is out of the bag does that mean my blackmail Sandwich of the Week that I have been extorting from you for the last fours years is going to stop?