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Y'know, something which has been bothering me for years…

#Crash reporting is super useful. It highlights #critical #issues in #software. On #Fedora with #GNOME this can be set up to #automaticallyreport such issues.

GNOME assures me the report is #anonymous.

In order to submit the report, I must register, using verified personally identifying information.

No.

Everyone is held to the same #privacy standards. If I cannot submit with #anonymity, or you lie about it, you do not get my support.

#privacy #software #gnome #anonymous #fedora #issues #crash #critical #automaticallyreport #anonymity
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Emmanuele Bassi
Emmanuele Bassi
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GNOME does not have any crash reporting tool or service, so I assume this is Fedora-specific.
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Okki
Okki
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@ebassi
Yes, it's Fedora that uses ABRT (Automatic Bug Reporting Tool)

https://developer.fedoraproject.org/tools/abrt/about.html

ABRT — Fedora Developer Portal

Fedora Developer Portal provides information for developers running Fedora on their workstation or virtual machines.
developer.fedoraproject.org
@Emmanuele Bassi
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Amgine
Amgine
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@gnomelibre @ebassi

Thanks to both of your for pointing this out. Odd that the Diagnostics settings text for Problem Reporting links to GNOME's privacy page:

"Sending reports of technical problems helps us improve Fedora Linux. Reports are sent anonymously and are scrubbed of personal data. Learn more

Privacy Policy for the GNOME Foundation – GNOME

www.gnome.org
@Emmanuele Bassi @Okki
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Emmanuele Bassi
Emmanuele Bassi
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@gnomelibre it is indeed odd; may be worth pointing out on the Fedora issue tracker or on their discussion forum: https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/

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@Okki
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Amgine
Amgine
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@ebassi @gnomelibre

Good prod, so I did.


Settings → Diagnostics → Problem Reporting : Privacy/anonymity

Two closely related issues: Learn more link opens GNOME’s privacy policy page: Privacy Policy for the GNOME Foundation – GNOME This is unexpected behaviour. GNOME’s privacy policy is not relevant in this case.
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