[opensuse] already MS is tracking you via google for github.com
Tried to download a file from github (from the adobe font collection got to by following discussion links for Source * Pro" in opensuse-factory -- specifically the color emoji ones. It failed: <link rel="assets" href="https://assets-cdn.github.com/"> <meta name="pjax-timeout" content="1000"> <meta name="request-id" content="708B:2C0A:18AB08:24DFC7:5BD8C7F9" data-pjax-transient> <meta name="selected-link" value="repo_source" data-pjax-transient> <meta name="google-site-verification" content="KT5gs8h0wvaagLKAVWq8bbeNwnZZK1r1XQysX3xurLU"> <meta name="google-site-verification" content="ZzhVyEFwb7w3e0-uOTltm8Jsck2F5StVihD0exw2fsA"> <meta name="google-site-verification" content="GXs5KoUUkNCoaAZn7wPN-t01Pywp9M3sEjnt_3_ZWPc"> <meta class="js-ga-set" name="dimension1" content="Logged Out"> --------------------------------------------------^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Apparently they want to track what you download by login now... Never used to have this prob before MS bought GitHub.... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 10/30/2018 04:10 PM, Linda Walsh wrote:
Tried to download a file from github (from the adobe font collection got to by following discussion links for Source * Pro" in opensuse-factory -- specifically the color emoji ones. It failed:
<link rel="assets" href="https://assets-cdn.github.com/"> <meta name="pjax-timeout" content="1000"> <meta name="request-id" content="708B:2C0A:18AB08:24DFC7:5BD8C7F9" data-pjax-transient> <meta name="selected-link" value="repo_source" data-pjax-transient> <meta name="google-site-verification" content="KT5gs8h0wvaagLKAVWq8bbeNwnZZK1r1XQysX3xurLU"> <meta name="google-site-verification" content="ZzhVyEFwb7w3e0-uOTltm8Jsck2F5StVihD0exw2fsA"> <meta name="google-site-verification" content="GXs5KoUUkNCoaAZn7wPN-t01Pywp9M3sEjnt_3_ZWPc">
<meta class="js-ga-set" name="dimension1" content="Logged Out">
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Apparently they want to track what you download by login now... Never used to have this prob before MS bought GitHub....
Prior to the $7.5b buyout did you have any problem with the same content? I don't expect to see any change, but there have been some fears of what new controls by M$ could look like. There was also a broad consensus that not much if any change was expected -- which if any change was made unpalatable to current users -- it would be a giant foot-shooting exercise by M$ because users would simply go elsewhere. github.com isn't the only game in town. (at least that is the consensus of those that watch these sort of acquisitions) time will tell.. I expect no bumps in the road and hope it plays out that way. Otherwise, anybody know if we can get a susehub.org? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 10/31/2018 1:33 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
Prior to the $7.5b buyout did you have any problem with the same content?
No. The site did not require me to have a user ID, let alone be logged in on one in order to download source or binaries of an "open source" project. I don't like "logging in" on sites -- especially now that most of them perform time-wasting checks to see if I am a human. It is also the case that Google continues to arbitrarily increase the the complexity of such checks, including using state-of-the-art encryption that non-Google and non-auto-update browsers are unlikely to have. AFAIK, there is no requirement one must be "human" in order to benefit from software being open-source, nor that one submit to daily "auto-updates" of approved software before you are allowed to access the web (or open-source downloads).
time will tell.. I expect no bumps in the road and hope it plays out that way. Otherwise, anybody know if we can get a susehub.org?
suse sites are one of the sites that don't play well if you disallow insecure crypto transports. Already the web is being Balkanized such that you have to use specific software and settings to access various parts of the "open-source" eco-system. :-( -linda -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 10/31/2018 04:28 PM, L A Walsh wrote:
No. The site did not require me to have a user ID, let alone be logged in on one in order to download source or binaries of an "open source" project.
I don't like "logging in" on sites -- especially now that most of them perform time-wasting checks to see if I am a human. It is also the case that Google continues to arbitrarily increase the the complexity of such checks, including using state-of-the-art encryption that non-Google and non-auto-update browsers are unlikely to have.
AFAIK, there is no requirement one must be "human" in order to benefit from software being open-source, nor that one submit to daily "auto-updates" of approved software before you are allowed to access the web (or open-source downloads).
Oh, that is new. I have a couple of projects there so I've always been logged in and hadn't noticed any change. None from the outside either, pushing changes or checking out repos. Do they require a login simply to do a shallow clone or to receive a release (package in either .zip or bz2)? I don't think that is changed either because a lot of software packaging depends on pulling tarballs from github and there are no accounts involved there. So if I understand what you are saying then, there is a new login requirement when you just want to view and save, for example, a single source from a project? If that is the case, I do think that is new. I'll have to try from another computer that doesn't automatically log me in and see how it goes. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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