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List:       ubuntu-devel
Subject:    Re: More diagnostics data from desktop
From:       Etienne Papegnies <etienne.papegnies () univ-avignon ! fr>
Date:       2018-02-19 11:16:47
Message-ID: 617e85a8-bf39-194d-0b18-74c8a3f6162b () univ-avignon ! fr
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Hello

I'm already seeing some blowback from the community, so I'd like to
suggest that a few things be made clear.

There is three collection methods: 1) Post-Install report; 2) Popcon;
and 3) Apport.

- It'd be nice to have some insurance that Canonical does not have the
ability to match these three report sources by means for instance of a
machine identifier.

- 1) if there is no chance for the user to inspect this data before it
is sent at first boot, one should make sure it does not include Hardware
UIDs (For disks, Mac Addresses for network interfaces, etc)

- 2) I don't know the popcon backend, but it'd be nice to know that the
full list of packages for a given report is not stored (because such
information can be used for tracking)

- 3) If Apport automatically submits a report a StackTrace is OK but no
coredump data should be included

Cheers

On 14/02/2018 16:22, Will Cooke wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> We want to be able to focus our engineering efforts on the things that
> matter most to our users, and in order to do that we need to get some
> more data about sort of setups our users have and which software they
> are running on it.
>
> We would like to add a checkbox to the installer, exact wording TBD,
> but along the lines of "Send diagnostics information to help improve
> Ubuntu".   This would be checked by default.
>
> The result of having that box checked would be:
>
> * Information from the installation would be sent over HTTPS to a
> service run by Canonical's IS team.   This would be saved to disk and
> sent on first boot once there is a network connection.   The file
> containing this data would be available for the user to inspect.
>
> That data would include:
>      * Ubuntu Flavour
>       *  Ubuntu Version
>       *  Network connectivity or not
>       *  CPU family
>       *  RAM
>       *  Disk(s) size
>       *  Screen(s) resolution
>       *  GPU vendor and model
>       *  OEM Manufacturer
>       *  Location (based on the location selection made by the user at
> install).   No IP information would be gathered
>       *  Installation duration (time taken)
>       *  Auto login enabled or not
>       *  Disk layout selected
>       *  Third party software selected or not
>       *  Download updates during install or not
>       *  LivePatch enabled or not
>
> * Popcon would be installed.   This will allow us to spot trends in
> package usage and help us to   focus on the packages which are of most
> value to our users.
>
> * Apport would be configured to automatically send anonymous crash
> reports without user interruption.
>
> The results of this data would be made public.   E.g. People would be
> able to see that X% of Ubuntu users are based in .de vs Y% in .za.   Z%
> of our users run Dell hardware, and so on.
> The Ubuntu privacy policy would be updated to reflect this change.
>
> Any user can simply opt out by unchecking the box, which triggers one
> simple POST stating, "diagnostics=false".   There will be a
> corresponding checkbox in the Privacy panel of GNOME Settings to
> toggle the state of this.
>
> And to reiterate, the service which stores this data would *never*
> store IP addresses.
>
> We value your feedback and comments!
>
> Cheers, Will
> On behalf of the Ubuntu Desktop Team
>
>
>


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    <p>Hello</p>
    <p>I'm already seeing some blowback from the community, so I'd like
      to suggest that a few things be made clear.</p>
    <p>There is three collection methods: 1) Post-Install report; 2)
      Popcon; and 3) Apport.</p>
    <p>- It'd be nice to have some insurance that Canonical does not
      have the ability to match these three report sources by means for
      instance of a machine identifier.</p>
    <p>- 1) if there is no chance for the user to inspect this data
      before it is sent at first boot, one should make sure it does not
      include Hardware UIDs (For disks, Mac Addresses for network
      interfaces, etc)</p>
    <p>- 2) I don't know the popcon backend, but it'd be nice to know
      that the full list of packages for a given report is not stored
      (because such information can be used for tracking)<br>
    </p>
    - 3) If Apport automatically submits a report a StackTrace is OK but
    no coredump data should be included<br>
    <br>
    Cheers<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 14/02/2018 16:22, Will Cooke wrote:<br>
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  all,</div>
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rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">We
  want to be able to focus our engineering efforts on the things
          that matter most to our users, and in order to do that we need
          to get some more data about sort of setups our users have and
          which software they are running on it.</div>
        <div
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rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">We
  would like to add a checkbox to the installer, exact wording
          TBD, but along the lines of "Send diagnostics information to
          help improve Ubuntu".   This would be checked by default.</div>
        <div
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rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The
  result of having that box checked would be:</div>
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  Information from the installation would be sent over HTTPS to
          a service run by Canonical's IS team.   This would be saved to
          disk and sent on first boot once there is a network
          connection.   The file containing this data would be available
          for the user to inspect.</div>
        <div
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rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">That
  data would include:</div>
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            * Ubuntu Flavour</div>
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<span>  </span></span>  *<span>  </span></span>Ubuntu  Version</div>
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<span>  </span></span>  *<span>  </span></span>Network  connectivity or not</div>
        <div
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<span>  </span></span>  *<span>  </span></span>CPU  family</div>
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<span>  </span></span>  *<span>  </span></span>RAM</div>  <div
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<span>  </span></span>  *<span>  </span></span>Disk(s)  size</div>
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<span>  </span></span>  *<span>  </span></span>Screen(s)  resolution</div>
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<span>  </span></span>  *<span>  </span></span>GPU  vendor and model</div>
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<span>  </span></span>  *<span>  </span></span>OEM  Manufacturer</div>
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<span>  </span></span>  *<span>  </span></span>Location  (based on the location \
selection made by the user at  install).   No IP information would be gathered</div>
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cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo \
rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span
 style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:no \
rmal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spa \
cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo \
rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> \
<span>  </span></span>  *<span>  </span></span>Installation  duration (time \
taken)</div>  <div
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:no \
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cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo \
rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span
 style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:no \
rmal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spa \
cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo \
rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span
 style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:no \
rmal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spa \
cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo \
rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> \
<span>  </span></span>  *<span>  </span></span>Auto  login enabled or not</div>
        <div
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:no \
rmal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spa \
cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo \
rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span
 style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:no \
rmal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spa \
cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo \
rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span
 style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:no \
rmal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spa \
cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo \
rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> \
<span>  </span></span>  *<span>  </span></span>Disk  layout selected</div>
        <div
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:no \
rmal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spa \
cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo \
rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span
 style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:no \
rmal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spa \
cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo \
rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span
 style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:no \
rmal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spa \
cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo \
rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> \
<span>  </span></span>  *<span>  </span></span>Third  party software selected or \
not</div>  <div
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:no \
rmal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spa \
cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo \
rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span
 style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:no \
rmal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spa \
cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo \
rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span
 style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:no \
rmal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spa \
cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo \
rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> \
<span>  </span></span>  *<span>  </span></span>Download  updates during install or \
not</div>  <div
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:no \
rmal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spa \
cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo \
rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span
 style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:no \
rmal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spa \
cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo \
rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span
 style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:no \
rmal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spa \
cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo \
rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> \
<span>  </span></span>  *<span>  </span></span>LivePatch  enabled or not</div>
        <div
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:no \
rmal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spa \
cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo \
rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br>
  </div>
        <div
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:no \
rmal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spa \
cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo \
rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">*
  Popcon would be installed.   This will allow us to spot trends
          in package usage and help us to   focus on the packages which
          are of most value to our users.</div>
        <div
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:no \
rmal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spa \
cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo \
rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br>
  </div>
        <div
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:no \
rmal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spa \
cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo \
rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">*
  Apport would be configured to automatically send anonymous
          crash reports without user interruption.</div>
        <div
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:no \
rmal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spa \
cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo \
rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br>
  </div>
        <div
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:no \
rmal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spa \
cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo \
rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The
  results of this data would be made public.   E.g. People would
          be able to see that X% of Ubuntu users are based in .de vs Y%
          in .za.   Z% of our users run Dell hardware, and so on.</div>
        <div
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:no \
rmal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spa \
cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo \
rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The
                
          Ubuntu privacy policy would be updated to reflect this change.</div>
        <div
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:no \
rmal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spa \
cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo \
rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br>
  </div>
        <div
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:no \
rmal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spa \
cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo \
rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Any
  user can simply opt out by unchecking the box, which triggers
          one simple POST stating, "diagnostics=false".   There will be a
          corresponding checkbox in the Privacy panel of GNOME Settings
          to toggle the state of this.</div>
        <div
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:no \
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cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo \
rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br>
  </div>
        <div
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:no \
rmal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spa \
cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo \
rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">And
  to reiterate, the service which stores this data would *never*
          store IP addresses.</div>
        <div
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cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo \
rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br>
  </div>
        <div
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:no \
rmal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spa \
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rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">We
  value your feedback and comments!</div>
        <div
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        <div
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rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Cheers,
  Will</div>
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rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">On
  behalf of the Ubuntu Desktop Team</div>
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