From 81ebe2c18f6d1b12f65e04ee8bc4c1e6ce845bea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: humanacollaborator Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2021 16:06:03 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] rm tracker pixel mention-- it's something else --- github.md | 9 +-------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/github.md b/github.md index b7ac498..b0c559f 100644 --- a/github.md +++ b/github.md @@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ [44]: https://www.gnu.org/software/repo-criteria-evaluation.html [45]: https://ilyaigpetrov.medium.com/github-shadowbans-anti-censorship-coder-account-for-a-link-to-the-christchurch-shootings-video-c79a80b408a9 -[47]: https://github.blog/2020-12-17-no-cookie-for-you - # Direct practical problems with using Microsoft Github 1. A survey [shows][0] that a significant number of bug reports are @@ -81,15 +79,10 @@ 1. Free software projects that rely on non-free software "[put everyone at the whim of the groups and individuals who produce the tools they depend on][8]," and it puts free software developers in a position of hypocrisy. -1. Someone caught Github sending a tracking pixel in the sidebar. - This was discovered in the browser's network tab: - `collector.githubapp.com/github/page_view?dimensions[page]=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2F&dimensions[title]=GitHub&dimensions[referrer]=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fnotifications&dimensions[user_agent]=redacted&dimensions[screen_resolution]=1920x1080&dimensions[timestamp]=redacted&dimensions[referrer]=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fnotifications&dimensions[actor_login]=myacoountname&`... - This was noticed after MS Github [claimed][47] to have removed - cookie banners because they "*want to protect developer privacy*". ## Ethical problems with using Microsoft products and services -8. Microsoft harms the **environment** by serving the two most destructive oil companies in the world: [ExxonMobil][9] and [Chevron][10]. +7. Microsoft harms the **environment** by serving the two most destructive oil companies in the world: [ExxonMobil][9] and [Chevron][10]. 1. (#ExxonKnew) Exxon notoriously [knew][11] about climate change since 1977. They not only kept it secret from the public, but they also financed a disinformation campaign.