Bug#756879: atanks: please avoid calling home

[Jesse Smith]

On 14-08-02 09:59 PM, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> Jesse Smith <jessefrgsmith at yahoo.ca> (2014-08-02):
>> I am not sure why you would want to disable update notification.
> 
> I'd call it basic privacy.
> 

How is checking for updates a privacy issue? No information about you
or your computer or even your installation of Atanks is sent to
anyone. All Atanks does to check for an updated version is check the
version number of the most recent release on-line. It then compares
that release number against the version you have installed. If the
on-line version is newer, Atanks displays the update message.

On the server side no information is recorded, all the server knows is
you downloaded the contents of a text file.

And, again, you can disable update checks in the Options screen or by
editing your configuration file (located in the ~/.atanks directory).

Many people requested update checks be enabled by default and, as
there is no information sent about you and nothing logged, this cannot
be a privacy issue.

Jesse