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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>That is the stand by defense of software companies today, "prove we are abusing the users". The review is intended, not for the users that have an interest in this software, and there are usually plenty of them camping out on these mailing lists, but rather to the user that may simply not know that that type of thing happens all the time. When a company profits by spying on and abusing the users, that is essentially theft, actually it is worse because it is the kind of damage that keeps on damaging and the user has no control or recourse.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If the internet connections are not disclosed to the user in a clear way – then the software package is likely doing things that you would likely have said no to. The "salesmen" types camping here will try hard to convince users that that isn't the case will not explain why the connections are there without user consent. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> digikam-users-bounces@kde.org [mailto:digikam-users-bounces@kde.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Neil Haughton<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 02, 2013 1:48 AM<br><b>To:</b> digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the power of open source<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Digikam-users] Greetings<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>I have nothing to do with the DK Team, but if you don't like the way it works in such a fundamental way, just use something else!<o:p></o:p></p><p>Apart from the unexpected internet connections, do you have any hard evidence that DK is spying on users? Stating that evidence would carry more weight than an unsupported allegation.<o:p></o:p></p><p>On Sep 2, 2013 9:40 AM, <<a href="mailto:cgw993@aol.com">cgw993@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> Greetings,<br>><br>> <br>><br>> I just installed Digikam. My review of the software so far –<br>><br>> <br>><br>> 1. Digikam opened at least 3 separate connections the internet. Why?! I had to shut these connections down with my firewall. The program certainty does not make this obvious to any typical user. I think there may have been more than 3 but its late and I will search more tomorrow before I uninstall it. There can be no legitimate reason for this and this was not disclosed explicitly on installation.<br>><br>> <br>><br>> 2. Digikam does not make it easy to navigate drives/folders on the computer to find photos. This is the entire point of photo management software to begin with! It seems more designed to get the user to relinquish control of their current photo organization to digikam.<br>><br>> <br>><br>> 3. To newer users of "open source". Free software does not mean the software will not spy on you, or do things you would resent, or anything else the developer(s) maybe have wanted it to do. It does mean though that the software can be changed because the source is available. A good example of free software that spies on its users is Ubunto. Users did not like this, so a modified version was made that did not spy on the users. Free software makes this possible. Please see Richard Stallman's youtube video on Ubunto.<br>><br>> <br>><br>> <br>><br>> Profiting by spying on and data mining users data is fine I guess, as long as the user has given EXPLICIT permission to do this every time, not via some vague end user license agreement that nobody reads. Digikam has not made adequate disclosure to it's users. <br>><br>> <br>><br>> My Digikam review Grade – F<br>><br>> <br>><br>> Requested Modifications - Do not spy on or data mine users photos or any other data, or do anything else without the users explicit and clear consent! Allow users to easily navigate their own photos. If spying on the users must be a feature, THEN DISLCOSE IT CLEARLY!<br>><br>> <br>><br>> <br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Digikam-users mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Digikam-users@kde.org">Digikam-users@kde.org</a><br>> <a href="https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users">https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users</a><br>><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>