Re: [bug-buddy]: Custom scripts for your application

[Andrew Sobala <aes gnome org>]

Shaun McCance wrote:
> I think most (non-hacker) users will look at a stack trace and not
> even bother trying to figure out where their personal information
> might be inside it.  Maybe adding a find dialog/bar would make them
> a bit more likely to do so ("Does it say hotsexychicks.com in here
> anywhere?"), but I doubt it would make much of a difference.
>
>   
> > PS. Just for reference, people *do* leak private data onto bugzilla 
> > regardless.
> >     
>
> Maybe we should find a way to make files submitted from Bug Buddy
> private.  A trusted few would have access to them.  We'd have some
> nice interface for reviewing submitted files, and the trusted few
> could look through them for anything that looks, well, bad.  If a
> file is clean, it gets marked public.  Otherwise, it is completely
> deleted from the server.
>   

I sort-of agree with all of that [1]. However, my argument is that the 
situation is no different for stacktraces and for custom scripts.

--
Andrew

[1] I don't think we have the manpower to screen every trace that comes 
in, although automatic dup finding does mean it's now more plausible 
than it used to be. However, I agree with the sentiment :-)