In what appears to be an extremely fast moving article both via Google Alerts and various Forums- VoIPsa.org's Than Taro launched a post outlining a set of scripts in Trixbox that apparently connects each implementation to a remote host every 24 hours - Than also states that the scripts were added under the guise of submitting "anonymous usage statistics"
In a bizarre and extremely disturbing twist the poster also claims that "all up to date versions" could be instantly disabled or worse by the sponsoring company Fonality.
Source- VoIPSA.org
http://voipsa.org/pipermail/voipsec_voipsa.org/2007-December/002522.html
As a long time follower of Asterisk@home and the TRIXBOX CE project I personally was under the impression that there was, and always would be, some information collected- However, it seems that the nature of the transaction itself is what has users in an uproar...
My Disclaimer- As you can see, the name of this blog has the word "regurgitated" in the title- I am not personally flaming nor condoning the actions of any party listed here - I am just reporting my findings to my customers, friends, and web blog followers- If you have a question or comment regarding the Trixbox Phone home scripts you should direct them to the community at large- They seem to be well informed and the topic listed above seems to have a dedicated following of its own.
Trixbox Forum Post:
http://www.trixbox.org/forums/trixbox-forums/open-discussion/trixbox-phones-home
Slashdot - Your Rights online Section:
http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/12/16/222243.shtml
In a bizarre and extremely disturbing twist the poster also claims that "all up to date versions" could be instantly disabled or worse by the sponsoring company Fonality.
Source- VoIPSA.org
http://voipsa.org/pipermail/voipsec_voipsa.org/2007-December/002522.html
As a long time follower of Asterisk@home and the TRIXBOX CE project I personally was under the impression that there was, and always would be, some information collected- However, it seems that the nature of the transaction itself is what has users in an uproar...
My Disclaimer- As you can see, the name of this blog has the word "regurgitated" in the title- I am not personally flaming nor condoning the actions of any party listed here - I am just reporting my findings to my customers, friends, and web blog followers- If you have a question or comment regarding the Trixbox Phone home scripts you should direct them to the community at large- They seem to be well informed and the topic listed above seems to have a dedicated following of its own.
Trixbox Forum Post:
http://www.trixbox.org/forums/trixbox-forums/open-discussion/trixbox-phones-home
Slashdot - Your Rights online Section:
http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/12/16/222243.shtml
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