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2013-10-02, 02:51
(This post was last modified: 2013-10-02, 02:51 by MisterX.)
Hi,
I was wondering if it would be possible to add a setting in xbmc to block all google analytic data from addons.
Like when an addon uses urllib2.urlopen to open a google analytics page, that it gets rerouted to 127.0.0.1
Thank you for considering this,
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Probably best if you implement this at a system level if you're concerned - just do it on your hosts file basically.
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2013-10-02, 04:32
(This post was last modified: 2013-10-02, 04:32 by MisterX.)
I know this is possible by doing this in a hosts file (or your router), but I'm thinking more along the lines of the general public.
It would be easier if there was an option for people to disable it, instead of going into their system files.
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2013-10-02, 05:35
(This post was last modified: 2013-10-02, 05:36 by j2048b.)
I saw this answered before and if i remember correctly each add on has a certain .py file ( sorry forget which file) and it will show
The coding for GA it should be listed at the front of that specific code
U would put a # in fron of where it says GA and it should in theory disable it!
Hope some one chimes in to tell which .py file to do this in.... Sorry thats what i read but cant remember the file oops...
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About all we can do right now is prevent add-ons submitted to the official repo to not have GA or other tracking, unless it is opt-in and very clear about what is shared (last year's scraper data survey add-on, for example). The idea has been tossed around, about if an add-on could request access to certain things similar to how Google Play works, but there's a lot of technical issues around that. From what I've heard, the very nature of python add-ons makes it very hard to make levels of restricted access.
Personally, I prefer system or router-wide blocking of tracking data, but I have a lot to hide ;)
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Wait whaat?
Guys, in the future please tell people about this
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Tell people about what? No add-ons from the XBMC/Kodi add-on repos are allowed to use Google Analytics. However, we can't control what third party repos do.
