MS Github caught using tracker pixels

forge_comparison.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ The following forges have no significant ethical issues:
 [git.sdf.org](https://git.sdf.org)|🟢|Gitea 1.13.1|n|n|n|n|SSH over Tor broken but HTTPS over Tor works|
 [git.disroot.org](https://git.disroot.org)|🟢|Gitea 1.13.6|n|n|n|n|SSH over Tor works; based in NL|
 [git.slashdev.space](https://git.slashdev.space)|🟢|Gitea 1.13.6|n|n|n|n|SSH over Tor broken (try HTTPS over Tor)|
-[framagit.org](https://framagit.org)|🟢|Gitlab CE 13.10.2|n|n|n|n|[may become more restricted](https://framablog.org/2019/09/26/lets-de-frama-tify-the-internet) in mid-2021|
+[framagit.org](https://framagit.org)|🟢|Gitlab (CE 13.10.2)|n|n|n|n|[may become more restricted](https://framablog.org/2019/09/26/lets-de-frama-tify-the-internet) in mid-2021|
 [notabug.org](https://notabug.org)([🧅](http://qs3zumwfci4tntnd.onion))|🟢|Gogs|n|n|n|n|based on [liberated](https://notabug.org/hp/gogs) fork of Gogs; [supports Tor](https://notabug.org/tor) (the *onion* web UI is currently disabled in response to attack but the onion site accepts git connections); supports SSH keys and SSH over Tor to NAB's onion service; no e-voting; NAB doesn't associate PGP keys to users, so PGP signed commits may be unavailable or more manual work needed.|
 [launchpad.net](https://launchpad.net)|🟢|Launchpad|n|n|n|n|It's [unknown](https://wiki.freephile.org/wiki/Comparison_of_git_hosting_options) whether it functions without JavaScript; no wiki|
 [gitee.com](https://gitee.com)|🟢|OSCHINA|n|n|n|n|based in China; registration over Tor with throwaway email works; no automatic mirror (unlike Gitea); some areas written in simplified chinese|

github.md

@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
 [43]: http://techrights.org/2017/02/27/microsoft-novell-v2-via-azure
 [44]: https://www.gnu.org/software/repo-criteria-evaluation.html
 [45]: https://ilyaigpetrov.medium.com/github-shadowbans-anti-censorship-coder-account-for-a-link-to-the-christchurch-shootings-video-c79a80b408a9
+[46]: https://fosstodon.org/@yyp/105882180892863653
+[47]: https://github.blog/2020-12-17-no-cookie-for-you
 
 # Direct practical problems with using Microsoft Github
 
@@ -79,6 +81,9 @@
 1. Free software projects that rely on non-free software
    "[put everyone at the whim of the groups and individuals who produce the tools they depend on][8],"
    and it puts free software developers in a position of hypocrisy.
+1. Github [caught][46] sending at tracking pixel to users while
+   simultaneously [claiming][47] to have removed cookie banners
+   because they "*want to protect developer privacy*".
 
 ## Ethical problems with using Microsoft products and services
 

input_data/forges.sql

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ insert into forgesTbl (url_clrnet, software, openpubreg, cflogin, notes) values
 insert into forgesTbl (url_clrnet, software, notes) values ('https://git.sdf.org','Gitea 1.13.1','SSH over Tor broken but HTTPS over Tor works');
 
 /* Gitlab */
-insert into forgesTbl (url_clrnet, software, notes) values ('https://framagit.org','Gitlab CE 13.10.2','[may become more restricted](https://framablog.org/2019/09/26/lets-de-frama-tify-the-internet) in mid-2021');
+insert into forgesTbl (url_clrnet, software, notes) values ('https://framagit.org','Gitlab (CE 13.10.2)','[may become more restricted](https://framablog.org/2019/09/26/lets-de-frama-tify-the-internet) in mid-2021');
 insert into forgesTbl (url_clrnet, software, hrecaptcha, notes) values ('https://git.feneas.org','gitlab_ce','unavoidable','reCAPTCHA impedes registration and imposes non-free s/w');
 insert into forgesTbl (url_clrnet, software, cfns, notes) values ('https://git.hardenedbsd.org','gitlab_ee',1,'possibly restricted to BSD efforts');
 insert into forgesTbl (url_clrnet, software, notes) values ('https://git.jami.net','gitlab_ce','possibly restricted to Jami efforts; acces to help page blocked to non-members so CE/EE unknown');