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That seems to be a misunderstanding of the nature of a UUID. Simply replacing the model with the UUID provides no tracking in this use case, as it's a single p
by macemoneta 16y ago
That seems to be a misunderstanding of the nature of a UUID. Simply replacing the model with the UUID provides no tracking in this use case, as it's a single purpose reference.
- DEinspanjer 16y agoI can't figure out what exactly you are proposing here.. If you propose that they generate a new UUID on every ping the OS makes, then you'd be able to tell how many unique installations are active on any given day, but you wouldn't know how long they had been active, nor would you know what model of computer they were, nor would you be able to know how many were active for a longer time range such as a week or a month.
- macemoneta 16y agoFedora, for example, already does this with UUIDs and the smolt project. A UUID is generated on installation and used for the 'ping'. The user opts-in at first boot, and the software runs periodically: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smolt_(Linux) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smolt_(Linux) The data is aggregated for reporting: http://www.smolts.org/ http://www.smolts.org/