From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 692ACC282E3 for ; Fri, 24 May 2019 04:57:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35A02217D9 for ; Fri, 24 May 2019 04:57:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1731926AbfEXE5Q (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 May 2019 00:57:16 -0400 Received: from outgoing-auth-1.mit.edu ([18.9.28.11]:44973 "EHLO outgoing.mit.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726150AbfEXE5O (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 May 2019 00:57:14 -0400 Received: from callcc.thunk.org ([66.31.38.53]) (authenticated bits=0) (User authenticated as tytso@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.14.7/8.12.4) with ESMTP id x4O4v8jX006709 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 24 May 2019 00:57:09 -0400 Received: by callcc.thunk.org (Postfix, from userid 15806) id 57DED420481; Fri, 24 May 2019 00:57:08 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 00:57:08 -0400 From: "Theodore Ts'o" To: Konstantin Ryabitsev Cc: Joe Perches , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PSA: Do not use "Reported-By" without reporter's approval Message-ID: <20190524045708.GH2532@mit.edu> Mail-Followup-To: Theodore Ts'o , Konstantin Ryabitsev , Joe Perches , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20190522193011.GB21412@chatter.i7.local> <7b7287463e830fa8d981dc440f8165622cbc628e.camel@perches.com> <20190522195804.GC21412@chatter.i7.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190522195804.GC21412@chatter.i7.local> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 03:58:04PM -0400, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote: > > If the report is public, and lists like vger are public, > > then using a Reported-by: and/or a Link: are simply useful > > history and tracking information. > > I'm perfectly fine with Link:, however Reported-By: usually has the person's > name and email address (i.e. PII data per GDPR definition). If that pehrson > submitted the bug report via bugzilla.kernel.org or a similar resource, > their expectation is that they can delete their account should they choose > to to do so. However, if the patch containing Reported-By is committed to > git, their PII becomes permanently and immutably recorded for any reasonable > meaning of the word "forever." Many (most?) bugzilla.kernel.org components result in e-mail getting sent to vger.kernel.org mailing lists. So even if they delete the bugzilla account, there e-mail will be immortalized in lore.kernel.org and their associated git repositories. So perhaps a better approach is to put a warning alerting bug reporters that submitting a bug means their e-mail will end up get broadcasting in public mailing list archives and public git repositories? I assume distro engineers who are fixing bugs from their Distro bugzillas which support non-public bugs already know that they shouldn't be revealing their customers' identities. But realistically, while I agree it would be nice to ask people if they don't mind being immortalized in git repositories, we should probably warn people that when they submit a bug, or for that matter, send e-mail to a kernel mailing list, they're going to be immortalized in a git repository *already*. - Ted