[Bf-committers] Blender connecting to web (or cloud services)

[Campbell Barton]

Quite sure this is still true, checked current add-ons, there are a
few that download/upload content but these are all explicit actions.

- game_engine_publishing, operator to download blenderplayer for other
platforms.
- io_online_sketchfab: operator to upload content (the main purpose of
the add-on).

I'm not sure about blender-id, from the readme it seems like add-ons
that use it would not be doing some hidden/background communication -
Francesco/Sybren can better speak to this.

>From a quick look at addons_contrib (not included in releases) these
aren't doing any hidden communication either.

On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 6:30 AM, Vanangamudi <selva.developer at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Ton,
>
> We are grateful for your care on user preferences over their privacy
>
> Thanks,
>
> Selva
>
>
>
> On 10/02/2017 11:20 PM, Ton Roosendaal wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Just recently was contacted by two companies (Siemens, Airbus) who wanted
>> know about Blender's license and whether the software would store any data
>> online. Obviously they work with confidential IP that has to remain
>> internal.
>>
>> I replied:
>>   ------
>> We have a strict policy that Blender cannot connect to internet without
>> explicit user permission.
>> More over, the default install and they way we design tools are all meant
>> to work without internet.
>>   We do have options to use cloud services, but these are addons that have
>> to be manually enabled and saved in user startups."
>> ------
>>
>> Just wanted to check here if that's still valid and commonly supported
>> (especially for add-ons).
>> I think it's a good core value to make Blender - in the way we offer
>> installs - to work stand-alone without using networks.
>>
>> Privacy & security are tough topics :)
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -Ton-
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------
>> Ton Roosendaal  -  ton at blender.org   -   www.blender.org
>> Chairman Blender Foundation, Director Blender Institute
>> Entrepotdok 57A, 1018 AD, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
>>
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