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Privacy Issue #701

[minitube] Requires Google API key - unsure if constitutes a freedom issue.

koz - about 9 years ago - . Updated about 4 years ago.

Status:
fixed
Priority:
privacy issue
Assignee:
-
% Done:

100%

Description

As of now, this package requires a Google API key, which can only be obtained by logging into Google's services (and having an account in the first place). I'm not sure if this constitutes a freedom issue, but I figured I'd report it all the same.

Here is what the package now says on installation or update:

  1. Google is now requiring an API key in order to access YouTube Data web services. # Create a "Browser Key" at https://console.developers.google.com and put it in # /etc/profile.d/minitube.sh as the GOOGLE_API_KEY environmental variable.

History

#1

Updated by Anonymous about 9 years ago

  • Assignee set to Anonymous
#2

Updated by Anonymous about 9 years ago

  • Priority changed from freedom issue to privacy issue
  • Tracker changed from Freedom Issue to Privacy Issue
#3

Updated by Anonymous about 9 years ago

  • % Done changed from 0 to 10
  • Status changed from open to in progress
#4

Updated by Anonymous about 9 years ago

  • % Done changed from 10 to 100
  • Status changed from in progress to fixed
#5

Updated by theova about 4 years ago

Stumpled over the request to remove the need for an API key: https://github.com/flaviotordini/minitube/issues/34
It was rejected...

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