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SnakeDoc / superD_legacy

A file duplication utility in pure java.
Apache License 2.0
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Add Web Service to gather statistics #10

Open SnakeDoc opened 11 years ago

SnakeDoc commented 11 years ago

Would be cool to gather statistics on how people use the program an data it finds. We could implement a basic web service (hosted at snakedoc.net) that listens for the program to tell it data, storing it in a database then locally for analyis later on.

Data would be anonymous - only file sizes and hashes would be transmitted. This would allow us to gather stats on number of files people have in drives/directories, what size those files are, etc. Essentially we would be collecting data on how much duplicated data exists in the world, not only on specific drives, but for all users of the program (how many users have files with the same hash?). Completely out of score for the core of the program, but might be interesting none-the-less.

tracehagan commented 11 years ago

Interesting idea. Let's save this for the end after we have a working and cleaned up version of the project.

SnakeDoc commented 11 years ago

I agree, and this may not even make it into the product presented... but may just live in the wish-list for a while. It would just be interesting/cool to be able to gather this data.

SnakeDoc commented 11 years ago

put off indefinitely since 1.0 release is main focus.