Emoji for things related to privacy

[DrMaxNix]

Emoji symbol

📡

Emoji code

:satellite:

Emoji description

Changes related to privacy

Describe the use case of your emoji

I just added a <meta name="referrer" content="same-origin"> header to one of my projects which improves user privacy when clicking on external links. Though I didn't find an adequate gitmoji for my commit message. So I'd like to propose a gitmoji for commits related to privacy.

This can be used for all sorts of commits that improve privacy of users and would be a fitting counterpart to the 🔒️ Fix security issues gitmoji. The 📡 :satelite: emoji first came to mind as a symbol for "spying on someone", but I'm open for discussion :)

Is this use case covered by an existing emoji?

No ❌

Does this emoji fall into the "how" or the "what" category?

• [X] This proposal do not describe "how" a commit was made, but does in fact describe "what" is the contents of the commit about.

Examples

📡 add referrer policy 📡 fix data leak in api request 📡 remove unnecessary input for telephone number 📡 ask for cookie consent

Validations

• [X] Follow our Code of Conduct
• [X] Read the Contributing Guide.
• [X] Check that there isn't already an issue requesting the emoji.

[camipozas]

@carloscuesta can I take it?

[brds]

Hello! I was about to propose "✋" as gitmoji for the same use case and found this issue :-)

The ✋ hand position can be interpreted as a human saying "stop". I think it would be meaningful for privacy-related stuff. This symbol seems to be a convention: for example, it is used in iOS and MacOS settings to illustrate the "Privacy & Security" sections.

What do you think?

[camipozas]

Hello!

Honestly I think the 🖐️ doesn't be fully representative about privacy. Maybe would be 💾 but doesn't convince me. What do you think?

[Freso]

My first thought when reading the title before opening up the issue was that 🕵️ would be the proposal. I’m not sure I agree that :satellite: would be the most intuitive option for this purpose. :artificial_satellite: would probably even be more intuitive.

[flyri0]

What do you guys think about this: 🛡️

The shield symbol is already widely publicized when it comes to privacy. And if you search for icons that represent privacy, the shield always appears.

Examples 🛡️ add referrer policy 🛡️ fix data leak in api request 🛡️ remove unnecessary input for telephone number 🛡️ ask for cookie consent

[Thanyanit-J]

What about eye 👀 or 👁️? Privacy = asking your users: "Do you want to be seen or not?"

Several icons related to privacy also use a single eye or a lock as a symbol, but we already used :lock: for security. Therefore, eye.

[Thanyanit-J]

What do you guys think about this: 🛡️

The shield symbol is already widely publicized when it comes to privacy. And if you search for icons that represent privacy, the shield always appears.

Examples 🛡️ add referrer policy 🛡️ fix data leak in api request 🛡️ remove unnecessary input for telephone number 🛡️ ask for cookie consent

I think the shield is skewed towards security more than privacy. Probably thanks to Microsoft Defender and several Anti-virus software logo.

[danielwerg]

I wouldn't associate privacy with 📡 emoji. I think 👁️ fits the best, 🕵🏼‍♂️ is also fine option but there too many details for my liking.

[vhoyer]

if it wasn't already suggested, I'd suggest using the :shield: myself, but I can see your point. But in a different direction, why don't we expand the meaning of :lock::

-Fix security issues.
+Fix security or privacy issues.

[johannchopin]

I'm completly in favour of extending the :lock: 🔒️ gitmoji @vhoyer.

[connorjs]

When reading title of "privacy" I also thought to extend existing security.

Tag @flyri0 @brds @DrMaxNix for thoughts on using lock instead (y’all recommended other emoji)

[DrMaxNix]

Even though security and privacy are two different things I'm not against extending the :lock: emoji to also include privacy..

[brds]

The lock is fine for me 👍 Thank you for the follow-up!

[connorjs]

@carloscuesta + @vhoyer - I’ll look at creating a PR for this update to lock gitmoji. I’ve wanted to commit to the repo for a while.