Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> writes:

> On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 11:23:04PM -0400, Kei Kebreau wrote:
>> * gnu/packages/gnome.scm (shotwell): Update to 0.26.1.
>> [inputs]: Add libgdata.
>
> Thanks!
>
>> +       ("libgdata" ,libgdata)
>
> Any idea how it uses libgdata? Does this new Shotwell still respect our
> privacy when we run it?

There appears to be a part of the Shotwell program called Shotwell
Connect. It seems that this program only connects to Facebook/Google
when a user authenticates themselves. The privacy policies and
descriptions of functionality are available here:

https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Shotwell/YoutubePrivacyPolicy
https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Shotwell/FacebookPrivacyPolicy
http://shotwell-project.org/doc/html/share-upload.html

The communication with privacy-disrespecting services is limited to
plugins, which can be disabled at the user's option.