"The system detected a problem, do you want to report it?" dialog

[Ralf Mardorf]

I've taken a look at the apport packages files and read the provided
man pages. It's not described what signals trigger a report. It's not
mentioned that sensible data is detected and removed. The term used
here, that the report is "anonymised" sucks out loud. What is
"anonymised" for? What does it mean? It's a vague claim!

I tried to take a look if upstream provides more details, so I visited
the Debian tracker.

https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/apport

The homepage link, links against the outdated Wiki.

It can't be more opaque.

Actually two subscribers with an ubuntu.com email address argue without
providing a valid source of information. They are not willing to fix the
Wiki. The only thing a user could verify without reading the source
code, is that a socket is used.

It's argued that I shouldn't say anything about apport and whoopsie,
since I don't have them installed and didn't tested them.

Before I install something, let alone that before I run something like
this, I want to get official information. I've done hours of research!
There is no information, but an outdated Wiki.

Should users trust apport and whoopsie blindly? What do I miss?