Brew commands send data to Google Analytics
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Brew commands send data to Google Analytics
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Re: Brew commands send data to Google Analytics
#2To disable this, execute
brew analytics offRe: Brew commands send data to Google Analytics
#3I was aware, because I run Little Snitch. If you care, you should be too.
Re: Brew commands send data to Google Analytics
#4With companies like Google having their fingers in every pie, we're losing the privacy war.
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#5Relevant previous discussion, in case people want more details:
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#6With companies like Google having their fingers in every pie, we're losing the privacy war.
People just get ratfucked by whoever controls the media.
Re: Brew commands send data to Google Analytics
#7I knew, and I was prompted.
I can understand why this might upset people, but for me I hope it will make brew a better product. I'm sure we all know as developers how annoying it can be to not know the problems users have, and what they are using your software for -- that's why most websites have analytics.
I'm hoping to add something similar to software I work on, with an opt-out of course. I believe it will help me serve my users better.
Re: Brew commands send data to Google Analytics
#8There has been a prominent warning for this (that sadly most people miss) for months now.
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#9I agree that it should be opt-in instead of opt-out but worrying what they do else behind the scenes is paranoid.
You can check it out: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
Re: Brew commands send data to Google Analytics
#10Data is being sent to Google on probably every page you browse over the internet. And to 50 other data websites as well.