this blog post is pretty naive, it was well advertised few months ago
Brew commands send data to Google Analytics
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#42Re: Brew commands send data to Google Analytics
#43I distinctly remember being asked about this ages ago, and finding it easy to disable, or is this something else? Is it still using google analytics when you've asked it not to?
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#44Yes we know. brew tells you that. And you can disable it. Data is being sent to Google everytime you do almost anything in almost all websites, using the same technology. So what? Some of the times it's to make the product better, or better targeted. Some other times it's just for spying on the users. Let's stop complaining about stuff that someone does and tell you they do it. There are many more that do the same th…
We have to start somewhere. Opt in should always be the standard.
This. Exactly this, thank you.
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
Please make it opt in. If you truly believe people closely read the prompts for having their data harvested, a default to "No" should not impact you at all. If you don't believe they read the prompts closely, you're an asshole for stealing data by default.
'Stealing' data? Is that like 'stealing' by downloading a movie?
By your definition, there would be no such thing as stealing IP, PII, launch codes or identities. However, those things are well accepted terms in all industries, including tech. You need to reconsider your strange restriction to mutual exclusion if you ever want to engage in meaningful conversations.
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#46Re: Brew commands send data to Google Analytics
#47Yes we know. brew tells you that. And you can disable it. Data is being sent to Google everytime you do almost anything in almost all websites, using the same technology. So what? Some of the times it's to make the product better, or better targeted. Some other times it's just for spying on the users. Let's stop complaining about stuff that someone does and tell you they do it. There are many more that do the same th…
We have to start somewhere. Opt in should always be the standard.
Sure. Opt in would be nice. But only if it was opt in always and everywhere, and all users, technical or otherwise, knew the reasons why analytics are gathered for a product they use. I think in that case, many people would still opt in. I would. And I would hope users of my products would too.
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
Obviously it's not prominent enough then.
Or people simply don't pay attention to a change of color in terminal output anymore :)
Thanks to craplications like NPM etc... I'm sure that certainly has been the case. As I mentioned elsewhere, I can't remember being prompted for this on any of my three machines, but I bet I was and forgot.
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#49"It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission."
I feel I need something like uMatrix, but for the entire OS. Is it time to familiarize myself with netstat and firewall rules?
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
If this is so good, make it out in. Out out is dishonest.
Opt in may be "more honest", but you're going to see a a lot less useful data as a result of it, because the pool of people who will opt in is less than the pool of people who wouldn't care what the default is.
If you're going to be subversive to your users by playing on their propensity to ignore prompts, why bother with allowing them to opt out at all?