Homebrew betrayed us all to Google
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#3TL/DR: Author wishes Homebrew's analytics were opt-in.
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#4"You should not track your users. If you need anonymous data, you should ask your users first."
Now I'm imagining a website where when when you first visit it, you get a popup like "for capacity planning purposes, this website would like to record that you visited [yes] [no]". I wonder if this author would like such a website?
Re: Homebrew betrayed us all to Google
#5I've been betrayed enough times on the Internet not to be surprised.
Re: Homebrew betrayed us all to Google
#6"You should not track your users. If you need anonymous data, you should ask your users first." Now I'm imagining a website where when when you first visit it, you get a popup like "for capacity planning purposes, this website would like to record that you visited [yes] [no]". I wonder if this author would like such a website?
This is exactly how the EU cookie law works.
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#7It seems reasonable to want some analytics and it looks like they did a good job from a privacy standpoint (random IDs that you can even change if you wish). They even allow you to opt-out. There is simply no betrayal here.
Re: Homebrew betrayed us all to Google
#8"You should not track your users. If you need anonymous data, you should ask your users first." Now I'm imagining a website where when when you first visit it, you get a popup like "for capacity planning purposes, this website would like to record that you visited [yes] [no]". I wonder if this author would like such a website?
This sounds like the EU proposal for cookies :)
The article was targeting another scenario: An installed app that tracks users. Obviously, for websites this would rather translate to: Do not track your users, especially not using 3rd party services.
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#9It seems reasonable to want some analytics and it looks like they did a good job from a privacy standpoint (random IDs that you can even change if you wish). They even allow you to opt-out. There is simply no betrayal here.
The point is, opt-out is the problem.
Re: Homebrew betrayed us all to Google
#10It seems reasonable to want some analytics and it looks like they did a good job from a privacy standpoint (random IDs that you can even change if you wish). They even allow you to opt-out. There is simply no betrayal here.
Opt-In by default is wrong, regardless of the intention.