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That one is actually documented in their repository: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics.md https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master

• throwanem 9y ago
  And aroused considerable controversy, here and elsewhere, when it was new. The two major active discussions here, 7 months and a year ago respectively: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13034936 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13034936 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11566720 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11566720 I'm not too terribly fussed over it, especially considering what it must cost to support Homebrew - if analytics data helps the maintainers make more effective choices around how to allocate limited resources, that seems to me like a good goal, and I'm not sure how providing information on packages I've installed via Homebrew, to be included in anonymized reports on packages ~everyone has installed in Homebrew, poses any meaningful risk to me. That said, if you feel otherwise, see https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics.md#opting-out https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics.... on how to make Homebrew not send analytics data any more.