How come this is called a privacy sensitive aplication while this is happening "and it has anonymous metrics in. Stable versions are going to ask in the onboar

How come this is called a privacy sensitive aplication while this is happening "and it has anonymous metrics in. Stable versions are going to ask in the onboarding if you want to join the anonymous metrics program (like Firefox)." ? The dev should be upfront about it even when the prerelease versions are being used. Tell us what those "anonymous metrics" are for instance. Is the communication between nodes encrypted or transported over SSL?