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We really need a DoNotTrack-like standard for application telemetry so that sysadmins and the privacy conscious can just set some environment variable like NO_T
by akiselev 6y ago
We really need a DoNotTrack-like standard for application telemetry so that sysadmins and the privacy conscious can just set some environment variable like NO_TELEMETRY to a nonempty string and not worry about it. Packages would still have to be audited and shamed for not respecting NO_TELEMETRY but thats no worse an obstacle that has faced homedirs.
Developers can get that sweet sweet telemetry by default and those that care can just set a var in ~/.profile and be done with it.
- nix23 6y ago>We really need a DoNotTrack-like Ahh...that thing that is mostly ignored because its based on goodwill?
- akiselev 6y ago"Mostly ignored" is [DIVIDE BY ZERO TRAP] times better than "does not exist." Would you prefer nothing at all?
- mekster 6y agoThat's an interesting environment variable... Wonder if laws like GDPR would get that deep enough to have effect on command line users too.