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The fact that this thing is open source is entirely irrelevant. It's quite simple. You don't know what Github is doing privately with this tool running in thei
by yannoninator 5y ago
The fact that this thing is open source is entirely irrelevant.
It's quite simple. You don't know what Github is doing privately with this tool running in their backend systems.
I still don't understand the praise and the excitement of telemetry (open or not) at all from engineers.
They may think that they are doing this 'tracing' or whatever that is, when in-fact it is still spying.
Again, can I opt-out of this 'telemetry' on GitHub? If I cannot and I did not agree to this, then this is very troublesome.
- scrollaway 5y ago> You don't know what Github is doing privately with this tool running in their backend systems. What of it? You don't know what they're doing regardless. You're attacking a strawman, because of its name. Please for the love of everything, take a step back and understand what you're even arguing about. YOU are not the target of said telemetry. Their frickin' servers are.
- yannoninator 5y ago> YOU are not the target of said telemetry. Their frickin' servers are. Extremely naive claim. What data do you think is included in their traces/metrics/logging with this telemetry tool? Do you know more of this? You should know that a single blogpost doesn't tell you the entire story. What data are they collecting with this? Are these metrics/traces/data transparent? if not, why has GitHub not made this transparent? Again, Am I able to "opt-out" of this telemetry on GitHub? If I cannot, then they are spying. pure and simple.