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> but there are so many doing it. Really? That's a weak argument if ever I heard one. Perhaps it's time to take a stand and say "no more!" What's to stop the
by _Understated_ 5y ago
> but there are so many doing it.
Really? That's a weak argument if ever I heard one.
Perhaps it's time to take a stand and say "no more!"
What's to stop them adding in something else later that "accidentally" grabs IP addresses, and sends them "accidentally" to their third party analytics company who doesn't give a shit about your privacy. That company then takes their other data, joins it all together and adds to the picture of you that you never asked them to create!
When you open this door, there is no closing it.
The argument comes down to this (for me, at least): You got the software to this point without telemetry. Why do you need it now? Is the application all of a sudden unusable?
Edit: I forgot! They already take your IP address but my point still stands!
- kzrdude 5y agoI disable telemetry whenever I can. But the major vendors already use it everywhere (Firefox, vscode, the rust installer, just a few examples) - I've disabled it in all of those, but most don't, and we don't always pay attention to apps that add this as a "feature". Correction: rustup (rust installer) did collect telemetry but it seems to be removed now. https://github.com/rust-lang/rustup/issues/341 https://github.com/rust-lang/rustup/issues/341 The reputation may stick, as we know :) No worries now.