Brew commands send data to Google Analytics

Re:Brew commands send data to Google Analytics by raesene6 on Friday November 25, 2016 @04:45AM (#13035467)

I think the, valid, concern mentioned in the original comment is that the notification of this is not prominent enough.

Also Ideally I'd suggest you should be looking for informed consent before starting to gather information of this nature where an application previously did not do it.

Something similar to Debian's request to submit data for the package popularity ratings that is provided when you install debian might make sense.

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Re:Brew commands send data to Google Analytics by mrob on Friday November 25, 2016 @06:39AM (#13035992)

Debian's popularity contest package gets it right. You're asked once during installation, with the default being to decline. If you keep choosing "next" without reading or thinking you get a working installation with your privacy intact, and it never bothers you again.

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Re:Brew commands send data to Google Analytics by hk__2 on Friday November 25, 2016 @09:44AM (#13037006)

Debian's popularity contest package is completely biased and nobody uses it as a serious source. You can’t expect to have reliable data with opt-in.

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Re:Brew commands send data to Google Analytics by mrob on Friday November 25, 2016 @10:37AM (#13037406)

It's used for bug triage, so I don't think bias is a problem. The bias is rewarding people who opted in by increasing the chance bugs in their software will be fixed.

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