Brew commands send data to Google Analytics

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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