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Re:Brew commands send data to Google Analytics by jakobegger on Friday November 25, 2016 @01:43PM (#13038923)
I'm saying that if you make your software talk to Google, don't say that it collects "anonymous aggregate data". The data it sends could easily be traced back to you (by Google).

And after all the Snowden revelations it's very naive to assume that Google (or any other company) will protect your data.

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Re:Brew commands send data to Google Analytics by andybak on Friday November 25, 2016 @06:22PM (#13040625)
Doesn't that depend on what's being sent? Either it's personally identifiable (or at least de-anonalysable) or it's not. Within reason some things are not of any real interest to anyone.

What is the threat model here?

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