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Re:12 Factor CLI Apps by justinrlle on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @04:44AM (#18174249)
> I also suggest sending the version string as the User-Agent so you can debug server-side issues. (Assuming your CLI uses an API of some sort)

Isn't it some kind of disguised tracking? I know it doesn't give as much info as the user agent of a browser, but still, you could track the OS, even the linux distribution, and surely more, while still being a reproducible build.

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