Gitlab ‘rethinking’ third-party telemetry

Re:Gitlab ‘rethinking’ third-party telemetry by packetlost on Thursday October 24, 2019 @01:12PM (#21346717)

Can you provide some insight onto what 'telemetry data' is being collected and what the data is being used for?

Edit: I don't think telemetry is always bad. Obfuscated telemetry tells me you're potentially collecting stuff that you don't want me to know about, but things like clicks, mouse-movements, etc. are important for understanding how users use a service and not inherently bad.

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Re:Gitlab ‘rethinking’ third-party telemetry by circuitswan on Thursday October 24, 2019 @01:36PM (#21347022)

Hello - what we currently collect is here - https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/feature-instrument... and we of course will update that in the future to reflect the details of any telemetry we use - however as noted the team is circling back to evaluate all the feedback and concerns before considering how to improve our existing telemetry (which was the goal).

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Re:Gitlab ‘rethinking’ third-party telemetry by sytse on Thursday October 24, 2019 @01:24PM (#21346880)

Thanks, we'll make sure to detail what data is collected when we rethrought our plans.

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