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Re:How the Zoom macOS installer does its job without you cli... by sneak on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @10:36PM (#22745056)
Presumably if you don't like Zoom's shadiness, you may not like Homebrew's bundled spyware either. Disable it with

    brew analytics off
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Re:How the Zoom macOS installer does its job without you cli... by webmobdev on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @10:56PM (#22745156)
Or better yet, switch to MacPorts - https://www.macports.org/
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Re:How the Zoom macOS installer does its job without you cli... by 8fingerlouie on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @04:34AM (#22746804)
Isn't that more like Debian popularity contest ?

https://popcon.debian.org/

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Re:How the Zoom macOS installer does its job without you cli... by sneak on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @12:12PM (#22750263)
No. Homebrew sends a per-installation unique identifier to a third party (Google), tracking your location across different IPs, whether you want it to or not.

Popcon is first-party, and is entirely opt-in. It doesn’t send anything unless you want it to.

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Re:How the Zoom macOS installer does its job without you cli... by icebraining on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @04:57AM (#22746900)
popcon is opt-in.
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