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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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