> The "data put up for sale" is to be made available publicly.
How can users verify this?
> IP logging can already be done (the Go proxy is enabled by default).
Sure, but more data will be attached to it. Also, in his proposal, he said that IP addresses will not be logged. I seriously doubt that.
> What's your actual problem with this, beyond a knee-jerk reaction to the idea?
Putting telemetry in a programming language. Working with a programming language is the number one thing I do on a computer. This means that, except for the fact that I don't work in Go, most of my private conversation with a machine could be backdoored.
How can users verify this?
> IP logging can already be done (the Go proxy is enabled by default).
Sure, but more data will be attached to it. Also, in his proposal, he said that IP addresses will not be logged. I seriously doubt that.
> What's your actual problem with this, beyond a knee-jerk reaction to the idea?
Putting telemetry in a programming language. Working with a programming language is the number one thing I do on a computer. This means that, except for the fact that I don't work in Go, most of my private conversation with a machine could be backdoored.