How about Homebrew's analytics move to an ethical, opt-in model (like Debian) instead of this silent surveillance of its users who have never explicitly consented to such data collection?
This thing drops a supercookie on your device that persists forever, and they close every issue raised discussing the privacy implications of same.
Anyone who runs the analytics service can see the approximate travel history over time of every Homebrew user (by geolocating the source IP).
It's not a for-profit project. There is no legitimate purpose for tracking installs.
This thing drops a supercookie on your device that persists forever, and they close every issue raised discussing the privacy implications of same.
Anyone who runs the analytics service can see the approximate travel history over time of every Homebrew user (by geolocating the source IP).
It's not a for-profit project. There is no legitimate purpose for tracking installs.