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I noticed the CLI switch -server-statistics having a default value true. Though you are collecting anonymous stats, its a dark pattern to leave this switch enabled by default.
Any privacy concerned user will definitely be caught by surprise.
There is no prominent mention in the README that stats are collected by mmock by default. Though there is a mention of statistics in the Contributors it doesn't convey that the tool collects anonymous stats.
The CLI switches listed in the README don't feature this flag (perhaps not updated). I happened to find this switch only after running the tool with -h; after which I began to inspect rest of the code.
I know this is a very subjective issue. You are entitled to your PoV. But, my request to you is:
Please disable this switch by default.
Please display information in a very prominent location in the README about mmock's statistic collection, the actual data collected and what can the user do to enable/disable it.
Please let me know your views. Please also let me know if you'd like a PR for this change. TIA.
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I've never been really concerned about this topic since you can disable the anonymous statics with a flag and you have all the code available to check how mmock is using them (mainly to check if the features are being used or not).
But I see your point.
I will apply the following changes:
Update the readme adding all the flags from the CLI.
Add specific section about what data is collected by mmock and why
Add a line (if it's enabled) below the application banner explaining that mmock is sending statistic information and how to disable it.
I understand that you want usage statistics, but shouldn't the default be to not enable this feature instead? Such kind of metrics collection will be problematic in a lot of work places and is an unexpected default to have IMHO, personally I would expect something like this to be an opt-in feature instead of an opt-out.
I noticed the CLI switch
-server-statistics
having a default valuetrue
. Though you are collecting anonymous stats, its a dark pattern to leave this switch enabled by default.Any privacy concerned user will definitely be caught by surprise.
mmock
by default. Though there is a mention of statistics in theContributors
it doesn't convey that the tool collects anonymous stats.-h
; after which I began to inspect rest of the code.I know this is a very subjective issue. You are entitled to your PoV. But, my request to you is:
Please let me know your views. Please also let me know if you'd like a PR for this change. TIA.
The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: