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Inform users about telemetry and how to opt-out #7401
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The statistics collected are not and can not be anonymous, so by claiming this, you would be making a false statement to your users. I suggest making the copy clear about the fact that the software will not use an anonymous method to submit the data. |
@sneak the information provided by Google describing their anonymous IP collection is here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2763052?hl=en. |
What Google does or does not do with the data is irrelevant. The data that is transmitted is not anonymous nor is it transmitted anonymously. To claim otherwise, regardless of what Google or any other party does or does not do, is false. It is also received by many more parties than just Google. |
Yes, this is high priority. We did fill the next sprint with critical priority items, but if there's any capacity from anyone, we want to progress the other items as well. |
@cakrit kickstart scripts already prompt dozen times for installing various OS packages if EDIT: never mind — since kickstart calls into |
Indicate in all installers before the Enter/yes-no: "Anonymous statistics will be [enabled/disabled]", according to the provided option. Provide information on the option relevant to the specific installer, to opt-out:
For docker images:
DO_NOT_TRACK
env var which when set will disable the anonymous stat pings.Related: #7404 (comment)
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