Re: Telemetry on by default kitty

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Giovanni Biscuolo <g@xelera.eu> skribis:

> I apreciated the laconic statement by Tobias Geerinckx-Rice on Sat, 12
> Jun 2021 22:35:40 +0200 [1]:
>
>
>  This is not a point of discussion.  Telemetry or ‘phoning home’ 
>  for updates must be opt-in if possible or disabled entirely 
>  otherwise.  Would you care to submit a patch?
>
>
> AFAIU there is a general consensus above all GNU Guix maintainers (and
> all FSDG compliant distros) on the above statement: am I wrong?

I think you’re right; I think phoning home should be either disabled
opt-in.

As Leo Prikler wrote, it’s arguably a legal obligation in some
jurisdictions.

Ludo’.