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…of opt-out but worrying what they do else behind the scenes is paranoid. You can check it out: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew

comment by pimpek · 2016-11-25 · in Brew commands send data to Google Analytics

`brew update` and check you've not hit the update bug: https://github.com/homebrew/brew#update-bug We'll tell you what permissions you need to keep/remove. Alternatively, uninstall and reinstall Homebrew and similarly we'll tell you on…

comment by mikemcquaid · 2016-11-08 · in Homebrew 1.1.0

This is described in the README: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew#donations

comment by hk__2 · 2016-11-07 · in Homebrew 1.1.0

…Also you can actually install it wherever you like, this is just the default/recommended location: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Installati...

comment by lucaspiller · 2016-11-07 · in Homebrew 1.1.0

They phone home (to Google Analytics) by default: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics.... It's pretty ridiculous. They're giving Google a map of everything individual users install. The only reason it's "anonymous"…

comment by teacup50 · 2016-11-07 · in Homebrew 1.1.0

You can use a different directory, though some packages may be broken: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Installati...

comment by comex · 2016-11-07 · in Homebrew 1.1.0

…our binary packages (bottles) for there but you can install Homebrew in any location you want: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Installati...

comment by mikemcquaid · 2016-11-07 · in Homebrew 1.1.0

…prefix is not /usr/local. EDIT: The rationale for using /usr/local has been explained in the FAQ: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/FAQ.md#why...

comment by dancek · 2016-11-07 · in Homebrew 1.1.0

…of what $thing is. Defaults matter. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11566720 [2]: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics....

comment by Karunamon · 2016-11-06 · in Nvidia adds telemetry to latest drivers

We're working on it: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/620

comment by mikemcquaid · 2016-09-22 · in Homebrew 1.0.0

…the situation was handled poorly. For something as integral as a package manager I expect more. [1] https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/142#issuecomment-214...

comment by davb · 2016-09-21 · in Homebrew 1.0.0

…security updates are never tracked. We are going to loosen this slightly but not dramatically: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/620

comment by mikemcquaid · 2016-09-21 · in Homebrew 1.0.0

This is a valid concern and it's something we're actively working on: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/620

comment by mikemcquaid · 2016-09-21 · in Homebrew 1.0.0

…aggregating my package data at Google. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11566720 [2] https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/142

comment by davb · 2016-09-21 · in Homebrew 1.0.0

…with brew years ago. Also, we do have plans to support multiple versions of libraries, see https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/620 "Handle Versions Better" (although I'm not necessarily a fan of this personally). We also have an…

comment by oefrha · 2016-09-21 · in Homebrew 1.0.0

https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/Library/Homebre...

comment by sepbot · 2016-09-18 · in Ever wondered how many open FTP servers there are?

…for a homebrew compiled binary. Homebrew also switched from using MD5 to using SHA1 recently ( https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/share/doc/homeb... ), obviously all of their dependencies didn't switch in unison too, which…

comment by jrochkind1 · 2016-09-07 · in Transmission BitTorrent Client OSX/Keydnap Malware Incident Q+A

…version of `brew update` at most once per minute when you run `brew install` or `brew upgrade`: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/5504e2c1320d52f8a92a33... You can set this interval with `HOMEBREW_AUTO_UPDATE_SECS` and disable this…

comment by mikemcquaid · 2016-08-21 · in Goodbye Mac OS Forge, hello GitHub

…(HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1). Web developers gone crazy with the package manager in your shell! [0] https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/share/doc/homeb...

comment by aorth · 2016-08-21 · in Goodbye Mac OS Forge, hello GitHub

Broken: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/commit/11116c2467710c9b3df3... Fixed: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/commit/99837fae4746db48b656...

comment by bangonkeyboard · 2016-08-16 · in Homebrew released a broken update that broke updating

…taken on board." "This conversation has been locked and limited to collaborators." [1] But report: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/490 Screenshots: - http://i.imgur.com/ia26FsQ.jpg - https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/862951…

comment by mrmondo · 2016-07-11 · in Homebrew package recommends curling directly to shell via insecure website

…up getting me to donate each year. Part of me wonders if this was my fault for not donating. [0] https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/share/doc/homeb...

comment by FilterSweep · 2016-04-26 · in Homebrew now sends usage information to Google Analytics

You can find homebrew uninstall info from here https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/share/doc/homeb... # I did: # remove all packages $ for f in $(brew list); do brew remove "$f"; done # download uninstall script $ curl -O…

comment by petrikapu · 2016-04-26 · in Homebrew now sends usage information to Google Analytics

…off my flight I've opened and merged three PRs ( https://github.com/Homebrew/install/pull/42 https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/143 https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/146 ) to better communicate this to our users on installation and…

comment by mikemcquaid · 2016-04-25 · in Homebrew now sends usage information to Google Analytics

…us to track individual users but does enable us to accurately measure user counts vs. event counts https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/share/doc/homeb... Of course, you have to trust homebrew, but hell, you're already running…

comment by x0x0 · 2016-04-25 · in Homebrew now sends usage information to Google Analytics

…that, have you checked out the code? Every time you do an install Google gets to know about it: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/acc9a7ca8554bc2413dee2... Maybe this is sufficiently private, maybe not. I'm not a security expert. Maybe…

comment by Touche · 2016-04-25 · in Homebrew now sends usage information to Google Analytics

Here's a github issue related to this for those who are interested: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/142

comment by davesque · 2016-04-25 · in Homebrew now sends usage information to Google Analytics

seems like not, yet https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/142

comment by merqurio · 2016-04-25 · in Homebrew now sends usage information to Google Analytics