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		LordDragonfang on July 7, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Homebrew's analytics have moved to the EU and away... >snooping based on uninformed consent. They go out of their way to inform you before sending any data. First sentence of the article: >You will be notified the first time you run brew update or install Homebrew. Analytics are not enabled until after this notice is shown, to ensure that you can opt out without ever sending analytics data.

sneak on July 10, 2023 [–]

Notification is not consent!

Imagine if you posted a "entry is consent to physical interaction" notice on the door to your building.

Consent does not work that way.

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