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So much for using Go --> Google's Go may add telemetry that's on by default www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/google-s-go-may-add-telemetry-that-s-on-by-default/ar-AA17kZgp

737 sats \ 12 comments \ @sgtapple 15 Feb 2023 bitcoin

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2 sats \ 0 replies \ @franzap 15 Feb 2023

And clicking on that link got your browser fingerprint sent to Microsoft

17 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 15 Feb 2023

lol this is so fucked, but I can't say I'm surprised. Corporations using Golang may also throw a fit.

grabs popcorn

3 sats \ 1 reply \ @nullama 15 Feb 2023

And the absence of telemetry data, he contends, makes it more difficult for project maintainers to understand what's important, what's working, and to prioritize changes, thereby making maintainer burnout more likely.

It's the same with safety and police power. It's easier for police to do their job if no one has privacy.

They forget that privacy should be protected, not eroded.

If a job is hard, well, get better at the job, don't spy on users.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @faithandcredit 16 Feb 2023

+where is the fun in solving crime if you had perfect knowledge and omnipotence.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @franzap 15 Feb 2023

They already do it with Dart/Flutter, you have to manually "disable analytics" every time you upgrade.

That proposal is BS, there are millions of open source projects written in Go from where they could analyze usage patterns.

What exactly are they sending though? They're supposed to be fully open source, unless telemetry is a closed-source addon ala Chrome or VSCode

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @pi 15 Feb 2023

“Don't be evil”

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jsonbits 16 Feb 2023

Can't be evil is a better approach

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @034b9abe0e 15 Feb 2023

Quite a few programs written in go have, I notice, install Quic, gos networking protocol behind the scenes.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @l0k18 16 Feb 2023

I'm sure if this happens that there will be an independent fork dedicated to just this one purpose. It would also reduce performance, for sure. They need to be making friends with open source people not turning into the bad guys...

Anyhow, I'm sure it won't be hard to find and disable it, they won't do themselves any favours by trying to stop it.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @mattn 16 Feb 2023

The developers themselves are initiating the discussion. They are not introducing it without knowing it.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @gandlaf21 15 Feb 2023

how to ruin a perfectly fine programming language

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @satdeck 15 Feb 2023

That is ridiculous. But I can semi understand it from a developer prospective they want usage and crash reports sent so I am sure some have good intentions. But Google being google they will definitely abuse it and use for tracking and or ad placement.