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Consider making telemetry opt-in instead of opt-out

Open oz123 opened this issue 6 months ago • 2 comments

Checklist

Safety version

3.5.X and 3.6.0

Python version

3.11 and later

Operating System

Linux

Describe the problem you'd like to have solved

Currently, the telemetry flag offers the users the option to opt-out from sending usage data. Some Linux distros (including Gentoo, where I am trying to include a build of saftey) have strong conventions regarding using privacy. In Gentoo, the maintainers, would like to see the package included, but required a patch to make telemetry opt-in instead of opt-out.

Describe the ideal solution

--enbale-telemetry flag instead of --disable-telemetery.

Alternatives and current workarounds

No response

Additional context

No response

What I Did

See the suggested patch.

oz123 avatar Jul 14 '25 14:07 oz123

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github-actions[bot] avatar Jul 14 '25 14:07 github-actions[bot]

Hello, as a paying customer I would like to express a strong disagreement with the telemetry that cannot be disabled at all, even with the opt-out option. Having the telemetry as opt-out is unfortunate decision IMHO, but having mandatory telemetry is a strong argument against using your product at all.

washeck avatar Nov 07 '25 08:11 washeck