Control: tags -1 wontfix Control: close -1 On Mon, 6 May 2024 21:50:40 +0000 "brian m. carlson" <sand...@crustytoothpaste.net> wrote: > Source: azure-cli > Version: 2.50.0-2 > Severity: normal > > The documentation in this package indicates that telemetry collection is > on by default, and I don't see any patches that indicate that that has > been removed. > > Debian should not ship software that sends telemetry by default because > it violates the privacy of users, and it is typically only in the > interest of the maintainer, not the users. It's not reasonable to > expect users to configure every package they might install separately > not to send telemetry, since that's impractical and it's nearly > impossible to configure every piece of software to do so, especially in > environments like containers where users' settings are often not > persisted. > > Please remove the telemetry functionality from the package or ensure > that it is rendered completely nonfunctional, and add a note to the > README.Debian indicating this change so that users can feel more > confident in using the package.
The entire and sole purpose of this package is to interact with a public cloud, using your account and your internet connection. If you are afraid of some unspecified telemetry, you really should not be using a public cloud in the first place. -- Kind regards, Luca Boccassi
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