I totally agree with this. It should be disabled by default. It should be totally Opt In.
Javier
On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 12:27 PM stan via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, 27 Oct 2020 20:57:39 -0000
"Olivier Lemasle" <olem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm packaging Open Policy Agent [1] (OPA) for Fedora. However, with
> version 0.20.0, OPA added a telemetry service, enabled by default,
> reporting to a OPA-managed service the OPA version, a UUID and the
> build architecture (cf changelog [2] and privacy information [3])
>
> I didn't find any Fedora policy regarding this kind of opt-out
> telemetry, so I asked the Fedora Packaging Commitee for advice [4]. I
> got advised to ask Fedora community on this mailing list.
>
> So do you think it is ok to package OPA as is, or should I patch it
> to make telemetry opt-in by disabling it by default in the Fedora
> package?
>
> More globally, what do you think should be done in Fedora packages
> when an upstream project includes a telemetry service?
>
> Thank you & regards,
>
> --
> Olem
>
> [1] https://www.openpolicyagent.org/
> [2] https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/releases/tag/v0.20.0
> [3] https://www.openpolicyagent.org/docs/latest/privacy/
> [4] https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/issue/991
Thanks for taking the time and effort to do this. Most of us here are
probably not running in the cloud, so this will have little effect on
us. However, even though it doesn't affect me, I think that this should
be disabled by default (be opt in) as a matter of policy. As part of
using a distribution, the updating of software is up to the maintainer
because they ensure that it is compatible with other software that is
available. For example, firefox has this same capability disabled by
default in Fedora.
This, of course, is an old school view. I read about people using
various methods to install containers, where Fedora does not
maintain and takes no responsibility for the quality of the software.
In that case, it might be reasonable to turn this on. Linux in general
seems to be heading in that direction, so you should take that into
account.
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