[Atom4966]

Please note: https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/4966 remains open and packages `metrics` and `exception-reporting` are still enabled by default.

* metrics: sends personal data to Google Analytics

* exception-reporting: sends personal data to bugsnag.com

[mrspeaker]

Thank you for the heads up - I've been using Atom for 6 months and did not know they had these enabled.

[AlexeyBrin]

The good part about using an open source editor is that you can disable (and know about them) these packages if you don't want to be tracked.

[PhilipA]

Yes, but you first have to know about it.