[sneak]

Presumably if you don't like Zoom's shadiness, you may not like Homebrew's bundled spyware either. Disable it with

    brew analytics off

[webmobdev]

Or better yet, switch to MacPorts - https://www.macports.org/

[8fingerlouie]

Isn't that more like Debian popularity contest ?

https://popcon.debian.org/

[sneak]

No. Homebrew sends a per-installation unique identifier to a third party (Google), tracking your location across different IPs, whether you want it to or not.

Popcon is first-party, and is entirely opt-in. It doesn’t send anything unless you want it to.

[icebraining]

popcon is opt-in.