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by bashy 1018 days ago
Manual updates for macOS and repo link 404…?
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Use brew.
If you're using this, you should be aware that the Homebrew package manager also includes the kind of nonconsensual surveillance features that this software patches out of Firefox.

For this reason I switched from Homebrew to Nixpkgs.

Nonconsensual? Homebrew lets you know upfront before they send anything to their (non-US) analytics server, and running `brew analytics off` turns off analytics permanently. Sure, opt-in in preferable, but this is as good as it gets for opt-out.
It happens without obtaining consent. Notice is not consent. It's nonconsensual.

The example I provide: imagine if you put up a sign at the entrance to a party that said "by entering this party, you are going to be groped".

Telling someone you are about to violate consent is not the same as getting affirmative consent. Equating them is dishonest.

That sign example is exactly what the film industry does to notify people of filming activity inside an establishment. It’s perfectly reasonable.

Using the example of sexual assault just makes the issue look more extreme than it is.

You might as well say “By entering this building you consent to be murdered,” but we all know that’s taking the slippery slope too far.

Usage statistics and bug telemetry isn’t the same as getting groped. Homebrew is up front about exactly what is collected: https://docs.brew.sh/Analytics

You don't need consent to film someone in a public space. It's done as a courtesy, not a legal requirement.

My computer is not a public space and the software that is installed on it, and when, and the IP address used to do so, are private information. Exfiltrating that data without consent is a violation of my right to privacy, full stop. Nothing that is said, no notice that is provided, can change that.

You could just as well say "by entering this building you consent to be murdered". It illustrates the point similarly: a lack of objection is not affirmative consent.

Well, no. To amend your example, let’s go with the sign saying “This is a gropy sort of party. Please use one of these convenient ‘I don’t want to be groped’ stickers before coming in if that’s not your thing.’”