[euroderf]

You have me backwards cos I had it forwards. I was unclear perhaps.

I meant (a) "someone" (suits?) said let's install telemetry, (b) the Go team said well hey come on let's make it opt-in rather than defaulting to "on", (c) suits said no we just sneak in the default "on" (cos google ebil).

[adonovan]

Well I can assure you that is not what happened. Our team tried to come up with a telemetry design that set a higher bar for privacy preservation than the norms of the industry (including Google), something so safe that it would be acceptable to enable by default. Of course, the community rejected it and that plan died. But the "suits" at Google afford our team enough autonomy to act in the best interests of the Go community.

Google is not quite the monolithic James Bond villainy of your caricature.

[euroderf]

Glad to hear.

FWIW I wasn't suggesting "villainy" so much as "SNAFU". Google's record on privacy in general leaves something to be desired.