--- layout: page base: . --- # Console Do Not Track (DNT) {{ site.description }} Gatsby has `GATSBY_TELEMETRY_DISABLED`. Homebrew has `HOMEBREW_NO_ANALYTICS`. Etcher has... well, [nothing](https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/issues/2057). This is a proposal for a single, standard environment variable that plainly expresses an OPT OUT by a user of software to any of the following: * ad tracking * usage reporting * automatic update phone-home * non-essential requests of any kind to the creator of the software export DO_NOT_TRACK=1 # PRs and Status * coming soon * coming soon