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# Console Do Not Track (DNT)
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[Gatsby](https://www.gatsbyjs.org/) has `GATSBY_TELEMETRY_DISABLED`.
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[Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) has `HOMEBREW_NO_ANALYTICS`.
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[Syncthing](https://syncthing.net/) has `STNOUPGRADE`, a config file setting
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for disabling crash reporting, and a GUI prompt for usage reporting. Google
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Cloud SDK CLI tools has `gcloud config set disable_usage_reporting true`.
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.NET Core has `DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT`. Netlify's CLI has
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`netlify --telemetry-disable`. The AWS Serverless Application Model
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CLI has `SAM_CLI_TELEMETRY=0`. The Microsoft Azure CLI has
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`AZURE_CORE_COLLECT_TELEMETRY=0`. You get the idea.<!--
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Etcher has... well,
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[nothing](https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/issues/2057). -->
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This is a proposal for a single, standard environment variable that plainly
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and unambiguously expresses LACK OF CONSENT by a user of that software to
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**any** of the following:
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* ad tracking
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* usage reporting, anonymous or not
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* automatic update phone-home
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* crash reporting
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* *non-essential-to-functionality* requests of *any kind* to the creator of
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the software or other *tracking services*
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We just want local software, and by providing it to us you are not entitled
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to our usage, our crashes, or our IP addresses.
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Remember: in the right hands, an IP address is a *physical location*. If
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you would not collect your users' GPS coordinates against their wishes, you
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should not be collecting their IP addresses against their wishes!
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Authors, do the *ethical thing* and respect the following environment
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variable in your software and your *limited rights to the computers of your
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users*:
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<div class="card card-body bg-light text-center shadow-lg p-3 mb-5 bg-white rounded">
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<h1><code>export DO_NOT_TRACK=1</code></h1>
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</div>
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# Adopted
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* netdata system monitor:
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[netdata/netdata#7846](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/7846)
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* tilt:
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[windmilleng/tilt#2878](https://github.com/windmilleng/tilt/pull/2878)
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* turbo: [docs](https://turbo.build/repo/docs/telemetry#how-do-i-opt-out)
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# PRs and Status
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* homebrew: [Homebrew/brew
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#6745](https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/6745)
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* gatsby: [gatsbyjs/gatsby
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#19528](https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby/pull/19528)
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* netlify-cli: [netlify/cli#737](https://github.com/netlify/cli/issues/737)
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* syncthing: [syncthing/syncthing
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#6158](https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/pull/6158)
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* dotnet: [dotnet/sdk #3917](https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues/3917)
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* Archey4: [archey4/51cdfa98](https://github.com/HorlogeSkynet/archey4/commit/51cdfa9835a6694034e44ca10dc9e91eb14970fb)
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* others: [get
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involved](https://github.com/sneak/consoledonottrack.com/pulls)
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# Contribute!
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Source code is here: [consoledonottrack.com](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/consoledonottrack.com).
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You may send patches to [sneak@sneak.berlin](mailto:sneak@sneak.berlin).
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# See Also
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* [no-color.org](https://no-color.org/)
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# Update, 2024
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This project was a mistake; it implicitly endorses opt-out spyware (aka telemetry).
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It doesn't matter if you allow your users to disable telemetry with a flag or environment variable; to opt them in to spying automatically without their explicit, opt-in consent is unethical. Even the people who implemented this flag above are scumbags, because their software is spyware unless you set it. Shipping spyware is unethical.
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Software should ask first. Failing to opt out is not consent.
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