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Comment by overflowy

15 hours ago

>OpenShell collects anonymous telemetry, limited to operational categories and counts, to help improve the project.

>To disable it, set OPENSHELL_TELEMETRY_ENABLED=false on the gateway, or server.telemetryEnabled=false for Helm installs.

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Y_Y  13 hours ago

In order to "help" myself I have taken some of your money.

Feel free to opt out maybe?

f3408fh  14 hours ago

I have a question for those who turn off _anonymous_ telemetry. What are you worried about?

  • lcampbell  13 hours ago

    There's no such thing as anonymity in 2026, and the documentation[1] listing the collected telemetry uses weasel words like "such as" rather than providing a comprehensive list or just pointing to the source reference. For people who don't audit or turn off telemetry, why don't you?

    I am happy the repo explicitly points out and provides a disable for the telemetry though, that's good enough for me.

    [1] https://docs.nvidia.com/openshell/latest/observability/telem...

  • MisterMunchkin  11 hours ago

    Israel was just caught doing an attack where Google ads would run JavaScript looking for known hardware identifiers from telemetry data they bought. When the ads showed on a target device, they would root you. Without you even interacting with the ad.

  • Lammy  12 hours ago

    > _anonymous_ telemetry

    There is no such thing. The mere act of making a network connection reveals things like your IP address (reveals your hosting provider or even your geolocation for residential/mobile IPs), days and times you use the software, your OS via TCP/IP stack fingerprinting, etc.

    The network path between you and the telemetry endpoint is always listening, too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A

  • rnd0  7 hours ago

    It doesn't have to be a specific concern. It's better to remove the option than to find out later that you've gotten burned by something you had no way to anticipate.

    Don't take chances, give as little as possible. Better to assume you'll get burned somehow and leave it off.

  • skinfaxi  13 hours ago

    Why give up more information if we have the option?

    • brabel  13 hours ago

      Because you don't mind contributing usage data so that the developers can understand which features are being used and maybe focus on improving those features in exchange for a free tool?

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