What precisely is Kite collecting in this case? Ideally backed by a link to a github repo proving that they're collecting whatever people are saying they're collecting.
That class seems to be collecting time spent, identified by the variable `name`. But it's not immediately obvious what `name` is being set to. If it's set to a full file system path, then I agree it's a breach of trust. But if it's something generic like 'options screen' then clearly they're just trying to improve their product.
People here seem to be losing their minds over this, so I'm trying to figure out whether it's justified or if it's another game of telephone.
Am I misreading this, or is everyone losing their minds over collecting how much time was spent editing certain file extensions? The only thing that seems to be remotely dubious is "activeNonBundledPackageNames", and that doesn't seem sensitive.
It uses a machine-specific identifier (MAC address), making it traceable across the public IPs sending data. With some resolution due to the hourly pings. That could be valuable in the right/wrong scenarios, although there are tons of other things recording data like that of course (websites).
I've been reading for about 10 minutes and can't find any references. The closest I found was https://twitter.com/gerardroche/status/891802572373319680 which links to https://github.com/kiteco/kite-installer/blob/master/ext/tel... but that doesn't actually say what they're collecting.
That class seems to be collecting time spent, identified by the variable `name`. But it's not immediately obvious what `name` is being set to. If it's set to a full file system path, then I agree it's a breach of trust. But if it's something generic like 'options screen' then clearly they're just trying to improve their product.
People here seem to be losing their minds over this, so I'm trying to figure out whether it's justified or if it's another game of telephone.
EDIT: Found the code: https://github.com/SideBarEnhancements-org/SideBarEnhancemen...
Am I misreading this, or is everyone losing their minds over collecting how much time was spent editing certain file extensions? The only thing that seems to be remotely dubious is "activeNonBundledPackageNames", and that doesn't seem sensitive.