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New "feature" to phone home on builds is enabled by default

Discussion in 'Unity 5 Pre-order Beta' started by terravires, Jan 20, 2015.

  1. terravires

    terravires

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    I just notice that in 5.0Beta20 there is a new option in player settings, Other settings.

    Disable Analytics (Pro Only)

    It's OFF by default. I take that to mean that you are defaulting all builds to automatically phone home data. I like many people do not want my apps to phone home. While I do have pro an can disable it I don't like the idea of having it on by default for each new project.

    Could this be changed for pro to default to OFF? I can understand you wanting to force people using free, but for pro users?

    Cheers
     
    terravires, Jan 20, 2015
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  2. Ostwind

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    Same kind of thing is in 4.x and enabled by default (submit hw stats) so nothing new here?
     
    Ostwind, Jan 20, 2015
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  3. MrEsquire

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    Yes I noticed this also (HW Stats) is on by default, not many people know what it does, phones home - so no one bothers to disable it.
    But what is done with this data? this is what bothers me more, what exactly is being collected?
     
    MrEsquire, Jan 20, 2015
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  4. hippocoder

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    Significantly less than the NSA which already knows your next move. (It sends your hw/os not personal data).
     
    hippocoder, Jan 20, 2015
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  5. MrEsquire

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    I heard Facebook knows that your in a relationship before you even do..
     
    MrEsquire, Jan 20, 2015
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  6. Ostwind

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    Ostwind, Jan 20, 2015
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  7. hippocoder

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    Note: it only does this once on startup. It benefits you too I guess :)
     
    hippocoder, Jan 20, 2015
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  8. p87

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    Put on your tinfoil hat guys they're watching
     
    p87, Jan 20, 2015
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  9. Tautvydas-Zilys

    Tautvydas-Zilys

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    It also does this only on the first run ever on a particular device.
     
    Tautvydas-Zilys, Jan 20, 2015
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