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Change default telemetry settings to disabled (#46)

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Closes #44
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Joel Wasserman 2018-10-19 08:38:43 -07:00 committed by Peter Squicciarini
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README.md
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@ -52,9 +52,11 @@ Microsoft's build process does download additional files. This was brought up in
- ffmpeg
## <a id="disable-telemetry"></a>Getting all the Telemetry Out
Even though we do not pass the telemetry build flags (and go out of our way to cripple the baked-in telemetry), Microsoft will still track usage by default. After installing VSCodium, you must manually disable telemetry in your settings file to stop it from sending tracking data to Microsoft.
Even though we do not pass the telemetry build flags (and go out of our way to cripple the baked-in telemetry), Microsoft will still track usage by default.
The instructions [here](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/faq#_how-to-disable-telemetry-reporting) and [here](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/faq#_how-to-disable-crash-reporting) help with disabling telemetry.
We do however set the default `telemetry.enableCrashReporter` and `telemetry.enableTelemetry` values to false. You can see those by viewing your VSCodium settings.json and searching for `telemetry`.
The instructions [here](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/faq#_how-to-disable-telemetry-reporting) and [here](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/faq#_how-to-disable-crash-reporting) help with explaining and toggling telemetry.
It is also highly recommended that you review all the settings that "use online services" by following [these instructions](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/faq#_managing-online-services). The `@tag:usesOnlineServices` filter on the settings page will show that by default:
- Extensions auto check for updates and auto install updates

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build.sh
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@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ if [[ "$SHOULD_BUILD" == "yes" ]]; then
export npm_config_arch=ia32
fi
../update_settings.sh
yarn
mv product.json product.json.bak
cat product.json.bak | jq 'setpath(["extensionsGallery"]; {"serviceUrl": "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/_apis/public/gallery", "cacheUrl": "https://vscode.blob.core.windows.net/gallery/index", "itemUrl": "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items"}) | setpath(["nameShort"]; "VSCodium") | setpath(["nameLong"]; "VSCodium") | setpath(["applicationName"]; "vscodium") | setpath(["win32MutexName"]; "vscodium") | setpath(["win32DirName"]; "VSCodium") | setpath(["win32NameVersion"]; "VSCodium") | setpath(["win32RegValueName"]; "VSCodium") | setpath(["win32AppUserModelId"]; "Microsoft.VSCodium") | setpath(["win32ShellNameShort"]; "V&SCodium") | setpath(["urlProtocol"]; "vscodium")' > product.json
@ -40,6 +42,4 @@ if [[ "$SHOULD_BUILD" == "yes" ]]; then
npm run gulp vscode-linux-x64-build-deb
npm run gulp vscode-linux-x64-build-rpm
fi
cd ..
fi

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update_settings.sh Executable file
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REPLACEMENT="s/'default': true/'default': false/"
if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then
sed -i '' -E "$REPLACEMENT" src/vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryService.ts
sed -i '' -E "$REPLACEMENT" src/vs/workbench/services/crashReporter/electron-browser/crashReporterService.ts
else
sed -i -E "$REPLACEMENT" src/vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryService.ts
sed -i -E "$REPLACEMENT" src/vs/workbench/services/crashReporter/electron-browser/crashReporterService.ts
fi