GitHub recently announced that starting with v2.91.0 GitHub CLI will start sending pseudonymized telemetry data back to GitHub.

github.blog/changelog/2026-04-…

Since this is an opt-out feature, most users will have it activated without knowing it. This is unacceptable in my opinion. So I took the liberty of turning this into an opt-in, disabled by default for nixpkgs.

github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/…

#GitHub #nixos #nixpkgs #privacy

GitHub CLI: Opt-out usage telemetry - The GitHub Blog

With the release of v2.91.0, GitHub CLI sends pseudonymous usage telemetry to help us improve the product. We want you to understand what we send and why. Why we collect…

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