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  • Jimbabwe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    77·
    11 months ago

    I thought I’d give this a shot, but the metrics/data collection flag was turned on by default and when I added a command to my docker-compose to turn them off, it was ignored. Then, I created an account and looked for a way to turn them off in the settings and there was none. You expect people interested in self-hosting OSS to be cool with sending data out of their network every time the server is started, a memo is created, a comment is created, a webhook is dispatched, a resource or a user is created?! Also, the metrics are collected by a 3rd party with their own ToS that could change at any time?

    Holy hell, hard pass. I’d rather use a piece of paper.

      • Jimbabwe@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        11 months ago

        Yeah, I’d assumed it would respect the —metric=false flag when building with docker run, but docker-compose is ostensibly supported and easier to work with. I was able to successfully change other configuration options (such as setting the db to use MySQL instead of the default SQLite) using the docker-compose ‘command’ block, but the metric flag specifically was ignored. It’s entirely possible that this is a bug and not an intentional attempt to hoover up user data. Either way, data collection should be opt-in by default (by law, imo).

        • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          7 months ago

          Ah - I actually moved away from Memos (I just wasn’t using it and it was taking resources for no benefit) so I can’t actually directly help, buuuuuut I want to be optimistic and assume that the ‘feature’ was removed given the page 404ing.

          You could use something like NextDNS (or any other DNS solutions that offer logging, I just use ND on my network), set up as the server’s DNS provider, and see if the domain (above) shows up in the logs after a couple days. Though if you’re running other software alongside it, then it might not be from Memos, which can lead you down a ‘disable, wait, check, repeat’ rabbit hole. But that’s how I would do it, myself.

          Sorry I don’t have a quick and easy solution for you :(

    • DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.comEnglish
      12·
      11 months ago

      Saved me the effort, thanks. Although, couldn’t you just block the container from talking outside your network? I can’t see why I’d need a memo app (server) to have access to the internet.

    • AkuiEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      ngl, at first glance I thought it was a ghost boy singing into a headset ^^;

    • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      “public” to registered users, it seems (but by default, memos are private; and the ability to set them as publicly can be disabled by the admin)