.NET core spies on users by default
Lots of FUD as usual with these topics.<p>The .NET Core CLI&#x2F;SDK dev tool to build and package code is the only thing sending telemetry. It&#x27;s not the main `dotnet` command itself nor anything in the runtime. The data is also available for anyone to analyze: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;docs.microsoft.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;dotnet&#x2F;core&#x2F;tools&#x2F;telemetry" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;docs.microsoft.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;dotnet&#x2F;core&#x2F;tools&#x2F;telemetry</a><p>It&#x27;s definitely nothing out of the ordinary and is common practice among many tools and apps you already use. Your smartphone sends back way more data if you&#x27;re that concerned.<p>There&#x27;s also a warning the first time you use it, and if you&#x27;re using something like this then it&#x27;s a reasonable expectation that as a software developer you understand the message and how to disable it if you want to.<p>EDIT: the insights based on this telemetry are also interesting to look at and add further clarity: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blogs.msdn.microsoft.com&#x2F;dotnet&#x2F;2017&#x2F;07&#x2F;21&#x2F;what-weve-learned-from-net-core-sdk-telemetry&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blogs.msdn.microsoft.com&#x2F;dotnet&#x2F;2017&#x2F;07&#x2F;21&#x2F;what-weve...</a>