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by toddmorey·12y ago·view on hn ↗

But in fairness, they've fully listed the data being collected. I'm actually very comfortable with them collecting these metrics (though I'm glad there's a way to turn it off just the same).

- A unique identifier that is generated by computing the SHA-1 of the machine's MAC address. - The screen width and height - The version of Atom being used - The name of each item opened in a pane such as EditorView, SettingsView, and MarkdownPreviewView - The amount of time the current window was open for - The amount of time the current window to took to load - The amount of time the app took to launch

I'm almost comfortable with the choice of metrics, except for:

>> The name of each item opened in a pane such as EditorView, SettingsView, and MarkdownPreviewView <<

Why would they need to know my filenames?

I _think_ they're talking about the actual 'atoms' - that is the editor components. So the data that will be sent to google is 'EditorView is open', not 'EditorView contains these files'.

I might be wrong though.

You're absolutely right. We don't track individual filenames or data.