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Cordova Telemetry, what is it and why use it?

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started a project with plain Cordova. This message keeps turning up:

You have been opted out of telemetry. To change this, run: cordova telemetry on. 

Did a short search on this, but find mostly error messages. Can some one enlighten me on what this Cordova Telemetry is and what is its use?

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Flummox - don't be evil SE Avatar asked Dec 19 '16 14:12

Flummox - don't be evil SE


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2 Answers

Cordova telemetry is a part of the cordova cli and collects data about your usage of it. From the Apache Cordova CLI Privacy Policy:

  • IP address
  • OS type and version
  • Node version
  • Cordova version
  • Commands executed, time of execution and status (success/failure)

You can turn on/off from the cordova cli (cli reference) by:

cordova telemetry on cordova telemetry off 
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Beat Avatar answered Sep 22 '22 08:09

Beat


cordova telemetry collects developer data of the usage of cordova for the cordova dev-team. The data is shown here:

https://datastudio.google.com/#/org//reporting/0B-Ja5cNOX_XLTElHdWd4V2NUem8/page/xEE

It is NOT collecting user data, just developer data, like which version of cordova you are using.

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Joerg Avatar answered Sep 24 '22 08:09

Joerg