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Jimbabwe@lemmy.world on 22 Jan 2024 05:30 collapse

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.

wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world on 22 Jan 2024 08:48 collapse

It would appear that blocking app.posthog.com on the host/network resolves this. But I got the parameter to work, too, as per www.usememos.com/docs/advanced-settings/metrics use ‘–metric=false’ and bam, no DNS queries!

EVERGREEN@lemmy.one on 03 Jun 2024 05:34 collapse

Sorry to revive an older topic, but that link is dead and I dug around but could not find the —metric=false flag on the website. I hope this is still the case. I love the app as a way to capture a stream of my mind but it freaks me out a little that it’s sending data elsewhere.

wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world on 03 Jun 2024 16:54 collapse

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 :(

EVERGREEN@lemmy.one on 03 Jun 2024 18:36 collapse

Thanks for the reply, I’ve needed to setup something like NextDNS for a while just been lazy about it. Think it’s time to dive into that world next.

wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world on 03 Jun 2024 21:38 collapse

If you remember, reply back - someone else will surely run across this and have the same question!

EVERGREEN@lemmy.one on 03 Jun 2024 22:32 collapse

I just came across this, I havent setup NextDNS yet, but I’m hopeful that it’s need completely removed.