It's optional with Ubiquiti.

kalleboo · on Sept 20, 2020

I believe it's no longer optional on the new UDM and UDM Pro devices

jlgaddis · on Sept 20, 2020

... but the telemetry isn't, IIRC.

devrand · on Sept 20, 2020

Is it not? I disabled diagnostic and analytics reporting, though it does occasionally ask me to turn it back on.

Is there additional telemetry that cannot be disabled?

dylz · on Sept 20, 2020

When they pushed the firmware, iirc the telemetry was done without notice, opted in and enabled by default, and there was no way to actually opt out until _another firmware update after the uproar_

0xy · on Sept 20, 2020

Ubiquiti has never cared about security, if they did they wouldn't have been scammed for $40,000,000 via a literal scam email.

If Ubiquiti staff has the non-existent procedures and corporate security for this to happen, they surely don't care about your privacy or security.

craftoman · on Sept 20, 2020

They didn't scammed, they washed some of the investors money. These kind of attacks are ridiculously hard to believe.

mason55 · on Sept 20, 2020

So what is the alternative nowadays?

devrand · on Sept 21, 2020

Got it! Thank you for that context. I'm pretty sporadic about updates so I more than likely missed the gap when it was enabled by default and not available to be disabled.

Not cool to do that :(.

dylz · on Sept 21, 2020

I'd argue the continued "ask you to turn it on" just in the hopes that you might eventually do it to shut it up is also a terrible antipattern.