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/var/lib/zypp/AnonymousUniqueId should be emptied

Signed-off-by: Thien Tran <contact@tommytran.io>
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Thien Tran 2023-06-13 02:53:54 -07:00
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@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Many Linux distributions sends some telemetry data by default to count how many
The Fedora Project offers a ["countme" variable](https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/conf_ref.html#countme-label) to much more accurately [count unique systems accessing its mirrors](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/DNF_Better_Counting) without involving unique IDs. While currently disabled by default, you could add `countme=false` to `/etc/dnf/dnf.conf` in case the default changes in the future. On rpm&#8209;ostree systems such as Fedora Silverblue and Kinoite, the `countme` option can be disabled by [masking the rpm-ostree-countme timer](https://coreos.github.io/rpm-ostree/countme/).
[openSUSE uses a unique ID to count systems](https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Statistics), which can be disabled by deleting the `/var/lib/zypp/AnonymousUniqueId` file.
[openSUSE uses a unique ID to count systems](https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Statistics), which can be disabled by emptying the `/var/lib/zypp/AnonymousUniqueId` file.
[Zorin OS also uses a unique ID to count systems.](https://zorin.com/legal/privacy/#census) You can opt&#8209;out by running `sudo apt purge zorin-os-census` and optionally holding the package with `sudo apt-mark hold zorin-os-census` to avoid accidental reinstallation.