Why is Sangoma spying on me?!

[Argent (PTZ-M)]

Hello.
Accidentally noticed that in the file /var/www/html/admin/views/footer.php strings exist

if ($amp_conf['BROWSER_STATS']) {
        $ga = "<script>

                        (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
                        (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
                        m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
                        })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');

                        ga('create', 'UA-1862516-7', 'auto');

                        ga('set', 'dimension1', fpbx.conf.dist.pbx_type);
                        ga('set', 'dimension2', fpbx.conf.dist.pbx_version);
                        ga('set', 'dimension3', fpbx.conf.ASTVERSION);
                        ga('set', 'dimension4', fpbx.conf.ver);
                        ga('set', 'dimension5', $.urlParam('display'));
                        ga('set', 'dimension6', fpbx.conf.uniqueid);
                        ga('send', 'pageview');

                </script>";

      $html .= str_replace(array("\t", "\n"), '', $ga);
}

why is it needed?

[lgaetz (Lorne Gaetz)]

Google analytics are enabled by default on distro install. There is a dashboard notification to this effect and can be enabled/disabled in Advanced Settings.

[Argent (PTZ-M)]

Thanks for the quick response.
I’m wondering, why collect this particular data. They are useless to improve the operation of FreePBX.

[Charles_Darwin]

Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you…
If you use the www, you are spied on…mostly by big US companies. So dont worry about Google Analytics