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> we only track metadata, never console output

It would be meaningful to indicate whether you track console input as well.



That's an important callout! By console output, we really mean output from the pseudoterminal, which includes command input and output printed to the terminal.

We don't store any content of _any_ part of a command that's executed in Warp.


... and never will?


Why even ask?

Founders don't really have much control over what the tools they create wind up being used for.

Assume that some people will use any tool you encounter for the worst thing it can possibly do.

If the tool has significant potential to do things that bother you, don't use it.


Why do you say "wind up being used for" as if it is act of god rather than a business decision?


Because I'm talking about founders and how much control they have over the tools they bring into being.

Acts of God are a better model for that than business decisions.

Some users will abuse the snot out of it, and a small start up may not even realize that's happening for months.

The founder may not retain the authority to control decisions about what changes to make to the tools or how to monetize them.

Hackers may break into the servers and use the tool for their own ends.

And, yes, often enough the founder themselves will throw the users under the bus when push comes to shove.


From their link, it seems they don’t. Agree that positive confirmation would be good, for beta.

> We do not store any data from the command input or output itself as part of our telemetry.


This is correct. We do not send or store any terminal contents (input or outputs) to our server.

The only case in which that is not true is if a user elects to use Warp to share the output of a command using our Block Sharing feature.


With the rest of your responses I'm left looking for weasel words in here.




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