Level 5* EdH 1,663 Posted February 10, 2017 Level 5* Share Posted February 10, 2017 Why is there a key called "GoogleAnalyticsClientID" in my HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Evernote\Evernote registry? A bit of googling indicates this is used for advertising. Link to comment
Evernote Employee dconnet 529 Posted February 13, 2017 Evernote Employee Share Posted February 13, 2017 It's not used for advertising. It's used for telemetry (what people use, what people don't use, etc) Link to comment
Level 5* EdH 1,663 Posted February 13, 2017 Author Level 5* Share Posted February 13, 2017 25 minutes ago, dconnet said: It's not used for advertising. It's used for telemetry (what people use, what people don't use, etc) So..... tracking? There is no opt-in/opt-out? It just tracks what I do? If that is the case, that is odd. Even MS has opt-in for anonymous usage data, and that ID is so specific, it doesn't look too anonymous. Link to comment
Level 5* CalS 4,910 Posted February 14, 2017 Level 5* Share Posted February 14, 2017 So what happens if one nulls the field? Overall, tracking and I are not pals. Link to comment
Evernote Employee dconnet 529 Posted February 14, 2017 Evernote Employee Share Posted February 14, 2017 18 hours ago, csihilling said: So what happens if one nulls the field? Overall, tracking and I are not pals. It will create a new one. The Google Analytics API requires an ID. Link to comment
Level 5* CalS 4,910 Posted February 14, 2017 Level 5* Share Posted February 14, 2017 4 minutes ago, dconnet said: It will create a new one. The Google Analytics API requires an ID. Link to comment
Level 5* tavor 661 Posted February 14, 2017 Level 5* Share Posted February 14, 2017 19 hours ago, dconnet said: It's not used for advertising. It's used for telemetry (what people use, what people don't use, etc) Can you elaborate? What types of information is the app sending back to Evernote for analysis? Link to comment
Evernote Employee dconnet 529 Posted February 15, 2017 Evernote Employee Share Posted February 15, 2017 21 hours ago, tavor said: Can you elaborate? What types of information is the app sending back to Evernote for analysis? Actions performed - Never data. In some areas, we have A/B tests so which test the user was presented is reported. The metrics are used to improve the app. Link to comment
Level 5* CalS 4,910 Posted February 15, 2017 Level 5* Share Posted February 15, 2017 4 hours ago, dconnet said: Actions performed - Never data. In some areas, we have A/B tests so which test the user was presented is reported. The metrics are used to improve the app. Out of interest what types of actions? Not trying to take you down any rabbit hole, just interested. Link to comment
Evernote Employee dconnet 529 Posted February 15, 2017 Evernote Employee Share Posted February 15, 2017 1 hour ago, csihilling said: Out of interest what types of actions? Not trying to take you down any rabbit hole, just interested. Stuff like buttons clicked, views shown/hidden, how the note list is viewed - essentially _how_ people are using the app. It also helps prioritize bugs (what do I fix first, FeatureA that 92% of users use or FlashyFeatureB that .01% use). Link to comment
Level 5* CalS 4,910 Posted February 16, 2017 Level 5* Share Posted February 16, 2017 1 hour ago, dconnet said: Stuff like buttons clicked, views shown/hidden, how the note list is viewed - essentially _how_ people are using the app. It also helps prioritize bugs (what do I fix first, FeatureA that 92% of users use or FlashyFeatureB that .01% use). Thanks for the feedback. Link to comment
Level 5* jefito 5,533 Posted February 16, 2017 Level 5* Share Posted February 16, 2017 So how is this going to prove that smart people use Snippet View?? Link to comment
Level 5* CalS 4,910 Posted February 16, 2017 Level 5* Share Posted February 16, 2017 19 minutes ago, jefito said: So how is this going to prove that smart people use Snippet View?? Aargh!!!! Link to comment
Level 5* jefito 5,533 Posted February 16, 2017 Level 5* Share Posted February 16, 2017 2 minutes ago, csihilling said: Aargh!!!! Link to comment
Level 5* tavor 661 Posted February 16, 2017 Level 5* Share Posted February 16, 2017 26 minutes ago, jefito said: So how is this going to prove that smart people use Snippet View?? ^^^ Fake news. Link to comment
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