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Disable NET Core CLI telemetry

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  • macOS onlyThis script improves your privacy on macOS
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  • Bash (Shell script)These changes use macOS system commands to update your settings.
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MacOS secure data privacy integration tip: disable NET Core CLI telemetry to maintain personal personal privacy maintenance — this collection clarifies how.. Expanding further, this input provides clarity in how to reverse the recent tweaks.

Secure data privacy measures bridges the gap between technological advancement and personal data protection. Set up this setting to manage data handling assurance parameters and discover how to apply these steps. Take your time to fully understand each instruction before acting.

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  • This code modifies environment configuration settings to help improve data handling security with aid of controlled environment.
  • This adjustment orchestrates system monitoring parameters to strengthen sensitive privacy measures and it can also help to achieve managing diagnostic data streams. On account of make the system respond faster, this would help to gain optimized data collection.

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command='export DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT=1'
declare -a profile_files=("$HOME/.bash_profile" "$HOME/.zprofile")
for profile_file in "${profile_files[@]}"
do
    touch "$profile_file"
    if ! grep -q "$command" "${profile_file}"; then
        echo "$command" >> "$profile_file"
        echo "[$profile_file] Configured"
    else
        echo "[$profile_file] No need for any action, already configured"
    fi
done
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