Misleading ANONYMIZED_TELEMETRY flag disables telemetry only when set to true

[franzen]

The configuration flag ANONYMIZED_TELEMETRY behaves opposite to what its name suggests. Setting it to true disables all telemetry, while false leaves telemetry enabled. This negative logic contradicts the variable name and confuses users.

# Set to true if you want to disable anonymous telemetry (default is false)
ANONYMIZED_TELEMETRY=false

[michiosw]

Hey @franzen , you're correct! The documentation should actually read:

# Set to false to disable anonymized telemetry
ANONYMIZED_TELEMETRY=true

as shown in the official browser-use documentation and their source code. This telemetry is collected only by the browser-use package—not by us (CoBrowser).

I'll update our .env.example file to correctly reflect this and clarify our position:

# Set to true to enable anonymized telemetry sent to the browser-use team.
# We (CoBrowser) do NOT track any telemetry.
ANONYMIZED_TELEMETRY=false

[michiosw]

created a branch 45-misleading-anonymized_telemetry-flag-disables-telemetry-only-when-set-to-true