How to be certain when data/rendered file is not entirely local in quarto projects and shiny

Hello!

I'm working on my PhD thesis, where it's very important that the data stays local and confidential.

So far I'm very happy with Positron, but I've been having a few situations where I'd like to know if or how I can be sure the data stays local.

  1. In a Quarto Manuscript project: I was quite surprised that the hypothesis commentate option is true by default, which implicates some data gets uploaded/shared even when the html is localhost. I've deactivated the option directly after I rendered a template with dummy text and noticed it, so there weren't any logins or comments made. Could there have been some data of the project (e.g. title, text of manuscript) have been uploaded? In Quarto Manuscript are there any other options like this where content about the project get uploaded without explicitly accepting it?

  2. shiny: Is there a specific option to actively be sure the app runs only local and does not deploy? Are there options to avoid?

  3. Positron in general: Is there an option to deactivate publishing features in general or options to be actively sure it stays local? Is not login in or providing API/tokens of publishing platforms enough to prevent this?

Thank you so much for your answer, this will really help me out :slight_smile: Apologies if the answers already exist and I missed them!

Best regards,
mastix

For Positron in general, data will not get shared to any publishing platform unless you specifically choose to publish. If you'd like, you can even disable or uninstall the Publisher extension:

Read more here about controlling the extensions that get bundled along with Positron: