Telemetry, even if well intentioned, might end in the wrong hands (by a company acquisition, a data breach or a government request). And the data collected is probably enough to make cross referencing with other sources and identify you.
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backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
not all telemetry is bad or spying
sir_reginald@lemmy.world 11 months ago
backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
anonymous Telemetry exists
Dispossessed@lemmy.eco.br 11 months ago
The only telemetry that is not spying is when they ask if the user allows it, on install, with the default being: no.
Otherwise it’s all spying as far as I’m concerned.
backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
I’m not here to have the Fedora Telemetry discussion, but I think it’s not spying If the user has choice and control over what gets through if anything
Dispossessed@lemmy.eco.br 11 months ago
Agree to disagree. I think it’s not spying if the user have consent and control over what’s get through if anything. Consent is a higher bar to achieve then choice. But im perfectly fine with you having your own opinion on the matter!
backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
I think we agree here, tho I seem to have formulated my comment in a way where it didn’t seem like that.