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Previous versions of Windows didn't require all this 'telemetry' and those operating systems did just fine without it. Why now all of a sudden it's this importa

• adiabatty 10y ago
  It's nice to know what's popular and what's largely unused; this helps Microsoft figure out where to allocate scarce engineer time for feature development and maintenance. You'd generally want them to fix the most common crashes and UI weirdnesses before fixing the uncommon ones, right?
  • pdkl95 10y ago
    Sure it's nice. Sending data to Microsoft is fine if and only if someone gives their informed consent to give that information (which includes a manifest of the exact information that will be logged and transmitted). Microsoft isn't entitled to this information. Asking is fine, but tricking people with opt-out settings - which they know most people won't notice or understand - or simply exfiltrating data unasked or against the user's wishes is patently unethical. Stealing data like this should really be seen as the digital version of trespassing or larceny. Unfortunately, the law is slow to change and this isn't a crime. "Legal" does not imply "moral" or "acceptable to society", and extrapolating your own opinions to other people is the "projection" fallacy.