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HP appears to only want to collect analytics metadata for product decisions, asks permission beforehand, grants the option to turn off telemetry, and are super
by jart 7y ago
HP appears to only want to collect analytics metadata for product decisions, asks permission beforehand, grants the option to turn off telemetry, and are super transparent about exactly what's collected. That sounds reasonable to me. What does this Stripe employee have to gain from scaremongering people about HP? If corporations face unfair backlash for being open about their data policies, they'll just do it in secret.
- unionpivo 7y agoMy definition of super transparent and yours seem to be different. > If corporations face unfair backlash for being open about their data policies, they'll just do it in secret. Not in EU. (citation not needed, use google) (edit: i do not agree its unfair) They obscured as much as possible while still complying wit the law. Turning it off is also not easy or straightforward as the article explained. HP became one of the biggest in the printer market without their printers collecting so much metadata. I agree with author, this reality where everything snoops on you pisses me off.
- im3w1l 7y agoThey are legally required to be open about their data policies. The intention of course is to enable discussion like this. If they start collecting data in secret they will be punished for it.
- tomjen3 7y agoCollecting data on hardware devices, or anything else people pay money for should never be considered reasonable under any circumstances.
- JohnFen 7y ago> If corporations face unfair backlash for being open about their data policies, they'll just do it in secret. That sounds suspiciously close to extortion. "If we tell customers what we're doing and they hate it, let's stop telling them" vs "if we tell customers what we're doing and they hate it, let's stop doing that stuff".