I don't think this is even "somewhat" justified. The legitimate way to acquire this information would be to purchase it from partners who have a legitimate rea

I don't think this is even "somewhat" justified. The legitimate way to acquire this information would be to purchase it from partners who have a legitimate reason to collect it. If you want to know how popular 4K streaming is, for instance, Netflix, Twitch (etc) can provide that information. My uninformed guess is that the information would be far less costly and of far better quality than using some large-scale spyware deployment instead. Unless there's something more that can make it worth Intel's while.