When people ask why we're so concerned about the privacy implications and specifically the telemetry functionality of modern software... This. This is why. Eve

When people ask why we're so concerned about the privacy implications and specifically the telemetry functionality of modern software... This. This is why. Even if that functionality is implemented with good intentions and the data is only intended to be used for responsible purposes, the biggest and most technically capable organisations in the world can still make mistakes and suffer data leaks, which are potentially a gift to criminals, commercial competitors, and so on. If there's anything sensitive in there -- personal data, commercial information that was provided under NDA -- we're probably still on the hook for it legally, too.