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I really think the world would mostly stop talking about it if all software started respecting a universal environment variable OPT_OUT_ALL_SILENT_TELEMETRY=1.
by kgwxd 6y ago
I really think the world would mostly stop talking about it if all software started respecting a universal environment variable OPT_OUT_ALL_SILENT_TELEMETRY=1. It's not the same as Do-Not-Track because the respecting or disrespecting of the variable can be verified independently, by the user, on their own machine. We'd only hear about the disrespecting software.
- michaelmrose 6y agoIf on reflection you come to the reasonable conclusion that the entirety of planet earth if fully informed and made to understand would opt to set OPT_OUT_ALL_SILENT_TELEMETRY to 1 why not skip a step and all act as if it were set to 1 now.
- saagarjha 6y ago> We'd only hear about the disrespecting software. You won't hear about it because nobody will respect that setting in any meaningful way, so everyone will disrespect it.
- kasabali 6y agoSomeone tried to propose it to popular software authors recently [0] Needless to say, authors weren't thrilled about it [0] https://consoledonottrack.com/ https://consoledonottrack.com/