I've tried having this conversation, you're right. Making headway is really hard and one of the primary reasons is that the topic is very complicated. There a

I've tried having this conversation, you're right. Making headway is really hard and one of the primary reasons is that the topic is very complicated. There are many employees at MS who deal with those complexities as a full time job. MS Devs who do venture to discuss it are aware of the complexities and tread very cautiously: any slight misphrase has bad outcomes. Smarter participants in the conversation will merely point you to Microsoft's public facing privacy statement, which is such broad legalese that it's not entirely helpful to the analytically minded individual that wants to learn more. That said, I've worked with diagnostic data for several years now and I've never seen anything to justify the hatred that MS gets over this. I've been on teams that have spent a lot of effort ensuring that any data is gathered, stored, and used in a respectful and legal manner. I've seen mistakes, but they are disclosed and remedied as part of the business process. [disclaimer, MS employee, my employer wants me to state that this is my opinion and not Microsoft's]