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> Imagine if /bin/bash had optional telemetry. That immediately brought PowerShell to mind -- it boggles the mind how much opt-out telemetry Microsoft has in t
by hansvm 5y ago
> Imagine if /bin/bash had optional telemetry.
That immediately brought PowerShell to mind -- it boggles the mind how much opt-out telemetry Microsoft has in their core offerings.
- MereInterest 5y agoHoly wat? I had to look it up to make sure you weren't joking, but yes, PowerShell has telemetry [0]. I hadn't ever looked into it when developing on Windows because it hadn't even crossed my mind that that would be something that was done. I think I'd insert "Silently enables telemetry without telling you and with no indication that telemetry can be disabled" just below the mandatory telemetry stage, and would extend the "spyware" description to include it. [0] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_telemetry?view=powershell-7.1 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft...
- hansvm 5y agoNot just PowerShell by the way. Most of their CLI offerings (compilers, shells, ...) that I've used have opt-out telemetry. > Silently enables telemetry Iirc most of them tell you about that the first time you use them, or they did back when I still used Windows.