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Yes, but when you’re Googling, you’re searching for public information. When you’re using the terminal, you’re mostly manipulating your own data, often in ways
by marlor 5y ago
Yes, but when you’re Googling, you’re searching for public information.
When you’re using the terminal, you’re mostly manipulating your own data, often in ways that would reveal sensitive information if your terminal history was leaked.
Any attempt to collect data from users’ terminal interactions is indistinguishable from keylogging.
- meowface 5y agoThey could rationalize it as only capturing the commands and not the arguments, or something. (If that's indeed the long-term plan. No clue; for all I know data collection isn't intended as the business strategy whatsoever.)