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Why would a developer be allowed to enable something that has zero immediate benefit for the user, yet erodes at the user's privacy? Privacy-conscious tracking
by Rygian 5y ago
Why would a developer be allowed to enable something that has zero immediate benefit for the user, yet erodes at the user's privacy?
Privacy-conscious tracking begins with asking for permission to disclose my personal information (eg. my IP address), before anything ever goes on the wire.
- ricardobeat 5y agoThat’s not what I meant by privacy conscious. They don’t need your IP address to track usage or health metrics. Most of it can be collected anonymously. We should encourage software to simply not collect personal information at all.