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It's not productive to be hyperbolic or reductive. There's a huge difference between telemetry and spyware, especially in this context.
by drusepth 5y ago
It's not productive to be hyperbolic or reductive. There's a huge difference between telemetry and spyware, especially in this context.
- JohnFen 5y agoIt all depends on if informed consent was obtained first. Anything that is collecting data about me or my use of my machines without my informed consent is spying in any context.
- sneak 5y agoWhen software transmits usage off device silently without consent from the user, in ways that benefit a remote party and do not benefit the user: that's spyware.