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What if you repeatedly fail to anonymize the information and also collect user-entered data like command line arguments? https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues/6
by ptx 5y ago
What if you repeatedly fail to anonymize the information and also collect user-entered data like command line arguments?
https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues/6145 https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues/6145
- cromka 5y agoWell, you make my point. What you linked to is definitely not telemetry.
- sangnoir 5y agoI disagree - they are correct because once collected, the data is fed into a blackbox, and a user has no way of knowing if the data collected is - by your definition - spyware or telemetry. The beat way to treat this Schrodinger's telemetry, is to assume it's spyware.
- marcosdumay 5y ago> What you linked to is definitely not telemetry. So, the OP was correct in calling it just spyware? Why do people jump into defending corporations that repeatedly abuse their customers when they do unknowable hidden actions?
- cromka 5y agoWe're not defending any company here, don't twist my words. I am saying "telemetry" is not spyware, if it actually serves its purpose. Companies abusing "telemetry" to extract more information than they should is a different story.
- ptx 5y agoSo is your point that what Microsoft is doing is in fact spyware and not technically "telemetry", since what I linked to is what they are actually doing? In that case, to avoid confusion, we should stop referring to it as telemetry.
- cromka 5y agoYes, agreed. In that example, that was spyware, but calling "telemetry" spyware by default is wrong.