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what is it to talk about? Anything to be discussed about telemetry as a general concept, has been discussed in other products at some point. I personally think
by nsonha 5y ago
what is it to talk about? Anything to be discussed about telemetry as a general concept, has been discussed in other products at some point. I personally think the paranoid toward telemetry is just an ideological one, I doubt people can articulate exactly how telemetry is detrimental to them.
I would not blame companies for adding telemetry for improving their product (instead of tracking user), and not explicitly tell the paranoid mob about it, as if to give them excuse not to use the product. It's not like they won't find out anyway.
- teakettle42 5y ago> I doubt people can articulate exactly how telemetry is detrimental to them. It’s not hard to articulate. Here’s Der Spiegel’s 2013 reporting on the NSA’s use of Windows telemetry for passive observation of targets: > The automated crash reports are a "neat way" to gain "passive access" to a machine, … [this] provides valuable insights into problems with a targeted person's computer and, thus, information on security holes that might be exploitable for planting malware or spyware on the unwitting victim's computer. > In one internal graphic, [the NSA] replaced the text of Microsoft's original error message with one of their own reading, "This information may be intercepted by a foreign sigint system to gather detailed information and better exploit your machine."