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>not adding malware >adding telemetry Pick one and only one. Any form of telemetry should be clearly documented - what it does gather, when, and in what event
by Xelbair 4y ago
>not adding malware
>adding telemetry
Pick one and only one. Any form of telemetry should be clearly documented - what it does gather, when, and in what events, and disabled by default(opt-in model). And module gathering it should be open source.
It shouldn't be something that's based on trust, trust that it won't be abused.
There were enough leaks, or news that, under guise of 'telemetry', a lot of unrelated data was gathered, without consent.
Frankly Microsoft has been open in this regard, but as you seem to generalize, i'll allow myself to do it too.
- darkcha0s 4y agoIt is: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/telemetry https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/telemetry
- Xelbair 4y agoAs i said, as previous poster was generalizing, so was I. Microsoft, at least with vscode, is open about that - but what about other products?
- eterevsky 4y agoIt is clearly documented and the code is open source. When X does something bad under guise of Y, it doesn't mean that Y is bad, it means that X is bad. If I introduce myself as a plumber and then rob you, you shouldn't blame plumbers. So either you accept that this telemetry is just telemetry and then you shouldn't have a problem with it, or you are claiming that MS is doing something malicious under the guise of gathering telemetry, and in that case you need to provide some evidence to support it.
- fartcannon 4y agoThe evidence is the entire history of Microsoft's shitty behaviour, including the very recent Microsoft Purview Classifiers. You're the frog, they're the scorpian.
- eterevsky 4y agoI'm out of the loop. What's wrong with Microsoft Purview Classifiers? I tried to quickly google them, but didn't find any obvious controversies.
- digisign 4y agoAnd is it opt in?