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Telemetry by default ("opt-out") assumes consent by default. That's not how consent works. It's insulting that they're even considering this, and their justific
by lioeters 4y ago
Telemetry by default ("opt-out") assumes consent by default. That's not how consent works. It's insulting that they're even considering this, and their justifications sound just as condescending as Google's disregard for user privacy.
- Tozen 4y agoVery good point. Significant numbers of users, especially over time, would less likely know about the telemetry and to the extent of the data collection. Opt-in (with obvious notice) is clear consent. Opt-out "consent" after the fact, which is made less obvious and after who knows how much was taken, not so much.
- verdverm 4y agoIn the proposal and blog posts, they estimate that an installation will send on average ~1 report per year, with the expectation that this will decrease over time. They are very open about what information they are and are not collecting. Additionally, they will be making the raw data collected publicly available, so we can all inspect it to see. I'd be curious to know if another tool which collects metrics is as transparent as the Go team.