> Saying that checking for updates is a privacy violation just means that everything is lumped together Your IP address is considered PII. Hell with a timestam

> Saying that checking for updates is a privacy violation just means that everything is lumped together Your IP address is considered PII. Hell with a timestamp you can easily track the behavior of people. When do they work, when are they asleep, which holidays do they observe, when are they on vacation, ... . You can get really creepy with a tiny amount of actual information and some statistical analysis.