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It is Google so...
by mynonameaccount 3y ago
It is Google so...
- lockhouse 3y agoWhat’s wrong with opt-in telemetry?
- anaganisk 3y agoProbably didn't read the title and article properly
- fathyb 3y agoOr maybe they're hangover, in which case: opt-in = it won't send telemetry unless you enable it.
- hardware2win 3y agoEven better question: what is wrong with reasonably telemetry turned on by default?
- jug6ernaut 3y ago1. "reasonable" is going to be different for every person. In this case it seems that the accepted "reasonable" telemetry to be on by default is None. 2. There will always be group of people who will never accept any level of telemetry.
- lockhouse 3y agoIn my opinion, the best approach to telemetry is to ask on first use. Explain clearly what telemetry you are sending and why. If this ever changes on a future update you ask again.
- technofiend 3y agoDoesn't work in firewalled / airgapped environments. Don't want to pay performance overhead from errors when it fails or configuration overhead to keep it off. What's considered reasonable can be changed over time and may not be defined by the end user. Potential side channel for data exfiltration if someone figures out how to abuse it, or mask stolen data to look the same. You get the idea.
- tredre3 3y ago> Don't want to pay performance overhead from errors when it fails or configuration overhead to keep it off. I've seen times and times again applications going apeshit when checking for updates (or the standard calling home) on an unstable/firewalled network, they enter endless loops with no back-off delays. They just assume it will work. It's maddening, because my firewall defaults to drop everything. OnlyOffice is incredibly aggressive if you dare to firewall it, it will do several hundred thousands connection attempts when you start any of its components. But let's be fair here, even IF google were to implement opt-out telemetry in such a lazy way, it would get fixed soon enough after complaints.
- kbelder 3y agoNo, that's a worse question, because the answer is more obvious and it's not interesting.