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Automatic? Absolutely. "Proper anonymization" is a joke, supposedly anonymized datasets are shown to reveal PII all the time. Informed user consent is param
by mcpackieh 3y ago
Automatic? Absolutely. "Proper anonymization" is a joke, supposedly anonymized datasets are shown to reveal PII all the time. Informed user consent is paramount, and if informed consent isn't possible because the nature of the report is too technical for the users then the report shouldn't be sent.
Even if some rare few developers can properly anonymize data and for instance, scrub core dumps of any user data, them doing so normalizes the practice of opt-out telemetry and most other developers won't be so careful.
- charcircuit 3y agoThe crash reports are only looked at by automated systems and by Microsoft developers who can only temporarily keep them on their machines. Microsoft is interested in improving software and not violating people's privacy.
- pacifika 3y agoMicrosoft developers might be interested in improving software, but Microsoft the business is interested in partnerships and making money off people using Windows.