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When it gets to Microsoft-level telemetry, yes, I'd say monsters. This situation? Less so. But how it so easily approaches such levels needs consideration. Ther
by eth0up 2y ago
When it gets to Microsoft-level telemetry, yes, I'd say monsters. This situation? Less so. But how it so easily approaches such levels needs consideration. There's simply a prevailing view with data where "if it exists and we can access it, it are belong to us" and collectively it is monstrous.
I'd rather people become overly (even unreasonably) sensitive to it than keep going with the flow. It's too easy to start with innocent bits, then more and more until real-time surveillance style Windows Recall shittery.
- pdimitar 2y ago> When it gets to Microsoft-level telemetry, yes, I'd say monsters. This situation? Less so. That was my point, yes. And I'll agree it's a slippery slope.
- eth0up 2y agoI'll also remind you of Audacity's opt-out telemetry proposal [0]. This is a rare exception in Linux presently and I'd hate to see it become the rule. 0. Only link I could quickly find: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/nbio7c/audacity_response_to_criticism_on_telemetry_pull/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/nbio7c/audacity_resp...
- wkat4242 2y agoIsn't that being removed by maintainers? Just like most flavours of Linux come with chromium without the spyware.
- eth0up 2y agoFair question and I'm not certain. If I guessed, I'd say you're generally right, for now. I think it's important to keep that crap out altogether and maintain a refuge somewhere, where one can doff the coat, sit down and work alone. Yet a time where this is impossible is foreseeable without much imagination.