Okay honestly, at what point in time creeped that telemetry "I need all your data for totally no reason but I feel like I should collect it anyways to satisfy m

Okay honestly, at what point in time creeped that telemetry "I need all your data for totally no reason but I feel like I should collect it anyways to satisfy my desire to spy on you" fetish (generally) into software? My first (broad) contact with something like that was in the early 2000 with a certain operating system, which decided it needs to check an ID online before allowing me to use it.