Also every time you install a program Microsoft, Apple and Google knows depending on the device. For your safety of course. The tracking is so pervasive and the majority of people do not care.
replyIt’s already a law in Europe. GDPR and ePrivacy. You have to get consent from the user. Having worked for European companies, they take it seriously.
replyThe assumption that telemetry is not allowed by GDPR is flawed
replyAnonymous telemetry is allowed – and I don’t have a problem with that.
replyUnfortunately there's no such thing as anonymous telemetry. There are multiple techniques to re-identify scrubbed data, and some [seemingly innocuous] data is inherently identifying.
replyhttps://techcrunch.com/2019/07/24/researchers-spotlight-the-... | https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/11/debunking-myth-anonymo...