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Re:Microsoft Is Putting Ads on the Mail App in Windows 10 by hsivonen on Saturday November 17, 2018 @04:01AM (#18474685)
18.04 prompts you very clearly and the first report they let you see looks innocent. Is there something concretely wrong with 18.94 telemetry beyond objecting to even optional telemetry on principle?

(I agree that the Amazon search thing was bad.)

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Re:Microsoft Is Putting Ads on the Mail App in Windows 10 by Crontab on Saturday November 17, 2018 @08:53AM (#18475519)
I've avoided Ubuntu since the Amazon-search issue, so I haven't tested 18.04 personally, but the second article I linked to says:

"This data collection is turned on by default"

I took this to mean that telemetry was being collected and, if someone desired, could be turned off after the fact. I have a problem with telemetry being opt-out (it should always be opt-in). If Ubuntu is prompting to allow or disallow the collection of data, then that is good news, as people are being asked for their informed consent.

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