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Re:Microsoft Is Killing ePub Support in Edge Classic by lewisj489 on Friday August 30, 2019 @02:57AM (#20836451)
Not sure why you're being downvoted. Telemtery can be a invaluable tool for a whole bunch of reasons. It should, of course, be optional.

I think only 1 type of telemetry shouldn't ask for permission, a quick, anonymous ping to say it's been installed.

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Re:Microsoft Is Killing ePub Support in Edge Classic by tremon on Friday August 30, 2019 @04:23AM (#20836748)
a quick, anonymous ping

Sure, but for it to be anonymous it should not contain the sender's IP address. That probably means an UDP message with nulled source ip, which runs foul of many ISP's egress filters (and rightly so).

So, realistically speaking, there is no such thing as an anonymous ping. Or am I missing an obvious solution here?

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Re:Microsoft Is Killing ePub Support in Edge Classic by jefftk on Friday August 30, 2019 @06:52AM (#20837400)
You could have an aggregation service, run by a trusted independent non-profit. It could have a strong privacy policy and external auditing.
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