Re:Ubiquiti adds phone-home to the access point firmware
by zeeZ on Sunday November 03, 2019 @03:02AM
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The proper way to do this IMHO would be to first not sneak this in quietly. Then have those logs collected on the controller, where they can be reviewed and manually submitted.
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Re:Ubiquiti adds phone-home to the access point firmware
by wutanc on Sunday November 03, 2019 @07:15AM
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I can understand them wanting logs of crashes, it's a reasonable way to try and improve their service. Since you can use their APs with other controllers that would limit their collected data. Having the data being manually sent would also limit their collected data.
I'm ok with them actually collecting data, as long as they're:
* Open about what actuall data is being collected. * Open about them actually collecting data and not sneaking it in. * Providing a way to opt-out. * Adding the proper GDPR documentation around this so as clearly not to break the law. As it is it's a grey zone, why not be clear about it.