Let’s assume Intel has the best motivations here, and really wants to ensure that Intel devices perform better than competitors. There’s a far better way to accomplish this without invading the privacy of end users and becoming yet another attack vector (has anyone coined YAAV yet?):

- Create a program that allows developers and other companies to upload their code to be stored and executed by Intel to test and store performance improvements and regressions

- For those who don’t trust Intel with their code, allow them to register their site as part of a testing program. Intel can then rank the importance of these sites internally by popularity or whatever kind of metrics they want.

If developers and companies care, they’ll participate and work with Intel directly. If they don’t, they won’t. Stop pushing this crap onto users’ machines, building profiles, storing data, and invading everyone’s privacy.

We really need an anti-telemetry law in the US.