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Re:Eternal Terminal by Nextgrid on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @01:39PM (#21641239)
> Is it normal for remote shells to have telemetry?

Well, tools that you wouldn't expect to phone home like text editors and compilers now do. See VSCode, the .NET Core compiler and even the Windows 10 calculator [0].

[0]: https://github.com/Microsoft/calculator/issues/148

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Re:Eternal Terminal by Thorrez on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @09:46PM (#21644851)
Yes, on the front page of HN right now is a post about Atom phoning home.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21642391

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Re:Eternal Terminal by satanspastaroll on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @07:46AM (#21647379)
Does Microsoft collect the calculations themselves, or metadata related to it's use?
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