Re:Console Do Not Track – Proposal for a standard environmen...
by jrochkind1 on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @12:58PM
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> Your point is basically "surveillance data is useful". And, well, yes. There would be zero debate over surveillance if there were literally no desirable reasons to have it.
Well, not exactly. The original comment was that "surveillance data" is useful to the user and their installation. For instance in getting better response to your error report. Or, I'd say, in keeping your software patched and up to date (check for updates is included in the OP as suppressed by 'do not track', since it necessarily reveals IP address).
Even if none of these things that make it useful to the actual users were in effect... surveillance would still be happening because it lets the vendor monetize the users data.
Useful to whom and for what seems relevant, instead of just aggregating it all as "sure, it's useful in some way to someone or it wouldn't happen."
Well, not exactly. The original comment was that "surveillance data" is useful to the user and their installation. For instance in getting better response to your error report. Or, I'd say, in keeping your software patched and up to date (check for updates is included in the OP as suppressed by 'do not track', since it necessarily reveals IP address).
Even if none of these things that make it useful to the actual users were in effect... surveillance would still be happening because it lets the vendor monetize the users data.
Useful to whom and for what seems relevant, instead of just aggregating it all as "sure, it's useful in some way to someone or it wouldn't happen."