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Re:Surveilling the Gamers: Privacy Impacts of the Video Game... by Nextgrid on Friday July 09, 2021 @06:40PM (#27789320)
It's opt-in (and the preselected option is "no" so even if you accidentally press enter you won't opt-in) and very clearly explained during installation.
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Re:Surveilling the Gamers: Privacy Impacts of the Video Game... by quesera on Saturday July 10, 2021 @11:04AM (#27793794)
You are correct.

Ubuntu installed Debian's popcon as a default package from 2006-2018, although apparently it was not configured to send data upstream.

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