telemetry.optIn defaults to true

Re:telemetry.optIn defaults to true by n0n0n4t0r on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @02:48AM (#34321755)

Enabling by default this setting is quite annoying from the point of view of the user... But, from the point of view of the software developer, the choice is not so easy: You decide to either be totally blind on the usage of your software or you jump into the exact situation they are in in this comment thread: piss of people.

At least they choose to let us opt out easily, no?

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Re:telemetry.optIn defaults to true by snehk on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @02:55AM (#34321811)

I think it's more about the naming. OptIn doesn't really suggest that it would be true by default. It being named telemetry.optOut and being set to false by default would make more sense.

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Re:telemetry.optIn defaults to true by Kiala on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @03:50AM (#34322126)

Or, how about: telemetry.enabled?

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Re:telemetry.optIn defaults to true by vitro on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @03:08AM (#34321887)

What about if you would just... ask? I usually allow sending telemetry back if I'm asked nicely and the reason is explained well.

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Re:telemetry.optIn defaults to true by jraph on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @02:55AM (#34321810)

> At least they choose to let us opt out easily, no?

Everybody does. Even MS and Google tools. I would say it's the bare minimum.

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Re:telemetry.optIn defaults to true by vladvasiliu on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @04:09AM (#34322233)

IIRC you can't opt out completely from sending telemetry in Windows. Your choices are "basic" and "full", or something similar.

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Re:telemetry.optIn defaults to true by jraph on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @04:35AM (#34322402)

Ah, right, hadn't thought of Windows, I was thinking about dotnet and other MS (open source) cli stuff I read about.

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Re:telemetry.optIn defaults to true by CodesInChaos on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @09:38AM (#34325475)

Opt out via environment variables (like dotnet requires) is hardly "easy" and it's quite fragile.

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Re:telemetry.optIn defaults to true by forty on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @02:57AM (#34321820)

Exactly. As in many cases in life, "Criticism is easy, and art is difficult." :)

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Re:telemetry.optIn defaults to true by joelhaasnoot on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @03:31AM (#34322026)

Cough, is this even legal under GDPR?

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Re:telemetry.optIn defaults to true by sofixa on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @05:35AM (#34322828)

There is no personal information, only an anonymous identifier and usage information of a specific tool only, so GDPR doesn't come into play.

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