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Re:PSA: Intel Graphics Drivers Now Collect Telemetry by Default by SAI_Peregrinus on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @09:21AM (#37048572)
> There's plenty of "probably say no if you don't know what this means" in what he ignored.

Users will pretty much always click what they think will make the goal they're trying to accomplish work. Usually "yes" or whatever the default is.

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Re:PSA: Intel Graphics Drivers Now Collect Telemetry by Default by bravetraveler on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @09:27AM (#37048665)
Indeed, and a tool that does what it's told is a good tool

The packaging snafu was unfortunate, but beyond preventing him from having the ability, I don't know how it could have improved

The spec shouldn't have been so egregiously incorrect. Pretending it didn't happen... how is something both powerful and safe?

I don't know how anything could be made to take arbitrary input and sort it out to meaningful work

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