F40 Change Request: Privacy-preserving Telemetry for Fedora Workstation (System-Wide)
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the proposal is from a red-hat team member and is proposing addition of “privacy-respecting” telemetry. here’s the link to the hyperkitty thread

  • ono@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    the default state of the checkbox is on.

    That’s a very strange thing to mistake for consent.

    • joojmachine@lemmy.mlEnglish
      22·
      1 year ago

      It’s not mistaken for context, you’re just missing the point. The switch is just part of it, the user would still have to consent to send their data before it is sent and the proposal proposes to have it detailing the data that is going to be sent and explaining the process.

      Having it as a default guarantees it doesn’t scare non-power users away from it. It’s not about just having people clicking next and accepting it without consent.

      • SymbolicLink@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Disagree, no matter the level of detail, having “yes” automatically selected is an assumption. What purpose would it have other than hoping people will just select the defaults and ignore it?

        Having it as a default guarantees it doesn’t scare non-power users away from it. It’s not about just having people clicking next and accepting it without consent.

        Scare away from what? Data collection? I mean even in that wording you are saying there is something to be scared of. It should be up the user. If you are saying “non-power users won’t fully understand what is being collected and might get scared away if it isn’t the default option” then that is even worse TBH. Preying on people not fully understanding what’s going on.

    • Aman Das@rammy.siteEnglish
      01·
      1 year ago

      It’s not mistaken for consent, only if you dont switch it off the data is sent.

      • joojmachine@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Wrong again, the “switch” only sets the setting itself, but before finishing the setup process the user would be provided with a confirmation detailing the data that would be sent and provided with the option to send it or not. The process would have user consent.