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a proposal to add opt-out telemetry in fedora is being discussed on fedora forums (discussion.fedoraproject.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by sherlockandghibli@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/782760

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

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[–] Mortalsub@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Why even collect telemetry? Almost 20 years of Fedora and now they add telemetry? IBM really turns companies they own to crap.

[–] Sallp@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

It should be opt-in.