On 7/6/23 21:17, Michael Catanzaro wrote:
On Thu, Jul 6 2023 at 07:42:47 PM -0400, Demi Marie Obenour
<demiobenour(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Then make the metrics be neither opt-in nor opt-out. Have
> “Enable telemetry (y/n)?” be a mandatory question in the
> installer,
> which the user must answer.
The problem is if users are expected to answer, they are going to
probably answer No and it's effectively the same as an opt-in. But if
we have a default value, users will be inclined to leave the default
value.
My plan is to put this switch in gnome-initial-setup, not the
installer. But it will have a default value.
Remember, for avoidance of doubt, we will NEVER enable telemetry upload
without the user's consent, which is indicated by either (a) not
flipping the telemetry switch in gnome-initial-setup to the off
position, or (b) flipping the telemetry switch in gnome-control-center
to the on position.
That is not consent. The GDPR explicitly states that consent must
be opt-IN.
The way to get more data is not to trick users, but to explain _exactly_
what that data is in a way that non-technical people can actually
understand.
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Sincerely,
Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers)