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| Opt in telemetry | 2022-06-03T02:27:05-07:00 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31604932 | As far as I am concerned, telemetry is a good thing | SocialMediaPosting | eterevsky | https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=eterevsky |
Being enrolled in a study should require prior informed consent. Terms of the data collection, including what data can be collected and how that data will be used, must be presented to all participants in language they can understand. Only then can they provide informed consent.
Harvesting data without permission is just exploitation. Software improvements and user engagement are not more important than basic respect for user agency.
Moreover, not everyone is like you. People who do have reason to care about data collection should not have their critical needs outweighed for the mere convenience of the majority. This type of rhetoric is often used to dismiss accessibility concerns, which is why we have to turn to legislation.