On 7/6/23 21:17, Michael Catanzaro wrote: > On Thu, Jul 6 2023 at 07:42:47 PM -0400, Demi Marie Obenour > <demioben...@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. -- Sincerely, Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers) _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue