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David Revoy

@drq Yeah... Telemetry. Wacom was already caught hands full in the honey pot: robertheaton.com/2020/02/05/wa .It made top news of many tech website tomshardware.com/news/wacom-ta and had to publish apologies and fix it (by adding option for consent, of course).
I guess it is the same here. Brands wants to know who use their driver, for what, how long... I would probably advice someone installing their driver to put the executable behind a strong firewall rule.

22 Jun 2022 at 12:27 | Open on framapiaf.org
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Dr. Quadragon ❌

@davidrevoy I'm naïve, I know, but shouldn't this be just malware and therefore illegal then?

22 Jun 2022 at 14:50 | Open on mastodon.ml
Dr. Quadragon ❌

@davidrevoy
(And btw, telemetry in and of itself is not a mortal sin. Whereas enabling it by default without the slightest notice, in my book, should be)

22 Jun 2022 at 14:52 | Open on mastodon.ml
David Revoy

@drq Yes, it was malware/illegal (at least in today's world Europe with RGPD, and bypassing user consent). But on Twitter, someone pointed me that now Wacom ask at install, but the sentence let think the hardware will function worst without accepting it; and the button to reject is difficult to find (a dark pattern). This , and a ToS and a "I accept" when user just install and want to benefit of their hardware makes it possible legally now.

22 Jun 2022 at 15:02 | Open on framapiaf.org
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