Testers needed: Manjaro Data Donor

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@weasel

f the metric is more up to date, i.e. every day, like at the moment, this is almost like a monitoring system and that is something completely different than just collecting a few pieces of information about what kind of machines we use Manjaro on.

This (frequency) is very problematic in my eyes, especially since the device_id (or even something seemlngly harmless as the install_date) is indeed suitable to track a single device.

@romangg

somebody who doesn’t know much about software, maybe even not know that he or she uses Manjaro.
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Does he really want to read a long explanation why he should click “yes” here? If he only ever uses Manjaro to get his computing needs done without much other involvement?

Your users aren’t dumb - don’t treat them as such.
If you have trouble explaining your data collection reasons, contents and processing in short and concise paragraphs to them, it’s not your users fault.

@romangg

I think such a popup is user hostile

I think data collection without consent and opt-in is user hostile.

@romangg

I’m also on a personal level fine with making this opt-out.

You’re not acting on a “personal level” here but as manjaro CTO and it very much looks like you’ve not fully grasped the seriousness of unwanted telemetry.