I just moved into my rented house and discovered the CCTV outside my front door, in public view, but also on my property, is actually monitored by the landlord, not me.
- you = me
- software = house
- telemetry = CCTV
I just entered a new mall and discovered that they monitors how many people come in and out (and at what time) in order to ensure they have enough cashier.
- you = me - software = mall - monitoring basic metrics in order to improve the service = counting people in/out
This is completely OK, and somehow everybody likes that they increase the number of cashier during busy time. Just like the mall, you do not own the software, you juste have the right to enter/use it.
Indeed, human greed is faster moving than regulation, so its no wonder we are in the transition phase.
And if you tell me all this identifiable data about me is safe, this is simply not true. Safe from motivated 3rd parties, then this is also not true.
Unfortunately, we do not live in this ideal world where data is used for only good.
We live in a world where people get away with undetected overreach all the time.
This is specifically about telemetry in an open source code. If you want to know what data it sends, you can look for yourself.
> my property
Those two things don't jive. It's your property OR you rent it. Not both.