On Sat, Jul 8, 2023, at 03:21, Demi Marie Obenour wrote:
If Fedora has 2 million users (possibly an overestimate) then the
metrics would need to have entropy much less than 2^21, which means
that the entire metrics set would need to be able to be represented
as a 20-bit integer. In practice, I suspect one would need to fit
the entire set in a 16-bit integer or less, and possibly
_significantly_ less.
I see this numbers as over-optimistic, since:
* The change will only apply to Fedora Workstation users, not all Fedora users
* Many pro users (probably a big percentage of the total Fedora users, due to the nature
of Fedora) will disble the telemetry
Overall, my pov is: this change is acceptable only if it is 100% opt-in.
Opt-out is not a valid way of saying "user consent", and can also be considered
a dark pattern (illegal in many places, immoral everywhere).
Best,
Fale
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