What do you think? The Hated One said Signal was the honeypot, but it looks like Element is the real one. Signal doesn’t even have analytics, or barely something that we should be afraid of.

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  • Lionel C-RA
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    83 years ago

    As long as it’s opt-in and they don’t harass you I don’t see the problem.

    Compare this to companies that make this stuff opt-out and put the setting behind several menus and “really, are you sure you want to take money from me, I mean are you really really sure?” confirmations, then reactivate it at the next update.

  • @Nyaa@lemmy.ml
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    Getting analytics isn’t a honeypot or an invasion of privacy.

    Getting analytics without consent or as opt out is a honeypot or an invasion of privacy.

    As long as a company or software takes steps to protect my data, asks me first, and doesn’t try to trick me into enabling it, I am fine with it collecting privacy preserving analytics on my usage.

  • NFT screenshotter
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    Anonymous analytics are useful for developers though. As long as it’s opt-in and clear there’s no problem.

  • @caelp@lemmy.ml
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    basically everyone these days ask you analytics, the best you can do is saying no and use open source stuff