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Straw poll on your preferences about opt-in / opt-out for possible data collection

discussion.fedoraproject.org Straw poll on your preferences about opt-in / opt-out for possible data collection

As you have probably seen, we have an ongoing discussion about a proposal for gathering information from Fedora Linux systems to help the desktop-team make data-driven decisions. One of the most controversial aspects of this is how we obtain user consent — whether that is “opt in” or “opt out”. In ...

Straw poll on your preferences about opt-in / opt-out for possible data collection

This is a follow-up to the earlier post about a poll by @[email protected] - the project lead Matthew Miller opened his own informal poll yesterday. Note that this isn't a formal vote, but it will help show the community's feelings on the subject.

> Please note that this is a “straw poll”, to get a better sense of sentiment, not a referendum or official vote. FESCo is an elected group, and it’s their responsibility to make decisions like this. And, in any case, a web forum poll is far from scientific approach. There is self-selection bias, and can be influenced by the wording.

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