PSA: Intel Graphics Drivers Now Collect Telemetry By Default
PSA: Intel Graphics Drivers Now Collect Telemetry By Default
The latest version of Intel Arc GPU Graphics Software introduced an interesting change that isn't reflected in the Release Notes. The installer of the 101.4578 beta drivers add a "Compute Improvement Program" (CIP) component as part of the "typical" setup option that is enabled by default. Under the...
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I'm not totally against all telemetry... but can they at least be transparent about when they use it, and exactly what they're collecting? It really could be as simple as just defaulting to asking the user.
Debian approaches this sort of information gathering in the most respectful way I’ve seen so far. During the installation process there’s a screen where you are presented the option to participate in sharing package popularity statistics. It’s opt-in, just like it should be. Doing this sort of thing with the possibility to opt-out is super shady, but unfortunately very common these days.
You can also apt install or purge popcon whenever you want.
Same here as I believe (and correct me if I'm wrong) some types of data that can be collected can be helpful to the driver devs, especially for arc but other than that everything else should be opt-in and they should ask for permission of the user