[mst]

> Critical systems should not have installed an operating system that collects metadata on virtually anything the user does

Thing is, the more of that data they have, the more likely they are to prioritise testing those use cases.

So it's a trade-off - do you want telemetry, or do you want a higher risk of bugs - you have to pick one.

[tgragnato]

Just to mention two alternative ways to get data: bug reports, product feedbacks. You can ask for logs, system diagnostics, backtraces... One may have less data, but probably of a superior quality.

Outsmarting sysadmins, developers and users is not the first need.

If one is not gathering enough data because many are not able to find the tools and/or the website for the reports, that's a usability issue and that is what should be solved.

I seriously think telemetry is the wrong solution for the matter.