[gigel82]

That's a nice story... it's also possibly true.

But that's not how things work in most medium-large companies. I was asked to implement some telemetry in our client applications that I considered was going too far (clearly designed to get more information than was strictly required for feature function). I said no, manager said ok and assigned the task to John. John said sure boss and come end of year also got a promo. The telemetry is still there, now piped into a "personalization" feature; all above board (ToS-wise) of course.