[johnklos]

This seems wrong for several reasons:

* Collecting all sorts of telemetry has never been done for altruistic reasons by large tech companies.

* The value of an HP over an Apple is that the HP are supposed to be upgradable, so will HP start monitoring all the replaced parts of machines, too?

* HP has a multi-decade history of not being able to maintain a single URL for long term. I bet the only URL that hasn't changed from the '90s is "http://www.hp.com/". We're suppoed to believe that HP will maintain a customer facing system for more than a couple of machine lifecycles?

This is just an attempt to exfiltrate all sorts of data.

[01HNNWZ0MV43FF]

> HP has a multi-decade history of not being able to maintain a single URL for long term.

That reminds me of the HP BIOS Setup page: https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/tech-takes/how-to-enter-bios-s...

> There are two primary methods to access BIOS ...

> Method 1 involves restarting your computer and pressing a specific key during the boot process. This key varies by manufacturer but is typically one of the following: F1, F2, F10, DEL, or ESC.

It doesn't say what the key is for HP! On an hp.com article, with "HP" in the title, with "HP" in the header just before this section!

[gjm11]

It doesn't look like any exfiltration is happening? Although they use the word "telemetry", unless I'm misunderstanding the information is just stored locally on the device.

(Disclaimer: I am an HP employee, but I don't work on laptops and I think this is the first I have heard of "HPFax". Neither now nor at any other time on HN am I speaking for my employer rather than myself.)