placatedmayhem@lemmy.mltoLinux@lemmy.ml•a proposal to add opt-out telemetry in fedora is being discussed on fedora forumsEnglish
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1 year agoIf this gets implemented, I’ll certainly be switching distros. That opt-out telemetry is even a serious proposal is potentially enough for me to switch, as it indicates where the Fedora team’s heads are. I’ve been using and recommending Fedora for over a decade, but this is crosses a line.
This is the backdoor that’s deployed after a host is compromised. How the host is compromised is somewhat irrelevant. It could be exploited manually, social engineering, a worm, etc.