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“The University of Dublin professor says that this expansive data collection raises at least two major concerns. First, that the telemetry can be used to link physical devices to personal details, data that both companies are most likely exploiting for advertising purposes.

Second, that the telemetry collection process allows the OS makers to track users’ location based on the IP address that connects and uploads device telemetry to their servers.

The researcher said that currently, there are very few, if any, realistic options for users to prevent telemetry collection from their devices.”

This is not what I signed up for, makes me want to leave my smartphone at home or in a faraday cage powered off so I’m not being triangulated by cell towers or these ubiquitous telemetry logs.