> Like when I tell it to download something, I don't expect to have to futz with IE browser settings (WTF?!?!)
You Can use Power Shell Core. Which is way bettet, Cross Plat and does not need ie settings fiddling. I use it to script on cross Platform Tools mostly
I'm a huge privacy advocate, but telemetry doesn't have to be a dirty word. With PowerShell Core, we went through an RFC process to define our telemetry goals and implementation[1], we publish our data to a public dashboard[2], and all of the telemetry source code is out there in the open[3]. Our telemetry enables to help drive prioritization and decisions around platform/OS usage, and disabling it as simple as setting an environment variable[4].
If there are any other ways we could make our telemetry implementation more palatable without seriously reducing its usefulness, we're absolutely open to suggestions.
Thanks for replying. If your remove it, it is palatable. Stop carrying the flag for something detrimental to the end user.
Firstly anything that ships data out of a secure environment is a risk regardless of your intentions. You don’t always get the code right (this has already happened in .net core), the surface area of your software is multiplied (everything that sends telemetry talks to different hosts) and finally it adds a huge amount of noise to logs and IDS systems which make them less effective.
To stop this it requires a large effort and costs a lot of money. This adds a lot of noise to audits, requires administrative effort to silence, means we may not be within compliance of various data protection directives.
For this we get no observable product improvements. Look at windows 10 for all the telemetry. It’s a pile of crap.
Telemetry is literally a guessing mechanism so you don’t have to listen to your users concerns. A cost cutting exercise. You closed connect and didn’t listen to your users then. You cut off partner support pretty heavily. Now you collect data and make a finger in the air guess.
"without seriously reducing its usefulness" -- can you describe more clearly what the usefulness is that you are attempting to retain, and why that is important to your customers?
You Can use Power Shell Core. Which is way bettet, Cross Plat and does not need ie settings fiddling. I use it to script on cross Platform Tools mostly