KUserFeedback – Telemetry in KDE Plasma Desktop

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KDE has gained what is probably the most invasive form of telemetry in open source software. KUserFeedback was added to Plasma 5.18 desktop, although disabled by default. It logs run times of some apps, submits information about your system, and provides participation to surveys.

Sources:
https://twitter.com/VolkerKrause/status/889104593912778752
https://conf.kde.org/en/akademy2017/public/events/335
https://jriddell.org/2020/02/05/kuserfeedback-1-0-0/
https://github.com/KDE/kuserfeedback
https://community.kde.org/Telemetry_Use
https://kde.org/privacypolicy-apps.php
https://community.kde.org/Policies/Telemetry_Policy


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