The original post: /r/privacy by /u/Legal_Ad_5437 on 2024-11-09 08:29:58.

followed by ‘’ to improve the product’’ and I want to help my email provider that I am subscribed to, private network provider, calendars, password managers, authenticators, browsers that I use etc.

However we do not know if the data is really anonymised. We do not see what is really being collected and done behind the scene in the kitchen with that data. We do not even know when we check the box in good faith, if they really care to collect it to improve anything at all.

Sometimes I see vague phrases like: ‘‘your anonymized usage data may be used for research purposes’’

What research is that, how much data, we know nothing. We don’t know if we don’t check the box if our data can be collected anyway. Is such consent just to save the face ? Who audits and monitors these activities we don’t know.

Often times it is said that open source code can be verified. However no avarage or even those who are above avarage can read a code and understand what it does. Is a product being an open source a gurantee that our data won’t be misused ? What are your thoughts ? Do you agree to help your privacy tools with such consent ? Do you trust the disclaimers and privacy policies that companies publish ?