That's not all that matters. IMO the real decision is: do you /trust/ MS ? Do you trust that they anonymize collected data and that they won't secretly change collected data? Do you trust future MS with that information.
You don't need to trust them. The telemetry code is open source AND they release the aggregate data it collects for anyone to use/inspect.
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You don't need to trust them. The telemetry code is open source AND they release the aggregate data it collects for anyone to use/inspect.
If it's completely open, how do they keep it from being spammed?