xendi
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Hello wonderful people. Upon setting up a new router, I was confronted with the following message:
"By using AiProtection, Traffic analyzer, Apps analyzer, Adaptive QoS/Game boost, Web history, you agree to the Trend Micro End User License Agreement.
Please note that your information will be collected by Trend Micro through AiProtection, Traffic analyzer, Apps analyzer, Adaptive QoS and web history."
I see that there was a lengthy privacy debate about this over here. It's not my intention to rekindle that debate. However, what I would like to know is, what information is being collected for each service? Some of these features are potentially inherently extremely obtrusive. Under AI Protection we have:
Network Protection
It's neither my intent to definitively say that Trend Micro is going to abuse my data; rather, I believe that a company who doesn't clearly tell you exactly what data each feature is going to be sending to them has already started on a road to abusing trust. Otherwise, I wouldn't have to post here. It doesn't matter what they intend to do with my data. What's important is what could happen to my data, regardless of their intent.
Features like QOS are standard and though I'm hesitant to not use it, I'm even more hesitant to blindly agree to send an ambiguous legalese definition of "Personal data" to Trend Micro. So that I might not be so blind in my trust, does anyone know what they're collecting for each feature? If I accept the agreement, does that mean they start collecting everything they can, regardless of which feature(s) I enable? Are any steps taken to anonymize my data? Companies like Mozilla and Google (At least in their open-source products) tend to use hashes and other anonymizing representations of data so as to sever the link between the user and the data. Is that being done here? Will my public IP address or device's MAC address be included with this data in their original forms?
To be clear, I have no interest in discussing what Trend Micro is or isn't allowed to do with my data. I care more about entities that might compel them to hand it over and unintentional leaks. I just want to know exactly what data they're getting for each feature, what form it takes, and so on. I'm also curious what role the VPN client might play in this (In terms of improving the situation), if any.
"By using AiProtection, Traffic analyzer, Apps analyzer, Adaptive QoS/Game boost, Web history, you agree to the Trend Micro End User License Agreement.
Please note that your information will be collected by Trend Micro through AiProtection, Traffic analyzer, Apps analyzer, Adaptive QoS and web history."
I see that there was a lengthy privacy debate about this over here. It's not my intention to rekindle that debate. However, what I would like to know is, what information is being collected for each service? Some of these features are potentially inherently extremely obtrusive. Under AI Protection we have:
Network Protection
- Router Security Assessment
- Malicious Sites Blocking
- Vulnerability Protection
- Infected Device Prevention and Blocking
It's neither my intent to definitively say that Trend Micro is going to abuse my data; rather, I believe that a company who doesn't clearly tell you exactly what data each feature is going to be sending to them has already started on a road to abusing trust. Otherwise, I wouldn't have to post here. It doesn't matter what they intend to do with my data. What's important is what could happen to my data, regardless of their intent.
Features like QOS are standard and though I'm hesitant to not use it, I'm even more hesitant to blindly agree to send an ambiguous legalese definition of "Personal data" to Trend Micro. So that I might not be so blind in my trust, does anyone know what they're collecting for each feature? If I accept the agreement, does that mean they start collecting everything they can, regardless of which feature(s) I enable? Are any steps taken to anonymize my data? Companies like Mozilla and Google (At least in their open-source products) tend to use hashes and other anonymizing representations of data so as to sever the link between the user and the data. Is that being done here? Will my public IP address or device's MAC address be included with this data in their original forms?
To be clear, I have no interest in discussing what Trend Micro is or isn't allowed to do with my data. I care more about entities that might compel them to hand it over and unintentional leaks. I just want to know exactly what data they're getting for each feature, what form it takes, and so on. I'm also curious what role the VPN client might play in this (In terms of improving the situation), if any.
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