"We won’t be collecting your saved passwords, passkeys, usernames, and any URLs associated with your items. Your private information is just that – private.
All event data will be de-identified and processed in aggregate before it’s used for analysis. "
It sounds like they plan on releasing the technical details in the coming days/weeks. I’m curious how its de-identified and processed.
Tough place for 1Password, who clearly want to be able to collect data to maintain a competitive edge, but have an audience of security conscious users who may not be comfortable with this. But as always transparency is appreciated.
It’s also incredibly important to note that they are making this explicitly opt-in. So none of that ‘dark pattern’ mumbo jumbo with the tyranny of the default–where companies opt you in and most users dont realize they have to opt-out.
All in all they are going about this the right way it seems. The devil will be in the de-identifying technical details imo.
Doesn’t join-lemmy.org do the same thing with telemetry? As long as this is GDPR compliant, then there’s no personal data to track.
Almost every product tracks user behaviour. It’s how they utilise that data that should concern us. In this case, this doesn’t concern me at all. I’ve already decided to trust them with my passwords.
Exactly. They are being transparant, it looks like it will be an opt-in when the time comes and are already telling you why they are collecting data. Now if they will tell you exactly what data they will be collecting in a short way before asking approval this is a textbook example of how analytics data collection should be done.
Just leaving a comment here since I haven’t seen anybody else mention it: participation is optional for Individual and Family plans, and at this time it will not be applied to Team and Business plans.
Sigh. What’s a good alternative for iOS?
If you’re not willing to trust what they say about the anonymity of the telemetry system, or to opt out, then I think you wouldn’t be happy trusting them with all your passwords in the first place!
If you’re willing to stick to Safari, then I think using Apple Keychain is best, especially since they’ll be adding sharing this year.
Yeah this is what I don’t get. They already hold your most precious secrets and now you don’t trust them with a telemetry system?! Seems an odd order of concerns to me.
Before it’s used for analysis or before it’s sent to the server? The wording there isn’t exactly confidence inspiring.
It’s not about what they gather and how they use it today. It’s about what they still have when they feel pressure to make more money.
