<story><title>Intel&apos;s CIP wants to collect the “categories of websites you visit”</title><url>https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/topics/idsa-cip.html#CollectedData</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>SamuelAdams</author><text>Not trying to defend intel, just trying to offer a (somewhat justified) answer:&lt;p&gt;If people are using more streaming services, that means Intel should focus more on their Integrated Graphics platforms. If people are downloading significantly more data than ever before, they should probably make sure their networking drivers receive more support.&lt;p&gt;Knowing how people use their PC&amp;#x27;s, even by category, can help Intel manage its driver development.</text></item><item><author>rswail</author><text>Why on earth would the &amp;quot;category of web sites&amp;quot; be of possible use other than selling the data?&lt;p&gt;Telemetry is now an attack vector for privacy in general because no one can be trusted with the data.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jiofih</author><text>That’s a very poor excuse for mass collection of personal data. They can easily figure that out from commercial datasets, or even a small-scale research effort.</text></comment>
<story><title>Intel&apos;s CIP wants to collect the “categories of websites you visit”</title><url>https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/topics/idsa-cip.html#CollectedData</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>SamuelAdams</author><text>Not trying to defend intel, just trying to offer a (somewhat justified) answer:&lt;p&gt;If people are using more streaming services, that means Intel should focus more on their Integrated Graphics platforms. If people are downloading significantly more data than ever before, they should probably make sure their networking drivers receive more support.&lt;p&gt;Knowing how people use their PC&amp;#x27;s, even by category, can help Intel manage its driver development.</text></item><item><author>rswail</author><text>Why on earth would the &amp;quot;category of web sites&amp;quot; be of possible use other than selling the data?&lt;p&gt;Telemetry is now an attack vector for privacy in general because no one can be trusted with the data.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mixedbit</author><text>Right, because if you are using your computer mostly to download stuff, you are OK if your GPU occasionally hangs.</text></comment>