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Configuring popularity-contest The system may anonymously supply the distribution developers with statistics about the most used packages on this system. This information influences decisions such as which packages should go on the first distribution CD. If you choose to participate, the automatic submission script will run once every week, sending statistics to the distribution developers. The collected statistics can be viewed on https://popcon.debian.org/. This choice can be later modified by running "dpkg-reconfigure popularity-contest". Participate in the package usage survey? <Yes> <No>

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Configuring popularity-contest The system may anonymously supply the distribution developers with statistics about the most used packages on this system. This information influences decisions such as which packages should go on the first distribution CD. If you choose to participate, the automatic submission script will run once every week, sending statistics to the distribution developers. The collected statistics can be viewed on https://popcon.debian.org/. This choice can be later modified by running "dpkg-reconfigure popularity-contest". Participate in the package usage survey? <Yes> <No>
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Neil Brown (neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk)'s status on Friday, 28-Apr-2023 16:15:26 JST Neil Brown
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FWIW, I think that Debian's "popularity contest" banner is a good example of an "active choice" approach to getting consent for anonymous on-device analytics.
Clear, instructions on how to stop it, no pressure or dark patterns, and equally prominent choices for "yes" and "no" with a default selection of "no" so that if you install by just hitting "enter" repeatedly, you select "no".

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