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It's malicious intent! The developer isn't a kid, they're releasing the software for world wide use. It's a simple thing, do not send private data to remote servers without explicitly asking the user!

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I'd go one step further and say it's a blatant Chinese SIGINT.

In your eyes maybe (and mine for the record), but different people have different values and expectations of what is privacy.

The "Chinese values" excuse doesn't fly. We're not talking about a random Chinese person, we're talking about a Debian packager. Debian packagers should have values in line with the Debian project's ethos. It's difficult to imagine how somebody to whom Debian's values are alien could even accidentally stumble their way into the position of being a Debian packager.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's acceptable for a Debian packager, but I think that it's much more likely than malicious intent.

>It's difficult to imagine how somebody to whom Debian's values are alien could even accidentally stumble their way into the position of being a Debian packager

It's not for me.

If that was an acceptable response we shouldn't accept people from those cultures into positions where they can affect our privacy. Or we can just stop using "cultural differences" as a bludgeon to whitewash bad behavior.

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