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Randomized household sampling would be far preferable. That would obviously take much more time and would expose testers and the household to more risk. But without good methods, research like this and the surveys conducted in Santa Clara and LA counties are potentially worst than useless since they have the potential of misinforming policymakers and the public.
For the next improvement, hopefully, Microsoft is paying attention to the Ars Technica comments: save unsaved entries to a temp file when the OS reboots. A recent files list would also be an improvement.
That being said, I am concerned that the requirement for attribution creates significant legal landmines for anyone who doesn't follow the practice and many users of the service will not be aware of the requirement or it's potential legal impact.
It would be safer to move to an MIT license without attribution, but request attribution as a courtesy.