Comment by ConceptJunkie
6 hours ago
Do they mean "pseudonymous" telemetry meaning "non-identifying telemetry", or do they mean "pseudoanonymous" telemetry meaning telemetry is that not really anonymous?
Those two words have almost exactly opposite meanings, and as stated, they are literally saying they are collecting identifiable data.
The page only uses the term “pseudonymous”. “Pseudoanonymous” seems to be an invention of the HN submitter.
it means they can see all the telemetry from a single machine, but the identity of the machine is not tied to any human identity or github account. each machine appears to get its own UUID and that's how they "identify" machines.