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[–] Ghetto_Shitlord ago 

It still has to send it. Look at what people found with w10, that's closed source too, but you still see something going out that shouldn't

More importantly, is it worth it to twitter to do this? Is the risk worth the "reward?"

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[–] HoneyNutStallmans ago  (edited ago)

It still has to send it. Look at what people found with w10, that's closed source too, but you still see something going out that shouldn't

As far as I know, they have two sources of information:

1) Traffic correlation: they do things and, in response, see traffic moving. They don't know what is being transmitted, but they have a reasonable suspicion that it's something that really shouldn't be transmitted.

2) What Microsoft (directly or indirectly, through documentation) tells them

I don't mean demean the concerns with W10; the suspicions are reasonable and just.

Without the source code, you can never find everything.

More importantly, is it worth it to twitter to do this? Is the risk worth the "reward?"

It depends. Apps do lots of shady things, but people keep on using the apps.