Yes - if you check the box that says “send analytics data to Apple” that’s what it does.
How surprised would you be to find out you are completely wrong?
Q: Is this part of macOS analytics? Does this still happen if I have analytics off?
A: This has nothing to do with analytics. It seems this is part of Apple’s anti-malware (and perhaps anti-piracy) efforts, and happens on all macs running the affected versions of the OS, independent of any analytics settings. There is no user setting in the OS to disable this behavior.
https://sneak.berlin/20201112/your-computer-isnt-yours/