Thank you for mentioning why "firefox" connects to "Google". After reading the "privacy" section of "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Safe_Browsing";, I have banned all Google access via firewall rules -- I do not want Google to be able to identify my computer.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1357655 Title: Privacy violation: firefox connects to Google on startup Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: A freshly started "firefox" with all extensions disabled, the flash plugin enabled and all other plugins either disabled or in mode "ask before enabling", makes connections to some (not directly recognizable) Google IP addresses. At first, it used IP addresses from "173.194.71.0/24" (the famous Google "1E100" net). After banning this range with firewall rules, it switched to addresses from "173.194.116.0/24" (IP addresses with no official host name). Only experts can see that those IP adresses are in fact Google adresses - which makes the connections the more suspicious. I have read that the Google browser makes hidden connections to Google on startup - and I use a non Google product ("firefox") to avoid this potential privacy violation. I am horrified, that "firefox", too, connects to Google on startup and reveals to Google unspecified information about my environment. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: firefox 31.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-67.101-generic-pae 3.2.60 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-67-generic-pae i686 AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6 Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: VT1705 Analog [VT1705 Analog] Subdevices: 2/2 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: dieter 2106 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20140715215148 CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xfbff8000 irq 21' Mixer name : 'VIA VT1705' Components : 'HDA:11064397,18490397,00100000' Controls : 36 Simple ctrls : 19 Channel: Unavailable Date: Sat Aug 16 08:17:47 2014 ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback IncompatibleExtensions: English (GB) Language Pack - [email protected] English (South Africa) Language Pack - [email protected] Deutsch (DE) Language Pack - [email protected] Default - {972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd} InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3) IpRoute: default via 192.168.178.1 dev eth0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.178.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.178.24 metric 1 IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. MarkForUpload: True MostRecentCrashID: bp-df427f4f-f78c-4108-a3f9-598f72120116 PciNetwork: PrefSources: prefs.js ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=de_DE:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=31.0/20140715215148 (In use) RelatedPackageVersions: rhythmbox-mozilla 2.96-0ubuntu4.3 totem-mozilla 3.0.1-0ubuntu21.1 RfKill: RunningIncompatibleAddons: True SourcePackage: firefox SubmittedCrashIDs: bp-df427f4f-f78c-4108-a3f9-598f72120116 bp-3f573286-0421-4078-99d9-5858f2120109 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 05/27/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: P1.30 dmi.board.name: N68-S3 UCC dmi.board.vendor: ASRock dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.30:bd05/27/2010:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnN68-S3UCC:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1357655/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
