On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 22:44:33 +0100, Adam wrote in message <[email protected]>:
> On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 08:24:45PM +0100, KatolaZ wrote: > > But *what* exactly are you claiming is "calling home"? ..I didn't, I simply find some fishy and unwanted network activity on boot-up. I prefer to decide on boot-up network activity myself. > > Please stop spreading FUD. If you don't need ssh, mail, or whatever > > otherq service, just `apt-get remove --purge` them. ..I do need e.g. ssh, and I still prefer to decide on any boot-up network activity myself. > The problem is that a number of unexpected programs call home. Just > one example: clementine, a nice music player. By default, it > contacts a crapload of servers to grab song lyrics, last.fm (whatever > that is) play counts, something something "scrobbler" (?), and so > on. That's for regular 100% local .mp3/.ogg/.opus files. > > Or, our oh-so-beloved init virus -- its "networkd" part, if it fails > to obtain a DNS resolver via DHCP, the resolver responds slowly > during probing, or is otherwise temporarily unavailable -- networkd > will then send to Google information about every single TCP > connection you make (as next to no user programs cache DNS queries). > > All in the name of "convenience" for some users. > > Are you going to audit every program you install? ..ideally, yes. But like most people, I need a safe way to do this until I can learn how to do safely myself for any new program, meanwhile, the systemd people does their own boot-up call home etc networking, we need to do our own thing, our own non-systemd way, hence my "our own usage policy wizard script" idea. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
