Re: [Trisquel-users] stopping unwanted telemetry in Toutatis browser

2017-02-11 Thread calmstorm 

It is most definitely available for trisquel 7.

not sure about trisquel 6.

Which is what your talking about right?

Re: [Trisquel-users] stopping unwanted telemetry in Toutatis browser

2017-02-10 Thread mo98 
I tried running epiphany from the command just like I usually do with a  
abrowser. This way I can track the pid right from the start. Any, up to many  
problems then show up on the command line which otherwise are invisible. With  
epiphany, for example, there is no obvious way to stop javascript from  
complaining when I am using it to review saved .html pages off-line. Abrowser  
in that sense is much more quiet, but at times things go wrong and then I  
have evidence on the command line which helps me understand what to do or  
ignore.

Re: [Trisquel-users] stopping unwanted telemetry in Toutatis browser

2017-02-10 Thread eliotime3000 

Officially, GNU IceCat is not yet avariable at the official GNU repo.

http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnuzilla/

Even worse, is not announced in the Savannah project page:

http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnuzilla

Re: [Trisquel-users] stopping unwanted telemetry in Toutatis browser

2017-02-09 Thread toni . schultheis 

IceCat is now at 45.7.0 ;)
ruben fixed it..

if you're worried about privacy don't use epiphany, because it has a very  
unique useragent

Re: [Trisquel-users] stopping unwanted telemetry in Toutatis browser

2017-02-09 Thread mo98 

Thanks for the advice.
Will try epiphany: Web. from the add/remove programs menu. About to logout  
and close abrowser.

Re: [Trisquel-users] stopping unwanted telemetry in Toutatis browser

2017-02-09 Thread legimet . calc 
Please don't use IceCat. It is not updated regularly and has security  
vulnerabilities (right now it is at 45.5.1, while Firefox ESR is at 45.7.0).

Re: [Trisquel-users] stopping unwanted telemetry in Toutatis browser

2017-02-09 Thread greatgnu 
Well, how about removing Tor Button and Tor Launcher so it is not overkill (I  
imagine you are referring to the network's slow speed)?

That way you get yourself a nice, clean Firefox ^^

Or, install Firefox directly, or Seamonkey, or **

**= whatever you want provided it is free software and it works good for you.

[Trisquel-users] stopping unwanted telemetry in Toutatis browser

2017-02-09 Thread mo98 
Browser Updates: Once per day, abrowser sends Update manifests for several  
langpacks to abrowser.mozilla.org. Starting abrowser & from bash shell and  
using it off-line, will cause nearly a dozen "addons.update-checker WARN   
HTTP Request failed for an unknown reason" messages to spill out to the  
console daily at unpredictable times, making a mess of console work in  
progress. I have returned to  
https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Protect-your-privacy/How-to-stop-Firefox-from-making-automatic-connections/ta-p/1748#w_auto-update-checking  
. None of the suggestions there seem to help me in stopping this. I am  
considering switching to icecat but am unable to test it as it requires  
Belenos which I cannot install nor build with gcc 4.6 that comes with  
Toutatis. I tried Tor browser from the command line and it was free from such  
daily checking, but that is overkill for browsing places I frequently visit.  
Will getting gcc 4.7 to build icecat result in the same unstoppable  
telemetry? Is there a free browser that GNU can recommend if all of the above  
cannot be fixed?