Public bug reported:
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.
** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise running-unity
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