On Tue, 2012-07-10 at 14:10 -0500, Mario Limonciello wrote: > How exactly do you see this as a privacy issue? It's no different > than manually visiting a website every 5 minutes. No PC specific ID > has to be sent. > > The exact same connectivity check already happens in the installer > too.
I'd agree that it's an extreme situation, but technically any connection
would be. For instance, my ISP or company would have a high likelyhood
that I'm running Ubuntu by watching for this. For those who are
concerned, I don't believe the alternate installer does this check.
And, you could buy Ubuntu preinstalled on some machines :-)
--Ted
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