On Fri, 2012-07-13 at 07:54 -0500, Ted Gould wrote: > On Fri, 2012-07-13 at 08:12 -0400, Marc Deslauriers wrote: > > On Thu, 2012-07-12 at 23:12 -0500, Ted Gould wrote: > > > On Thu, 2012-07-12 at 17:42 +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 02:19:21PM -0500, Ted Gould wrote: > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > I'm not sure that counts because there is significant top-down pressure > > > > to stop supporting the alternate installer. > > > > > > Interesting, I wasn't aware. Personally, I'd support a feature of the > > > standard installer to put it in a silent mode. I don't think it should > > > be a check box, but as perhaps a "Ctrl+P" type thing. Then we can argue > > > about whether it's "Privacy Mode" or "Paranoid Mode" ;-) That way those > > > who really care would be likely to know it, but it wouldn't complicate > > > the more standard installs. > > > > Installing without having the network cable plugged in would be a better > > way of doing this...I'm pretty sure the installer does other network > > stuff besides the initial network connectivity check that can be used to > > determine if you're installing Ubuntu. > > And for wireless users is the solution to install in a Faraday > cage? ;-) While I'm sure YOU have one, the rest of us might be > lacking.
Uhm, when you get to the "Configure wireless" part of the installer, just click the Skip button? > > If such a mode was established I think it could be used for other things > during the install as well, for instance, setting the default behavior > of Network Manager to not ping ever or defaulting to encrypted home > directories, etc. This is the equivalent to security theater. I'll call this "privacy theater". Marc. -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
