Enabling Connectivity Checking in NetworkManager

[Ted Gould]

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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