From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59780) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eD7ZX-0003MB-P0 for guix-patches@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Nov 2017 06:34:08 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eD7ZS-0007GH-Pa for guix-patches@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Nov 2017 06:34:07 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:52788) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eD7ZS-0007G9-Lh for guix-patches@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Nov 2017 06:34:02 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eD7ZS-0005Cx-Co for guix-patches@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Nov 2017 06:34:02 -0500 Subject: [bug#28004] Chromium Resent-Message-ID: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59568) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eD7Yf-0002zl-Vn for guix-patches@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Nov 2017 06:33:15 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eD7Yc-0006OG-QF for guix-patches@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Nov 2017 06:33:13 -0500 Received: from relay3-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.195]:34562) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eD7Yc-0006Mo-K6 for guix-patches@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Nov 2017 06:33:10 -0500 Received: from adfeno-pc1 (unknown [181.221.145.22]) (Authenticated sender: adfeno@hyperbola.info) by relay3-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8F891A80D7 for ; Fri, 10 Nov 2017 12:33:08 +0100 (CET) From: Adonay Felipe Nogueira References: <87y3qvb15k.fsf@fastmail.com> <20171010131949.y43plpzxbppvrigr@abyayala> <87lgkha2cx.fsf@gnu.org> <20171012195628.GA31843@jasmine.lan> <87shensfq6.fsf@gnu.org> <87o9p45bb6.fsf@fastmail.com> <87o9og4727.fsf@fastmail.com> Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 09:33:05 -0200 In-Reply-To: <87o9og4727.fsf@fastmail.com> (Marius Bakke's message of "Mon, 06 Nov 2017 00:52:32 +0100") Message-ID: <877euy8j2m.fsf@hyperbola.info> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-patches-bounces+kyle=kyleam.com@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-patches" To: 28004@debbugs.gnu.org As a continuation, directory-discuss started to discuss the Chromium issue once again ([1]). [1] . Marius Bakke writes: > I tried picking two other Debian patches[0][1] to see if it helped with > the annoying splash screen and decided to verify whether the browser > still "calls home" from a clean profile. The last time I checked was > many versions ago. > > After dismissing the sign-in dialog, the "New Tab Page" loads a regular > Google search bar, and "pre-fills" two of the "most commonly used" slots > with Chrome URLs, (still) downloading a bunch of data in the process. > > Not great, but maybe we could live with that if it was just for the > first run (it wasn't; had to change search engine to prevent the New Tab > Page from calling the mothership). > > To my great surprise, while watching tcpdump from a different window, it > also called home *when I switched windows*. Every time the Chromium > window was activated, some data was sent to Google servers. > > Going into settings and toggling the "Use a prediction service to help > complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar" option (to off) > disabled that behaviour. > > Not very confidence-instilling. > > I'm going to try to incorporate the "Inox Patchset"[2], which is a set > of patches that attempts to remove all such misfeatures from Chromium. > They seem to have managed to stay on top of recent Chromium development, > unlike two other prominent privacy-focused "forks", so I'm optimistic. > > But it might take some weeks before the next update. Stay tuned.. > > [0] > > [1] > > [2]