From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Calibre phones home without asking, and offers to update itself
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 18:12:23 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87oanjhc3s.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874mpd9e8r.fsf_-_@netris.org> (Mark H. Weaver's message of "Sun, 22 Mar 2015 12:41:08 -0400")
Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> skribis:
> This raises a few problems:
>
> * It's automatically phoning home on launch without my consent, which is
> a breach of privacy.
>
> * I don't know exactly what would happen if I let it attempt to update
> itself, but since upstream Calibre includes non-free software (unrar),
> it's probably offering to install non-free software for me.
>
> We should disable this functionality in our Calibre package.
Agreed, both should be disabled.
Presumably the other free distros have a patch for that?
Thanks,
Ludo’.
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2015-03-22 16:41 ` Calibre phones home without asking, and offers to update itself Mark H Weaver
2015-03-23 17:12 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2015-03-24 19:44 ` Andreas Enge
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