This is about Fedora 21 which is still not released!!! Please read carefully. And it is only default on Workstation image (that is what I know) There is a new feature introduced in Gnome and NetworkManager which allows 'Captive Portal'[1] services to work. This may be useful feature for some users (that is why it is implemented), but most users won't use it, and it pings fedora servers every '300seconds', it is enabled by NetworkManager and 'NetworkManager-config-connectivity-fedora' << (package/config file) which is default installed in Workstation image only (currently, unless someone explicitly pull it in for other live images), 'gnome-shell' package only depends on it. Because I'm not a security expert, I don't want to say this is security issue, but privacy issue to some level (probably not critical), as I understand it, no more information than request to get a file is being sent (so only your 'IP' is exposed)), It currently uses HTTP to communicate with fedora servers, but it is planed to use HTTPS [2], without that you cannot verify who serves that file? (n00b here). At the moment users aren't aware of this feature, and most users probably never will find it working in the background, but I think it shouldn't be enable by default silently, so I filed a 'fesco' ticket for it [3] (PLEASE DON'T SPAM ON FESCO TICKET!, keep discussion here as much as it is possible) Please don't turn this thread to something which it shouldn't be. Be constructive. I don't want to insult anyone, just want this to be discussed, and features like this to be discussed/announced with/to users and developers in future. (English is not my native language, I learned some basics from reading/writing/listening, so, sorry for mistakes) [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_portal [2] - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1135777 [3] - https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/1337 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
