Lennart Poettering wrote:
> BTW, iirc intel used to count installations through the http ping
> check in their captive portal detection. Fedora runs a similar service
> which is used by NM, no? maybe that's a nicer solution too: add a http
> header field to the ping check that each client sets to "1" on one of
> these ping checks a day, and "0" all other times. Then you count how
> many non-zero ping checks you get within a 24h window and you have a
> really good idea how many users you have. All without any explicit
> tracking. And again this appears to me is a much better deal to me
> than the uuid/dnf check that has been proposed, as you can say "we
> provide you with ping check functionality therefore we count you":
> both sides get something out of it.
And this is why I have always been and am still opposed to the
NetworkManager-config-connectivity-fedora spyware and uninstalled it (or did
not install it in the first place on upgrades) on my computers.
Kevin Kofler
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