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[bug#28004] Chromium
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Marius Bakke |
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[bug#28004] Chromium |
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Wed, 28 Feb 2018 18:28:46 +0100 |
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Mike Gerwitz <address@hidden> writes:
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 19:18:39 +0100, Marius Bakke wrote:
>> Now, when launching the browser for the first time, it *still* connects
>> to Google services. After a while it also does a lookup for AdWords...
>
> Do you know what code initiates this? Would it be easy to remove, and
> would that harm other functionality?
Unfortunately, I don't know what triggers it. Feel free to try picking
some of the other Inox patches and see if it makes a difference:
https://github.com/gcarq/inox-patchset
Inox goes great lengths to "ungooglify" the browser. I've decided
against picking *all* their patches, for two reasons:
1) I'd like users to be able to use Chromium with their Google account
if they wish to (although I haven't actually tested this), and more
importantly:
2) More patches means more porting work every new release. Usually
major versions bumps come with a plethora of security fixes, so I wish
to minimize maintenance overhead. Just figuring out the changed
dependencies, build flags, and GCC bugs with every release is a lot of
work already.
> Saying that it only runs the first time implies to me that there's a
> flag, and that perhaps the flag can either be permanently set or the
> conditional triggering this behavior removed.
Indeed. Any help figuring out the offender is very welcome! No external
connectivity in the default configuration is a goal we should strive for.
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