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> It happens with the open source version as well

• w-ll 11y ago
  Build Chromium from source. Debug and trace whats "phones home" and yank it out. I dont see why this needs to be a Ask HN.
  • goodfellaw 11y ago
    "Due its complexity, Chromium uses a set of custom tools to check out and build. Here’s an overview of the steps you’ll run: gclient. A checkout involves pulling nearly 100 different SVN repositories of code. This process is managed with a tool called gclient. . . . " // everytime i upgrade a browser? cmon..
    • Voltbishop 11y ago
      I actually build chromium from source for this exact reason, I've gotten it to stop phoning home. It phones home for the following: 1. If you are using the Google APIs (see this picture http://i.imgur.com/UodLpFh.png http://i.imgur.com/UodLpFh.png) for the browser to have more functionality. 2. If you have the "Google account Badge" thingy in the upper right enabled. I don't know exactly what in those two causes the phone home, I assume (educated guess here) that it's verifying your api keys for browser features such as spell check, that or getting the "Badge" thing setup. While you may be opening a new tab labeled blank that "badge" thing is a pure js/html page thats loaded in the background that does need to phone home.