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> Do some people only exchange security updates and crash dumps off of physical media given in person? Sure it's not "the norm" but personally I run a Poudrier
by Lammy 5y ago
> Do some people only exchange security updates and crash dumps off of physical media given in person?
Sure it's not "the norm" but personally I run a Poudriere[0] server and build all my own software packages. One server syncs the FreeBSD Ports collection and downloads the needed software source distfiles, but then none of my other machines/jails are allowed to install software from anywhere outside my own network. A lot of them don't get any Internet access at all.
That still has nothing to do with in-app analytics though.
[0] https://github.com/freebsd/poudriere/wiki https://github.com/freebsd/poudriere/wiki
- zxzax 5y agoI'm still not sure what you're saying, you're still downloading the source from an external website on the internet, which I would expect would have a privacy policy, and would do things like comply with the GDPR. And presumably, the ports collection is getting the original source from upstreams, which could be on github or a similar service, so you can't sidestep that if you want to maintain your own ports tree. It absolutely does have to do with analytics: in particular, Debian has an opt-in anayltics system called "popcon" which is mentioned in the privacy policy.
- Kim_Bruning 5y ago"none of my other machines/jails are allowed to install software from anywhere outside my own network. A lot of them don't get any Internet access at all." Presumably the objective is to have machines that do not connect to the network without at least a human in the loop. This used to be the default, and is still very helpful in a lot of situations. For one, it keeps the noise down when you are trying to debug network issues.