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Not sure whether it's any consolation but the drivers do work when there's no internet connection (like on our intranet at work). Presumably this means it shoul

Not sure whether it's any consolation but the drivers do work when there's no internet connection (like on our intranet at work). Presumably this means it shouldn't be hard to prevent them phoning home even when there is a connection available? It's surprising to me that there aren't forks with this aspect removed.. maybe there are and I just haven't looked far enough?

ninjin 5y ago
To be clear, if I recall correctly the spyware was in the package of (usually rubbish) software that came with the drivers for Windows (and maybe also macOS?). The Linux drivers are upstreamed in the official source tree and there is no way in hell you would be able to do that with spyware.
diffeomorphism 5y ago
That is only in the Windows driver (which I don't think is FOSS) and just one checkbox to disable/uncheck on install. Also (probably going to get crucified for this), what is the big deal? It is not like it is sharing any sensitive or personally identifiable information and it asks when you install the driver whether you are okay with that. So it also was never hidden, people just don't read. I would also prefer an unchecked instead of checked box by default, but this seems to be blown way out of proportion.