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> Until now what has been done, was counting systems via ping.manjaro.org 11. These pings are sent from Manjaro systems via the NetworkManager. I really hope t

• squigz 2y ago
  It sounds like it is. What's wrong with that?
• jeroenhd 2y ago
  Most operating systems do this. Ubuntu uses http://connectivity-check.ubuntu.com http://connectivity-check.ubuntu.com, the Arch wiki suggests http://nmcheck.gnome.org/check_network_status.txt http://nmcheck.gnome.org/check_network_status.txt (used to default to http://www.archlinux.org/check_network_status.txt http://www.archlinux.org/check_network_status.txt), Debian uses http://network-test.debian.org/nm http://network-test.debian.org/nm if you install `network-manager-config-connectivity-debian`. Of course Apple, Google, and Microsoft have servers of their own. You can disable the check, of course, or upload a text file somewhere you control to maintain the connectivity check without sharing your IP address with your distro.
• zootboy 2y ago
  To be fair, Arch's base NetworkManager package does the same thing: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NetworkManager#Checking_connectivity https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NetworkManager#Checking_con... Though Arch has a decidedly more privacy-friendly stance on their ping endpoint: no logging at all.