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This is the kind of stuff that makes me want to use Debian packages built by Debian, and not the official binaries / Docker images.

I know Debian usually sets sane defaults. For instance, a Chromium or a Firefox packaged by Debian is less likely to phone home without asking / telling you on first use.

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I vaguely recall gnome phoning home, not sure if this happens on debian.

Source please. "Vaguely recall" is not anything you should write on the internet.

I block traffic on new installs and track down all connection attempts.

I had to do: gsettings set org.gnome.software download-updates false

unfortunately I only have evidence ubuntu needed this turned on, not sure about arch and debian.

https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-packagekit/stable/auto-up...

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