> 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 that's not the default out of the box behaviour.
I really hope that's not the default out of the box behaviour.
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.
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.