# apt install librewolf
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package librewolf
Also, that feature should exist. The next time I see a story about MS training ChatGPT on your nude selfies, I want to be able to show people the big red switch that says "All Telemetry: OFF" as an example of something Microsoft will never give them.
But you first have to provide it in order to show to them that you provide it.
nix run nixpkgs#librewolf
https://flathub.org/apps/io.gitlab.librewolf-community
If you want to be pendantic again:
apt -y install flatpak && flatpak install io.gitlab.librewolf-community
Or just disable it altogether because there is no real user benefit.
User explicitly requests a connection to a specific server (e.g. navigates debian.org), then browser makes a connection to mozilla.org to upload metadata: Telemetry.
In general telemetry is when the software connects to a server chosen by the developers and not telemetry is when the software connects to a server chosen by the user.
I see your point, but my point is that implementing this is either impossible or would require changing how networks are used by programs at a fundamental level.
A middle ground might be to create a distro that uses something like SELinux to prevent all network access to non-system processes. Then each package would have to be audited to determine which addresses it can bind to, and/or which name lookups it can do, and how those capabilities are connected to actions performed by the user. Then there is still the question of what to do about software that accesses the network independent of the user, but maybe you can argue that shouldn't exist. How do updates work? Besides, if I allow Slack to connect to mychats.slack.com, nothing prevents the software from sending telemetry to that endpoint. You would need an army of manual enforcers, and that's not to mention non-free software.
Debian only supplies open source software. Proprietary apps that only support the vendor's service aren't included as it is. Open source apps using standard protocols like Matrix or similar do allow the user to choose the server.
> A middle ground might be to create a distro that uses something like SELinux to prevent all network access to non-system processes.
We're talking about open source software in the official repositories. You're not putting it in a jail to thwart it from defecting on you, you're modifying the code so that it doesn't even try.
> How do updates work?
When you install Debian it asks you which mirror you want to use for updates. Several of them are provided by universities etc. You can also make your own and some large organizations do that.