Hi
Running Byzantium, auditing OS-level telemetry (have not yet installed something like Open Snitch).
Debian’s popularity-contest is not installed by default, correct? Does anyone choose to run this?
Is there any other (including “anonymized”) telemetry in Byzantium?
Thanks
No, it is not.
No
If you were super-concerned about telemetry, you would want to disable automatic updates - because by doing updates you are telling Purism exactly what packages you specifically have installed and what versions etc.
However obviously that is a major security trade-off. If it makes it less likely that you have all the latest security patches then what you may gain in privacy from Purism, you may lose in privacy to some hacker.