On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 04:39:40PM +0200, Miroslav Lachman wrote: > On 06/04/2021 16:27, Shawn Webb wrote: > > > 1. BSDStats isn't run/maintained by the FreeBSD project. File the > > report with the BSDStats project, not FreeBSD. > > 2. You install a package that is made to submit statistical data. > > 3. You're upset that it submits statistical data? > > The problem here is that it collects and sends data right at the install > time. It is really unexpected to run installed package without user consent. > If you install Apache, MySQL or any other package the command / daemon is no > run by "pkg install" command. > This must be avoided.
It's probably easier to submit a patch than it is to write a lolwut-type email. All you gotta do is rm the post-install script. Also `pkg install` has the -I option. But whatever, let the lolwut mentality prevail! -- Shawn Webb Cofounder / Security Engineer HardenedBSD https://git.hardenedbsd.org/hardenedbsd/pubkeys/-/raw/master/Shawn_Webb/03A4CBEBB82EA5A67D9F3853FF2E67A277F8E1FA.pub.asc
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