Vs code/.net core does a lot of telemetry. To their credit, Microsoft attempts to explain this via MSDN in pretty thorough detail. And most likely, they (feel they) need stats to show adoption to justify continued investment in Linux efforts. But a lot of us still remember their involvement in PRISM, where they did mass spying on behalf of the government. Burned once, I don't think there's any way to rebuild that trust.
TFS is also wrong, at least to some extent. If you install VS Code, it will add that repository to your sources.list.d directory automatically. If you install Chrome, it will add its repository to your sources.list.d directory automatically. Maybe consent is implied -- but it certainly happens without explicit consent. Regardless, it makes a mountain out of a molehill. apt will not ping that server at all unless the system is configured to periodically check for updates, or the administrator runs a com
As a result, every time you do an "apt update" on your Pi device, the OS pings Microsoft.
Yeah, along with every other repo in your sources.list file !
So Microsoft wants to host their software on their own servers. So does Google for Google Earth, and countless other packages.
Don't like it ? Remove Microsoft's repo from your sources.list, along with any other repo installed by default that you don't like.
I know Microsoft basing is all the rage these days, but for freaking crying out loud...
All you people pissing on the outrage expressed in the summary need to RTFA. Here's a quote from it: "Never in my 2 decades of using Debian and Ubuntu has either modified my sources.list without my consent. What the actual f**k? I could understand if they just added it to the default installation image, but they had to actually write a script to add this repo to existing installations. That is shady as f**k!," a user commented in the thread.
If you don't like this, don't use Raspberry Pi OS. I'm using Arch Linux ARM on all my RPI's
TFS is also wrong, at least to some extent. If you install VS Code, it will add that repository to your sources.list.d directory automatically. If you install Chrome, it will add its repository to your sources.list.d directory automatically. Maybe consent is implied -- but it certainly happens without explicit consent. Regardless, it makes a mountain out of a molehill. apt will not ping that server at all unless the system is configured to periodically check for updates, or the administrator runs a com
Even worse, the Debian repo maintainers have been collecting all this data for their own nefarious purposes for years already!
Don't even mention the guys running pool.ntp.org.
As a result, every time you do an "apt update" on your Pi device, the OS pings Microsoft.
Yeah, along with every other repo in your sources.list file !
So Microsoft wants to host their software on their own servers. So does Google for Google Earth, and countless other packages.
Don't like it ? Remove Microsoft's repo from your sources.list, along with any other repo installed by default that you don't like.
I know Microsoft basing is all the rage these days, but for freaking crying out loud...
All you people pissing on the outrage expressed in the summary need to RTFA. Here's a quote from it:
"Never in my 2 decades of using Debian and Ubuntu has either modified my sources.list without my consent. What the actual f**k? I could understand if they just added it to the default installation image, but they had to actually write a script to add this repo to existing installations. That is shady as f**k!," a user commented in the thread.
I'm inclined to agree with that user.