On Thu, 2012-07-12 at 17:42 +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 02:19:21PM -0500, Ted Gould wrote:
> > I'd agree that it's an extreme situation, but technically any connection
> > would be.  For instance, my ISP or company would have a high likelyhood
> > that I'm running Ubuntu by watching for this.  For those who are
> > concerned, I don't believe the alternate installer does this check.
>
> I'm not sure that counts because there is significant top-down pressure
> to stop supporting the alternate installer.

Interesting, I wasn't aware.  Personally, I'd support a feature of the
standard installer to put it in a silent mode.  I don't think it should
be a check box, but as perhaps a "Ctrl+P" type thing.  Then we can argue
about whether it's "Privacy Mode" or "Paranoid Mode" ;-)  That way those
who really care would be likely to know it, but it wouldn't complicate
the more standard installs.

--Ted