Does Fedora respect privacy? And by that, I mean do they share any type of user data with third parties? I'm thinking of switching over from Debian, but I don't want to run a distro which does things, say like Canonical (giving Amazon search data). Id appreciate the communities opinion on this, thank you very much for your time.
As far as I am aware, Fedora Project does not share any information with third parties. You can find some information here , though it is more relevant when you create an account on fedoraproject.org .
The only data they receive from your OS is:
when NetworkManager pings Fedora infrastructure to determine internet connectivity (not sure if and for what purposes Fedora analysis this data)
when you setup Automatic Bug Reporting in your OS to tell the developers about problems that occur (bugzilla). Note: You can see and alter the information that you submit, and moreover, you can mark the information you provide as "sensitive", so only a small group of developers can see it. And of course, nobody requires you to submit bug reports on bugzilla.
NetworkManager pings can be turned off easily. Delete the package NetworkManager-config-connectivity-fedora. The purpose is to test if you have access to the internet and not just some internal company network.
That's right, and as @villykruse said, you can turn that feature off by removing the package.
Asked: 2017-07-06 00:46:33 -0500
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Last updated: Jul 06 '17
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