How pathetic!!

[3kj2w]

OK I edited and only facts remained in post.

[franco]

Thank you :)


Cheers,
Franco

[elektroinside]

Most software developers add "call home" functionality to their software, sending and receiving data. That's not necessarily bad. What would be bad is to send home private and user identifiable data, without user consent. There's a line nobody should cross.

[3kj2w]

Any sw that send data from user device without user knowing and accepting this it is bad.

[mimugmail]

I think this is the Update Check in the Dashboard which can be disabled ... Easy

[3kj2w]

Nope it is not that easy this will disable the widget update check on main screen only, and I already had that checked from along time ago.

I did some hack ( add comment to line ) to disable the check in:
/usr/local/sbin/pfSense-upgrade -> # pfsense_upgrade=$(realpath $(dirname $0)/../libexec/$(basename $0))
and
/usr/local/www/system_update_settings.php -> // exec("/usr/bin/fetch -q -o {$g['tmp_path']}/manifest \"{$g['update_manifest']}\"");

also changed the repo address and keys in each file from dir:
/usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/
/usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos
...

edit:
better to disable forever the binary that generate the ID: https://www.reddit.com/r/PFSENSE/comments/6gq84t/closed_source_for_netgate_unique_id_generator/
rm /usr/sbin/gnid

then to add a startup script that delete the uniqueid:
rm /var/db/uniqueid

after a reboot it is silence for the moment even if I navigate to update and package menus.

edit2:
bogons files are also downloaded from pfsense site and because are obsolete and dangerous you have to edit:
/etc/rc.update_bogons.sh
to point it directly to source:

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v4url=${v4url:-"http://www.team-cymru.org/Services/Bogons/fullbogons-ipv4.txt"}
v6url=${v6url:-"http://www.team-cymru.org/Services/Bogons/fullbogons-ipv6.txt"}
...

[3kj2w]

Darkness is expanding ? Anybody know the story behind this ?


It is not easy to hide the past:
https://github.com/doktornotor/pfsense-still-closedsource
https://github.com/rapi3/pfsense-is-closed-source

[fabian]

Just follow the "publicly posted" link and you can read the story. GitHub is very transparent in such cases.

[franco]

This is nothing new. Everything is open source, except when open source and forking hurts business. Then the trademark is enforced and DCMA is leveraged.  Same thing in 2014:

https://marc.info/?l=pfsense-dev&m=139961925220457&w=2

Let it go guys, nothing to see here...


Cheers,
Franco