[mirimir]

OK, are there any standard Debian packages that do this?

As I recall, it was a huge upset when Ubuntu app search hit Amazon by default.

And when you install Debian, it asks whether you want to participate in the packages survey. And the default is "no".

Edit: And just to be clear, this isn't about me. I assume that stuff will leak my IP address without warning, so I only connect via nested VPN chains. Or when I really care, that plus Tor.

This is about people who trust stuff that they use.

[sjwright]

A popular solution has been available for MacOS for sixteen years (Little Snitch) so if something comparable isn't already available for Linux—the operating system of the internet—that's pretty embarrassing.