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If I click off "Check for news" and "Check for updates" in the settings, does Shattered Pixel Dungeon still ping the internet?

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Shattered Pixel Dungeon- v2.5.2 Desktop Linux, github version https://github.com/00-Evan/shattered-pixel-dungeon/releases/download/v2.5.2/ShatteredPD-v2.5.2-Linux.zip

I am a daily tor user (and an Edward Snowden supporter- read his book, Permanent Record, if you have not already), so I have an interest in this sort of thing. If check for news and check for updates are turned off, will Shattered Pixel Dungeon still ping the internet and thus reveal my ip address? Or will it not communicate with the internet if both of these are clicked off?

I can of course play with the internet off or within Whonix-Workstation, but both are somewhat inconvenient.

Thank you for your help.

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As far as I’m aware yes, the only pinging Shattered’s open source build does is checking for news and updates (this just an HTTPS GET request btw, no data aside from the request metadata is sent) and if you disable those that’s it.

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Thank you.

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Vencedor@lemmy.world
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And the statistics?

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00-Evan@lemmy.worldM
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Shattered has a full privacy policy that you can read through, but a few points:

  • the policy only covers the data I collect, google firebase itself may collect additional data and you should refer to Google’s privacy policies for that.
  • Naturally Google/Apple already track you via various device services. I have no reason to believe Google collects any info via Shattered’s use of firebase over what they already collect anyway.
  • you can opt-out In the settings, and this should turn off Shattered’s use of firebase completely.
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