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Remove Ubuntu telemetry
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#!/usr/bin/env bash | |
################ Description: ################### | |
# This script will disable all opt-out under | |
# Ubuntu 22.04 (Codename: Jammy Jellyfish). | |
# At first the telemetry domains will be resolved | |
# to the local host and second all telemetry services | |
# will be removed from the system. | |
# The following work has a system-wide effect not just | |
# for a single user. | |
################ Parameter: ##################### | |
# None | |
################ Implementation: ################ | |
clear | |
if test `id -u` -ne 0 | |
then | |
echo -e "[-] Missing privileges..." | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
# == resolving to localhost: | |
echo "[*] Resolving \"metrics.ubuntu.com\" to localhost" | |
echo 127.0.0.1 www.metrics.ubuntu.com >>/etc/hosts | |
echo 127.0.0.1 metrics.ubuntu.com >>/etc/hosts | |
echo "[*] Resolving \"popcon.ubuntu.com\" to localhost" | |
echo 127.0.0.1 www.popcon.ubuntu.com >>/etc/hosts | |
echo 127.0.0.1 popcon.ubuntu.com >>/etc/hosts | |
# == Remove and blacklist telemetry services: | |
echo "[*] Removing telemetry services" | |
apt purge -y ubuntu-report popularity-contest apport whoopsie apport-symptoms >/dev/null 2>&1 && apt-mark hold ubuntu-report popularity-contest apport whoopsie apport-symptoms | |
if test $? -eq 0 | |
then | |
echo "[+] Telemetry services successfully removed." | |
exit 0 | |
else | |
echo "[-] Removing of telemetry services failed." | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
echo "[*] Decline telemetry" | |
ubuntu-report -f send no | |
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