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Linux-Based Phone System Phones Home

Posted by kdawson on from the hard-to-keep-secrets-when-they-can-read-the-code dept.

An anonymous reader writes to let us know that users of Trixbox, a PBX based on Asterisk, recently discovered that the software has been phoning home with statistics about their installations. It's easy enough to disable, and not particularly steathy (beyond encrypting the data sent back), but customers in the forum are annoyed at not having been informed of the reporting. Trixbox is owned by Fonality, which makes customized PBXs (again based on Asterisk) for paying customers.

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  1. ET... by kcbanner · · Score: 0, Funny

    ...phone home!

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  2. Trick Box by Deathanatos · · Score: 5, Funny

    A product named Trixbox is really a box of tricks...

    1. Re:Trick Box by Tuoqui · · Score: 2, Funny

      Silly Rabbit, Trix are for Kids.

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    2. Re:Trick Box by jberryman · · Score: 1, Funny

      *robotic laugh* AH-AH-AH. Humor Acknowledged.

    3. Re:Trick Box by Gilmoure · · Score: 2, Funny

      Silly Rabbi, kicks are for Trids!

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  3. Linux based phone system phones home by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    From the title, my initial thought was...

    Wow, they got one number working,
    can't wait till they get the rest of them going too!

  4. So?-OSS or Bust. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "I just can't complain about free software."

    Damn! There goes all the FreeBSD battles.