It looks like the Debian/Ubuntu calibre package already disables
the ET feature.
http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/calibre/0.8.8+dfsg-1/no_updates_dialog.patch
(Thanks to jcristau on IRC for pointing that out.)
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Package: calibre
Severity: normal
Tag: security
LWN noticed that calibre phones home on startup.
http://lwn.net/Articles/456504/
Here is the relevant code:
URL = 'http://status.calibre-ebook.com/latest'
NO_CALIBRE_UPDATE = '-0.0.0'
VSEP = '|'
def get_newest_version():
br = browser()
req
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