Build Chromium from source.
Debug and trace whats "phones home" and yank it out.
I dont see why this needs to be a Ask HN.
I dont see why this needs to be a Ask HN.
gclient. A checkout involves pulling nearly 100 different SVN repositories of code. This process is managed with a tool called gclient.
// everytime i upgrade a browser? cmon..
1. If you are using the Google APIs (see this picture http://i.imgur.com/UodLpFh.png) for the browser to have more functionality.
2. If you have the "Google account Badge" thingy in the upper right enabled.
I don't know exactly what in those two causes the phone home, I assume (educated guess here) that it's verifying your api keys for browser features such as spell check, that or getting the "Badge" thing setup. While you may be opening a new tab labeled blank that "badge" thing is a pure js/html page thats loaded in the background that does need to phone home.