privacy edition image

[JarbasAl]

Some ideas for a privacy enhanced image

Bundled plugins

https://github.com/HelloChatterbox/dummy_wakeword_plugin - disable wake word
https://github.com/JarbasLingua/jarbas-stt-plugin-vosk - offline STT (make default ? )

Extra software

https://github.com/OpenJarbas/mock-backend - no phoning home

Patches (waiting for mycroft....)

MycroftAI/mycroft-core#2698 - skill settings GUI

Default config

TODO

• point to mock backend (localhost)
• use vosk for offline STT
• set flag to disable skill settings sync
• disable opt-in
• disable skill_manifest upload
• disable wake_word upload and point to dummy url
• disable auto skills update
• set update interval to an absurd huge number just in case (defense against future bugs in msm/core)
• blacklist https://github.com/JarbasSkills/skill-mock-backend because backend is running system wide
• blacklist https://github.com/MycroftAI/skill-pairing
• blacklist https://github.com/MycroftAI/skill-configuration

System tweaks

• firewall blocking messagebus
• firewall blocking GUI messagebus
• firewall blocking mock-backend

For discussion

• blacklist https://github.com/MycroftAI/skill-installer , the voice search sucks and its tied to mycroft marketplace, might end up with accidental skill installs
  • there is https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos_skill_manager in the making
  • alternative companion skill is in TODO list, not locked to appstores and with GUI planned
• replace wolfram alpha and weather with alternative that dont use mycroft backend
  • there is https://github.com/JarbasSkills/skill-wolfie but i would have to make a weather alternative
• what models should we include for vosk/offline stt ?
• change messagebus port to specifically avoid connection attempts
• change GUI port to specifically avoid connection attempts, NOTE: not sure this can be done, does the mycrof-gui also allow changing this?
• bundle hivemind to encourage proper secure bus connections, so people dont allow mycroft bus and are instead pointed to this
• blacklist https://github.com/JarbasHiveMind/skill-hivemind because hivemind master is running system wide
• can we add some warning when users make firewall changes? specifically is allowing any of the blocked ports?

[JarbasAl]

disabling msm is now possible as follows

  "skills": {
    "msm": {
      "repo": {
        "url": "https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/disable-msm-dummy-repo",
        "branch": "master"
      }
    }

[NeonDaniel]

Couple additional skills adapted to remove backend dependency:

Weather: https://github.com/NeonGeckoCom/skill-weather
Stock: https://github.com/NeonGeckoCom/skill-stock