Newly installed Joplin on Linux, version 2.8.7 revision 91d786d.
My intention is to keep the files local to the main client so I haven't added any sync destinations.
Looking at the privacy section on the privacy policy in the welcome notebook, I decided to turn off the auto-update and geo-location options, so I went to Tools->Options->Application, but the only options listed are...
Show Tray Icon
Start Application Minimised in the tray icon
Get pre-releases when checking for updates.
Am I looking in the wrong place, or do those privacy options only appear when a sync destination has been set?