diff --git a/patches/privacy/disable-updater-pings.patch b/patches/privacy/disable-updater-pings.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad25d5ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/privacy/disable-updater-pings.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+commit 835aa728bc2eaa7f01dc875d87aa64b61bb11ccd
+Author: csagan5 <32685696+csagan5@users.noreply.github.com>
+Date:   Thu Oct 12 01:35:53 2017 +0200
+
+    Disable updater pings
+
+diff --git a/components/component_updater/configurator_impl.cc b/components/component_updater/configurator_impl.cc
+index efc46c5..2bb49f36 100644
+--- a/components/component_updater/configurator_impl.cc
++++ b/components/component_updater/configurator_impl.cc
+@@ -56,8 +56,10 @@ const char kSwitchDisableDeltaUpdates[] = "disable-delta-updates";
+ const char kSwitchDisableBackgroundDownloads[] = "disable-background-downloads";
+ #endif  // defined(OS_WIN)
+ 
++#if 0
+ const base::Feature kAlternateComponentUrls{"AlternateComponentUrls",
+                                             base::FEATURE_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT};
++#endif
+ 
+ // If there is an element of |vec| of the form |test|=.*, returns the right-
+ // hand side of that assignment. Otherwise, returns an empty string.
+@@ -89,8 +91,7 @@ ConfiguratorImpl::ConfiguratorImpl(
+       fast_update_(false),
+       pings_enabled_(false),
+       deltas_enabled_(false),
+-      background_downloads_enabled_(false),
+-      require_encryption_(require_encryption) {
++      background_downloads_enabled_(false) {
+   // Parse comma-delimited debug flags.
+   std::vector<std::string> switch_values = base::SplitString(
+       cmdline->GetSwitchValueASCII(switches::kComponentUpdater), ",",
+@@ -138,22 +139,6 @@ int ConfiguratorImpl::UpdateDelay() const {
+ 
+ std::vector<GURL> ConfiguratorImpl::UpdateUrl() const {
+   std::vector<GURL> urls;
+-  if (url_source_override_.is_valid()) {
+-    urls.push_back(GURL(url_source_override_));
+-    return urls;
+-  }
+-
+-  if (base::FeatureList::IsEnabled(kAlternateComponentUrls)) {
+-    urls.push_back(GURL(kUpdaterDefaultUrlAlt));
+-    urls.push_back(GURL(kUpdaterFallbackUrlAlt));
+-  } else {
+-    urls.push_back(GURL(kUpdaterDefaultUrl));
+-    urls.push_back(GURL(kUpdaterFallbackUrl));
+-  }
+-
+-  if (require_encryption_)
+-    update_client::RemoveUnsecureUrls(&urls);
+-
+   return urls;
+ }
+ 
+diff --git a/components/component_updater/configurator_impl.h b/components/component_updater/configurator_impl.h
+index afc3d2d..5258e47 100644
+--- a/components/component_updater/configurator_impl.h
++++ b/components/component_updater/configurator_impl.h
+@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ class ConfiguratorImpl {
+   bool pings_enabled_;
+   bool deltas_enabled_;
+   bool background_downloads_enabled_;
+-  bool require_encryption_;
+ 
+   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ConfiguratorImpl);
+ };