so i wrote a small program that does the same (it uses the ftp port but it is not ftp, the format is only sending from the user side "size of report name" "report name" "size of crash report" "crash report". it sends only the info that you see in errorlog.txt. it doesn't record ip addresses, it doesn't send anything (even 1 byte), it just receives the bug report data.
the source of the project is available on request (27K), it took 1 hour to write (while in unusable state of mind - not to waste time

also newspro, from within the program, will check now for updates by reading these web pages (as in the past - acting like a browser):
http://newspro.netwu.com/version_r.htm
http://newspro.netwu.com/version_d.htm
and, of course you can disable crash reports in properties->general, upload stack trace and checks for updates in properties->general, check for updates to prevent newspro from contacting anything but your designated news servers, but, as follows from above, it is not necessary.