Most wallets that connect to the Internet track your IP address. This is often for bugs reports, statistics, and other uses. They'll store your IP address, and that could be logged and recovered in the future. And if you're using an offline wallet, it probably connects to an online service or RPC that does track you.
So before you vilify Metamask/Infura and promote other wallets you think are safe, just realize that it's extremely common. Now whether it's a bad thing really depends on you.
Most dApps, web3 sites, and CEXs already track you, and you've probably given away your IP address many times already. If you need to hide your tracks, you should've used a VPN that doesn't store your IP address in the first place. It's already too late.
Wallets that track IP
Loopring
Complies with the law and tracks IP
https://loopring.io/#/document/privacy_en.md
We will not share your information with third parties except to provide you with our services and products, to comply with the law or to protect our rights.
(c) Device information: We will collect the relevant information of your device using our services, including device ID, version information of the mobile device operating system, mobile device platform type (iOS or Android), phone language, channel information (e.g., GooglePlay, Apple App Store), IP address in order to provide statistical analysis services, and calibrate the accuracy of report data through geographic location to provide basic anti-fraud function.
Gamestop
Tracks IP, GPS, and lots of device info: https://decrypt.co/101133/gamestop-rolls-out-metamask-like-ethereum-wallet-to-support-nft-marketplace
https://wallet.gamestop.com/privacy
TrustWallet
Tracks IP: https://trustwallet.com/privacy-policy/
Ledger Live
Tracks IP, click actions: https://www.ledger.com/privacy-policy
Guarda
Tracks IP: https://guarda.com/privacy-policy/
Metamask
Some (likely most) RPCs track IP, including the default Infura RPC for Ethereum mainnet
Electrum
Electrum connects to ~10 servers at a time, and they see your IP address. Chances are at least one of them is tracking it.
Wallets that mostly do not track IP
Exodus
Not normally tracked. Is tracked when using the in-wallet exchange feature: https://support.exodus.com/article/138-what-information-does-exodus-have-access-to
MyEtherWallet
Does not track IP as far as I can tell unless you visit their site: https://www.myetherwallet.com/privacy-policy
Unknown
SafePal
Collects IP address when visiting the website. Unknown about the app.
Trezor Suite
Website doesn't say
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