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The perils of desktop tracking

The perils of desktop tracking

Posted Apr 26, 2012 5:20 UTC (Thu) by steffen780 (guest, #68142)
In reply to: The perils of desktop tracking by seif
Parent article: The perils of desktop tracking

I think asking for this during install or after first boot is a very, very good idea. 100 bonus points if that also includes handling e.g. browser history and IM logging. It doesn't have to be complicated (to the user), just over the usual 4 options:
- Max logging
- Default (14 or 30 days browser history, no Zeitgeist)
- No logging
- Custom

I think the various smartphone and facebook scandals might be leading to increased awareness by normal users such as those targeted by Ubuntu.


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