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Stallman: Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do?Stallman: Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do?Posted Dec 7, 2012 22:59 UTC (Fri) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)In reply to: Stallman: Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do? by el_presidente Parent article: Stallman: Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do? No, you're flaming RMS without even understanding what he is objecting to. Ubuntu is sending the results of local searches, and searches of the package database to Amazon as well. There's no reason for that other than to raise money, the user is not expecting it. The EFF has also objected to the scheme.
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Stallman: Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do? Posted Dec 8, 2012 1:49 UTC (Sat) by el_presidente (subscriber, #87621) [Link]
askubuntu.com/questions/38772/what-lenses-for-unity-are-available
The amazon thing has been implemented badly, but their search feature is clearly meant to be universal. In fact, they're advertising it as something that doesn't do only local searches.
Stallman: Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do? Posted Dec 8, 2012 14:20 UTC (Sat) by Wol (guest, #4433) [Link]
Yeah, but the point is, BY DEFAULT you CANNOT DO a local search!
If I'm looking for a document that *I* wrote, and is stored on *MY* computer, then if that computer is Ubuntu *by* *default* searching for it will try and find it on Amazon. NASTY!
Talk about a security risk! What if that's your doctor looking for a medical letter and using personally identifiable information along with the illness? Now Amazon know what illnesses you suffer from!
Cheers,
Stallman: Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do? Posted Dec 8, 2012 19:14 UTC (Sat) by tajyrink (subscriber, #2750) [Link]
Files lens (Super+F) is what you'd probably want to use if you want to do local document searches on your computer but don't want to disable online results completely from the settings. The Dash Home search is a global search for all the lenses, and some of the lenses like music/movies(/shopping) are more naturally online oriented nowadays since that's from where people generally get content.
Stallman: Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do? Posted Dec 8, 2012 21:50 UTC (Sat) by mdeslaur (subscriber, #55004) [Link]
Of course you can do a local search. Click on the third tab in the dash, or open the local search in the dash directly with super-f.
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