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Stallman: Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do?Stallman: Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do?Posted Dec 9, 2012 22:22 UTC (Sun) by SilverWave (guest, #55000)Parent article: Stallman: Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do?
So... if I am using Xubuntu I avoid any spyware issues, but retain the benefits of a large repository of update packages and a great community?
That is, the problem identified here is Ubuntu and Unity specific?
Restated:
Or am I being naive?
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Stallman: Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do? Posted Dec 9, 2012 23:36 UTC (Sun) by raven667 (subscriber, #5198) [Link]
As stated in the article the problem isn't that the feature exists or that you can't disable it (you can) it's that it's the default and any users who aren't savvy about it could leak information unintentionally. It would be better if the feature was opt-in or the result of explicit user action that was clear you were doing a network search and not a local search. The fact that Canonical proxies and anonymizes the requests somewhat may help but this requires an ongoing trust relationship that they won't misuse the data they gather that wouldn't be necessary if the feature was opt-in or explicit.
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