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This is almost nothing compared to what Microsoft with Windows 10 collects. And beyond that, Canonical is honest and presents an opt out, while Microsoft does w

This is almost nothing compared to what Microsoft with Windows 10 collects. And beyond that, Canonical is honest and presents an opt out, while Microsoft does waaaay more without even telling, and hides all the many opt-out's in loads of hidden setting dialogs. Still, it's good to keep a sharp eye on Canonical. I have not forgotten about the "lens" sending your local query to 3d parties like amazon by default..

malikNF 9y ago
Canonical is no saint, https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/privacy-ubuntu-1210-amazon-ads-and-data-leaks https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/privacy-ubuntu-1210-am... (Amazon Ads and Data Leaks in ubuntu 12.10) https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/richard-stallman-calls-ubuntu-spyware-because-it-tracks-searches/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/richa... (Richard Stallman calls Ubuntu “spyware” ) https://www.wired.com/2013/11/fixubuntu/ https://www.wired.com/2013/11/fixubuntu/ (Linux Outfit Canonical Launches Campaign to Silence Privacy Critic)
- falcolas 9y ago
  Nobody is a saint; not even the saints. But making an effort to do the right thing, no matter their history, should be respected.
- opencl 9y ago
  That was shitty but they stopped doing it years ago (in 16.04 specifically), and it was easily disabled when it was there. Meanwhile Windows 10 just keeps getting more and more invasive, and make it more and more difficult to turn off. Disabling web search in the start menu requires using either the registry editor or group policy now! And when you search for how to disable things everything you find is out of date because they keep changing it every 6 months. The trend has been going from actual option in settings menu -> require registry edit or group policy -> system ignores the registry and it becomes completely impossible to disable. I was pretty mad when they did this to the lock screen and it continues to be a mild annoyance to me every day.

malikNF 9y ago

Canonical is no saint, https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/privacy-ubuntu-1210-amazon-ads-and-data-leaks https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/privacy-ubuntu-1210-am... (Amazon Ads and Data Leaks in ubuntu 12.10) https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/richard-stallman-calls-ubuntu-spyware-because-it-tracks-searches/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/richa... (Richard Stallman calls Ubuntu “spyware” ) https://www.wired.com/2013/11/fixubuntu/ https://www.wired.com/2013/11/fixubuntu/ (Linux Outfit Canonical Launches Campaign to Silence Privacy Critic)

falcolas 9y ago
Nobody is a saint; not even the saints. But making an effort to do the right thing, no matter their history, should be respected.
opencl 9y ago
That was shitty but they stopped doing it years ago (in 16.04 specifically), and it was easily disabled when it was there. Meanwhile Windows 10 just keeps getting more and more invasive, and make it more and more difficult to turn off. Disabling web search in the start menu requires using either the registry editor or group policy now! And when you search for how to disable things everything you find is out of date because they keep changing it every 6 months. The trend has been going from actual option in settings menu -> require registry edit or group policy -> system ignores the registry and it becomes completely impossible to disable. I was pretty mad when they did this to the lock screen and it continues to be a mild annoyance to me every day.