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This has happened since forever on Mac, Windows and Ubuntu.

• jchw 6y ago
  No it has not.
  • mehrdadn 6y ago
    I'm fairly sure Windows does upload at least some hashes if you have it enabled in Windows Defender (which it is by default). Don't expect Ubuntu does this though.
    • jchw 6y ago
      Yeah, Windows Defender does worse if you let it have sample submission on. It'll send binaries to Microsoft and they will run in Azure! https://medium.com/sensorfu/how-my-application-ran-away-and-called-home-from-redmond-de7af081100d https://medium.com/sensorfu/how-my-application-ran-away-and-... That said, "this has happened forever" is false too. These behaviors are relatively new and relatively under the radar. Many people don't know they exist to get upset about it.
    • romanovcode 6y ago
      > Don't expect Ubuntu does this though. Ubuntu uploads (at least it did couple years ago) your data to Amazon. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/ubuntu-spyware.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/ubuntu-spyware.en.html
• bkovacev 6y ago
  Can you please provide resources for Ubuntu?
  • deadbunny 6y ago
    I would guess they are referencing the Ubuntu Amazon search thing from about 5 years ago (IIRC)
    • romanovcode 6y ago
      Yes, exactly
      • twentydollars 6y ago
        So... No, this has never happened on Ubuntu.
• sliken 6y ago
  Sorry, not on Ubuntu. It's easy to check, compile a binary, run it, and use wireshark to watch your uplink.
  • romanovcode 6y ago
    Ubuntu did upload what applications you launched to Amazon.
    • sliken 6y ago
      Link? There was a connection between the search bar for awhile, if you typed in pants you'd get potential amazon links. It was easy to turn off and disappeared awhile later.
      • romanovcode 6y ago
        It is exactly that. And you can turn off spying on other OS'es as well, doesn't defeat the point - they all spy.
        • twentydollars 6y ago
          Linux operating systems don't spy on their users. This is false. Stop repeating misinformation. The Ubuntu Amazon fiasco is, if anything, evidence of extreme resistance to this kind of thing. The Linux community rejected Canonical's opt-out ad partnership with Amazon collectively and almost unanimously. The program was relatively benign, but it went against ideals of both users and developers, and there have been no repeats.
          • romanovcode 6y ago
            I did not say "Linux" anywhere. I said Ubuntu. Did it happen? Yes. And that is enough information.
            • twentydollars 6y ago