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People sometimes turn to Linux to avoid tracking. This is slightly awkward PR for the community in that sense. It took years for people to lower their guards af
by hertzrat 6y ago
People sometimes turn to Linux to avoid tracking. This is slightly awkward PR for the community in that sense. It took years for people to lower their guards after the Amazon search uploads controversy years ago
- thih9 6y ago> Amazon search uploads controversy If anyone like me needs context: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2840401/ubuntus-unity-8-desktop-removes-the-amazon-search-spyware.html https://www.pcworld.com/article/2840401/ubuntus-unity-8-desk...
- SecurityLagoon 6y agoThanks! Couldn't remember this specific privacy violation amongst the daily occurrence of them by big tech companies.
- hertzrat 6y agoFortunately, in the open source world, scandals are still rare enough to be memorable. It’s a little amazing to have such a massive exception to “free (as in beer) means you are the product”