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The real worry is not Canonical misusing your data, but third-parties mis-using it. Even if Canoncial makes a mistake and goes down, in the mean time, your priv
by hrjet 13y ago
The real worry is not Canonical misusing your data, but third-parties mis-using it. Even if Canoncial makes a mistake and goes down, in the mean time, your private information has been sent to third-parties, by default!
"Third-parties" includes Amazon, disgruntled employees, MITM, intruders, govt agencies, and so on.
- frank_boyd 13y ago> The real worry is not Canonical misusing your data, but third-parties mis-using it. Nobody said otherwise. But, as I said: a) you have full control over the situation (easy options to fix the problem), b) Mark knows very well that he can't go further in privacy-related concessions - his credit is maxed out now. Btw., as a reminder, have you already quit using all products and services provided by the NSA partner companies, such as: Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Skype, Yahoo, Paltalk, etc.? And do you encrypt 100% of your communication (email, chat, VOIP, VPN)? Because that's the real elephant in the room, as far as your privacy is concerned (and I'm not defending Canonical's Amazon search term deal).
- pekk 13y ago"Your private information has been sent to third-parties" every time you do a search on Google. Many pieces of software do Google searches without anyone making a huge ideological stink over it.
- hrjet 13y agoMany people don't realize the significance of privacy. That's not a good reason to shoot down those who do.