https://fixubuntu.com/ has a script which turns off remote search,
uninstalls unity-lens-shopping, disables remote scopes and blocks
connections to Ubuntu's ad server.
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I am immediately stopping my recommendations for using Ubuntu, and
actively recommending against it based on this invasive and backhanded
leaking of private information without an appropriate opt-in and
explanation. Ubuntu, you failed, and now you pay the consequences.
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It's already triaged.
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Status: Confirmed = Triaged
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I installed 13.04 and set the privacy setting accordingly to disable the
Amazon traffic. Despite this, it bothers me to know that Canonical made
such a foolish move like this. If this was disabled by default, I would
actually consider turning it on because I've always wanted to help
Canonical in
12.04 has been my last one for this very reason.
I'm now a happy ArchLinux user.
To put it very clearly : I just left Ubuntu because I was so pissed off
by this commercial move (as well as the software library that doesn't
make any difference between freeware and free sofware.
Ubuntu seems not
The bug is still present in Ubuntu 13.04 beta.
I'm a long-term Ubuntu user, but LTS 12.04 will be my last one if this does not
get fixed.
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Temporary solution is a remastering ISO image:
http://www.helplinux.ru/wiki/en:kb:make-ubuntu-safe
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Title:
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To
It's not about Tor, or my IP address / who I am getting sent to remote
servers. It is about what is being sent.
It sends my search term to the world outside my personal computer
without my given consent (and without informing me that it assumes my
consent), That search terms might contain
+ 100 ! Well said.
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@keremhd: While I fully agree with your opinion about the privacy
implications of the shopping lens towards Canonical and what data is
being passed around to them, this is not what this bug is about.
This bug is about the fact that Shuttleworth's statement, We are not
telling Amazon what you are
Richard Stallman has commented on this: http://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms
/ubuntu-spyware-what-to-do
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Richard's comments must be taken very seriously, and this issue *must*
be adressed in the single only possible way : Shopping lens and every
related unwanted online search packages must be removed from Ubuntu, by
an urgent, security, bugfix.
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Every IT site in the world: Ubuntu with Spyware?
Please release a fix. The Ubuntu brand is getting tarnished. No matter
if it is indeed a security problem or not - that can be discussed if
needed- but this *will* stick to Ubuntu forever if it isn't fixed
quickly. Opt-in is the Linux way.
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David: Because of Tor's design its latency is far too high to use in a
Dash context. Dash results are supposed to be near-instantaneous.
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Would it be possible to use Tor (or some other anonymising protocol) to
send and receive each request? (Whether the request is to Canonical,
Amazon or some other vendor.)
This way individual requests may be identifiable (IP address for sale of
item X occurred shortly after anonymous query for X),
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** Changed in: unity-lens-shopping
Milestone: None = 6.12.0
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While I do understand the reasoning behind this 'feature' and I do think
it would be good for Ubuntu, Linux and Open Source as a whole if more
funding comes its way, the issues associated with the shopping lens are
worrying me. Combine that with some unavoidable bugs in the new code and
user
** Changed in: unity-lens-shopping (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = High
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** Changed in: unity-lens-shopping
Status: New = Confirmed
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Importance: Undecided = High
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Assignee: (unassigned) = John Lenton (chipaca)
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** Also affects: unity-lens-shopping
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Related bug 1055649
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Some suggestions (from https://perot.me/ubuntu-privacy-blunder-over-
amazon-ads-continues) on how to fix the thumbnail downloading issue:
(One of the following)
- On the productsearch.ubuntu.com site, download the thumbnails directly
and embed them into the JSON result sent to the client, using
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
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Status: New = Confirmed
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** Attachment added: HTTP request to ecx.images-amazon.com
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1055952/+attachment/3340283/+files/dataleak.png
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** Description changed:
Despite claims from Mark Shuttleworth that data is not sent to Amazon
(http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1182), a quick look at
Wireshark reveals that all images resulting from search results are
downloaded directly from Amazon (see attached picture).
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