Mark, and thank you for your comments and your suggestion. I have set
this as a wishlist item so that we can track it when
planning/implementing enhancements and new features. I have also set it
as triaged since I think we have enough information to move to the next
step.
Many thanks for your help!
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Triaged
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/881754
Title:
sync feature fails to notify already logged-in users that is that is
uploading package data
Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 and just found the "sync" feature in USC today
and clicked on it-- neat idea!
I was curious about how it worked, so I searched and found the spec
and read about it. By the time I read the part that it uploaded my
data to another server, it was already too late-- my data had already
started to be sent without my consent.
I had submitted some reviews earlier in the day, so apparently I was
already signed in, so I received zero notifications before or after
the upload that data was being sent off site. I consider this a
privacy issue, and something that users should be notified about. It's
possible that people have installed custom packages that could reveal
things about their computer use that they would rather not. Or, it may
simply reveal that they have specific, exploitable versions of
software installed.
The "Sync" name is not enough to convey this. I assumed that the
feature either worked via the "sneaker net", or would connect directly
to computers on the local network without storing data at a third
party.
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