[Bug 1701068] [NEW] motd is advertising HBO's Silicon Valley

2017-06-28 Thread Zachary Fouts
Public bug reported: The MOTD is advertising HBO's Silicon Valley. The MOTD should not be advertising anything. Welcome to Ubuntu 17.04 (GNU/Linux 4.10.0-21-generic x86_64) * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com * Management: https://landscape.canonical.com * Support:

[Bug 1701068] Re: motd.ubuntu.com currently shows media item (HBO's Silicon Valley using Ubuntu)

2017-06-29 Thread Zachary Fouts
Re: UserAgent My UserAgent in Chrome|FireFox|Curl|wget|etc do not tell the remote server what the uptime of my host is. Re: Fun Facts Fun facts are indeed fun, but this feature should be reserved for important information regarding EOL, Security Patches, etc. If the administrator of

[Bug 1701068] Re: motd.ubuntu.com currently shows media item (HBO's Silicon Valley using Ubuntu)

2017-06-29 Thread Zachary Fouts
Dustin -- thank you for addressing the issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1701068 Title: motd.ubuntu.com currently shows media item (HBO's Silicon Valley using Ubuntu) To

[Bug 1867424] Re: motd-news transmitting private hardware data without consent or knowledge in background

2020-06-29 Thread Zachary Fouts
I too, would like to see this fixed. I initially reported something very similar in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base- files/+bug/1701068 back in 2017. This is unacceptable, especially for EU users. It needs to be an option top opt-in at install time. By default I believe this should