Public bug reported:
The new spyware feature of Unity Dash in 12.10 is a welcome improvement,
but needs to be extended to all Ubuntu packages.
Ever since I switched my home computers to GNU/Linux, closed my Facebook
account and stopped using Google Search, I have been suffering. Finally
now with Dash, some of my private information is once again being
disclosed along with my IP address to Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, BBC and
Canonical, but this is limited.
Dangerous gaps still remain in my files in the mass surveillance
databases of several governments. Plus I find myself at the supermarket
wondering what to buy, not having seen enough targeted advertising.
I have tried calling Amazon and asking them to send someone around who
can watch everything I do outside of Dash and then shout personalized
advertisements at me, but they have refused. Likewise, no government
would send a spook around specifically to record my computing actions.
Apparently when it comes to mass coverage, they all rely on the vast
economies provided by software with built-in spying.
Ubuntu is to be commended for finally introducing automatic spying for
profit to the world of GNU/Linux and so-called "free" software, but at
the moment it doesn't go far enough.
It needs to be extended to every package. I was thinking -- my computer
has a webcam. You could even include some code to secretly turn it on to
record images of myself, my wife and my children, tag them and then pass
them along to Facebook to include in its mass biometrics database. I
would feel much safer if this were the case, plus possibly you could
strike a deal with a cosmetics company to provide customised cosmetics
purchase suggestions.
In fact, perhaps you could incorporate the webcam app with a system-wide
keylogger which sends all keystrokes and screen shots back to Canonical
for further distribution. You could call it Unity Telescreen.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Attachment added: "Screenshot"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1070111/+attachment/3409664/+files/ubuntu12.10-dash-legal-notice.png
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Spyware coverage incomplete - limited to Dash
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