-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote on 11/10/11 12:43: > ... > > I had difficulties believing this to be true, so I tested it. I > searched for an artist of which I have no records, and sure > enough, the music lense told me I could purchase it. I then > disconnected from the network and searched again and this time, I > got no advertisement. A very simple test that anyone can perform, > and it indicated to me that the search was indeed being sent to > some online service. Does this apply to all my searches? What else > is being uploaded about me? > > I was just about to sniff my network to see for myself when I came > to my senses... If people even get the impression that they are > being monitored by their own system, then Ubuntu has certainly > lost. Technologies like Zeitgeist are great, but they also mean > it's more important than ever that absolutely no information is > being transmitted without asking permission first and that user > always knows what is being sent. The feeling of loosing that > confidence was not a good one. > > ...
Apple had an equivalent privacy problem with the iTunes MiniStore five years ago. <http://boingboing.net/2006/01/11/itunes-update-spies.html> They fixed it by (a) making it opt-in, and (b) explaining it inside iTunes itself. <http://daringfireball.net/2006/01/itunes_ministore> - -- mpt -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk6UoVIACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecrp/gCfUsHf1RmluqPv5rsiDe53FWDh 4QAAni1l/Ybbnfiuv4L2Xb2ukcTynpKd =dZGZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop