Ubuntu
libunity package

  1. Bug #1073114
  2. Comment #33

Comment 33 for bug 1073114

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Carsten Agger (agger) wrote : Re: Shopping Lens Does Not Respect User Privacy

Thanks to Mike Davis for the summary. I'd just like to add that I really hope to see this issue fixed in 13.04.

As a formerly very active member of the Ubuntu LoCo and present free software activist, I really don't feel I can recommend Ubuntu 12.10 to anyone as long as this bug stands. It's a betrayal of the values that formerly led me to support Ubuntu and struggle to get the word out to people, and after 12.04 (which is an excellent system BTW) I may well have to start recommending that people use Trisquel or Debian instead of Ubuntu.

As a user, my strong feeling is that if my computer is to search for anything online it's because *I* ask it to, explicitly. If Amazon search is opt-out not opt-in, a very basic trust is betrayed.

While a genuine privacy concern is standing, also note that the Ubuntu brand IS being tarnished. A lot of valuable community members and users are having second thoughts because of it. I think that's not in the interest of either Canonical, Ubuntu or anyone else in the free software community. Ubuntu needs to stay strong and well-respected.