Comment 52 for bug 1073114

On the basis of EFF recommandations, here the what's need to be done to solve this bug, considering the stagnation/progress/regession observed since Ubuntu 12.10:

- Disable "Include online search results" by default -----> Nothing has been done. To do.

- Explain in detail what Canonical does with search queries and IP addresses, how long it stores them, and in what circumstances it gives them to third parties -----> Regression since 13.10, as the untranslated legal notice is more difficut to find. It has been relegated to an obscure "Diagnostics" tab, in the "Security and Privacy" panel, in the System settings, instead of being available at the bottof right corner of the Dash. So, at leat, it needs to be translated. Also, if it has to remain in the"Security and Privacy" panel, it should be in a more properly designated tab. Also, if the online search remains activated by default, there should be some sort of proheminent popup that would ask for user attention, upon first login or first access to the Dash, refering him/her to the legal notice and asking him what he/she wants to do with online search (and related scopes).

- Make the Search Results tab of the Privacy settings let users toggle on and off specific online search results, as some users might want Amazon products in their search results, but never anything from Facebook. -----> Some progress has been made with 13.10, as now, in adition to be able to disable onlne search, within the "Security and Privacy" panel, users can also deactiate some particular scopes (or sources?), by right cliking on them, in the Dash, and then clicking for deactivation. Now the process is tedious if, as an example, a user only wants 1 or 2 scopes to be activated. One solution could be to include these options in the "Security and Privacy" panel (which would be more coherent, if done in a proper way) with a complete list of the sources, and with some easy and quick way to turn some of them on or off.