I do not agree, this bug has not been solved and should remain open.. as titled the “bug” is “online smart scopes do not respect user privacy”
and from what i can tell; the new setup still does not respect user privacy.. keystrokes typed in search are still sent to canonical services (correct me if i’m wrong).
and the scopes scope is still opt-out.. and does not appear to address the EFF’s concerns at all..

Mike Davis
IOA

On Mar 31, 2014, at 9:34 PM, Benjamin Kerensa <email address hidden> wrote:

> @mlaverdiere: I agree this announcement addresses any privacy concerns
> users should have do we have a likely milestone to attach it to and is
> it worth marking Fix Committed?
> 
> ** Changed in: libunity (Ubuntu Quantal)
>       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix
> 
> ** Changed in: libunity (Ubuntu Raring)
>       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix
> 
> ** Changed in: unity-lens-shopping (Ubuntu Quantal)
>       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix
> 
> ** Changed in: unity-lens-shopping (Ubuntu Raring)
>       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix
> 
> ** Changed in: unity-lens-shopping (Ubuntu)
>    Milestone: None => later
> 
> ** Changed in: libunity (Ubuntu)
>    Milestone: None => later
> 
> ** Changed in: unity-lens-shopping (Ubuntu)
>       Status: Confirmed => In Progress
> 
> ** Changed in: libunity (Ubuntu)
>       Status: Confirmed => In Progress
> 
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1073114
> 
> Title:
>  Online Smart Scopes  Do Not Respect User Privacy
> 
> Status in “libunity” package in Ubuntu:
>  In Progress
> Status in “unity-lens-shopping” package in Ubuntu:
>  In Progress
> Status in “libunity” source package in Quantal:
>  Won't Fix
> Status in “unity-lens-shopping” source package in Quantal:
>  Won't Fix
> Status in “libunity” source package in Raring:
>  Won't Fix
> Status in “unity-lens-shopping” source package in Raring:
>  Won't Fix
> 
> Bug description:
>  See this from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a well
>  respected "international non-profit digital rights advocacy and legal
>  organization" (as described on Wikipedia):
>  https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/privacy-ubuntu-1210-amazon-ads-
>  and-data-leaks
> 
>  Obviously, despite some improvements that have came late in the 12.10
>  development cycle, there are still serious privacy concerns with the
>  unity shopping lens.  To be more precise, here are the main problems
>  to be fixed according to EFF:
> 
>  - Disable "Include online search results" by default.
> 
>  - 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.
> 
>  - 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.
> 
>  Here is another related bug:
> 
>   #1055952 Direct data leaking to Amazon:
>  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-lens-
>  shopping/+bug/1055952
> 
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
>  Package: unity-lens-shopping 6.8.0-0ubuntu1
>  Uname: Linux 3.5.6-030506-generic x86_64
>  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
>  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
>  Architecture: amd64
>  Date: Tue Oct 30 06:35:38 2012
>  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-02-12 (260 days ago)
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
>  MarkForUpload: True
>  SourcePackage: unity-lens-shopping
>  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-28 (31 days ago)
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