remote video scope doesn't full switch off traffic when privacy option switched on
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unity Remote Videos scope |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
unity-scope-video-remote (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
David Callé | ||
Quantal |
Fix Released
|
High
|
David Callé |
Bug Description
[IMPACT]
An privacy issue.
[TEST CASE]
1. Install wireshark
2. Set "Include online search results" setting to "Off"
3. Logout/login again or restart computer
4. Start wireshark and start capturing network data - http only
5. Open the lenses, switch to video scope, observe traffic to canonical servers (if any)
[REGRESSION POTENTIAL]
Minimal.
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In 12.10 we now have a privacy option in system settings which is supposed to suppress outgoing requests to Canonical servers. Unfortunately the scope still makes a (harmless but unwanted) request to http://
To reproduce
Install wireshark, set privacy option "Include online search results" to "Off".
Logout/login to get a clean session
Start wireshark, start capture and filter to show only http traffic.
Open the lenses
Observe traffic to canonical servers.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: unity-scope-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Oct 11 20:50:13 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120102)
PackageArchitec
SourcePackage: unity-scope-
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Related branches
- John Lenton (community): Approve
- Unity Videos lens: Pending requested
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Diff: 31 lines (+5/-1)1 file modifiedsrc/unity-scope-video-remote (+5/-1)
Changed in unity-scope-video-remote (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
assignee: | nobody → David Callé (davidc3) |
Changed in unity-scope-video-remote (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in unity-scope-video-remote (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in unity-scope-video-remote: | |
milestone: | none → 0.3.10 |
status: | New → In Progress |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in unity-scope-video-remote (Ubuntu Quantal): | |
milestone: | none → quantal-updates |
description: | updated |
no longer affects: | unity-scope-video-remote (Ubuntu R-series) |
description: | updated |
Changed in unity-scope-video-remote: | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
Changed in unity-scope-video-remote: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Ubuntu One does the same kind of harmless requests even if a user has not activated Ubuntu One at all.