Ignoring privacy sabotages Ubuntu's best chance for success

[Gerry A.]

I want Ubuntu to succeed and thrive. Unfortunately I (among others) are 
disheartened by choices Canonical is making for Ubuntu. I'm sure 
Canonical means well but some of your privacy-related decisions are 
going to seriously hurt Ubuntu's chances for success.

I am very interested in hearing from Ubuntu Developers on my proposal to 
improve Ubuntu's competitiveness in the marketplace by focusing and 
advertising its Privacy advantage.


On 25-02-2014 15:35, Benjamin Kerensa wrote:
> On 2/24/14, 3:08 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
>> Gerry A. wrote on 21/02/14 16:45:
>> 
>>> Ubuntu desktop and phone are great designs but contain a fatal
>>> flaw: a failure to foster & utilize what would be one of its
>>> strongest assets for gaining market share--Privacy.
>> 
>>> ...
>> 
>> Ubuntu has extensive designs for privacy settings on both PC and
>> phone. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityAndPrivacySettings> As
>> with everything else in Ubuntu, there's always more to do than we
>> have time for.
> 
> Except the fact that it requires opt-out to sending queries to
> Canonical and then on to third parties. And that there are still
> scopes/lenses enabled by default that do not use SSL which leaks user
> queries.
> 
> 
>> 
>> Protracted but non-specific comparisons to DuckDuckGo aren't that
>> useful. Most useful would be for you to implement privacy features
>> yourself, or find new contributors to do so. But at a minimum, you
>> could be more specific about improvements you'd like to see.
> 
> You're suggesting that individuals are going to be able to submit
> patches to improve privacy and that those patches would even be
> acknowledged?
> 
> Please explain then why a member of the Ubuntu Tech Committees patch
> has sat without review for two years.
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