Question About Privacy and missing Privacy under Settings

[Ali/amjjawad]

On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 8:20 PM, Steve Ovens <steve_ovens at linux.com> wrote:

> Ali,
> Its not a rumor, the Unity interface submits all of what you type into
> Unity Search to Amazon. This returns both local results and advertising.
> Say you are searching for "Life is a Highway" looking for a song in your
> library. It will return those results as well as the results as if you went
> to Amazon and did the same search on their website.
>
> A lot of users see this as "malware" or spyware. It has caused quite the
> stir.
>

I am sorry but I've had quit using Ubuntu since Ubuntu 11.04 and that was
indeed when Unity came to Life :)
>From that time until now, I haven't used Ubuntu at all.



> As per my previous email, Gnome does not have this function therefore does
> not require these privacy settings
>

Yes, that is for sure as long as there is nothing about Unity with Ubuntu
GNOME.

I still think we have to write an official statement and post that on our
different area :)



>
>
> On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Ali/amjjawad <amjjawad at gnome.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 2:37 AM, Simon Andrä <djshira at live.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello, i want ask why the "PRivacy" is missing under settings.
>>>
>>> I want also know ifthe "official Ubuntu" Spyware deletet in ubuntu
>>> gnome? I mean the Amazon search, search and ip logs etc because im very in
>>> the security stuff
>>>
>>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thank you for your email.
>>
>> Nothing personal against you nor anyone but I am really puzzled. Where
>> that 'Privacy' thing has come from?
>>
>> This is the 2nd time at the same week with the very same Question. Is
>> there any rumors or something on the Internet about that which I am not
>> aware of?
>>
>> I think we need an official statement on our website and social media
>> channels to make things clear, also on our Wiki area.
>>
>> @Simon,
>>
>> Steve has answered your question:
>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-gnome/2014-February/001546.html
>>
>> @Everyone
>> We need to clear this confusion ASAP :)
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>>
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