This feature is not spyware. This feature is not malware. Saying so is pure FUD and these users need to check the actual definition of these terms, in my blunt opinion. Spyware and malware do not come with an off switch. Unity's search results have an off switch. Consider that topic now terminated. Amazon is not the only resource. Data is made anonymous at Canonical and forwarded to other services. Weather, Wikipedia, Amazon, etc. You may control which particular services are enabled. Understandably so, some people do not like this feature. Some of us, myself included, would prefer to see it in a different lens to segregate local vs online searches. That being said, there's this neat little feature that is crazy easy to use. It is an on/off toggle. I actively use it and can assure you it works. Disable it and move on. Windows 8.1 has a nearly identical feature called smart search included by default. Like Unity's search feature, it can be disabled. This feature in question is Unity specific. It is not included in any other desktop environment or distribution associated with Ubuntu. Ubuntu GNOME included. The power of choice is beautiful. Have a great day. On Feb 9, 2014 11:20 AM, "Steve Ovens" <<a href="mailto:steve_ovens@linux.com">steve_ovens@linux.com</a>> 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. As per my previous email, Gnome does not have this function therefore does not require these privacy settings > > > On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Ali/amjjawad <<a href="mailto:amjjawad@gnome.org">amjjawad@gnome.org</a>> wrote: >> >> >> On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 2:37 AM, Simon Andrä <<a href="mailto:djshira@live.de">djshira@live.de</a>> 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: >> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-gnome/2014-February/001546.html">https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-gnome/2014-February/001546.html</a> >> >> @Everyone >> We need to clear this confusion ASAP :) >> >> Thank you! >> >> >>> >>> -- >>> Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list >>> <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-GNOME@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-GNOME@lists.ubuntu.com</a> >>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome</a> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Best Regards, >> amjjawad >> Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us." >> >> Ubuntu GNOME OneStopPage >> Join Ubuntu GNOME >> Test Ubuntu GNOME >> Contact Ubuntu GNOME >> Download Ubuntu GNOME >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list >> <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-GNOME@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-GNOME@lists.ubuntu.com</a> >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome</a> >> > > > > -- > Red Hat Certified Engineer > Ubuntu Certified Professional > Novell Datacenter Specialist > Novell Certified Linux Administrator > LPIC-1 Certified > Linux+ Certified > > -- > Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list > <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-GNOME@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-GNOME@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome</a> >