[ubuntu-uk] 15.10 Wily - Dash problem

[Colin Law]

On 30 August 2015 at 16:06, Barry Drake <ubuntu-advertising at gmx.com> wrote:
> On 30/08/15 15:14, Colin Law wrote:
>
>> You say in the bug [1] that you removed interaction with all Google
>> accounts (settings->online accounts) but I don't understand exactly
>> what you mean by that.
>
>
> In the Online Account settings, it lists access by Ubuntu to the following
> Google online accounts by these apps:
> Evolution Data Server (if Evolution is installed) for Contacts, for Calendar
> and for Gmail.  I removed all three

How did you remove them?

Colin

> Shotwell
> Photo Search Plugin
> Google Drive Search plugin
>
> The last three are installed and activated by default.  I'm finding Google
> very intrusive in the way it is using my personal data to sell to
> advertisers, and to give me heavily targeted advertising.  I though I could
> get away with it in Ubuntu - at the moment, in 15.10, the answer seems to be
> 'no way'.  I do, however want to access Google Contacts, via the slightly
> buggy but useable google-contacts app installed by default (I think) in Wily
> - but that's all.  I'd like to have Thunderbird sync with these contacts,
> but I have to do that manually at the moment.
>
> I think I'd better explain this in the bug report.
>
> Regards,                Barry.
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