Fwd: [ PFIR ] EFF calls Ubuntu's Amazon search result feature a "major privacy problem"

[MR ZenWiz]

Ouch.

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Date: Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 1:48 PM
Subject: [ PFIR ] EFF calls Ubuntu's Amazon search result feature a
"major privacy problem"
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EFF calls Ubuntu's Amazon search result feature a "major privacy problem"

http://t.co/L22hOgCS  (ars technica)

    The Electric Frontier Foundation has some choice words for the latest
    version of the Ubuntu operating system, calling its inclusion of
    search results from Amazon (and possibly other third parties) a "data
    leak" and a "violation" of privacy.

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