The short version is that Ubuntu is now pre-compromised. (Or if you prefer Stallman's phrasing, and I agree with him, it's spyware.) And given the appallingly tone-deaf nature of Shuttleworth/Canonical's responses, I very much doubt that this will be the end of it -- that is, I fully expect other privacy/security-adverse changes to be deliberately implemented in future releases/updates/patches.
---rsk ----- Forwarded message from greg pryzby <g...@pryzby.org> ----- > Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:07:59 -0500 > From: greg pryzby <g...@pryzby.org> > Subject: [Novalug] Ubuntu, Dash, Shuttleworth and privacy > > I am posting because this popped a few times today in my feed and I thought > it was important enough to share. Search for details from other sites and > read the information from all sources you can, if you are so inclined. > > The upshot is all keystrokes in Dash are sent to Canonical and make > available to partners as well as Canonical. It is on by default. > > Here is the first article I saw today: > http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/02/18/1652242/mark-shuttleworth-addresses-ubuntu-privacy-issues > > This appears to be the reference article > http://www.muktware.com/5234/mark-shuttleworth-addresses-ubuntu-privacy-issues-it-enough > > [snip] ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
