I generally like Ubuntu and am actively using 13.10, but I am not as
excited to promote others in using Ubuntu until the online Dash search
feature is made opt-in (as I do care about my privacy so I have already
turned of this capability). I know of many Linux enthusiasts who have
switched to
I generally like Ubuntu and am actively using 13.10, but I am not as
excited to promote others in using Ubuntu until the online Dash search
feature is made opt-in (as I do care about my privacy so I have already
turned off this capability). I know of many Linux enthusiasts who have
switched to
** Description changed:
It seems the humor of my last bug report was lost on some so here is a
serious report.
In 12.10, a semi-hidden legal notice tells us that by using the dash,
unless we have opted out, we agree to allow Ubuntu to collect our
keystrokes, and send them along with
Here are two workarounds:
# Disable remote searches (Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, BBC, etc) from Unity dash
gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Lenses remote-content-search 'none'
(Can also be done from System Settings - Privacy and toggle Include search
results to off.
# Uninstall the shopping
The problem is with the intrusive defaults which aims to cash in on the
naive users ignoring/not understanding/ missing to disable it.
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