Could you please explain why Canonical is tracking user hardware per
default without user consent?
See /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news
e.g.
platformn : GNU/Linux/4.4.0-81-generic/x86_64
lsb : Ubuntu/16.04.2/LTS
arch : x86_64
cpu : Intel(R)/Xeon(R)/CPU/E5-2650/0/@/2.00GHz
uptime
Hi there. By design, it does not fetch motd.ubuntu.com with every ssh
session.
Rather, there's a systemd timer that runs, asynchronously once about a
minute after boot, and then every 12 hours (plus/minus a random interval
up to an hour). That systemd timer updates a cache file,
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** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Triaged
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