Re: Ignoring privacy sabotages Ubuntu's best chance for success

2014-02-27 Thread Gerry A.
I want Ubuntu to succeed and thrive. Unfortunately I (among others) are disheartened by choices Canonical is making for Ubuntu. I'm sure Canonical means well but some of your privacy-related decisions are going to seriously hurt Ubuntu's chances for success. I am very interested in hearing

Re: Ignoring privacy sabotages Ubuntu's best chance for success

2014-02-27 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gerry A. wrote on 25/02/14 17:29: I have two specific improvements I would like to see in Ubuntu. Thanks for mentioning this. #1 is the ability for users to uninstall elements that send their data onto the internet as it relates to Dash

Re: Ignoring privacy sabotages Ubuntu's best chance for success

2014-02-27 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Benjamin Kerensa wrote on 25/02/14 20:35: On 2/24/14, 3:08 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: ... Ubuntu has extensive designs for privacy settings on both PC and phone. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityAndPrivacySettings As with everything else

Re: Ignoring privacy sabotages Ubuntu's best chance for success

2014-02-25 Thread Gerry A.
I have two specific improvements I would like to see in Ubuntu. Thanks for mentioning this. #1 is the ability for users to uninstall elements that send their data onto the internet as it relates to Dash searches. 11.10 appears to allow users the ability to uninstall scopes. But there is no

Re: Ignoring privacy sabotages Ubuntu's best chance for success

2014-02-25 Thread Andreas Moog
On 24.02.2014 12:08, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: Ubuntu has extensive designs for privacy settings on both PC and phone. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityAndPrivacySettings As with everything else in Ubuntu, there's always more to do than we have time for. I'd like to see Ubuntu not phoning

Re: Ignoring privacy sabotages Ubuntu's best chance for success

2014-02-25 Thread Benjamin Kerensa
On 2/24/14, 3:08 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: Gerry A. wrote on 21/02/14 16:45: Ubuntu desktop and phone are great designs but contain a fatal flaw: a failure to foster utilize what would be one of its strongest assets for gaining market share--Privacy. ... Ubuntu has extensive

Re: Ignoring privacy sabotages Ubuntu's best chance for success

2014-02-24 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gerry A. wrote on 21/02/14 16:45: Ubuntu desktop and phone are great designs but contain a fatal flaw: a failure to foster utilize what would be one of its strongest assets for gaining market share--Privacy. ... Ubuntu has extensive