Starting with Ubuntu 12.10, Unity Dash will also return answers from Amazon, according to the founder of Canonical, Mark Shuttleworth.
A lot of people expressed security concerns about the integration of an Amazon lens into the Home lens in Ubuntu 12.10, but Canonical is making sure that users’ privacy will be respected.
Mark Shuttleworh, founder of Canonical, tried to address some of the problems that were mentioned by users, but the backlash of this new feature in Ubuntu 12.10 has caused quite a stir in the community.
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Free software leader Richard Stallman claims Ubuntu amounts to spyware with Amazon search integrated into the “dash” of its Unity interface. He is calling for developers to shun the open-source operating system.
Canonical is the company behind Ubuntu. Stallman says the advertising search results amount to surveillance and argues that personal data is on Canonical’s servers.
Canonical will try to make Ubuntu 13.04 its best release so far and one of the ways to do that is by improving the Dash functionality and its online features. We all remember the storm that took Canonical by surprise when they first announced that Unity Dash searches will be done online, especially in the Home lens.... (read more)
As the Ubuntu 12.10 privacy blunder continues, more and more people find that integrating online searches into Unity Dash has a lot more ramifications than initially thought.
Etienne Perot, an Ubuntu fan with a little more experience than the average users has shown that Mark Shuttleworth statements about the p... (read more)
A couple of days ago, Mark Shuttleworth defended Canonical's decision of implementing an Amazon lens in Unity's Dash starting with Ubuntu 12.10, but he also shared an interesting view of the market. The backlash from the Amazon lens announcement has been considerable, especially because the lens is directly integrated into the Home lens that lists al... (read more)
After the huge pressure exercised by the community, Canonical has implemented an option to stop the online dash searches.
We all remember the day when Mark Shuttelworth announced that Ubuntu 12.10 will include an Amazon lens and that it will be integrated into the Home lens.
A lot of people have questioned this ... (read more)
Jono Bacon, Ubuntu community manager at Canonical Ltd, has shared some insight on a future option that will be implemented in Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal).
The current state of affairs for Canonical's Ubuntu 12.10 soon-to-be-launched operating system is not good.
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Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu, has finally listened to critics and EFF and said that the much controversial online search feature of Dash will be disabled by default in Ubuntu 13.04, which will be released later this month.
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