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Mark Shuttleworth explains info entered in dash sent to Canonical servers and on to Facebook and Amazon.
So to clarify: even if you disable shopping lens, your data - through dash is recorded by Canonical and available for paying third parties. I mistakenly thought the personal data recording was local to the user, for searches on your own system.
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)
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.
So far,
Ubuntu 12.10 has released with lots of new exciting features, but most users didn’t welcome the one feature which – integrates the amazon products in Unity dash serch results.
So, if you’ve installed Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) and hates this amazon results in Dash search, then you should know that it can be easily disabled from System Settings -> Privacy -> Include On
Well it's been another tempestuous week here in the Linux blogosphere, rounding out a month that never ran short on controversy, to put it mildly. The topic du jour this time? None other than Canonical's decision to integrate Amazon results into searches done through the Dash on Ubuntu's Unity desktop.
Ubuntu 12.10 'Quantal Quetzal' has been released today with new features and improvements. Let's take a look at some of the main changes.
First of all, there is no Unity2D in Ubuntu 12.10.
Users have encountered an interesting problem when they used the new search feature from Ubuntu 12.10, which will also integrate with an Amazon lens. It seems certain terms can return NSFW images. The integration of an Amazon lens in the Unity Dash from Ubuntu 12.10 has proven more problematic than previously anticipated. Besides the securit... (read more)
After announcing a new Unity Next and Mir display manager, Canonical has taken a lot of heat from the community, but Mark Shuttleworth has invited everyone to settle down and stop dramatizing the entire situation.
Canonical's founder, Mark Shuttleworth took the time to explain, in a long blog post, what his expectation from the rolling release model are, but he also slipped a few statements about
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)
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