Post by davidson2 on Dec 15, 2012 7:39:45 GMT 1
1) Stallman vs. Ubuntu.
Ubuntu 12.10 includes features that are supposed to make it easier for users to find the stuff they want. One example is the Amazon integration which helps users by showing them stuff they might want if they are searching. According to Free Software Foundation (FSF) Founder Richard Stallman (RMS), Ubuntu is actually 'spying' on users.
"When the user searches her own local files for a string using the Ubuntu desktop, Ubuntu sends that string to one of Canonical's servers," Stallman wrote.
In Stallman's view this is happening without user consent, even though there is the clear option for any user to simply turn the 'feature' off.
"Even if it were disabled by default, the feature would still be dangerous: "opt in, once and for all" for a risky practice, where the risk varies depending on details, invites carelessness," Stallman stated. "To protect users' privacy, systems should make prudence easy: when a local search program has a network search feature, it should be up to the user to choose network search explicitly each time."
Going a step further, Stallman wants Free Software advocates to avoid Ubuntu all together now, and not install or recommend it to others.
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Ubuntu 12.10 includes features that are supposed to make it easier for users to find the stuff they want. One example is the Amazon integration which helps users by showing them stuff they might want if they are searching. According to Free Software Foundation (FSF) Founder Richard Stallman (RMS), Ubuntu is actually 'spying' on users.
"When the user searches her own local files for a string using the Ubuntu desktop, Ubuntu sends that string to one of Canonical's servers," Stallman wrote.
In Stallman's view this is happening without user consent, even though there is the clear option for any user to simply turn the 'feature' off.
"Even if it were disabled by default, the feature would still be dangerous: "opt in, once and for all" for a risky practice, where the risk varies depending on details, invites carelessness," Stallman stated. "To protect users' privacy, systems should make prudence easy: when a local search program has a network search feature, it should be up to the user to choose network search explicitly each time."
Going a step further, Stallman wants Free Software advocates to avoid Ubuntu all together now, and not install or recommend it to others.
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