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New installs of Ubuntu want your private data
02-16-2018, 08:45 AM
The Register: Ubuntu wants to slurp PCs' vital statistics – even location – with new desktop installs - Data harvest notice will be
checked by default
Also, software will be installed "to spot trends in package usage and help us to focus on the packages which are of most value to our users" and "to automatically send anonymous crash reports without user interruption."
So... which Linux distros are good nowadays? With this stunt, Ubuntu just took itself off that list, IMHO.
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RE: New installs of Ubuntu want your private data
02-16-2018, 10:56 AM
When I use Linux, it's either linux Mint, Fedora or Manjaro.
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RE: New installs of Ubuntu want your private data
02-16-2018, 11:29 AM
Didn't they already do this with Amazon?
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RE: New installs of Ubuntu want your private data
02-16-2018, 12:03 PM
I thought the Amazon implementation was opt-in , not opt-out...?
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RE: New installs of Ubuntu want your private data
02-16-2018, 02:07 PM
I'm not sure 'opt out' is legal in the Netherlands when it comes to private information handling.
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RE: New installs of Ubuntu want your private data
02-16-2018, 03:53 PM
(02-16-2018, 12:03 PM)robkelk Wrote: I thought the Amazon implementation was opt-in , not opt-out...?
Originally it was enabled by default, then they changed it after the outcry.
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RE: New installs of Ubuntu want your private data
02-16-2018, 07:34 PM
Go ahead and check this list:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html
The only one of those that I've heard of is PureOS.
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