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New installs of Ubuntu want your private data
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New installs of Ubuntu want your private data
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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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