Mark, and thank you for your comments and your suggestion. I have set this as a wishlist item so that we can track it when planning/implementing enhancements and new features. I have also set it as triaged since I think we have enough information to move to the next step.
Many thanks for your help! ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to software-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/881754 Title: sync feature fails to notify already logged-in users that is that is uploading package data Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 and just found the "sync" feature in USC today and clicked on it-- neat idea! I was curious about how it worked, so I searched and found the spec and read about it. By the time I read the part that it uploaded my data to another server, it was already too late-- my data had already started to be sent without my consent. I had submitted some reviews earlier in the day, so apparently I was already signed in, so I received zero notifications before or after the upload that data was being sent off site. I consider this a privacy issue, and something that users should be notified about. It's possible that people have installed custom packages that could reveal things about their computer use that they would rather not. Or, it may simply reveal that they have specific, exploitable versions of software installed. The "Sync" name is not enough to convey this. I assumed that the feature either worked via the "sneaker net", or would connect directly to computers on the local network without storing data at a third party. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/881754/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp