https://fixubuntu.com/ has a script which turns off remote search, uninstalls unity-lens-shopping, disables remote scopes and blocks connections to Ubuntu's ad server.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to libunity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1073114 Title: Shopping Lens Does Not Respect User Privacy Status in “libunity” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “unity-lens-shopping” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “libunity” source package in Quantal: Confirmed Status in “unity-lens-shopping” source package in Quantal: Confirmed Status in “libunity” source package in Raring: Confirmed Status in “unity-lens-shopping” source package in Raring: Confirmed Bug description: See this from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a well respected "international non-profit digital rights advocacy and legal organization" (as described on Wikipedia): https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/privacy-ubuntu-1210-amazon-ads- and-data-leaks Obviously, despite some improvements that have came late in the 12.10 development cycle, there are still serious privacy concerns with the unity shopping lens. To be more precise, here are the main problems to be fixed according to EFF: - Disable "Include online search results" by default. - Explain in detail what Canonical does with search queries and IP addresses, how long it stores them, and in what circumstances it gives them to third parties. - Make the Search Results tab of the Privacy settings let users toggle on and off specific online search results, as some users might want Amazon products in their search results, but never anything from Facebook. Here is another related bug: #1055952 Direct data leaking to Amazon: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-lens- shopping/+bug/1055952 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: unity-lens-shopping 6.8.0-0ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 3.5.6-030506-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Oct 30 06:35:38 2012 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-02-12 (260 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: unity-lens-shopping UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-28 (31 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libunity/+bug/1073114/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
