Online search results are now disabled by default, starting in 16.04
LTS.
** No longer affects: unity-lens-shopping (Ubuntu)
** No longer affects: unity-lens-shopping (Ubuntu Quantal)
** No longer affects: unity-lens-shopping (Ubuntu Raring)
** Changed in: libunity (Ubuntu)
Status: In Progress => Fix Released
** Changed in: libunity (Ubuntu)
Milestone: later => None
** Changed in: libunity
Status: In Progress => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1073114
Title:
Online Smart Scopes Do Not Respect User Privacy
Status in libunity:
Fix Released
Status in libunity package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in libunity source package in Quantal:
Won't Fix
Status in libunity source package in Raring:
Won't Fix
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)
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