The usage of motd-news as Advertising media for Canonical products is well documented. Now we need to know if Canonical share the crafted User-Agent with sensible info in it with third party and use it for telemetry like Microsoft Windows 10.
Samples output of motd-news mirrored in both login prompt via motd and syslog - MicroK8s gets a native Windows installer and command-line integration. https://ubuntu.com/blog/microk8s-installers-windows-and-macos - How HBO's Silicon Valley built "Not Hotdog" with mobile TensorFlow, Keras & React Native on Ubuntu - Overheard at KubeCon: "microk8s.status just blew my mind". https://microk8s.io/docs/commands#microk8s.status https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-files/+bug/1701068 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1867424 Title: motd-news transmitting private hardware data without consent or knowledge in background To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-files/+bug/1867424/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
