By the current design, you don't give choice to the Ubuntu users as they cannot opt-out BEFORE the laptop or server contacts motd.ubuntu.com sending the telemetry. By implementing it as essential package, you don't let user remove it but only disable it when it is too late.
The same apply to landscape, you don't give choice to disable some dangerous features like executing very powerful script, list all processes, etc. This is why, we decided to stop using landscape (both in the cloud and on premises). It will be your responsibility as Ubuntu Server manager, if motd.ubuntu.com gets compromised and motd-news is exploited because it runs curl as root and all Ubuntu servers could get compromised at the same time within 12 hours. -- 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
