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authorChristian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org>2022-09-24 17:04:26 +0200
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<title>Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do?
- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
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+<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/ph-breadcrumb.html" -->
+<!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE-->
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+<div class="article reduced-width">
<h2>Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do?</h2>
<address class="byline">by
-<a href="http://www.stallman.org/">Richard Stallman</a></address>
-<hr class="thin" />
+<a href="https://www.stallman.org/">Richard Stallman</a></address>
-<blockquote>
-<p>Since <a href="http://fossbytes.com/the-spyware-feature-in-ubuntu-will-be-disabled-in-ubuntu-16-04-xenial-xerus/">Ubuntu
+<div class="introduction">
+<p>Since <a href="https://fossbytes.com/the-spyware-feature-in-ubuntu-will-be-disabled-in-ubuntu-16-04-xenial-xerus/">Ubuntu
version 16.04</a>, the spyware search facility is now disabled by
default. It appears that the campaign of pressure launched by this
article has been partly successful. Nonetheless, offering the spyware
@@ -25,8 +31,7 @@ probably forget).
page has partly changed, the page is still important. This example
should teach our community not to do such things again, but in order
for that to happen, we must continue to talk about it.</p>
-</blockquote>
-<div class="column-limit"></div>
+</div>
<p>One of the major advantages of free software is that the community
protects users from malicious software. Now
@@ -81,7 +86,7 @@ for that to happen, we must continue to talk about it.</p>
<p>Ubuntu uses the information about searches to show the user ads to buy
various things from Amazon.
- <a href="http://stallman.org/amazon.html">Amazon commits many
+ <a href="https://stallman.org/amazon.html">Amazon commits many
wrongs</a>; by promoting Amazon, Canonical contributes to them.
However, the ads are not the core of the problem. The main issue is
the spying. Canonical says it does not tell Amazon who searched for
@@ -161,16 +166,17 @@ for that to happen, we must continue to talk about it.</p>
the other form of negative influence that Ubuntu exerts in the free
software community: legitimizing nonfree software.</p>
-<blockquote class="important">
+<div class="important">
<p>
The presence of nonfree software in Ubuntu is a separate ethical
issue. For Ubuntu to be ethical, that too must be fixed.
</p>
-</blockquote>
+</div>
+</div>
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<div class="unprintable">
<p>Please send general FSF &amp; GNU inquiries to
@@ -188,13 +194,13 @@ to <a href="mailto:webmasters@gnu.org">&lt;webmasters@gnu.org&gt;</a>.</p>
to <a href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org">
&lt;web-translators@gnu.org&gt;</a>.</p>
- <p>For information on coordinating and submitting translations of
+ <p>For information on coordinating and contributing translations of
our web pages, see <a
href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
README</a>. -->
Please see the <a
href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
-README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting translations
+README</a> for information on coordinating and contributing translations
of this article.</p>
</div>
@@ -215,7 +221,7 @@ of this article.</p>
There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers
Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. -->
-<p>Copyright &copy; 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Richard Stallman</p>
+<p>Copyright &copy; 2012, 2014, 2016, 2022 Richard Stallman</p>
<p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative
@@ -225,7 +231,7 @@ Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p>
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
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-$Date: 2020/10/06 08:25:53 $
+$Date: 2022/04/12 11:15:32 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>