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author | Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org> | 2022-09-24 17:04:26 +0200 |
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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/ubuntu-spyware.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/ubuntu-spyware.html index 2885bf3..e4916df 100644 --- a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/ubuntu-spyware.html +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/ubuntu-spyware.html @@ -1,17 +1,23 @@ <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> -<!-- Parent-Version: 1.90 --> +<!-- Parent-Version: 1.96 --> +<!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html --> +<!--#set var="TAGS" value="essays cultural evils" --> +<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" --> <title>Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do? - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/ubuntu-spyware.translist" --> <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> +<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/ph-breadcrumb.html" --> +<!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE--> +<!--#include virtual="/server/top-addendum.html" --> +<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> </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above --> <!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" --> -<div id="footer"> +<div id="footer" role="contentinfo"> <div class="unprintable"> <p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to @@ -188,13 +194,13 @@ to <a href="mailto:webmasters@gnu.org"><webmasters@gnu.org></a>.</p> to <a href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org"> <web-translators@gnu.org></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 © 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Richard Stallman</p> +<p>Copyright © 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: <!-- timestamp start --> -$Date: 2020/10/06 08:25:53 $ +$Date: 2022/04/12 11:15:32 $ <!-- timestamp end --> </p> </div> |