The controversy between Ubuntu and privacy has always been very close, not only because of the controversy of Amazon scopes but also because of Canonical's refusal to change the type of Ubuntu license or the complaints that appeared due to the use of the Ubuntu name or logo. Ubuntu on other distributions. Several cases that make the most defenders of Free Software users not use Ubuntu as their main operating system.
And this will not be all. During this week Ubuntu has announced that it will add new functions in Ubuntu for data logging on personal computers. That is, to capture information about what we do on our computers.
But this time it will not be an attack against the privacy of the user but it will be a new function that will be used to improve the development of Ubuntu and the rest of its software. Thus, the data collection will be anonymous, the IP address will not be collected and also the data will be generic such as the processor we use, the installation time, whether we are connected to the network or not, etc ...
Sending this data will be an option for the userIn other words, a dialog box will appear asking us whether or not we want to participate in the program.
From Ubuntu it has been reported that the use of the data will be for the improvement of Ubuntu, improving installation times, operation with certain hardware and even the use or not of certain applications which are installed in Ubuntu as part of the distribution.
I personally think that this new feature will help Ubuntu development but also that it will raise many old wounds in relation to the capture or not of private data. The controversy is served, but Will Ubuntu really change its plans as it happened with scopes? Will this data collection help? What do you think?
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Currently when there is an error ubuntu asks if you want to send the error with the data and to authorize this sending you have to put the root password, is it something perishable?
Okay,… ..is they take me for an idiot? I will look for another OS that surely there is !!!
The "bad boards" are killing Ubuntu?
If it is anonymous, I fully agree to provide that information.
Everyone knows that by nature all computers tend to communicate with each other. So much so that I, in particular, do not save anything, absolutely nothing, on my computer, even if I had to encrypt certain files, I do not trust a good hacker. Therefore this measure does not matter to me. Debian also does something similar to time to install. If there is something private that only concerns you, do not save it on your computer.