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		fkrkrkgkgk 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Does showing seconds in the system tray actually u... Anyone remember when Ubuntu sent every keystroke to amazon?

aspenmayer 7 months ago | [–]

Richard Stallman probably. Hopefully EFF.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/01/ubuntu-online-search-fea...

pas 7 months ago | [–]

yes, and it was a correct outrage, and the solution was also nice and easy (remove this modular thing instead of switch to FreeBSD)

and importantly it seems that Canonical/Ubuntu is not doing something like that right now, whereas MSFT is all in on online only mode.

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