Comment 32 for bug 1073114

While I agree that things must remain civil, your comment implies a dialogue that just doesn't seem to be happening to get the issue fixed.

So far the EFF has proposed a series of fixes that i think are reasonable compromises to fix this "bug" but we have yet to hear a real response plan from those maintaining the package..

and for that matter..why hasn't notice for these issues made it out to ubuntu security notices as other<http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/113307/USN-1465-1.txt> ssl<http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/113306/USN-1465-2.txt> / privacy<http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1619-1/> bugs have on 12.10 so that users can take appropriate steps to mitigate?

-mike

On Jan 8, 2013, at 4:39 PM, Benjamin Kerensa <<email address hidden><mailto:<email address hidden>>> wrote:

@papukaija: Please be mindful of the Ubuntu Code of Conduct. Bugs do not
exist to argue but instead to resolve a issue with software.

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Title:
 Shopping Lens Does Not Respect User Privacy

Status in “libunity” package in Ubuntu:
 Confirmed
Status in “unity-lens-shopping” package in Ubuntu:
 Confirmed
Status in “libunity” source package in Quantal:
 Confirmed
Status in “unity-lens-shopping” source package in Quantal:
 Confirmed
Status in “libunity” source package in Raring:
 Confirmed
Status in “unity-lens-shopping” source package in Raring:
 Confirmed

Bug description:
 See this from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a well
 respected "international non-profit digital rights advocacy and legal
 organization" (as described on Wikipedia):
 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/privacy-ubuntu-1210-amazon-ads-
 and-data-leaks

 Obviously, despite some improvements that have came late in the 12.10
 development cycle, there are still serious privacy concerns with the
 unity shopping lens. To be more precise, here are the main problems
 to be fixed according to EFF:

 - Disable "Include online search results" by default.

 - Explain in detail what Canonical does with search queries and IP
 addresses, how long it stores them, and in what circumstances it gives
 them to third parties.

 - Make the Search Results tab of the Privacy settings let users toggle
 on and off specific online search results, as some users might want
 Amazon products in their search results, but never anything from
 Facebook.

 Here is another related bug:

  #1055952 Direct data leaking to Amazon:
 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-lens-
 shopping/+bug/1055952

 ProblemType: Bug
 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
 Package: unity-lens-shopping 6.8.0-0ubuntu1
 Uname: Linux 3.5.6-030506-generic x86_64
 NonfreeKernelModules: wl
 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
 Architecture: amd64
 Date: Tue Oct 30 06:35:38 2012
 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-02-12 (260 days ago)
 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
 MarkForUpload: True
 SourcePackage: unity-lens-shopping
 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-28 (31 days ago)

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