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Here is the link from Will Cooke discussing this plan
Here is the video of Quidsup discussing this on Youtube.
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The problem is it is opt-out not opt-in. Not big fan of that.
List what they will collect(ed):
* Ubuntu Flavour
* Ubuntu Version
* Network connectivity or not
* CPU family
* RAM
* Disk(s) size
* Screen(s) resolution
* GPU vendor and model
* OEM Manufacturer
* Location (based on the location selection made by the user at
install). No IP information would be gathered
* Installation duration (time taken)
* Auto login enabled or not
* Disk layout selected
* Third party software selected or not
* Download updates during install or not
* LivePatch enabled or not
Source.
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Voluntary participation is key. I am not fond at all of how these other programs snatch your data from you without a choice. Most folks aren't even aware it happens. 'It's in the EULA'... Nope, not a single person I know has ever actually read a EULA ever. My friends made fun of me for doing it once.
Either way, I am ok with this as long as it is made known and made voluntary.
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BTW, it is impossible to track location without IP address IMO.
Probably I'm one of your friends. Hahahaha (I'm joking, apologies)
It was already said that it's voluntary. Can be switched on/off in the installer and privacy settings.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/astarrb/status/880170781841514496
From their response:
> Kirkland describes the design of the feature as follows:
> Asynchronously, about 60 seconds after boot, a systemd timer fires which runs "/etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news --force"
> It sources 3 admin-editable config variables in /etc/default/motd-news. The defaults are: ENABLED=1, URLS="https://motd.ubuntu.com", WAIT="5"
tl;DR - Canonical embeded ads in system motds.
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Also, I read somewhere that there was some attempt with laws that made things to be Opt-in instead of Opt-out, but I don't think it got anywhere, and probably wasn't about software like this, but begs the question, why isn't there an opt-in law? It is like everytime I download flash, I have to remember to uncheck mcafee! Pisses me off, everytime I set up a new Android phone, I have to tell it to not track my ad ID... etc.