Re:Wait, WTF?: I saw that you spun up and Ubuntu image in Azure
by hertzrat on Thursday February 11, 2021 @01:15PM
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People sometimes turn to Linux to avoid tracking. This is slightly awkward PR for the community in that sense. It took years for people to lower their guards after the Amazon search uploads controversy years ago
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Re:Wait, WTF?: I saw that you spun up and Ubuntu image in Azure
by thih9 on Thursday February 11, 2021 @01:19PM
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> Amazon search uploads controversy
If anyone like me needs context: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2840401/ubuntus-unity-8-desk...
Re:Wait, WTF?: I saw that you spun up and Ubuntu image in Azure
by SecurityLagoon on Friday February 12, 2021 @10:04AM
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Thanks! Couldn't remember this specific privacy violation amongst the daily occurrence of them by big tech companies.
Re:Wait, WTF?: I saw that you spun up and Ubuntu image in Azure
by hertzrat on Friday February 12, 2021 @02:57PM
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Fortunately, in the open source world, scandals are still rare enough to be memorable. It’s a little amazing to have such a massive exception to “free (as in beer) means you are the product”