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Re:GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO re... by michaelmrose on Monday August 11, 2025 @08:38PM (#44871068)
Once ever. The default search returned results from Amazon and local files potentially leaking your search intended to find local files to Ubuntu who in turn claimed that it was ok because potentially intensely personal info that could be inferred from queries weren't personally attributable to you.

This was obviously not ok and it never happened again this was if I recall correctly around 2012.

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Re:GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO re... by petepete on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @02:12AM (#44872983)
Ah thanks. I did a quick search before posting and this article was listed as from 2019, but that was when it was last updated - it did just happen once in 2012.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/09/mark-shuttleworth-explai...

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