Re: Must be all of Bing data?
"...braindead OS searches the web for it instead of, you know, the local hard drive."
Remember the huge uproar when Ubuntu tried to encorporate Amazon adverts into the Unity Dash?
https://www.theregister.com/2012/09/24/ubuntu_amazon_suggestions/
I love this bug report filed about this issue:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1070111
Bug Description:
"The new spyware feature of Unity Dash in 12.10 is a welcome improvement, but needs to be extended to all Ubuntu packages.
Ever since I switched my home computers to GNU/Linux, closed my Facebook account and stopped using Google Search, I have been suffering. Finally now with Dash, some of my private information is once again being disclosed along with my IP address to Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, BBC and Canonical, but this is limited.
Dangerous gaps still remain in my files in the mass surveillance databases of several governments. Plus I find myself at the supermarket wondering what to buy, not having seen enough targeted advertising."
This was quickly removed soon after Linux users expressed their outrage.
But sadly, with Windows 10, victims expect this kind of bullshit.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
