Re: [snip] Ubuntu Spyware

This was the second result for Googling "ubuntu disable amazon queries"
http://askubuntu.com/questions/192269/how-can-i-remove-amazon-search-results-from-the-dash

This EFF article was the first result, and says almost the same thing:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/privacy-ubuntu-1210-amazon-ads-and-data-leaks

TL;DR:
sudo apt-get remove unity-lens-shopping
You then need to log out and back in

On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 8:28 AM, Worik Stanton <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 27/01/13 05:08, Danyl Strype wrote:
>>
>> Kia ora koutou
>
>
> Jumping into this thread after all(?) the fire and smoke....
>
> [snip]
>
>> The final nail for me is the bundling of the Amazon spyware in the
>> standard distro.
>> http://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/ubuntu-spyware-what-to-do
>>
>
>
> In the spirit of sticking to the facts...
>
> I have one machine I run Ubuntu Unity on, and I would like to avoid having
> my search queries being sent to third parties.  How can I ensure that?
>
> I am happy that the search box of my browser does it, but in the user shell
> I do not want it.
>
> cheers
> Worik
>
>
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