UBUNTU WANTS YOUR DATA?!

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• That's why I use Linux Mint. Although I installed Ubuntu on my mothers computer and now she's used to it.

• I cannot find any one who's talking about Ubuntu's tracker daemon dataminers. The daemon logs every saved text document, every audocity saved song, and well, anything you save. I wonder if I'm just overreacting about this — considering i just discovered it but its pretty scary. here type tracker daemon –list-common-services –watch, then touch something and nano into that something. Save it and watch the daemon light up. yet.. NO ONES TALKING ABOUT IT lol 😂

• Canonical goes so far as to link your I.P. address to your person. I was kicked off the Ubuntu forums, for a peddy reason in my opinion (but that's another story), and I quickly learned that I couldn't log back into Ubuntu forums with a different username. They quickly caught me and kicked me off the forums again. I'm looking for a Linux distro that doesn't collect any data on my person.

• Windows users: (Distant laughter)

• respect

• Quality content… keep up the great work!

• When the US government started the Social Security number system they said to The People it would not be used to identify you.

• “Damn you for collecting my data Microsoft! I’m moving to Linux!” “Oh sure Ubuntu can collect my data. 😊"

• Ubuntu only collects hardware data

• Canacaco sells user data to amazon

• Developers of Ubuntu they did not stop their bad habit (making things under the table without asking users agreement). I like Ubuntu but I believe it is so important for Linux community to have a YouTuber like you criticize Ubuntu or another distro who do the same bad habit because this maybe makes them stop doing wrongdoing.

• They aren't collecting IP addresses like Apple and Microsoft always do

• I wanted to switch to Linux because of the insane privacy invasion by Windows and no way to turn off telemetry gathering. It's so ridiculous to deal with the same issues on Linux.

• If Canonical does this I am gone. I stayed with Ubuntu for it had pretty much all I wanted. Spying/data-collection is in the same basket. Treat my computing as a something to analyse or collect will be the push I need to get around to Arch

• Would you rather they have an option to volunteer it through the check box like here OR be like Google and Facebook, and they just take it without telling you at all? Would you rather lets say a survey asking the same information? That would be okay, but most people don't do them. When calling a company to pay a bill, they give you the "After the call stay on the line to take a satisfaction survey" . Yeah, I hang up. I am sure most others do as well.

• That is nothing compared to Google and Facebook. I was going to say the same point, why make systems that nobody is going to use? So they need to figure out what the majority are using to write code for those platforms.

• I completely agree with you on the subject. The solution you offered is definitely a much better idea in my opinion. I don't like any company that seeks more details about my system or myself than what I purchased/installed, no name/address/etc needed.

• Personal data. Remember the iCloud fappening

• Still better than Windows 😉

• Well… it is their fork of GNU/Linux. They can do it if they want. This might be good for Linux if used ethically. What if Linux was truly tailored for the average consumer?

• First of all if you want a free product then you will become the product! Think of it this way, do you get paid for your Youtube channel even though this content is free? Of course you get paid by endorsements and other advertising revenues. So if they wouldn't collect data then you wouldn't have a job. People like yourself sir complain about the very thing that keeps them alive. Also Ubuntu only wants this data for product improvement and I think it is very fair considering you get a product that is supported and maintained for free. We all have to eat and no one want's to work for free. As for the opt-in, opt-out discussion I think if people were presented with an opt-in option rather then an opt-out option then not much people would actually opt-in rendering the project a failure. If people would happily opt-in, because they were given the choice to do so, then you wouldn't have even made this video because it wouldn't have been a problem in the first place. It's funny how at the end of the video you thank your sponsors and contributors to your channel for making it possible, well who contributes to Ubuntu? Your contribution would be to opt-in by default if you ever want to see this product thrive and continue to use it!

• Yes we should be concerned

• Google doesn't want your data

• Run Debian
  Hell, I run Kali

• Trying to understand your logic here worried about ubuntu collecting data on the users operating system basically.

  Let's see puts his videos on YouTube/ Google and has a Twitter account…..

  Hmmmmmmmmm yea ok… and is worried about privacy

• how do you send data over the internet without collecting your IP ?

  also. time to change distros, because unlike one OS i know. . . you can just change to a different one if you dont like something

• how check that after install and remove it??

• For the longest time, I have used Ubuntu ever since 12.04 came out. But after what I would call the "mozilapocalypse" of installing things I did not give permission for I realized Ubuntu was doing the same. It is almost the same experience for most Linux users. "I trusted this operating system" but in this case, it was the distribution. I wanted something like what GNU had to offer but of course, with some of the applications I'm used to.

  As I am developing my trade in micro-systems and networks privacy is one of my greatest concerns, I've gone from Debian9 to mint. And none have fit my needs. At this point the only distro i feel safe in is Fedora. It is strict and is quite stiff on its security and privacy. but it wants, privacy. And that is a big priority, just like mine. I just hope Fedora doesn't do the same to me as Ubuntu.

  I hope it becomes more flexible for customizing but it certainly has what I need for my trade and for me to hang out with my friends. Big thanks for this video, all your videos help ^ -^

• The problem as I see it is they could collect our data then change their minds about how to use it later.

  Perhaps a third button is required? <TRUST ME FOREVER>

• I opted in, and I reckon they'd be very glad it installed in half an hour on a very low spec machine. Unlike windows… Three hours and still going.

• I'd trust Canonical, Google already knows just about everything about me. It scares me, but Canonical having my PC specs meh

• I'm the type of person who is offended that you shop at Old Navy.

  Jk ♥️

• Great video mate – well done

• Manjaro is nice. I've just finished the move.

• An anonymous feedback after a few days of usage should be presented to all users. Wherein the user can share their experiences of the OS with the creators. This also can be made optional (even though) but to take on the Giants they should come up with better ways.

  Forums and communities are the best things for Linux and they can leverage the potential of these to the fullest.

• Funny thing is that since MS clearly communicates which data they want to collect (and let the user opt-in and out), everyone criticizes them for exactly that. But every company says they collect data to make their product better. That's always the reason. Just because it's Ubuntu/Linux and a bit more transparent, doesn't make it any better (but that it is opt-in actually does).

• Dude… c’mon what about the facts? “Apple want the geometry of your face”? that data is never pushed to there servers and is stored in a separate chip. So when you have to debunk linux myths and know annoying they are. So why spread them about others?

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