Should you be worried about Ubuntu Desktop?s privacy settings?

[ Thanks to finid for this link. ]

You will find one of those new features in System Settings, the hub for most graphical administrative tools in Ubuntu and GNOME 3 desktops in general. The tool or application is called Privacy. What it does is not new per se, but new in the manner it executes them...

I hope that I am wrong, but your new Ubuntu system could be used to spy on you. I really have no problem with recording desktop activity to make the system more user-friendly, but when such recorded information could be sent to a remote host, then I start to worry.

Complete Story

Related Stories:

• Review: Ubuntu Privacy Remix 10.04r2(Dec 15, 2011)
• Ubuntu Privacy Remix 10.04r1 Comes with TrueCrypt 6.3a(Oct 15, 2010)
• Want Your Privacy Back? Install and Run Tor in Ubuntu(Jul 08, 2010)
• Ubuntu's Encrypted Home Directory: A Canonical Approach to Data Privacy(Oct 23, 2009)