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Ubuntu's trust problem in 4 concrete issues - verified facts, no FUD (media.piefed.social)

submitted 3 days ago by Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] Aatube@thriv.social 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Client-side data collection is opt-in and open-source: https://www.zdnet.com/article/canonicals-ubuntu-telemetry/ If you're talking server-side collection we don't know about, I'd call for burden of proof since neither Ubuntu nor Debian have relevant history of collection and that would probably violate the Privacy Policy.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Client-side data collection is opt-in and open-source

You need to log in to use Ubuntu Pro. Obviously.

[–] Aatube@thriv.social 4 points 2 days ago

that doesn't really change what I've said