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[Josh Leverette <coder543@xxxxxxxxx>]

And that configurability will inevitably reach Ubuntu phone, but I don't
know if it will make it into the v1.0 release. Here's the related document:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityAndPrivacySettings#Phone


On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Greg W <mttbrnsmls@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Sure, I understand everyone is tracked. However, there are still privacy
> concerns with search data going to 3rd parties. Plus it eats into my data
> allotment.
>
> 1) data being sent to Amazon counts as data use. So if I don't want that
> data sent to Amazon anyways, I have even more incentive to disable it--it
> saves me money and data use.
>
> 2) searching for a movie can and cannot be an "innocuous" search. Other
> searches might be more personal and having it stored on some database of
> searches can make people uncomfortable. It could also be used by others for
> advertising, stereotyping, health insurance decisions etc. I think users
> should be able to control the data leaving their computer and I think that
> users should be able to configure their computing devices so that (if they
> choose) data are only sent at their direction to the entities they are
> purposely interacting with. I have more respect for software that gives
> users this configuration capability.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> From: coder543@xxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 08:02:31 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Full-disk Encryption on Touch?
> To: mttbrnsmls@xxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> 1) Read at least the first 3 or 4 posts here:
> http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1j166z/hi_im_mark_shuttleworth_founder_of_ubuntu/cba28et
>
> 2) It might require a little work, but yes. it should be possible to
> disable lenses, but I doubt that functionality will be built-in in the
> initial release (meaning you might have to delete a few files, or some
> such).
>
> (the following is my personal opinion, it's not required reading)
>
> I will suggest that the home lenses are not really leaking data. There's
> no dedicated shopping lens as yet, but the only data that could possibly be
> """leaked""" (based on currently available descriptions of the future
> design of the lenses) is if you go to the movies lens and do a search for
> "Serenity." It might provide the results of the same query on sites that
> sell movies (such as Amazon), which would amount to giving you a convenient
> way to get movies you don't already own. This functionality hasn't even
> been implemented yet, so there's no guarantee of how it will work, but I'm
> wondering how you could ever be discomfited by that """leak""" of
> information (yes, I've triple-quoted that word because of how *not *applicable
> it is to the situation) that I just described.
>
> They know that *some *user on *some *phone *somewhere *(very specific
> information, of course)* *enjoys watching Sci-Fi, listening to acoustic
> music, and reading the works of Isaac Asimov. They still know nothing
> useful, and they don't even know who you are to begin with unless you sign
> in for them, and this is only assuming you're actually using the search
> field. If you don't want them to know something, just don't search for it.
>
> If personally identifiable information (PII) were being leaked, this would
> be an entirely different discussion.
>
> As a reminder to everyone who is concerned about privacy, your phone can
> be tracked <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_tracking> without
> any special software running on your phone, as long as it is connected to a
> cellular network. If the government wants to have a log of where you are at
> all times, it is possible for them to do it no matter what type of phone
> you have.
>
> There are far worse fates than Amazon being able to help you find what
> you're looking for faster, in my opinion.
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 7:34 AM, Greg W <mttbrnsmls@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I'm considering buying the Nexus 4 solely to run Ubuntu-Touch in October.
> Since I dislike Android and have no interest in running Android, I want to
> make sure Ubuntu-Touch will have some of the Desktop privacy/security
> features I am seeking on the phone before buying:
>
> 1) will I be able to run full-disk encryption on Ubuntu Touch (i.e., will
> not boot without password)?
>
> 2) will I be able to disable/uninstall data leaking lenses/scopes (e.g.,
> Shopping, Video, Music)?
>
> Thanks, looking forward to Ubuntu Touch :)
>
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> Sincerely,
>     Josh
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Sincerely,
    Josh