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[James Jenner <james.g.jenner@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 13 October 2011 00:40, Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > I also don't see a problem with the internet being hit with this search,
> > purely from a privacy point of view. I do however agree that the user
> should
> > be in control with all information sent over the internet. That's not a
> > privacy concern, that's a 'empowering the user' concern. This disempowers
> > the user.
>
> This doesn't disempower the user at all. The user is still in full
> control of their system, and can (easily) remove the scope should they
> not want the data sent out. To the majority of users, the scope
> provides a useful service that does much more harm than good, and
> continues to empower the user, albeit in a different way.
>
>
Easily is not defined by manually uninstalling a package that the user may
or may not know about (I would presume that the majority of casual users
wouldn't even know how to uninstall a package, let alone know what the name
is, how to figure out the name, how to uninstall it, the impact of
uninstalling it). This to me is the primary concern with this change. I'm
not a novice or casual user but there is no way I would have known about
uninstalling anything to turn it off without being subscribed to this email
list. I wouldn't even know how to uninstall the package without googling
first.

I don't see any problem with providing such functionality or sending it over
the internet. My problem is providing a mechanism that is easy for users to
understand and access to turn internet posting off.

Personally I wouldn't mind seeing a small cog icon somewhere in a lens to
change the preferences for the behaviour of the lens. If that doesn't
clutter the interface that is. Failing that, it should be an option in a
configuration/preferences application for the lenses.