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[Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen <mikkel.kamstrup@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/13/2011 02:40 AM, Remco wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 12:20, a.grandi@xxxxxxxxx<a.grandi@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On 11 October 2011 00:58, Thibaut Brandscheid<randaltor@xxxxxx>  wrote:
> > > Houston, we have a problem
> > I think there should be a section called "Privacy" in the Control
> > Panel where the user can disable globally the possibility to send data
> > trough Internet.
> > Each lens/application should strictly check this setting before
> > sending any data outside the user's PC.
> >
> > My 2 cents.
> This is also a feature beyond privacy. People with expensive data
> plans may want their Ubuntu to be offline until explicitly told
> otherwise.

I assume people with expensive data plans will turn it off in the 
network indicator when they're not using it? *Lots* of services may 
touch the network during idle or low activity, not just the music lens.

If the musicstore scope still tries to issue searches when there is no 
connection then that's a bug that should be filed.

Cheers,
Mikkel