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Ubuntu's New Firefox Is Watching You
sukotto writes "Ubuntu recently released an unannounced and experimental 'multisearch' extension to Firefox alpha 3, apparently in an effort to improve the default behavior of new tabs and of search. In a response to one of the initial bug reports the maintainers mentioned that the extension's other purposes were 'collecting the usage data' and 'generating revenue.' Since this extension installs by itself and offers no warning about potential privacy violations, quite a few people (myself included) feel pretty unhappy. The only way to opt out is to disable the extension manually via Tools > Add-ons." Most posters to this Ubuntu forum thread are not happy about multisearch.
I hear the Ubuntu extension also has a feature for euthanasia of old people.
And always remember your towel.
It's very similar, but you don't need the album cover.
Yes, we will. If Ubuntu changes the shade of their logo it'll make the front page of Slashdot.
I knew as soon as I saw the name "Canonical". It's referring to the process of achieving saint-hood and Ubuntu is the perfect tool to achieve control of the less sheep-like in the herd. Don't be fooled, geeks. This company is not as innocent as it seems. At the precisely needed moment, it will become a necessary part of a grand scheme to enslave us all, primarily through open source software that we have been duped to believe is safe. How else will they get all the open-minded open source proponents other than to play their very own game? Benevolent dictator, indeed.