There was a connection between the search bar for awhile, if you typed in pants you'd get potential amazon links. It was easy to turn off and disappeared awhile later.
I'm fairly sure Windows does upload at least some hashes if you have it enabled in Windows Defender (which it is by default). Don't expect Ubuntu does this though.
That said, "this has happened forever" is false too. These behaviors are relatively new and relatively under the radar. Many people don't know they exist to get upset about it.
Can you please provide resources for Ubuntu?
I would guess they are referencing the Ubuntu Amazon search thing from about 5 years ago (IIRC)
Yes, exactly
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Sorry, not on Ubuntu. It's easy to check, compile a binary, run it, and use wireshark to watch your uplink.
Ubuntu did upload what applications you launched to Amazon.
Link?
There was a connection between the search bar for awhile, if you typed in pants you'd get potential amazon links. It was easy to turn off and disappeared awhile later.
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This is a lie.
No it has not.
I'm fairly sure Windows does upload at least some hashes if you have it enabled in Windows Defender (which it is by default). Don't expect Ubuntu does this though.
Yeah, Windows Defender does worse if you let it have sample submission on. It'll send binaries to Microsoft and they will run in Azure!
https://medium.com/sensorfu/how-my-application-ran-away-and-...
That said, "this has happened forever" is false too. These behaviors are relatively new and relatively under the radar. Many people don't know they exist to get upset about it.
> Don't expect Ubuntu does this though.
Ubuntu uploads (at least it did couple years ago) your data to Amazon.
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/ubuntu-spyware.en.html