Yeah, like every single other Linux distro. I think Ubuntu is actually the only one doing this and yet, even in Ubuntu, it takes literally two or three clicks to turn this feature off.
True. But Ubuntu is one of the most popular distros. I have noticed, for many non-technical users, the name "Ubuntu" is synonymous with linux.
At the end of the day, most of the technical users know how to stay protected. Atleast the type of people who can install a linux distro on their main computer.
It's kind of our fault, we need to make the general public understand these risks, we need to make solutions more accessible. Because, if this sort of thing continue, we would one day suddenly wake up to a world that would not respect anyone's privacy. How many big companies are caught violating user's privacy, remember superfish?
The funny thing is, big companies are starting to be more and more confident violating their user's privacy.
I was trying to point out, that even when you disable everything using the provided controls, the OS still doesn't respect your choice.
Be careful regarding the searchui.exe firewall rule. It names specific assembly version - one silent update (is there any other in win10?) and your rule is invalid, instead a new rule that is enabled is suddenly in effect.
The 90s called and would like to have their hatred back.
As for privacy issues in your recommendation -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_%28user_interface%29#Pri...