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That doesn't really follow. Just because they can do something worse doesn't mean they can just get away with doing something less bad.

What if Ubuntu uploaded some phrases from your local documents to show you better results or ads? Is that acceptable? What about uploading entire documents, keystrokes, Google search terms etc. to better target ads?

You trust them enough to run their entire OS right? What if it was Microsoft that did this to improve Bing instead of Ubuntu? Why are so many people running Windows if they don't trust Microsoft already?



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