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<div>[[wikipedia:Canonical_(company)|'''Canonical''']] is software company best known for creating Ubuntu. It is largely funded by South African billionaire Mark Shuttleworth.<br />
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==Upstreaming==<br />
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Alongside Red Hat and Google, Canonical makes up a substantial portion of upstream security patches in the Linux ecosystem. They maintain AppArmor<ref>https://apparmor.net/</ref>, a Linux security system that proactively manages threats, Snap<ref>https://snapcraft.io/</ref>, a Linux appstore with sandbox support, and Livepatch<ref>https://docs.kernel.org/livepatch/livepatch.html</ref>, a system to patch the Linux kernel without needing to reboot.<br />
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==Tracking==<br />
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Canonical is collecting user telemetry from Snap<ref>https://snapcraft.io/docs/snap-store-metrics</ref>, which is shipped by default in Ubuntu<ref>https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snap-on-ubuntu</ref>.<br />
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Previously, Canonical sent local file search queries to their own servers, which were used to recommend ads on Amazon<ref>https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/ubuntu-spyware-what-to-do</ref>. In 2014, this feature was removed<ref>https://www.pcworld.com/article/436097/ubuntus-unity-8-desktop-removes-the-amazon-search-spyware.html</ref>.<br />
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In 2018, telemetry tracking for hardware components, software configuration, and crashes has been added in an opt-out model<ref>https://superuser.com/questions/1311588/how-to-opt-out-usage-data-collection-in-ubuntu-18-04-bionic</ref>.<br />
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==References==<br />
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<div>[[wikipedia:Canonical_(company)|'''Canonical''']] is software company best known for creating Ubuntu. It is largely funded by South African billionaire Mark Shuttleworth.<br />
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==Upstreaming==<br />
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Alongside Red Hat and Google, Canonical makes up a substantial portion of upstream security patches in the Linux ecosystem. They maintain AppArmor<ref>https://apparmor.net/</ref>, a Linux security system that proactively manages threats, Snap<ref>https://snapcraft.io/</ref>, a Linux appstore with sandbox support, and Livepatch<ref>https://docs.kernel.org/livepatch/livepatch.html</ref>, a system to patch the Linux kernel without needing to reboot.<br />
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==Tracking==<br />
<br />
Canonical is collecting user telemetry from Snap<ref>https://snapcraft.io/docs/snap-store-metrics</ref>, which is shipped by default in Ubuntu<ref>https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snap-on-ubuntu</ref>.<br />
<br />
Previously, Canonical sent local file search queries to their own servers, which were used to recommend ads on Amazon<ref>https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/ubuntu-spyware-what-to-do</ref>. In 2014, this feature was removed<ref>https://www.pcworld.com/article/436097/ubuntus-unity-8-desktop-removes-the-amazon-search-spyware.html</ref>.<br />
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In 2018, telemetry tracking for hardware components, software configuration, and crashes has been added in an opt-out <ref>https://superuser.com/questions/1311588/how-to-opt-out-usage-data-collection-in-ubuntu-18-04-bionic</ref> model.<br />
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==References==<br />
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