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[[wikipedia:Canonical_(company)|'''Canonical''']] is software company best known for creating Ubuntu. It is largely funded by South African billionaire Mark Shuttleworth. | [[wikipedia:Canonical_(company)|'''Canonical''']] is software company best known for creating Ubuntu. It is largely funded by South African billionaire Mark Shuttleworth. | ||
== Upstreaming == | ==Upstreaming== | ||
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. | 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. | ||
== Tracking == | ==Tracking== | ||
Canonical | 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>. | ||
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 | 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>. | ||
== References == | 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. | ||
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