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A trimmed version of the fixubuntu.com script (removed the superfluous nonpersistent firewall rule). Fixes the privacy violations by Ubuntu 12.10 till 14.04.0x. See: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/privacy-ubuntu-1210-amazon-ads-and-data-leaks @wedv @wedv
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#!/bin/bash | |
GS="/usr/bin/gsettings" | |
CCUL="com.canonical.Unity.lenses" | |
# Figure out the version of Ubuntu that you're running | |
V=$(/usr/bin/lsb_release -rs) | |
# The privacy problems started with v12.10, so earlier versions should do nothing | |
# Added check because 14.04.1 isn't a number | |
if [[ $V == "14.04.1" || $V == "14.04.2" || $V == "14.04.3" ]]; then | |
$V=14.04 | |
fi | |
# Minimum version check | |
MIN=`echo $V'>'12.10 | bc -l` | |
# Maximum version check | |
FIXED_VER=15.04 | |
MAX=`echo $FIXED_VER'>'$V | bc -l` | |
if [[ $MIN -eq 0 || $MAX -eq 0 ]]; then | |
echo "Good news! This version of Ubuntu is not known to invade your privacy." | |
exit 0 # The script should exit if Ubuntu version is outside of range | |
fi | |
# Check if Canonical schema is present. Take first match, ignoring case. | |
SCHEMA="$($GS list-schemas | grep -i $CCUL | head -1)" | |
if [[ -z "$SCHEMA" ]] | |
then | |
printf "Error: could not find Canonical schema %s.\n" "$CCUL" 1>&2 | |
exit 1 | |
else | |
CCUL="$SCHEMA" | |
fi | |
# Turn off "Remote Search", so search terms in Dash aren't sent to the internet | |
$GS set "$CCUL" remote-content-search none | |
# If you're using a version earlier than v13.10, uninstall unity-lens-shopping | |
if [[ $V < 13.10 ]]; then | |
sudo apt-get remove -y unity-lens-shopping | |
# If you're using a later version, disable remote scopes | |
else | |
$GS set "$CCUL" disabled-scopes \ | |
"['more_suggestions-amazon.scope', 'more_suggestions-u1ms.scope', | |
'more_suggestions-populartracks.scope', 'music-musicstore.scope', | |
'more_suggestions-ebay.scope', 'more_suggestions-ubuntushop.scope', | |
'more_suggestions-skimlinks.scope']" | |
fi; | |
# Block connections to Ubuntu's ad server, just in case | |
if ! grep -q "127.0.0.1 productsearch.ubuntu.com" /etc/hosts; then | |
echo -e "\n127.0.0.1 productsearch.ubuntu.com" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts >/dev/null | |
fi | |
echo "All done. Enjoy your privacy." |
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