<div dir="ltr">That option isn't the same in scope as Toby's change if <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/25/ubuntu_13_04_review/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/25/ubuntu_13_04_review/</a> is anything to go by. </div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 9 November 2013 09:14, Colin Law <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:clanlaw@googlemail.com" target="_blank">clanlaw@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On 8 November 2013 21:22, Toby Maxwell-Lyte <<a href="mailto:toby.maxwelllyte@gmail.com">toby.maxwelllyte@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><div class="im">> Hi,<br>
><br>
> Some of you might be interested in this.<br>
><br>
> "If you're an Ubuntu user and you're using the default settings, each time<br>
> you start typing in Dash (to open an application or search for a file on<br>
> your computer), your search terms get sent to a variety of third parties,<br>
> some of which advertise to you."<br>
<br>
</div>I am not commenting on whether the bit about advertising is true or<br>
not, I don't know, but it might have been useful, rather than just<br>
spreading fear, to tell us what to change to prevent the dash<br>
searching on the internet:<br>
System Settings > Security & Privacy > Search > set Include Online<br>
Search Results to Off<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
Colin<br>
</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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