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It looks like Firefox uses two files to colect statistits for Canonical. I've removed them and added a seach engine from Mozilla website.
apt-cache show xul-ext-ubufoxPackage: xul-ext-ubufoxPriority: optionalSection: webInstalled-Size: 207Maintainer: Ubuntu Mozilla Team <[email protected]>Architecture: allSource: ubufoxVersion: 3.0-0ubuntu0.14.04.1Replaces: ubufox (<< 0.9~rc2-0ubuntu3)Provides: firefox-ubufox, ubufoxDepends: aptdaemon, libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.26)Recommends: firefox (>= 9.0)Breaks: ubufox (<< 0.9~rc2-0ubuntu3)Filename: pool/main/u/ubufox/xul-ext-ubufox_3.0-0ubuntu0.14.04.1_all.debSize: 25920MD5sum: 161d4126db6cc93737d84613fdc2c783SHA1: f8d208697e51cdd8908c50d645bf8916f32fa7ebSHA256: 025bfdd9fd956a1080165242376788e82b1403f85a9e5e1232191251846ec0deDescription-en: Ubuntu-specific configuration defaults and apt support for Firefox Adds Ubuntu-specific modifications to Firefox. . Integrates the browser with Ubuntu to: * Enable searching for missing plugins from Ubuntu software catalog * Add the following options to the Help menu - Get help on-line - Help translating Firefox - Ubuntu Release Notes * Set homepage to Ubuntu Start Page * Display a restart notification after upgrading Firefox * Add ask.com to the search engines. . You can uninstall this if you prefer to use a pristine Firefox install.Description-md5: d3a589833861a3e410e82d2a68586881Enhances: firefoxHomepage: https://launchpad.net/ubufoxBugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebugOrigin: UbuntuSupported: 5yTask: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, kubuntu-active-desktop, kubuntu-active-full, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktopPackage: xul-ext-ubufoxPriority: optionalSection: webInstalled-Size: 378Maintainer: Ubuntu Mozilla Team <[email protected]>Architecture: allSource: ubufoxVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu1Replaces: ubufox (<< 0.9~rc2-0ubuntu3)Provides: firefox-ubufox, ubufoxDepends: aptdaemon, libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.26)Recommends: firefox (>= 9.0)Breaks: ubufox (<< 0.9~rc2-0ubuntu3)Filename: pool/main/u/ubufox/xul-ext-ubufox_2.8-0ubuntu1_all.debSize: 56222MD5sum: 48f48503090501a6af48e15d75215e76SHA1: 100b5bd88c5689078d11818e73d749d6dd2f0178SHA256: 623c06fbad31ff9c26c5ba60ae56f4fcbc71ddde51d48e6740d98f80444c24c0Description-en: Ubuntu-specific configuration defaults and apt support for Firefox Adds Ubuntu-specific modifications to Firefox. . Integrates the browser with Ubuntu to: * Enable searching for missing plugins from Ubuntu software catalog * Add the following options to the Help menu - Get help on-line - Help translating Firefox - Ubuntu Release Notes * Set homepage to Ubuntu Start Page * Display a restart notification after upgrading Firefox * Add ask.com to the search engines. . You can uninstall this if you prefer to use a pristine Firefox install.Description-md5: d3a589833861a3e410e82d2a68586881Enhances: firefoxHomepage: https://launchpad.net/ubufoxBugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebugOrigin: UbuntuSupported: 5yTask: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, kubuntu-active-desktop, kubuntu-active-full, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop
sudo apt-get remove xul-ext-ubufox
rm $HOME/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/searchplugins/duckduckgo.xml
sudo find /usr/lib/firefox/distribution/searchplugins/locale -name "duckduckgo.xml" -type f -exec rm {} \;
#! /bin/bashsudo find /usr/lib/firefox/distribution/searchplugins/locale -name "duckduckgo.xml" -type f -exec rm {} \;
Guess I would have a look at this link , might look a little bit paranoid , but it s some interesting readings : https://prism-break.org/en/categories/gnu-linux/Will reread your post fella .
Quote from: UNLIMITY on March 15, 2015, 10:47:53 PMQuote from: altman on March 15, 2015, 07:51:42 PMThe thing is that I never seen t-canonical search results on my ddg searches . Might have to do with xul removed I guess , I tried to check for ddg s search results to see from the op s link above & never saw this t-can results , I think it has to do with my ff prefs settings , don t know .But as I saw ddg has links with canonicals , so I lokok elsewhere . ( another search engine . )I removed xul package before I even written this thread, and had this t-canonical stuff. Maybe you removed the package before you started Firefox? It's only the search engine modified, so if you say you don't get t-canonical from search engine, the xul could be what modifies the search engine.I hope you are aware I am talking about search engine, from the bar. PREFERENCES > SEARCH > DEFAULT SEARCH ENGINE.I don't understand why they have to squeeze such a bullcrap there? They have a default website in Firefox, for google search I think, which brings them money, thanks to Ubuntu Firefox Modifications (that xul package). Now they are in DuckDuckGo engine. Even online searches are enabled by default on Ubuntu, which are used for ads too. They also accept donations. If people want to give them money, they will. Why do I have to search the internet for information to be able to stop their tracking? I don't care it says it's anonymous, the truth is, you never know how anonymous, and if they even say the truth. And like I said, I'm using Linux Lite, not Ubuntu. I know Linux Lite is based on Ubuntu, but whatever. GNU is free (both as in price and freedom). if I will ever use Ubuntu, then I could leave the t-canonical in DDG. But It's not very right what they do. GNU/Linux distributions approved by Free Software Foundations would never do that, if they did, they would be removed. They even pointed out why they don't recommend Ubuntu, one of the points were the "online searches" spying.I'm trying to support Free Software Foundation, and I prefer 100% free distros, but I'm glad there are distros like Linux Lite, because my laptop, precisely my graphics card doesn't work right without kernel blobs. I couldn't even get full resolution. But I heard Intel GPUs works great without blobs.yes sir , this Pref s search engine , heard or had read that it s not recommended to search from this search engine , could not find it real quick . I use it as a Home search engine instead of say google or whatever their is .I use ddg as a default search engine as my default starting page also . It might be because of that .
Quote from: altman on March 15, 2015, 07:51:42 PMThe thing is that I never seen t-canonical search results on my ddg searches . Might have to do with xul removed I guess , I tried to check for ddg s search results to see from the op s link above & never saw this t-can results , I think it has to do with my ff prefs settings , don t know .But as I saw ddg has links with canonicals , so I lokok elsewhere . ( another search engine . )I removed xul package before I even written this thread, and had this t-canonical stuff. Maybe you removed the package before you started Firefox? It's only the search engine modified, so if you say you don't get t-canonical from search engine, the xul could be what modifies the search engine.I hope you are aware I am talking about search engine, from the bar. PREFERENCES > SEARCH > DEFAULT SEARCH ENGINE.I don't understand why they have to squeeze such a bullcrap there? They have a default website in Firefox, for google search I think, which brings them money, thanks to Ubuntu Firefox Modifications (that xul package). Now they are in DuckDuckGo engine. Even online searches are enabled by default on Ubuntu, which are used for ads too. They also accept donations. If people want to give them money, they will. Why do I have to search the internet for information to be able to stop their tracking? I don't care it says it's anonymous, the truth is, you never know how anonymous, and if they even say the truth. And like I said, I'm using Linux Lite, not Ubuntu. I know Linux Lite is based on Ubuntu, but whatever. GNU is free (both as in price and freedom). if I will ever use Ubuntu, then I could leave the t-canonical in DDG. But It's not very right what they do. GNU/Linux distributions approved by Free Software Foundations would never do that, if they did, they would be removed. They even pointed out why they don't recommend Ubuntu, one of the points were the "online searches" spying.I'm trying to support Free Software Foundation, and I prefer 100% free distros, but I'm glad there are distros like Linux Lite, because my laptop, precisely my graphics card doesn't work right without kernel blobs. I couldn't even get full resolution. But I heard Intel GPUs works great without blobs.
The thing is that I never seen t-canonical search results on my ddg searches . Might have to do with xul removed I guess , I tried to check for ddg s search results to see from the op s link above & never saw this t-can results , I think it has to do with my ff prefs settings , don t know .But as I saw ddg has links with canonicals , so I lokok elsewhere . ( another search engine . )
Quote from: UNLIMITY on March 15, 2015, 06:49:31 PMQuote from: altman on March 15, 2015, 06:44:47 PMLast time I saw DDG had nothing to do with Canonical , unless it changed . We never know now .&t=Through partnerships with developers and companies, DuckDuckGo has been integrated into many applications. In these partnerships, a portion of DuckDuckGo's advertising revenue is sometimes shared back. To assign advertising revenue and collect anonymous aggregate usage information, developers add a unique "&t=" parameter to searches made through their applications.(It's taken from the DDG website, so yeah they are partners now). I feel like Canonical is mainly after money now...Thanx for the info , well , will have to maybe use Dogpile , LxQuick , PrivateLee , or Gigablast now I guess , thanx for pointing this out .
Quote from: altman on March 15, 2015, 06:44:47 PMLast time I saw DDG had nothing to do with Canonical , unless it changed . We never know now .&t=Through partnerships with developers and companies, DuckDuckGo has been integrated into many applications. In these partnerships, a portion of DuckDuckGo's advertising revenue is sometimes shared back. To assign advertising revenue and collect anonymous aggregate usage information, developers add a unique "&t=" parameter to searches made through their applications.(It's taken from the DDG website, so yeah they are partners now). I feel like Canonical is mainly after money now...
Last time I saw DDG had nothing to do with Canonical , unless it changed . We never know now .