>We are not telling Amazon what you are searching for. Your anonymity is preserved because we handle the query on your behalf. Don’t trust us? Erm, we have root. You do trust us with your data already.

Wait, so my personal local file search keywords are sent to both Ubuntu and Amazon? If anything, that's only slightly better than just Amazon having them along with the IP address.

And, no, you don't have root or control of my data, unless you're telling us about some backdoors you're inserting into Ubuntu.

>Here’s a quick Q&A on the main FUD-points.

FUD? Really? Is he trying to imply the outrage is manufactured by Microsoft or Oracle?

This is crossing a line that an OS should not cross. What next? Showing me local grocery results when I make a note to buy milk?

People are smart enough to pull up a browser to search for things to buy.