Well, it is disappointing that you choose to close this as “won’t fix”.
As pointed out in the initial bug report, this “feature” is implemented without notice or consent. In other words, and to rephrase, this was done transparently in an hidden way. Which is, to say the least, not corresponding to standard usage and best practices, let alone the security aspect by running it as root. This is definitely not very reassuring for users who are left with the suspicion, confirmed by the manager of the Ubuntu Server team, that Ubuntu is comfortable implementing (and might implement in the future) this kind of “features” and data collection without further notice or consent from the users. As professional users we have already our share of burden to protect our assets from all kinds of threats, being obliged to add to that list the base OS leaves us with no other choice but to reconsider Ubuntu as a (un)trusted provider. Sad. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1867424 Title: motd-news transmitting private hardware data without consent or knowledge in background To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-files/+bug/1867424/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
