Ubuntu
unity-lens-shopping package

Searching for "gedit" in dash brings up sexually explicit images from online search

Bug #1559340 reported by Neil McPhail
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Bug Description

As reported on #ubuntu IRC channel -

At present, searching for "gedit" in the dash on 15.10 brings up sexually explicit images from Wikipedia -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genital_modification_and_mutilation#/media/File:Klitorisvorhautpiercing_und_Piercing_der_inneren_Schamlippen.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genital_wart#/media/File:SOA-Condylomata-acuminata-around-anus.jpg

Whilst online searching is going to be disabled by default on 16.04, consideration must be given to disabling online search by default on older releases. This is not the first bug to be filed about this topic, but may be unique in that (a) the search was for a default Ubuntu package, and (b) the returned images were particularly explicit.

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Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) wrote :

Confirmed on 14.04.

Changed in unity-lens-shopping (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) wrote :

This should actually be filed against lp:curucu as this is a remote scope I believe, but that's a private project which we cannot file public bugs against.

https://productsearch.ubuntu.com/smartscopes/v1/search?q=gedit

Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey)
Changed in unity-lens-shopping (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) wrote :

Now fixed.

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