Comment 31 for bug 1054282

thanks for the heads up on this -- I'm reminded of the xscreensaver that had a similar problem (webcollage) only that one was fixable by simply editing out the system level command line for the program such that it only took local images from ~/Pictures or a shared resource that could be controlled.

I am disappointed that Ubuntu is continuing this line, but it isn't surprising I suppose: as Charles Eisenstein puts it, when ever you find human beings doing something brazenly stupid, you needn't dig very far before you find money as the motivation. Clearly here, by the corporate denial of there being anything wrong, we learn that Ubuntu's purpose is not to serve the person at the terminal, but when push comes to shove, to serve the corporate profits -- this is especially clear when we can see from all the examples on this page (outside of the racy band names) that if they saved showing results until AFTER the complete search key was entered, we'd avoid some embarrassment.

but not all: I am now grateful to the narrow minds who did not allow me to roll ubuntu out in our local schools, because the pre-teens would have a field day with this. Sure, we can turn it off, but it is on by default?

I am hoping reason prevails on this, that at the very least the feature can be completely removed if not left as an install/upgrade option; I hate having to hack an install just to get the computer I want in my house, but then, it is because it is a Linux that I will be able to hack out those places where I disagree with the vendor, so in that respect I suppose I can't complain really, I can only say, "Thanks for the heads up" and hope we get warning on when this 'feature' will ship.