Ubuntu Privacy Fix - Ubuntu-Privatsphärenschutz

The Ubuntu Desktop has the unpleasant feature to send all kinds of typed stuff to Amazon, Ebay & Co. This isn't only "not nice", it's "broken". Here comes the help.

Der Ubuntu-Desktop hat die unangenehme Eigenschaft allerhand eingetipptes Zeug an Amazon, Ebay & Co. zu senden. Das ist nicht nur "nicht nett", sondern "kaputt".  Hier kommt die Hilfe.

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#!/bin/bash
## filname: fix_ubuntu_privacy.bash
## found @ https://fixubuntu.com/
## author: Micah Lee, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF),
## edited by Jörg Reinholz
## download from http://www.fastix.org/r/fix_ubuntu_privacy.bash
## licence: Use this! Now!

gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Lenses remote-content-search none 2> /dev/null;
ubuntuVersion=`/usr/bin/lsb_release -rs | tr -d '.'`;
if test $ubuntuVersion -lt 1310; then
  sudo apt-get remove -y unity-lens-shopping 2> /dev/null;
else
  gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Lenses disabled-scopes "[
'more_suggestions-amazon.scope',
'more_suggestions-u1ms.scope',
'more_suggestions-populartracks.scope',
'music-musicstore.scope',
'more_suggestions-ebay.scope',
'more_suggestions-ubuntushop.scope',
'more_suggestions-skimlinks.scope'
]" 2> /dev/null;
fi;
echo "echo '0.0.0.0 productsearch.ubuntu.com' >> /etc/hosts;" | sudo sh

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1. download this,
2. use a terminal and change to your download-dir. 
3. run the skript with "bash fix_ubuntu_privacy.bash"

1. Lade das herunter.
2. Benutze ein Terminal und wechsle in das Download-Verzeichnis.
3. Starte das Skript mit "bash fix_ubuntu_privacy.bash"

Why i write this? - Warum ich das schreibe?