The privacy issues were discussed in Sept. 2012, a month before Quantal was released. 22-Sept: Slashdot thread http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/09/22/1319216/

The privacy issues were discussed in Sept. 2012, a month before Quantal was released. 22-Sept: Slashdot thread http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/09/22/1319216/ubuntu-will-now-have-amazon-ads-pre-installed/ http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/09/22/1319216/ubuntu-will-n... 23-Sept: HN thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4558049 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4558049 23-Sept: Shuttleworth blog post http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1182 http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1182