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How do I permanently stop Ubuntu from “recording” and displaying recently used files?
How does one permanently turn off any and all system "recording" of used apps, directories, or files in Ubuntu 12.10?
I specifically DO NOT want a list of my recently used files showing up in my ...
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Why does my Firefox profile folder keep showing up in Recently Used (files/folders)?
In "Privacy and Activity Mgr", (I would think) the following are my relevant settings:
yet in Nautilus, my Firefox profile folder shows up (usually as the first entry) in the Recently Used ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 Encryption Details
Good Morning!
Short version of the question below.
Please help me understand the encryption features in Ubuntu 12.10.
Installing Ubuntu, I opted both for the full disk encryption option as well as ...
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Stop Unity dash from following/linking file
Once after I downloaded a file, it shows up in the unity dash as recently downloaded. Even after moving the file to another folder, the link on dash opens the file.
Scarily even when I move the file ...
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IPv6 Privacy Extension does not Work in 12.04?
I have a little problem. My new Ubuntu installation become no privacy IPv6 throuth ipv6 privacy extension, whats wrong?
I have read that privacy extension ist enabled per default. But why doesen't ...
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Gnome 3.8.1 Missing entries in Settings
So I installed Ubuntu 13.04 Gnome and updated Gnome-shell to 3.8. Current version is 3.8.1.
I decided to edit what applications show in the lock screen when, to my amazement, no privacy entry appears ...
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Tor error and usage
I am using Tor and vidalia for privacy,When it opens it shows the dialog
On seeing the log it shows
I think that ,I was not included in that control area.What I should do for adding me(my ...
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Are the privacy controls only for Unity?
Sorry for my ignorance, I am new to Linux. I've read on the web, that Unity spied and sent some data for "statistics" and such. Also I've read the privacy controls won't be in 13.04. So what I am ...
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Is Privacy's Delete History button supposed to delete Nautilu's Recent Items?
I've opened two files and deleted the last hour history, in Recent Items' tab, in Privacy options (Ubuntu 13.04).
However, Nautilus keeps showing the two files in Recent files.
I've found the ...
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What happened to no indexing certain directories?
Ubuntu 13.04 no longer has an option to keep certain folders from being indexed. Why was this removed and how do you reinstate it?
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My screen is shown after ubuntu is waken up
When I wake up suspend or hibernate, my screen is shown for a moment. How can I block it ?
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Disable activity recording for nested folders
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10, and in the 'Privacy' settings, under 'Don't record activity for the following folders', I have (among others) my ubuntuone folder, because I use it mostly to keep a backup of ...
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Can I disable “Online Accounts” and still use Empathy?
I want to have control over what happens with my online presence so I absolutely do not want any software to be able to log in to any of my online accounts and post/change/delete things. Ever. Nor do ...
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Alternatives to Tor
Does anyone know of a faster alternative to the Tor browser and network for maintaining privacy?
I would like to set up a transparent proxy to access the internet in a way that prevents my ISP from ...
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which are the programs that affects the delete history option in the privacy setting panel?
I mean, is not pretty clear in the description which are exactly the programs affected. It is just the activity log manager, or also include the internet browser or others system/user logs?
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How do I restore the privacy pane of the system settings?
Checking out screenshots of the system settings in Ubuntu 12.10, it seems that I am missing a few. When I open up my settings, I cannot see Privacy, Backup, and Management Service. Also, nothing comes ...
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How to clear chinese input history
I am using ibus and it stored the words I chose so after I wrote a word many times the word will come up as first choice after I write the pinyin. How do I clear the history?
And how do I set it so ...
