Zeitgeist Datahub

[tomast]

Has anyone noticed this Zeitgeist Datahub in the startup programs ?
From what I can find out about it , it seems a little like shades of Microsoft and/or Google.
Tracking your every move "to better serve you"
Am I just being too paranoid or is this a little invasive ?
Actually I don't much want anything or anyone tracking what files I open or what I am surfing on the web
or any sort of personal information....

"Zeitgeist is a service which logs the user's activities and events (files opened, websites visited, conversations held with other people, etc.) and makes the relevant information available to other applications.
It serves as a comprehensive activity log and also makes it possible to determine relationships between items based on usage patterns."

http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/zeitgeist-datahub

[Anakinholland]

Maybe this article may explain it better.

Basically, instead of knowing the exact location of a certain file, you can look up which files you had opened 5 minutes ago (say, prior to the reboot) and open files from there.

Regards,

Anakin

[Garvan]

I remove Zeitgeist from my start-up files. As long as I am not required to run it, then I don't object to it being a default.

Garvan

[Habitual]

I remove Zeitgeist from my start-up files. As long as I am not required to run it, then I don't object to it being a default. ...

+1

[martensjd]

I've also removed zeitgeist as it appears to be spyware.