Excellent work, Streisand: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/11/canonical-abused-trademark-law-to-target-a-sit...

Snark aside, there are two important things to note about this:

1. Ubuntu already has options in the system settings for you to do basically the same gsettings tricks mentioned on that site.
2. Trademark law basically forces all trademark holders to be jerks, or lose the trademark.

That said, I don't have the confidence that the privacy settings code can successfully avoid bitrot over the next few years as more and more integration with online services is added.  I already scrub through the package lists and do similar scope package uninstalls each time I upgrade.

It's really helpful to have someone like the EFF keeping tabs on this!