[Bug 1701068] Re: motd.ubuntu.com currently shows media item (HBO's Silicon Valley using Ubuntu)

[Timothy R. Chavez]

@Simos:

Not sure about the Twitter storm you're referring too. The http request
being sent to motd.ubuntu.com is embedding information like system
uptime in the user-agent header. That appears to be used to determine
which information to send back in the http response. What's not clear,
is if it's being collected or not. Also, while unattended-upgrades for
-security may be a default, it may also be disabled, so I don't think
you can assume that. That said, I do think it's a good point that if
you're automatically receiving security upgrades, how much the motd news
that covers such things actually matters. Is your recommendation to
disable motd-news by default and make it opt-in?

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Title:
  motd.ubuntu.com currently shows media item (HBO's Silicon Valley using
  Ubuntu)

Status in base-files package in Ubuntu:
  Opinion

Bug description:
  In Ubuntu 17.04 or newer, there is a script at /etc/update-motd.d/50
  -motd-news that reads https://motd.ubuntu.com/ and displays that text
  with the rest of the MOTD.

  Currently, https://motd.ubuntu.com shows a news item about HBO's Silicon Valley which has a reference to Ubuntu. 
  Instead, https://motd.ubuntu.com should show relevant items to those that 
  use Ubuntu Server (relevant security issues, etc), instead of items for desktop users.

  =============================
  Welcome to Ubuntu 17.04 (GNU/Linux 4.10.0-21-generic x86_64)

   * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com
   * Management:     https://landscape.canonical.com
   * Support:        https://ubuntu.com/advantage

   * How HBO's Silicon Valley built "Not Hotdog" with mobile TensorFlow,
     Keras & React Native on Ubuntu
     - https://ubu.one/HBOubu
  ==============================

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
  Package: base-files 9.6ubuntu13
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-24.28-generic 4.10.15
  Uname: Linux 4.10.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Jun 28 12:31:24 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-02 (56 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: base-files
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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