“I saw that you spun up an Ubuntu image in Azure”
The register article on this <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/11/microsoft_azure_ubuntu_data_sharing/" rel="nofollow">https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/11/microsoft_azure_ubunt...</a> has responses from Canonical and MS, which shed a bit more light on the situation.<p>The Canonical quote is the most illuminating :-<p>"As per the Azure T&Cs, Microsoft shares with Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, the contact details of developers launching Ubuntu instances on Azure. These contact details are held in Canonical’s CRM in accordance with privacy rules.<p>"On February 10th, a new Canonical Sales Representative contacted one of these developers via LinkedIn, with a poor choice of word. In light of this incident, Canonical will be reviewing its sales training and policies."