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User Suggests There Might be Spyware in Ubuntu, Instructs Others to Compile the OS
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A user by the name of Zack Smith, published an article on his website entitled "Is There Spyware in Ubuntu?" and targeted at Canonical, the sponsor of Ubuntu, and Jane Silber, the CEO of Canonical.
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This is not the first time someone is accusing Ubuntu of spying on users, as three years ago Richard Stallman called Ubuntu a spyware OS because of the integration of Amazon Search engine that collected users' desktop search activity and sent the data over to Amazon.
According to Zack Smith, the Ubuntu Linux operating system should not be trusted because of Canonical's new CEO, Jane Silber, whose previous job was at the C4 Systems division of General Dynamics within the US Military Industrial Complex, which focuses on using computers for spying. Full Story |
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