Recently, GNU General Pubilc License (GPL) and Free Software Foundation founder Richard M. Stallman (RMS) said that Ubuntu memory has spyware and Linux supporters should stay away from Ubuntu espionage.
RMS is bored with setting Amazon search as the default search in Ubuntu 12.10. Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth explained that the change only proves that Ubuntu is not planning to include ads in the operating system. Microsoft has completed Windows 8, but has not sent any data to Amazon.
Later, Ubuntu changed the default settings of Amazon search to optional because RMS thought it was not good enough.
Ubuntu allows users to switch the monitoring option freely. By default, Ubuntu users do not select this option. Even if this function is disabled, risks still exist.
RMS concluded that we need to make specific specifications to stop it. This function is not an effective method and should be avoided by users. From the Festival Latinoamericano de Instalaci ón de Software incident, we can see that Ubuntu is a rare spy.
About Richard M. Stallman
Spiritual Leader of the American free software movement, founder of the GNU program and the Free Software Foundation. As a famous hacker, his major achievements include Emacs and later GNU Emacs, gnu c compiler, and GDB debugger. The GNU General Public License he wrote is the world's most widely used free software license, opening up a brand new path for the copyleft concept.
In the middle of the 1990 s, Stallman, as a political activist, defended free software against the expansion of software patents and copyright law. He has invested heavily in programming on GNU Emacs. He earned enough income from his speech to maintain his life.
His biggest impact was the construction of a moral, political, and legal framework for the free software movement. He is hailed by many as a fighter of today's free software and a great idealist.