Ubuntu has been everyone's favorite dark horse operating system since it first debuted eight years ago. But a new release has riled the Linux variant's once loyal fan base: piping search queries from Ubuntu's built-in search engine to the mega retailer Amazon.com and other "third parties."
Ubuntu's privacy-conscious users call it a massive breach of trust. Now online privacy group the Electronic Frontier Foundation has joined the chorus: calling the design change a "major privacy problem" that could expose Ubuntu users to everything from wireless snooping to unwanted entreaties from advertisers.