Re:What Happens When You Install the Top Download.com Apps
by TeMPOraL on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @12:26PM
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Which leads us back to the real reason why you don't get malware on Linux - because non-tech-savvy people don't use it. If ever, say, Ubuntu reaches popularity levels comparable to Windows among general population, you'll be seeing tons of toolbars there as well.
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Re:What Happens When You Install the Top Download.com Apps
by _lce0 on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @12:38PM
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well actually Ubuntu bundled spyware
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/ubuntu-spyware-what-to-do
Ubuntu uses the information about searches
to show the user ads to buy various things
from Amazon. Amazon commits many wrongs
(see http://stallman.org/amazon.html); by
promoting Amazon, Canonical contributes to
them. However, the ads are not the core of
the problem. The main issue is the spying.
Canonical says it does not tell Amazon who
searched for what. However, it is just as
bad for Canonical to collect your personal
information as it would have been for Amazon
to collect it.