# Richard Stallman calls Ubuntu spyware because it tracks searches

<http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/richard-stallman-calls-ubuntu-spyware-because-it-tracks-searches/>

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## What Jamie wrote

Oh boy, RMS in true form! :-)

<blockquote>
Free Software Foundation President Richard Stallman today called Ubuntu Linux "spyware" because the operating system sends data to Ubuntu maker Canonical when a user searches the desktop.
</blockquote>

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