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Proving that the more complex the OS, the easier it is to hack, and how root really isn't required to attack a device a malicious app bypassed Ubuntu Phone security checks to give the attacker full control over the phone.
Luckily only 15 people are known to have downloaded the app but one has to wonder if Ubuntu Phone is already being targeted so successfully in its infancy what does that bode when its a more juicy target?
An educated guess for the unreleased sales statistics can be found on Riccardo Padovani's blog.
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(Score: 2) by stormreaver on Tuesday October 20 2015, @05:32PM
Ubuntu phone are a niche market.
I considered getting an Ubuntu phone, so I could write apps in Java rather than Yet Another Incompatible Language like Android (which is painful). It would make my business life soooo much easier. However, Canonical decided to use Mir as a display server, which means that Java won't run on it. Than means that Ubuntu phone is not a viable option for me.
Secondly, I'm far more interested in a Ubuntu or Kubuntu tablet than a phone, but I looked into phones since that is where the Ubuntu efforts were heading. Plasma Active might fit the bill, but I don't know if it will run stock Java/Swing/JavaFX.
Anyway, the ability to run standard Linux on a mobile device is VERY appealing.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 20 2015, @05:38PM
Android's a language now?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 20 2015, @07:59PM
(original AC here) I understand and I find it very appealing as well (as in I need one for both technical and irrational reasons), but I'm also very much aware that we are a tiny minority, so the niche market qualification applies.