www/philosophy proprietary-insecurity.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       13/12/30 12:06:03

Modified files:
        philosophy     : proprietary-insecurity.html 

Log message:
        Add item for flash memories.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/proprietary-insecurity.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.17&r2=1.18

Patches:
Index: proprietary-insecurity.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/proprietary-insecurity.html,v
retrieving revision 1.17
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -b -r1.17 -r1.18
--- proprietary-insecurity.html 17 Dec 2013 17:58:20 -0000      1.17
+++ proprietary-insecurity.html 30 Dec 2013 12:06:03 -0000      1.18
@@ -69,6 +69,17 @@
 numbers</a>.
 </p>
 </li>
+
+<li>
+<p><a href="http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=3554";> Some flash
+memories have modifiable software</a>, which makes them vulnerable to
+viruses.</p>
+
+<p>We don't call this a &ldquo;back door&rdquo; because it is normal
+that you can install a new system in a computer given physical access
+to it.  However, we don't want memory sticks and cards to be modifiable
+in this way.
+</li>
 </ul>
 
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@@ -126,7 +137,7 @@
 
 <p>Updated:
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-$Date: 2013/12/17 17:58:20 $
+$Date: 2013/12/30 12:06:03 $
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