www/philosophy proprietary-back-doors.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       14/05/12 00:17:19

Modified files:
        philosophy     : proprietary-back-doors.html 

Log message:
        Windows 8 has a back door for deleting apps.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/proprietary-back-doors.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.16&r2=1.17

Patches:
Index: proprietary-back-doors.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/proprietary-back-doors.html,v
retrieving revision 1.16
retrieving revision 1.17
diff -u -b -r1.16 -r1.17
--- proprietary-back-doors.html 12 Apr 2014 12:40:35 -0000      1.16
+++ proprietary-back-doors.html 12 May 2014 00:17:19 -0000      1.17
@@ -38,6 +38,24 @@
 </li>
 
 <li>
+<p><a 
href="https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222518/Microsoft_We_can_remotely_delete_Windows_8_apps";>Windows
+8 also has a back door for remotely deleting apps</a>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+You might well decide to let a security service that you trust
+remotely <em>deactivate</em> programs that it considers malicious.
+But there is no excuse for <em>deleting</em> the programs, and you
+should have the right to decide who (if anyone) to trust in this way.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+As these pages show, if you do want to clean your computer of malware,
+the first software to delete is Windows or iOS.
+</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
 <p><a 
href="https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/replicant-developers-find-and-close-samsung-galaxy-backdoor";>
 Samsung Galaxy devices running proprietary Android versions come with
 a back door</a> that provides remote access to the data stored on the
@@ -153,7 +171,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
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-$Date: 2014/04/12 12:40:35 $
+$Date: 2014/05/12 00:17:19 $
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 </p>
 </div>