www/philosophy/proprietary malware-apple.html

[Dora Scilipoti]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Dora Scilipoti <dora>   14/08/17 11:03:02

Modified files:
        philosophy/proprietary: malware-apple.html 

Log message:
        Add items about  iPhone remote wipe and iThing back doors (RT #937747).

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/proprietary/malware-apple.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.3&r2=1.4

Patches:
Index: malware-apple.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/proprietary/malware-apple.html,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -b -r1.3 -r1.4
--- malware-apple.html  25 Jun 2014 07:19:24 -0000      1.3
+++ malware-apple.html  17 Aug 2014 11:03:01 -0000      1.4
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@
    code signing</a> that the iThings use to jail the user.</p>
    </li>
 
+
+   <li><p><a 
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/23/iphone-backdoors-surveillance-forensic-services";>
+   Several&ldquo;features&rdquo; of iOS seem to exist for no possible 
+   purpose other than surveillance</a>.  Here is the <a 
+   
href="http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/iOS_Backdoors_Attack_Points_Surveillance_Mechanisms.pdf";>
+   Technical presentation</a>.</p>
+   </li>
+
    <li><p>The <a 
    
href="http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/privacy-advocates-worry-over-new-apple-iphone-tracking-feature-161836223.html";>
    iBeacon</a> lets stores determine exactly where the iThing is, and 
@@ -82,6 +90,12 @@
    power because of course we can trust Apple.</p>
    </li>
 
+   <li><p>The iPhone has a back door for <a 
+   
href="http://www.npr.org/2010/11/22/131511381/wipeout-when-your-company-kills-your-iphone";>
+   remote wipe</a>.  It's not always enabled, but users are led into 
+   enabling it without understanding.</p>
+   </li>
+
   <li><p><a 
href="https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9039479/Update_Apple_plays_hardball_Upgrade_bricks_unlocked_iPhones";>
    An Apple firmware &ldquo;upgrade&rdquo; bricked iPhones that had been
    unlocked.</a>  The &ldquo;upgrade&rdquo; also deactivated applications
@@ -155,7 +169,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2014/06/25 07:19:24 $
+$Date: 2014/08/17 11:03:01 $
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 </p>
 </div>