www/philosophy/proprietary proprietary-sabotage...

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       14/10/24 14:50:17

Modified files:
        philosophy/proprietary: proprietary-sabotage.html 

Log message:
        Nintendo sabotaged Wiis remotely.
        FTDI's driver sabotages compatible chips.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/proprietary/proprietary-sabotage.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.2&r2=1.3

Patches:
Index: proprietary-sabotage.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/proprietary/proprietary-sabotage.html,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -b -r1.2 -r1.3
--- proprietary-sabotage.html   4 Jun 2014 12:22:58 -0000       1.2
+++ proprietary-sabotage.html   24 Oct 2014 14:50:17 -0000      1.3
@@ -19,6 +19,24 @@
 </li>
 
 <li>
+<p><a 
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/10/nintendo-updates-take-wii-u-hostage-until-you-agree-new-legal-terms";>Nintendo
+remotely sabotaged all Wiis, making them refuse to work unless the
+user agrees to a new EULA.</a>
+</p>
+<p>We can be quite sure this EULA is is unjust because injustice is
+the only motive for imposing a EULA.
+</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p>FTDI's proprietary driver for its USB-to-serial chips has been
+designed to
+<a 
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/10/windows-update-drivers-bricking-usb-serial-chips-beloved-of-hardware-hackers/";>sabotage
+alternative compatible chips</a> so that they no longer work.
+</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
 <p><a 
href="http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/04/windows-xp-end-of-an-era-end-of-an-error/index.htm";>
 Microsoft cut off security fixes for Windows XP, except to some big
 users that pay exorbitantly.</a></p>
@@ -153,7 +171,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2014/06/04 12:22:58 $
+$Date: 2014/10/24 14:50:17 $
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 </p>
 </div>