www/proprietary proprietary-surveillance.html

[Pavel Kharitonov]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Pavel Kharitonov <ineiev>       15/09/01 16:45:54

Modified files:
        proprietary    : proprietary-surveillance.html 

Log message:
        (SpywareInMobileApps): Entry on Spotify #1040609.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.12&r2=1.13

Patches:
Index: proprietary-surveillance.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html,v
retrieving revision 1.12
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -b -r1.12 -r1.13
--- proprietary-surveillance.html       15 Aug 2015 09:02:29 -0000      1.12
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html       1 Sep 2015 16:45:54 -0000       1.13
@@ -330,6 +330,23 @@
 
 <ul>
 
+  <li><p>Like most &ldquo;music screaming&rdquo; disservices, Spotify
+      is based on proprietary malware (DRM and snooping). In August
+      2015 it <a
+href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/aug/21/spotify-faces-user-backlash-over-new-privacy-policy";>
+      demanded users submit to increased snooping</a>, and some
+      are starting to realize that it is nasty.</p>
+
+      <p>This article shows the <a
+href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/21/spotify_worse_than_the_nsa/";>
+      twisted ways that they present snooping as a way
+      to &ldquo;serve&rdquo; users better</a>&mdash;never mind
+      whether they want that. This is a typical example of
+      the attitude of the proprietary software industry towards
+      those they have subjugated.</p>
+
+      <p>Out, out, damned Spotify!</p>
+  </li>
   <li><p>Many proprietary apps for mobile devices report which other
     apps the user has
     installed.  <a 
href="http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/26/twitter-app-graph/";>Twitter
@@ -670,7 +687,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2015/08/15 09:02:29 $
+$Date: 2015/09/01 16:45:54 $
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 </p>
 </div>