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Fabio Pesari |
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www/proprietary proprietary-sabotage.html |
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Date: |
Mon, 12 Oct 2015 07:24:21 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Fabio Pesari <fabiop> 15/10/12 07:24:21
Modified files:
proprietary : proprietary-sabotage.html
Log message:
Added Lenovo entry [RT #1049821]
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-sabotage.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.9&r2=1.10
Patches:
Index: proprietary-sabotage.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-sabotage.html,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -b -r1.9 -r1.10
--- proprietary-sabotage.html 17 Sep 2015 21:03:19 -0000 1.9
+++ proprietary-sabotage.html 12 Oct 2015 07:24:07 -0000 1.10
@@ -13,62 +13,65 @@
<ul>
<li><p>
+Lenovo <a
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2984889/windows-pcs/lenovo-collects-usage-data-on-thinkpad-thinkcentre-and-thinkstation-pcs.html";>
+has sabotaged the BIOS of the machines they sell</a> to make
+sure their
+spyware is present on every Windows system that is installed on them -
+even after formatting the disks.
+</p></li>
+
+<li><p>
Microsoft is <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/11/microsoft-downloading-windows-1";>
repeatedly nagging many users to install Windows 10</a>.
</p></li>
-<li>
-<p>
+<li><p>
<a
href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150812/11395231925/lenovo-busted-stealthily-installing-crapware-via-bios-fresh-windows-installs.shtml";>
Lenovo stealthily installed crapware via BIOS</a> on Windows installs.
Note that the specific sabotage method Lenovo used did not affect
GNU/Linux; also, a “clean” Windows install is not really
clean since <a href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html">Microsoft
-puts in its own malware</a>.</p>
-</li>
+puts in its own malware</a>.</p></li>
- <li><p>Vizio
- <a
href="http://boingboing.net/2015/04/30/telescreen-watch-vizio-adds-s.html";>
- used a firmware “upgrade” to make its TVs snoop on what
users watch</a>.
- The TVs did not do that when first sold.</p>
- </li>
- <li><p>Amazon
- <a
href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150321/13350230396/while-bricking-jailbroken-fire-tvs-last-year-amazon-did-same-to-kindle-devices.shtml";>
- downgraded the software in users' Swindles</a>
- so that those already rooted would cease to function at all.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>Apple <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/04/apple-deleted-music-ipods-rivals-steve-jobs";>deleted
- from iPods the music that users had got from internet music
stores
- that competed with iTunes</a>.
- </p>
- </li>
+<li><p>Vizio
+<a href="http://boingboing.net/2015/04/30/telescreen-watch-vizio-adds-s.html";>
+used a firmware “upgrade” to make its TVs snoop on what users
watch</a>.
+The TVs did not do that when first sold.
+</p></li>
+
+<li><p>Amazon
+<a
href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150321/13350230396/while-bricking-jailbroken-fire-tvs-last-year-amazon-did-same-to-kindle-devices.shtml";>
+downgraded the software in users' Swindles</a>
+so that those already rooted would cease to function at all.</p></li>
+
+<li><p>Apple <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/04/apple-deleted-music-ipods-rivals-steve-jobs";>deleted
+from iPods the music that users had got from internet music stores
+that competed with iTunes</a>.
+</p></li>
-<li>
-<p><a
href="http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2013/06/how-can-any-company-ever-trust-microsoft-again/index.htm";>Microsoft
+<li><p>
+<a
href="http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2013/06/how-can-any-company-ever-trust-microsoft-again/index.htm";>Microsoft
informs the NSA of bugs in Windows before fixing them.</a>
-</p>
-</li>
+</p></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
+<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 an EULA.
-</p>
-</li>
+</p></li>
-<li>
-<p>FTDI's proprietary driver for its USB-to-serial chips has been
+<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>
+</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
+<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>
@@ -80,65 +83,61 @@
particular program; the wrong here is Microsoft does this after having
made the users dependent on Microsoft, because they are not free to ask
anyone else to work on the program for them.
-</p>
-</li>
+</p></li>
-<li>
-<p><a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-gchq-encryption-codes-security";>The
+<li><p>
+<a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-gchq-encryption-codes-security";>The
NSA has put back doors into nonfree encryption software.</a>
We don't know which ones they are, but we can be sure they include
some widely used systems. This reinforces the point that you can never
trust the security of nonfree software.
-</p>
-</li>
+</p></li>
-<li>
-<p><a
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2541250/apple-mac/update--apple-plays-hardball--upgrade--bricks--unlocked-iphones.html";>An
+<li><p>
+<a
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2541250/apple-mac/update--apple-plays-hardball--upgrade--bricks--unlocked-iphones.html";>An
Apple firmware “upgrade” bricked iPhones that had been
unlocked.</a> The “upgrade” also deactivated applications
not approved by <a href="/philosophy/proprietary-jails.html">Apple
censorship</a>. All this was apparently intentional.
-</p>
-</li>
+</p></li>
-<li>
-<p>Some
+<li><p>
+Some
proprietary <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/19/apple-talking-cats-in-app-purchases";>games
-lure children to spend their parents' money</a>.</p>
-</li>
+lure children to spend their parents' money</a>.
+</p></li>
-<li>
-<p>Adobe applications have time bombs:
+<li><p>
+Adobe applications have time bombs:
they <a
href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/06/adobe-goes-all-in-with-subscription-based-creative-cloud-will-stop-selling-regular-cs-licenses-shrink-wrapped-boxes/";>stop
working after a certain time</a>, after which the user must pay to
extend the time.</p>
<p>Once there was a problem with the servers that these programs use
to check who has paid, and
-<a
href="http://www.macuser.co.uk/9015-adobe-creative-cloud-outage-leaves-adobe-users-locked-out";>the
applications refused to work for anyone</a>.</p>
-</li>
+<a
href="http://www.macuser.co.uk/9015-adobe-creative-cloud-outage-leaves-adobe-users-locked-out";>the
applications refused to work for anyone</a>.
+</p></li>
-<li>
-<p>Sony <a
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/03/sony-steals-feature-from-your-playstation-3";>sabotaged
+<li><p>
+Sony <a
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/03/sony-steals-feature-from-your-playstation-3";>sabotaged
the Playstation 3</a> with a firmware downgrade that removed the
feature that allowed users to run GNU/Linux on it.</p>
<p>Sony subsequently sent police after Geohot, after he cracked the
code that blocked users from changing the firmware, and we responded by
calling for a <a href="http://boycottsony.org";>boycott of
-Sony </a>.</p>
-</li>
+Sony </a>.
+</p></li>
-<li>
-<p>LG <a
href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140511/17430627199/lg-will-take-smart-out-your-smart-tv-if-you-dont-agree-to-share-your-viewing-search-data-with-third-parties.shtml";>disabled
+<li><p>
+LG <a
href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140511/17430627199/lg-will-take-smart-out-your-smart-tv-if-you-dont-agree-to-share-your-viewing-search-data-with-third-parties.shtml";>disabled
network features</a> on <em>previously purchased</em>
“smart” TVs, unless the purchasers agreed to let LG
begin to snoop on them and distribute their personal data.
-</p>
-</li>
+</p></li>
-<li>
-<p>Oracle's nonfree Java plug-in for
+<li><p>
+Oracle's nonfree Java plug-in for
browsers <a
href="http://www.zdnet.com/a-close-look-at-how-oracle-installs-deceptive-software-with-java-updates-7000010038/?s_cid=e539";>sneakily
installs other annoying proprietary software</a>.</p>
@@ -155,8 +154,8 @@
<p>
In
2014, <a
href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9236273/Oracle_will_continue_to_bundle_crapware_with_Java";>Oracle
-insisted on continuing this practice.</a></p>
-</li>
+insisted on continuing this practice.</a>
+</p></li>
</ul>
@@ -217,7 +216,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2015/09/17 21:03:19 $
+$Date: 2015/10/12 07:24:07 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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