www/proprietary proprietary-surveillance.html

[hellekin]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     hellekin <hellekin>     15/11/26 00:24:11

Modified files:
        proprietary    : proprietary-surveillance.html 

Log message:
        Add cross-device tracking (closes #1061568)

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.25&r2=1.26

Patches:
Index: proprietary-surveillance.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html,v
retrieving revision 1.25
retrieving revision 1.26
diff -u -b -r1.25 -r1.26
--- proprietary-surveillance.html       24 Nov 2015 14:43:37 -0000      1.25
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html       26 Nov 2015 00:24:10 -0000      1.26
@@ -627,6 +627,13 @@
 before Amazon &ldquo;smart&rdquo; TVs.</p>
 
 <ul>
+  <li><p>Some web and TV advertisements play inaudible sounds to be
+      picked up by proprietary malware running on other devices in
+      range so as to determine that they are nearby. Once your
+      Internet devices are paired with your TV, advertisers can
+      correlate ads with Web activity, and other <a 
href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/11/beware-of-ads-that-use-inaudible-sound-to-link-your-phone-tv-tablet-and-pc/";>cross-device
+      tracking</a>.</p>
+  </li>
   <li><p>Vizio &ldquo;smart&rdquo; TVs recognize and
       <a 
href="http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/24/vizio-ipo-inscape-acr/";>track what 
people are watching</a>,
       even if it isn't a TV channel.</p>
@@ -794,7 +801,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2015/11/24 14:43:37 $
+$Date: 2015/11/26 00:24:10 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>