www/proprietary proprietary-back-doors.html pro...

[Dora Scilipoti]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Dora Scilipoti <dora>   16/01/11 19:57:47

Modified files:
        proprietary    : proprietary-back-doors.html 
                         proprietary-surveillance.html 

Log message:
        Add new items (RTs #1070132, #1073015, #1078028).

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.17&r2=1.18
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.40&r2=1.41

Patches:
Index: proprietary-back-doors.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html,v
retrieving revision 1.17
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -b -r1.17 -r1.18
--- proprietary-back-doors.html 22 Dec 2015 11:34:53 -0000      1.17
+++ proprietary-back-doors.html 11 Jan 2016 19:57:45 -0000      1.18
@@ -9,7 +9,24 @@
 
 <p>Here are examples of demonstrated back doors in proprietary software.</p>
 
+<!-- WEBMASTERS: make sure to place new items on top under each subsection -->
 <ul>
+  <li><p>Modern gratis game cr&hellip;apps
+      <a 
href="http://toucharcade.com/2015/09/16/we-own-you-confessions-of-a-free-to-play-producer/";>
+      collect a wide range of data about their users and their users' 
+      friends and associates</a>.</p>
+
+      <p>Even nastier, they do it through ad networks that merge the data
+      collected by various cr&hellip;apps and sites made by different 
+      companies.</p>
+
+      <p>They use this data to manipulate people to buy things, and hunt 
+      for &ldquo;whales&rdquo; who can be led to spend a lot of money. They 
+      also use a back door to manipulate the game play for specific 
players.</p>
+
+      <p>While the article describes gratis games, games that cost money 
+      can use the same tactics.</p>    
+  </li>
   <li>
     <p>Dell computers, shipped with Windows, had a bogus root
       certificate that
@@ -291,7 +308,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2015/12/22 11:34:53 $
+$Date: 2016/01/11 19:57:45 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: proprietary-surveillance.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html,v
retrieving revision 1.40
retrieving revision 1.41
diff -u -b -r1.40 -r1.41
--- proprietary-surveillance.html       12 Dec 2015 08:28:46 -0000      1.40
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html       11 Jan 2016 19:57:46 -0000      1.41
@@ -52,12 +52,14 @@
     <li><a href="#SpywareInTVSets">Spyware in TV Sets</a></li>
       </ul>
     </li>
+    <li><a href="#SpywareAtPlay">Spyware at Play</a></li>
     <li><a href="#SpywareOnTheWeb">Spyware on the Web</a>
       <ul>
         <li><a href="#SpywareInChrome">Spyware in Chrome</a></li>
         <li><a href="#SpywareInFlash">Spyware in Flash</a></li>
       </ul>
     </li>
+    <li><a href="#SpywareEverywhere">Spyware Everywhere</a></li> 
   </ul>
 </div><!-- /class="toc" -->
 
@@ -107,6 +109,10 @@
 </div>
 
 <ul>
+  <li>It appears
+      <a 
href="http://www.ghacks.net/2016/01/05/microsoft-may-be-collecting-more-data-than-initially-thought/";>
+      Windows 10 sends data to Microsoft about what applications are 
+      running</a>.</li>
   <li><p>A downgrade to Windows 10 deleted surveillance-detection
       applications.  Then another downgrade inserted a general spying
       program.  Users noticed this and complained, so Microsoft
@@ -707,10 +713,33 @@
   </li>
 </ul>
 
+<!-- #SpywareAtPlay -->
+<div class="big-section">
+  <h3 id="SpywareAtPlay">Spyware at Play</h3>
+  <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a 
href="#SpywareAtPlay">#SpywareAtPlay</a>)</span>
+</div>
+<div style="clear: left;"></div>
 
+<ul>
+  <li><p>Modern gratis game cr&hellip;apps
+      <a 
href="http://toucharcade.com/2015/09/16/we-own-you-confessions-of-a-free-to-play-producer/";>
+      collect a wide range of data about their users and their users' 
+      friends and associates</a>.</p>
+
+      <p>Even nastier, they do it through ad networks that merge the data
+      collected by various cr&hellip;apps and sites made by different 
+      companies.</p>
+
+      <p>They use this data to manipulate people to buy things, and hunt 
+      for &ldquo;whales&rdquo; who can be led to spend a lot of money. They 
+      also use a back door to manipulate the game play for specific 
players.</p>
+
+      <p>While the article describes gratis games, games that cost money 
+      can use the same tactics.</p>    
+  </li>
+</ul>
 
 <!-- #SpywareOnTheWeb -->
-<!-- WEBMASTERS: make sure to place new items on top under each subsection -->
 
 <div class="big-section">
   <h3 id="SpywareOnTheWeb">Spyware on the Web</h3>
@@ -760,6 +789,7 @@
   </li>
 </ul>
 
+<!-- WEBMASTERS: make sure to place new items on top under each subsection -->
 <div class="big-subsection">
   <h4 id="SpywareInChrome">Spyware in Chrome</h4>
   <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a 
href="#SpywareInChrome">#SpywareInChrome</a>)</span>
@@ -792,6 +822,20 @@
 <p><a href="/philosophy/javascript-trap.html">Javascript code</a>
 is another method of &ldquo;fingerprinting&rdquo; devices.</p>
 
+
+<!-- #SpywareEverywhere -->
+<div class="big-section">
+  <h3 id="SpywareEverywhere">Spyware Everywhere</h3>
+  <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a 
href="#SpywareEverywhere">#SpywareEverywhere</a>)</span>
+</div>
+<div style="clear: left;"></div>
+
+<ul>
+  <li><p><a 
href="http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/134954-cortana-is-always-listening-with-new-wake-on-voice-tech-even-when-windows-10-is-sleeping";>
+      Intel devices will be able to listen for speech all the time, even when 
&ldquo;off.&rdquo;</a></p>
+  </li>
+</ul>
+
 </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
 <!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
 <div id="footer">
@@ -849,7 +893,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2015/12/12 08:28:46 $
+$Date: 2016/01/11 19:57:46 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>