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From: rsiddharth
Subject: www/proprietary malware-appliances.html proprie...
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 23:15:53 +0000 (UTC)

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     rsiddharth <rsd>        16/09/29 23:15:52

Modified files:
        proprietary    : malware-appliances.html 
                         proprietary-surveillance.html 

Log message:
        [#1146942] Add appliance (vibrator) surveillance.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-appliances.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.3&r2=1.4
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.71&r2=1.72

Patches:
Index: malware-appliances.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/malware-appliances.html,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -b -r1.3 -r1.4
--- malware-appliances.html     8 Sep 2016 15:53:56 -0000       1.3
+++ malware-appliances.html     29 Sep 2016 23:15:52 -0000      1.4
@@ -31,6 +31,18 @@
 <p>Here are examples of malware in appliances.</p>
 
 <ul>
+
+<li>
+<p>A company that makes internet-controlled vibrators
+<a 
href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/14/wevibe-sex-toy-data-collection-chicago-lawsuit";>is
+being sued for collecting lots of personal information about how
+people use it</a>.</p>
+
+<p>The company's statement that it anonymizes the data may be true,
+but it doesn't really matter. If it sells the data to a data broker,
+the data broker can figure out who the user is.</p>
+</li>
+
 <li>
 <p>Google/Alphabet <a
 
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/nest-reminds-customers-ownership-isnt-what-it-used-be";>
@@ -520,7 +532,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2016/09/08 15:53:56 $
+$Date: 2016/09/29 23:15:52 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: proprietary-surveillance.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html,v
retrieving revision 1.71
retrieving revision 1.72
diff -u -b -r1.71 -r1.72
--- proprietary-surveillance.html       29 Sep 2016 22:26:04 -0000      1.71
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html       29 Sep 2016 23:15:52 -0000      1.72
@@ -583,6 +583,16 @@
 </div>
 
 <ul>
+
+   <li><p>A company that makes internet-controlled vibrators <a 
href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/14/wevibe-sex-toy-data-collection-chicago-lawsuit";>is
+    being sued for collecting lots of personal information about how
+    people use it</a>.</p>
+
+       <p>The company's statement that it anonymizes the data may be
+        true, but it doesn't really matter. If it sells the data to a
+        data broker, the data broker can figure out who the user is.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li><p>A computerized
         vibrator <a 
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/10/vibrator-phone-app-we-vibe-4-plus-bluetooth-hack";>snoops
         on its users through the proprietary control app</a>.</p>
@@ -1053,7 +1063,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2016/09/29 22:26:04 $
+$Date: 2016/09/29 23:15:52 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>



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