www/proprietary proprietary-back-doors.html

[rsiddharth]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     rsiddharth <rsd>        17/01/31 20:14:03

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

Log message:
        [#1187329] Add WhatsApp backdoor.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.39&r2=1.40

Patches:
Index: proprietary-back-doors.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html,v
retrieving revision 1.39
retrieving revision 1.40
diff -u -b -r1.39 -r1.40
--- proprietary-back-doors.html 27 Jan 2017 03:26:09 -0000      1.39
+++ proprietary-back-doors.html 1 Feb 2017 01:14:03 -0000       1.40
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@
 
 <!-- WEBMASTERS: make sure to place new items on top under each subsection -->
 <ul>
+    <li>
+        <p>WhatsApp <a 
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/13/whatsapp-backdoor-allows-snooping-on-encrypted-messages";>has
+            a back door that the company can use to read the plaintext
+            of messages</a>.</p>
+
+        <p>This should not come as a surprise. Nonfree software for
+        encryption is never trustworthy.</p>
+    </li>
+
     <li><p>A pregnancy test controller application not only
         can <a 
href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/25/11503718/first-response-pregnancy-pro-test-bluetooth-app-security";>spy
         on many sorts of data in the phone, and in server accounts, it can
@@ -356,7 +365,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2017/01/27 03:26:09 $
+$Date: 2017/02/01 01:14:03 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>