www/proprietary proprietary-insecurity.html

[Félicien PILLOT]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Félicien PILLOT <felandral>     17/03/28 12:43:32

Modified files:
        proprietary    : proprietary-insecurity.html 

Log message:
        [#1203283] Add WhatsApp item

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-insecurity.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.48&r2=1.49

Patches:
Index: proprietary-insecurity.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-insecurity.html,v
retrieving revision 1.48
retrieving revision 1.49
diff -u -b -r1.48 -r1.49
--- proprietary-insecurity.html 27 Mar 2017 15:17:54 -0000      1.48
+++ proprietary-insecurity.html 28 Mar 2017 16:43:32 -0000      1.49
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@
 deliberately, and <em>the users are helpless to fix them</em>.</p>
 
 <ul>
+<li><p>WhatsApp has a feature that 
+    <a 
href="https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/13/encrypted-messaging-platform-whatsapp-denies-backdoor-claim/";>
+      has been described as a &ldquo;back door&rdquo;</a>
+    because it would enable governments to nullify its encryption.</p>
+  <p>The developers say that it wasn't intended as a back door, and that
+    may well be true. But that leaves the crucial question of whether it
+    functions as one. Because the program is nonfree, we cannot check by
+    studyin it.</p></li>
+
 <li>
 <p>The &ldquo;smart&rdquo; toys My Friend Cayla and i-Que can be
 <a 
href="https://www.forbrukerradet.no/siste-nytt/connected-toys-violate-consumer-laws";>remotely
 controlled with a mobile phone</a>; physical access
@@ -422,7 +431,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2017/03/27 15:17:54 $
+$Date: 2017/03/28 16:43:32 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>