www/proprietary proprietary-surveillance.html m...

[Atul Murali]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Atul Murali <atulm>     17/05/29 01:07:56

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

Log message:
        [#1216491] Add information about Android app tracking libraries.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.127&r2=1.128
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.36&r2=1.37

Patches:
Index: proprietary-surveillance.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html,v
retrieving revision 1.127
retrieving revision 1.128
diff -u -b -r1.127 -r1.128
--- proprietary-surveillance.html       26 May 2017 18:05:37 -0000      1.127
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html       29 May 2017 05:07:55 -0000      1.128
@@ -323,6 +323,19 @@
 
 <ul>
 <li>
+  <p><a 
href="http://www.privmetrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/wisec2015.pdf";>A 
study in 2015</a> found that 90% of the top-ranked gratis
+  proprietary Android apps contained recognizable tracking libraries. For 
+  the paid proprietary apps, it was only 60%.</p>
+
+  <p>The article confusingly describes gratis apps as &ldquo;free&rdquo;,
+  but most of them are not in fact
+  <a href="https://gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html";>free software</a>.
+  It also uses the ugly word &ldquo;monetize&rdquo;. A good replacement
+  for that word is &ldquo;exploit&rdquo;; nearly always that will fit
+  perfectly.</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
   <p>Apps for BART
     <a 
href="https://consumerist.com/2017/05/23/passengers-say-commuter-rail-app-illegally-collects-personal-user-data/";>snoop
 on users</a>.</p>
   <p>With free software apps, users could <em>make sure</em> that they don't 
snoop.</p>
@@ -1332,7 +1345,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2017/05/26 18:05:37 $
+$Date: 2017/05/29 05:07:55 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: malware-mobiles.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html,v
retrieving revision 1.36
retrieving revision 1.37
diff -u -b -r1.36 -r1.37
--- malware-mobiles.html        23 May 2017 17:27:41 -0000      1.36
+++ malware-mobiles.html        29 May 2017 05:07:55 -0000      1.37
@@ -147,6 +147,19 @@
 <ul>
 
 <li>
+  <p><a 
href="http://www.privmetrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/wisec2015.pdf";>A 
study in 2015</a> found that 90% of the top-ranked gratis
+  proprietary Android apps contained recognizable tracking libraries. For 
+  the paid proprietary apps, it was only 60%.</p>
+
+  <p>The article confusingly describes gratis apps as &ldquo;free&rdquo;,
+  but most of them are not in fact
+  <a href="https://gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html";>free software</a>.
+  It also uses the ugly word &ldquo;monetize&rdquo;. A good replacement
+  for that word is &ldquo;exploit&rdquo;; nearly always that will fit
+  perfectly.</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
   <p>A study found 234 Android apps that track users by
        <a 
href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/234-android-applications-are-currently-using-ultrasonic-beacons-to-track-users/";>listening
        to ultrasound from beacons placed in stores or played by TV 
programs</a>.
@@ -402,7 +415,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2017/05/23 17:27:41 $
+$Date: 2017/05/29 05:07:55 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>