www/proprietary malware-phones.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       17/07/27 20:33:02

Modified files:
        proprietary    : malware-phones.html 

Log message:
        Rewrite intro completely.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-phones.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.2&r2=1.3

Patches:
Index: malware-phones.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/malware-phones.html,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -b -r1.2 -r1.3
--- malware-phones.html 27 Jul 2017 10:23:00 -0000      1.2
+++ malware-phones.html 28 Jul 2017 00:33:02 -0000      1.3
@@ -1,38 +1,22 @@
 <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
 <!-- Parent-Version: 1.0 -->
 
-<title>Malware in Phones
+<title>Mobile Phones Trash Users' Freedom
 - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
 <!--#include virtual="/server/gnun/initial-translations-list.html" -->
 <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
-<h2>Malware in Phones</h2>
+<h2>Mobile Phones Trash Users' Freedom</h2>
 
 <p><a href="/proprietary/proprietary.html">Other examples of proprietary
 malware</a></p>
 
 <div class="highlight-para">
-<p>
-<em>Malware</em> means software designed to function in ways that
-mistreat or harm the user.  (This does not include accidental errors.)
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Malware and nonfree software are two different issues.  The difference
-between <a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a> and
-nonfree software is in <a
-href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">
-whether the users have control of the program or vice versa</a>.  It's
-not directly a question of what the program <em>does</em> when it
-runs.  However, in practice nonfree software is often malware, because
-the developer's awareness that the users would be powerless to fix any
-malicious functionalities tempts the developer to impose some.
-</p>
+<p>Nearly all mobile phones do wrong to their users in two grievous
+ways: tracking users' movements, and listening to their conversations.
+This is why we call them &ldquo;Stalin's dream&rdquo;.  Here is more
+information.</p>
 </div>
 
-<p>Mobile phones are oppressive for two reasons: tracking and listening.
-This is why we call them &ldquo;Stalin's dream&rdquo;.</p>
-<p>Here are examples of malware in phones.</p>
-
 <ul>
   <li><p>The phone network
     <a href="https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/problem-mobile-phones";>
@@ -108,7 +92,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2017/07/27 10:23:00 $
+$Date: 2017/07/28 00:33:02 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>