www/proprietary malware-appliances.html

[Andrea Luzzi]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Andrea Luzzi <libremind>        17/10/13 09:34:10

Modified files:
        proprietary    : malware-appliances.html 

Log message:
        Add new item about home security camera surveillance RT #1245538.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-appliances.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.35&r2=1.36

Patches:
Index: malware-appliances.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/malware-appliances.html,v
retrieving revision 1.35
retrieving revision 1.36
diff -u -b -r1.35 -r1.36
--- malware-appliances.html     2 Oct 2017 07:15:15 -0000       1.35
+++ malware-appliances.html     13 Oct 2017 13:34:10 -0000      1.36
@@ -31,7 +31,19 @@
 <p>Here are examples of malware in appliances.</p>
 
 <ul>
-<li>
+  <li>
+    <p>Every &ldquo;home security&rdquo; camera, if its manufacturer can 
communicate with it,
+      is a surveillance device. <a
+href="https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/10/4/16426394/canary-smart-home-camera-free-service-update-change";>
+       Canary camera is an example</a>.</p>
+    <p>The article describes wrongdoing by the manufacturer, based on the fact
+      that the device is tethered to a server.</p>
+    <p><a href="/proprietary/proprietary-tethers.html">More about proprietary 
tethering</a>.</p>
+    <p>But it also demonstrates that the device gives the company
+      surveillance capability.</p>
+  </li>
+  
+  <li>
   <p>A &ldquo;smart&rdquo; intravenous pump designed for
     hospitals is connected to the internet. Naturally <a
 
href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170920/09450338247/smart-hospital-iv-pump-vulnerable-to-remote-hack-attack.shtml";>
@@ -648,7 +660,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2017/10/02 07:15:15 $
+$Date: 2017/10/13 13:34:10 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>