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From: |
Therese Godefroy |
Subject: |
www/proprietary proprietary-surveillance.html m... |
Date: |
Fri, 24 Aug 2018 02:43:06 -0400 (EDT) |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Therese Godefroy <th_g> 18/08/24 02:43:06
Modified files:
proprietary : proprietary-surveillance.html
malware-games.html
Log message:
Add Red Shell and Blizzard Warden items (RT #1317175 & 1317177);
synchronize proprietary-surveillance.html#SpywareInGames &
malware-games.html.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.192&r2=1.193
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-games.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.12&r2=1.13
Patches:
Index: proprietary-surveillance.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html,v
retrieving revision 1.192
retrieving revision 1.193
diff -u -b -r1.192 -r1.193
--- proprietary-surveillance.html 22 Aug 2018 08:37:19 -0000 1.192
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html 24 Aug 2018 06:43:03 -0000 1.193
@@ -1383,6 +1383,21 @@
<ul>
<li>
+ <p>Red Shell is a spyware that is found in many proprietary games. It <a
+
href="https://nebulous.cloud/threads/red-shell-illegal-spyware-for-steam-games.31924/">
+ tracks data on users' computers and sends it to third parties</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <p>Blizzard Warden is a hidden “cheating-prevention” program
+ that <a
+ href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2005/10/new-gaming-feature-spyware">
+ spies on every process running on a gamer's computer and sniffs a
+ good deal of personal data</a>, including lots of activities which
+ have nothing to do with cheating.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
<p>ArenaNet surreptitiously installed a spyware program along with an
update to the massive multiplayer game Guild War 2. The spyware
allowed ArenaNet <a
href="https://techraptor.net/content/arenanet-used-spyware-anti-cheat-for-guild-wars-2-banwave">
@@ -1719,7 +1734,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2018/08/22 08:37:19 $
+$Date: 2018/08/24 06:43:03 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: malware-games.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-games.html,v
retrieving revision 1.12
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -b -r1.12 -r1.13
--- malware-games.html 25 Jul 2018 01:43:19 -0000 1.12
+++ malware-games.html 24 Aug 2018 06:43:03 -0000 1.13
@@ -36,6 +36,28 @@
<p>Here are examples of malware in games.</p>
<ul>
+<li>
+ <p>Red Shell is a spyware that is found in many proprietary games. It <a
+
href="https://nebulous.cloud/threads/red-shell-illegal-spyware-for-steam-games.31924/">
+ tracks data on users' computers and sends it to third parties</a>.</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+ <p>Blizzard Warden is a hidden “cheating-prevention” program
+ that <a
+ href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2005/10/new-gaming-feature-spyware">
+ spies on every process running on a gamer's computer and sniffs a
+ good deal of personal data</a>, including lots of activities which
+ have nothing to do with cheating.</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+ <p>ArenaNet surreptitiously installed a spyware program along with an
+ update to the massive multiplayer game Guild War 2. The spyware
+ allowed ArenaNet <a
href="https://techraptor.net/content/arenanet-used-spyware-anti-cheat-for-guild-wars-2-banwave">
+ to snoop on all open processes running on its user's
+ computer</a>.</p>
+</li>
<li>
<p>The driver for a certain gaming keyboard <a
href="https://thehackernews.com/2017/11/mantistek-keyboard-keylogger.html">sends
information to
@@ -47,6 +69,26 @@
nVidia servers</a>.</p>
</li>
+<li>
+ <p>Angry Birds
+ <a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/world/spy-agencies-scour-phone-apps-for-personal-data.html">
+ spies for companies, and the NSA takes advantage to spy through it too</a>.
+ Here's information on
+ <a
href="http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2012/11/analysis-of-what-information-angry.html">
+ more spyware apps</a>.</p>
+ <p><a
href="http://www.propublica.org/article/spy-agencies-probe-angry-birds-and-other-apps-for-personal-data">
+ More about NSA app spying</a>.</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+ <p>Many
+ <a
href="http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/12/29/how-much-data-are-video-games-collecting-about-you.html/">
+ video game consoles snoop on their users and report to the
+ internet</a>— even what their users weigh.</p>
+ <p>A game console is a computer, and you can't trust a computer with
+ a nonfree operating system.</p>
+</li>
+
<li><p>Modern gratis game cr…apps
<a
href="http://toucharcade.com/2015/09/16/we-own-you-confessions-of-a-free-to-play-producer/">
collect a wide range of data about their users and their users'
@@ -145,7 +187,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2018/07/25 01:43:19 $
+$Date: 2018/08/24 06:43:03 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
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