www/server/staging/proprietary malware-microsof...

[Therese Godefroy]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Therese Godefroy <th_g> 18/10/02 05:49:49

Modified files:
        server/staging/proprietary: malware-microsoft.html 

Log message:
        Move windows10 nagging to interference.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/server/staging/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.11&r2=1.12

Patches:
Index: malware-microsoft.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/server/staging/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html,v
retrieving revision 1.11
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -u -b -r1.11 -r1.12
--- malware-microsoft.html      27 Sep 2018 08:32:35 -0000      1.11
+++ malware-microsoft.html      2 Oct 2018 09:49:49 -0000       1.12
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 <h3 id="back-doors">Microsoft Back Doors</h3>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+<!-- INSERT backdoor -->
   <li id="M201608172">
     <p id="windows-update">Microsoft
     Windows has a universal back door through which <a
@@ -114,11 +115,12 @@
 <h3 id="drm">Microsoft DRM</h3>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+<!-- INSERT DRM -->
   <li id="M200708131">
     <p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/2007/08/aacs-tentacles/";>DRM
     in Windows</a>, introduced to cater to <a
-    href="/proprietary/proprietary-drm.html#bluray">Bluray</a>
-    disks.  (The article talks about how the same malware would later be
+    href="/proprietary/proprietary-drm.html#bluray">Bluray</a> disks. 
+    (The article talks about how the same malware would later be
     introduced in MacOS.  That had not been done at the time, but it was
     done subsequently.)</p>
   </li>
@@ -133,6 +135,7 @@
   bugs.</p>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+<!-- INSERT insecurity -->
   <li id="M201705120">
     <p>Exploits of bugs in Windows, which were developed by the NSA
     and then leaked by the Shadowbrokers group, are now being used to <a
@@ -166,6 +169,7 @@
 section describes examples of Microsoft committing interference.</p>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+<!-- INSERT interference -->
   <li id="M201809120">
     <p>One version of Windows 10 <a
     
href="https://www.ghacks.net/2018/09/12/microsoft-intercepting-firefox-chrome-installation-on-windows-10/";>
@@ -192,6 +196,23 @@
     go &ldquo;too far&rdquo;. We disagree.</p>
   </li>
 
+  <li id="M201608170">
+    <p> After <a href="#windows10-forcing">forcing the download of Windows 
10</a>
+    on computers that were running Windows 7 and 8, Microsoft <a
+    
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/3012278/microsoft-windows/microsoft-sets-stage-for-massive-windows-10-upgrade-strategy.html";>
+    repeatedly switched on a flag that urged users to
+    &ldquo;upgrade&rdquo; to Windows 10</a> when they had turned
+    it off, in the hope that some day they would fail to say no.
+    This was done through <a
+    
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/17/microsoft_windows_10_upgrade_gwx_vs_humanity/";>
+    malware techniques</a>.</p>
+
+    <p>A detailed <a
+    
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/08/windows-10-microsoft-blatantly-disregards-user-choice-and-privacy-deep-dive";>
+    analysis of Microsoft's scheme</a> is available on the Electronic
+    Frontier Foundation's website.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201603090">
     <p>Microsoft has made companies'
     Windows machines managed by the company's sysadmins <a
@@ -224,6 +245,7 @@
 <h3 id="jails">Microsoft Jails</h3>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+<!-- INSERT jails -->
   <li id="M201706130">
     <p>Windows 10 S was a jail: <a
     
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/03/windows-10-s-microsoft-faster-pc-comparison";>
@@ -254,6 +276,7 @@
 actions that harm the users of specific Microsoft software.</p>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+<!-- INSERT sabotage -->
   <li id="M201704194">
     <p>Microsoft has made Windows 7
     and 8 cease to function on certain new computers, <a
@@ -272,39 +295,20 @@
     this work, it should let users do the work.</p>
   </li>
 
-  <li id="M201608170">
-    <p id="windows10-forcing">In 2015, Microsoft committed acts of sabotage to 
trick
-    users of Windows 7 and 8 into installing all-spying Windows 10
-    against their will. Among other things, Microsoft forced their
-    computers to <a
+  <li id="M201606270">
+    <p id="windows10-forcing">In its efforts to trick users of Windows
+    7 and 8 into installing all-spying Windows 10 against their
+    will, Microsoft forced their computers to <a
     
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/11/microsoft-downloading-windows-1";>
     silently download&hellip; the whole of Windows 10</a>! Apparently,
     this was done through a <a
-    href="#windows-update">
+    href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update">
     universal back door</a>. Not only did the unwanted downloads <a
     
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/03/windows_10_upgrade_satellite_link/";>
     use up much needed resources</a>, but many of the people who let
     installation proceed found out that this “upgrade” was in fact a <a
     
href="http://gizmodo.com/woman-wins-10-000-from-microsoft-after-unwanted-window-1782666146";>
     downgrade</a>.</p>
-
-    <p>Then Microsoft attacked the
-    computers that were still running Windows 7 or 8 by <a
-    
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/3012278/microsoft-windows/microsoft-sets-stage-for-massive-windows-10-upgrade-strategy.html";>
-    repeatedly switching on a flag that urged users to
-    &ldquo;upgrade&rdquo; to Windows 10</a> when they had turned
-    it off, in the hope that some day they would fail to say no.
-    This was done through <a
-    
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/17/microsoft_windows_10_upgrade_gwx_vs_humanity/";>
-    deviant use of Windows Update</a>. (Later on, Microsoft published
-    instructions on <a
-    
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/01/microsoft-finally-has-a-proper-way-to-opt-out-of-windows-78-to-windows-10-upgrades/";>
-    how to permanently reject the downgrade to Windows 10</a>.)</p>
-
-    <p>A detailed <a
-    
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/08/windows-10-microsoft-blatantly-disregards-user-choice-and-privacy-deep-dive";>
-    analysis of Microsoft's scheme</a> is available on the Electronic
-    Frontier Foundation's website.</p>
   </li>
 
   <li id="M201606010">
@@ -363,6 +367,7 @@
 <h3 id="subscriptions">Microsoft Subscriptions</h3>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+<!-- INSERT subscriptions -->
   <li id="M201507150">
     <p>Microsoft Office forces users <a
     
href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/2948755/windows-apps/office-for-windows-10-will-require-office-365-subscription-on-pcs-larger-tablets.html";>to
@@ -374,6 +379,7 @@
 <h3 id="surveillance">Microsoft Surveillance</h3>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+<!-- INSERT surveillance -->
   <li id="M201710134">
     <p>Windows 10 telemetry program sends information to Microsoft about
     the user's computer and their use of the computer.</p>
@@ -394,10 +400,10 @@
   </li>
 
   <li id="M201702020">
-    <p>DRM-restricted files <a
-    
href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/02/02/231229/windows-drm-protected-files-used-to-decloak-tor-browser-users";>can
-    be used to identify people browsing through Tor</a>. The vulnerability
-    exists only if you use Windows.</p>
+    <p>DRM-restricted files can be used to <a
+    
href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/02/02/231229/windows-drm-protected-files-used-to-decloak-tor-browser-users";>
+    identify people browsing through Tor</a>. The vulnerability exists
+    only if you use Windows.</p>
   </li>
 
   <li id="M201611240">
@@ -427,6 +433,12 @@
     running</a>.</p>
   </li>
 
+  <li id="M201512280">
+    <p>Microsoft has <a
+    
href="https://theintercept.com/2015/12/28/recently-bought-a-windows-computer-microsoft-probably-has-your-encryption-key/";>
+    backdoored its disk encryption</a>.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201511264">
     <p>A downgrade to Windows 10 deleted surveillance-detection
     applications.  Then another downgrade inserted a general spying
@@ -521,6 +533,7 @@
 <h3 id="tyrants">Microsoft Tyrants</h3>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+<!-- INSERT tyrants -->
   <li id="M201607150">
     <p>Microsoft accidentally left a way for users
     to install GNU/Linux on Windows RT tablets, but now it has <a
@@ -598,7 +611,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2018/09/27 08:32:35 $
+$Date: 2018/10/02 09:49:49 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>