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From: |
Therese Godefroy |
Subject: |
www/proprietary malware-amazon.html |
Date: |
Sun, 7 Oct 2018 16:20:36 -0400 (EDT) |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Therese Godefroy <th_g> 18/10/07 16:20:36
Modified files:
proprietary : malware-amazon.html
Log message:
Remove redundant <p>; add 'other products' section w/ 2 items; restyle
intro.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-amazon.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.13&r2=1.14
Patches:
Index: malware-amazon.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-amazon.html,v
retrieving revision 1.13
retrieving revision 1.14
diff -u -b -r1.13 -r1.14
--- malware-amazon.html 6 Oct 2018 12:46:57 -0000 1.13
+++ malware-amazon.html 7 Oct 2018 20:20:36 -0000 1.14
@@ -8,23 +8,12 @@
<title>Amazon's Software Is Malware
- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
<!--#include virtual="/proprietary/po/malware-amazon.translist" -->
-<style type="text/css" media="print,screen"><!--
-div.toc { width: 100%; padding: 1.3em 3%; }
-div.toc h3 { display: inline; margin: 0 1.5%; }
-div.toc ul { display: inline; margin: 0; }
-div.toc li {
- display: inline;
- list-style: none;
- font-size: 1.3em;
- margin: 0 1.5%;
-}
---></style>
<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
<h2>Amazon's Software Is Malware</h2>
<p><a href="/proprietary/proprietary.html">Other examples of proprietary
malware</a></p>
-<div class="highlight-para">
+<div class="comment">
<p>
Malware and nonfree software are two different issues. Malware means
the program is designed to mistreat or harm users when it runs. The
@@ -37,21 +26,22 @@
the developer's awareness that the users would be powerless to fix any
malicious functionalities tempts the developer to impose some.
</p>
+
+<div class="important">
<p>If you know of an example that ought to be in this page but isn't
here, please write
to <a href="mailto:address@hidden"><address@hidden></a>
to inform us. Please include the URL of a trustworthy reference or two
to present the specifics.</p>
</div>
-
-<div class="toc c">
- <h3>Type of product:</h3>
- <ul>
- <li><a href="#swindle">Kindle Swindle</a></li>
- <li><a href="#echo">Echo</a></li>
- </ul>
</div>
+<p class="c" style="font-size: 1.2em">
+ <a href="#swindle">Kindle Swindle</a>
+ <a href="#echo">Echo</a>
+ <a href="#misc">Other products</a>
+</p>
+
<h3 id="swindle">Malware in the Kindle Swindle</h3>
<p>We refer to this product as the
@@ -60,10 +50,10 @@
management (DRM)</a> and <a href="/philosophy/ebooks.html">
other malicious functionalities</a>.</p>
-<h4 id="back-doors">Amazon Kindle Swindle Back Doors</h4>
+<h4 id="back-doors">Back Doors</h4>
<ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT swindle-backdoor -->
+<!-- INSERT swindle-back-door -->
<li id="M201503210">
<p>Amazon <a
href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150321/13350230396/while-bricking-jailbroken-fire-tvs-last-year-amazon-did-same-to-kindle-devices.shtml">
@@ -93,7 +83,7 @@
</ul>
-<h4 id="surveillance">Amazon Kindle Swindle Surveillance</h4>
+<h4 id="surveillance">Surveillance</h4>
<ul class="blurbs">
<!-- INSERT swindle-surv -->
@@ -105,11 +95,11 @@
</ul>
-<h4 id="drm">Amazon Kindle Swindle DRM</h4>
+<h4 id="drm">DRM</h4>
<ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT swindle-drm -->
- <li id="M201704130">
+<!-- INSERT swindle-dr -->
+ <li id="M201704131">
<p><a href="http://techin.oureverydaylife.com/kindle-drm-17841.html">
The Amazon Kindle has DRM</a>. That article is flawed in that it
fails to treat DRM as an ethical question; it takes for granted that
@@ -117,21 +107,17 @@
DRM as digital “rights” management, which is the spin
term used to promote DRM. Nonetheless it serves as a reference for
the facts.</p>
-
- <p>We refer to that product as the <a
- href="/philosophy/why-call-it-the-swindle.html"> Amazon Swindle</a>
- because of this and <a href="/philosophy/ebooks.html"> other malicious
- functionalities</a>.</p>
</li>
</ul>
+
<h3 id="echo">Malware in the Echo</h3>
-<h4>Amazon Echo Back Doors</h4>
+<h4>Back Doors</h4>
<ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT echo-backdoor -->
+<!-- INSERT echo-back-door -->
<li id="M201606060">
<p>The Amazon Echo appears to have a universal back door, since <a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Echo#Software_updates">
@@ -144,7 +130,7 @@
</ul>
-<h4>Amazon Echo Surveillance</h4>
+<h4>Surveillance</h4>
<ul class="blurbs">
<!-- INSERT echo-surv -->
@@ -165,6 +151,26 @@
</ul>
+
+<h3 id="misc"> Malware in other products</h3>
+
+<ul class="blurbs">
+<!-- INSERT amazon-misc -->
+ <li id="M201711200">
+ <p>Amazon recently invited consumers to be suckers and <a
+
href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20171120/10533238651/vulnerability-fo">
+ allow delivery staff to open their front doors</a>. Wouldn't you know
+ it, the system has a grave security flaw.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201411090">
+ <p>The Amazon “Smart” TV is <a
+
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2014/nov/09/amazon-echo-smart-tv-watching-listening-surveillance">
+ snooping all the time</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+</ul>
+
+
</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
<div id="footer">
@@ -222,7 +228,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2018/10/06 12:46:57 $
+$Date: 2018/10/07 20:20:36 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
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