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www/proprietary malware-mobiles.html proprietar...


From: Therese Godefroy
Subject: www/proprietary malware-mobiles.html proprietar...
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 11:15:32 -0400 (EDT)

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Therese Godefroy <th_g> 18/10/30 11:15:32

Modified files:
        proprietary    : malware-mobiles.html 
                         proprietary-surveillance.html proprietary.html 
        proprietary/workshop: mal.rec 

Log message:
        Validation fix.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.64&r2=1.65
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.212&r2=1.213
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.44&r2=1.45
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec?cvsroot=www&r1=1.4&r2=1.5

Patches:
Index: malware-mobiles.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html,v
retrieving revision 1.64
retrieving revision 1.65
diff -u -b -r1.64 -r1.65
--- malware-mobiles.html        30 Oct 2018 13:58:06 -0000      1.64
+++ malware-mobiles.html        30 Oct 2018 15:15:30 -0000      1.65
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@
   <li id="M201810244">
     <p>Some Android apps <a
     
href="https://www.androidauthority.com/apps-uninstall-trackers-917539/amp/";>
-    track the phones of users that have deleted them.</p>
+    track the phones of users that have deleted them</a>.</p>
   </li>
 
   <li id="M201806110">
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2018/10/30 13:58:06 $
+$Date: 2018/10/30 15:15:30 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: proprietary-surveillance.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html,v
retrieving revision 1.212
retrieving revision 1.213
diff -u -b -r1.212 -r1.213
--- proprietary-surveillance.html       30 Oct 2018 13:58:06 -0000      1.212
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html       30 Oct 2018 15:15:30 -0000      1.213
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@
   <li id="M201810244">
     <p>Some Android apps <a
     
href="https://www.androidauthority.com/apps-uninstall-trackers-917539/amp/";>
-    track the phones of users that have deleted them.</p>
+    track the phones of users that have deleted them</a>.</p>
   </li>
 
   <li id="M201808030">
@@ -1966,7 +1966,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2018/10/30 13:58:06 $
+$Date: 2018/10/30 15:15:30 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: proprietary.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary.html,v
retrieving revision 1.44
retrieving revision 1.45
diff -u -b -r1.44 -r1.45
--- proprietary.html    30 Oct 2018 13:58:07 -0000      1.44
+++ proprietary.html    30 Oct 2018 15:15:31 -0000      1.45
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
   <li id="M201810244">
     <p>Some Android apps <a
     
href="https://www.androidauthority.com/apps-uninstall-trackers-917539/amp/";>
-    track the phones of users that have deleted them.</p>
+    track the phones of users that have deleted them</a>.</p>
   </li>
 
   <li id="M201810240">
@@ -187,38 +187,6 @@
     included a &ldquo;miner&rdquo;</a>, i.e. an executable that hijacks
     the CPU in users' computers to mine a cryptocurrency.</p>
   </li>
-
-  <li id="M201805080">
-    <p>A cracker used an exploit in outdated software to <a
-    
href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/360968/400-websites-secretly-served-cryptocurrency-miners-to-visito";>
-    inject a &ldquo;miner&rdquo; in web pages</a> served to visitors. This
-    type of malware hijacks the computer's processor to mine a
-    cryptocurrency. (Note that the article refers to the infected software
-    as &ldquo;content management system&rdquo;. A better term would be
-    &ldquo;<a href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Content">website
-    revision system</a>&rdquo;.)</p>
-
-    <p>Since the miner was a nonfree JavaScript program,
-    visitors wouldn't have been affected if they had used <a
-    href="/software/librejs/index.html">LibreJS</a>. Some
-    browser extensions that <a
-    
href="https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-stop-sites-from-using-your-cpu-to-mine-coins/";>
-    specifically block JavaScript miners</a> are also available.</p>
-  </li>
-
-  <li id="M201809260">
-    <p>Honeywell's &ldquo;smart&rdquo; thermostats communicate
-    only through the company's server. They have
-    all the nasty characteristics of such devices: <a
-    
href="https://www.businessinsider.com/honeywell-iot-thermostats-server-outage-2018-9";>
-    surveillance, and danger of sabotage</a> (of a specific user, or of
-    all users at once), as well as the risk of an outage (which is what
-    just happened).</p>
-
-    <p>In addition, setting the desired temperature requires running
-    nonfree software. With an old-fashioned thermostat, you can do it
-    using controls right on the thermostat.</p>
-  </li>
 </ul>
 
 
@@ -279,7 +247,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2018/10/30 13:58:07 $
+$Date: 2018/10/30 15:15:31 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: workshop/mal.rec
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -b -r1.4 -r1.5
--- workshop/mal.rec    30 Oct 2018 14:03:58 -0000      1.4
+++ workshop/mal.rec    30 Oct 2018 15:15:31 -0000      1.5
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 Keywords: android app
 Blurb: <p>Some Android apps <a
 +   
href="https://www.androidauthority.com/apps-uninstall-trackers-917539/amp/";>
-+   track the phones of users that have deleted them.</p>
++   track the phones of users that have deleted them</a>.</p>
 
 Added: 2018-10-29
 Id: 201810240



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