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<h2>Proprietäre Sabotage</h2>
<a href="/proprietary/">Weitere Beispiele proprietärer Schadsoftware</a>
@@ -550,7 +556,7 @@
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+<span class="inserted"><ins><em><!--
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ Please do not edit lists with items such as <li id="Mnnnnnnnn">!
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+--></em></ins></span>
<title>Proprietary Sabotage - GNU Project - Free Software
Foundation</title>
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@@ -19,6 +24,7 @@
<a href="/proprietary/proprietary.html">Other examples of proprietary
malware</a>
+<span class="inserted"><ins><em><div class="comment"></em></ins></span>
<p>Nonfree (proprietary) software is very often malware (designed to
mistreat the user). Nonfree software is controlled by its developers,
which puts them in a position of power over the users; <a
@@ -26,179 +32,366 @@
basic injustice</a>. The developers often exercise that power to the
detriment of the users they ought to serve.</p>
-<span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>If you know of an example that ought
to be in this page but isn't
+<span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>Here are examples of proprietary
software that has something worse
+than a back door.</p>
+
+<div class="important"></em></ins></span>
+<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></em></ins></span>
+to <span class="removed"><del><strong>present</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>serve as specific substantiation.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="column-limit" id="proprietary-sabotage"></div>
-<p>Here are examples of proprietary software that has something
-worse than a back door.</p>
+<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201810240">
+ <p>Apple and Samsung deliberately <a
+
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/oct/24/apple-samsung-fined-for-slowing-down-phones">degrade</em></ins></span>
+ the <span class="removed"><del><strong>specifics.</p>
+
+<p>Here</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>performance of older phones to force users to buy
their newer
+ phones</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201810150">
+ <p>Printer manufacturers</em></ins></span> are <span
class="removed"><del><strong>examples</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>very innovative—at blocking the
+ use of independent replacement ink cartridges. Their “security
+ upgrades” occasionally impose new forms</em></ins></span> of <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>cartridge DRM. <a
+
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pa98ab/printer-makers-are-crippling-cheap-ink-cartridges-via-bogus-security-updates">
+ HP and Epson have done this</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201807050">
+ <p>The Jawbone fitness tracker was tethered to a</em></ins></span>
proprietary <span class="removed"><del><strong>software</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>phone
+ app. In 2017, the company shut down and made the app stop working. <a
+
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/05/defunct-jawbone-fitness-trackers-kept-selling-after-app-closure-says-which">All
+ the existing trackers stopped working forever</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The article focuses on a further nasty fillip,</em></ins></span>
that <span class="removed"><del><strong>has</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>sales of the
+ broken devices continued. But I think that is a secondary issue;
+ it made the nasty consequences extend to some additional people.
+ The fundamental wrong was to design the devices to depend
on</em></ins></span> something
+<span class="removed"><del><strong>worse than</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>else that didn't respect users'
freedom.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201806250">
+ <p>The game Metal Gear Rising for
+ MacOS was tethered to</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>back door.</p>
<ul>
- <li>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>Apple has <a
href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/31/17412396/telegram-apple-app-store-app-updates-russia">blocked
+ <li></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>server.
The company <a
+
href="http://www.gamerevolution.com/news/400087-metal-gear-rising-mac-unplayable-drm">
+ shut down the server, and all copies stopped working</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201805310"></em></ins></span>
+ <p>Apple has <a
+
href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/31/17412396/telegram-apple-app-store-app-updates-russia">blocked
Telegram from upgrading its app for a month</a>.</p>
- <p>This evidently has to do with Russia's command to Apple to
- block Telegram in Russia.</p>
+ <p>This evidently has to do with Russia's command to Apple to block
+ Telegram in Russia.</p>
- <p>The Telegram client is free software on other platforms, but
- not on iThings. Since <a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-jails.html#apple">they
- are jails</a>, they don't permit any app to be free
- software.</p>
+ <p>The Telegram client is free software on other platforms, but not
on
+ iThings. Since <a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-jails.html#apple">they
+ are jails</a>, they don't permit any app to be free
software.</p>
</li>
- <li></em></ins></span>
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
<p>MacOS High Sierra forcibly reformats SSD boot drives, and <a
href="https://www.macworld.com/article/3230498/storage/apple-file-system-apfs-faq.html">
changes the file system from HFS+ to APFS</a>, which cannot be
accessed
from GNU/Linux, Windows or even older versions of MacOS.</p>
</li>
- <li>
- <p>Logitech will sabotage all Harmony Link household control devices
by
-<a
href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/11/logitech-to-shut-down-service-and-support-for-harmony-link-devices-in-2018/">
+ <li></strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201711080"></em></ins></span>
+ <p>Logitech will sabotage
+ all Harmony Link household control devices by <a
+
href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/11/logitech-to-shut-down-service-and-support-for-harmony-link-devices-in-2018/">
turning off the server through which the products' supposed owners
communicate with them</a>.</p>
+
<p>The owners suspect this is to pressure them to buy a newer model.
If
they are wise, they will learn, rather, to distrust any product that
requires users to talk with them through some specialized
service.</p>
</li>
- <li>
- <p>Tesla used software to limit customers to using just <a
href="https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/09/tesla-flips-a-switch-to-increase-the-range-of-some-cars-in-florida-to-help-people-evacuate/">part
of the battery of some
- cars</a>.</p>
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li></strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201710044">
+ <p>MacOS High Sierra forcibly reformats SSD boot drives, and <a
+
href="https://www.macworld.com/article/3230498/storage/apple-file-system-apfs-faq.html">
+ changes the file system from HFS+ to APFS</a>, which cannot be
+ accessed from GNU/Linux, Windows or even older versions of MacOS.</p>
</li>
- <li>
- <p>Sonos
- <a
href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/sonos-accept-new-privacy-policy-speakers-cease-to-function/">
- told all its customers, “Agree” to snooping or the product
will stop working</a>.
- <a
href="https://consumerist.com/2017/08/23/sonos-holds-software-updates-hostage-if-you-dont-sign-new-privacy-agreement/#more-10287321">Another
article</a> says they won't forcibly change the software, but people
won't be
- able to get any upgrades and eventually it will stop working.
- </p>
+ <li id="M201710041">
+ <p>The Canary home surveillance
+ camera has been sabotaged by its manufacturer, <a
+
href="https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/10/4/16426394/canary-smart-home-camera-free-service-update-change">
+ turning off many features unless the user starts paying for a
+ subscription</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>With manufacturers like these, who needs security
breakers?</p>
+
+ <p>The purchasers should learn the larger lesson and reject connected
+ appliances with embedded proprietary software. Every such product is
+ a temptation to commit sabotage.</p>
</li>
- <li>
+
+ <li id="M201709090"></em></ins></span>
+ <p>Tesla used software to limit customers to using just <a
+
href="https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/09/tesla-flips-a-switch-to-increase-the-range-of-some-cars-in-florida-to-help-people-evacuate/">part
+ of the battery of some cars</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li></strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201708230"></em></ins></span>
+ <p>Sonos <a
+
href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/sonos-accept-new-privacy-policy-speakers-cease-to-function/">
+ told all its customers, “Agree”
+ to snooping or the product will stop working</a>. <a
+
href="https://consumerist.com/2017/08/23/sonos-holds-software-updates-hostage-if-you-dont-sign-new-privacy-agreement/#more-10287321">Another
+ article</a> says they won't forcibly change the software, but
+ people won't be able to get any upgrades and eventually it will
+ stop <span class="removed"><del><strong>working.
+ </p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>working.</p></em></ins></span>
+ </li>
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
<p>Revolv is an IoT device which managed “smart home”
- operations: switching the lights, operate motion sensors, regulating
+ operations: switching</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201706060">
+ <p>Apple will stop <a
+
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jun/06/iphone-ipad-apps-games-apple-5-5c-obsolete">fixing
+ bugs for older model iThings</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>Meanwhile, Apple stops people from fixing problems themselves;
+ that's</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>lights,
operate motion sensors, regulating
temperature, etc. On May 15th, 2016, Google said it would shut down the
service linked to the device, making it unusable.</p>
<p>Although you may own the device, its functioning depended on the
server
- that never belonged to you. So you never really had control of it. This
+ that never belonged to you. So you never really had
control</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>nature</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>it. This
unjust design is called
<a href="/philosophy/network-services-arent-free-or-nonfree.html">
- Service as a Software Substitute (SaaSS)</a>. That is what gave the
- company the power to convert it into a $300 out-of-warranty brick, for
+ Service as</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>proprietary software.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201705180">
+ <p>Bird and rabbit pets were implemented for Second
+ Life by</em></ins></span> a <span class="removed"><del><strong>Software
Substitute (SaaSS)</a>. That is what gave the</strong></del></span>
company <span class="removed"><del><strong>the power</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>that tethered their food</em></ins></span> to
<span class="removed"><del><strong>convert it into</strong></del></span> a
<span class="removed"><del><strong>$300 out-of-warranty brick, for
your “dumb home”.</p>
</li>
<li>
- <p>Apple will stop <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jun/06/iphone-ipad-apps-games-apple-5-5c-obsolete">fixing
bugs for older
+ <p>Apple will stop</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>server.</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jun/06/iphone-ipad-apps-games-apple-5-5c-obsolete">fixing
bugs for older
model iThings</a>.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Apple stops people from fixing problems themselves;
- that's the nature of proprietary software.</p>
+ that's</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/05/19/second-life-ozimals-pet-rabbits-dying">
+ It shut down</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>nature of proprietary
software.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>server and the pets more or less
died</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li><p> Microsoft
- <a
href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/new-processors-are-now-blocked-from-receiving-updates-on-old-windows/">
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>
Microsoft</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201704194">
+ <p>Microsoft has made Windows 7
+ and 8 cease to function on certain new computers, <a
+
href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4012982/the-processor-is-not-supported-together-with-the-windows-version-that">effectively
+ forcing their owners to switch to Windows 10</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201704134">
+ <p>Microsoft</em></ins></span> <a
+
href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/new-processors-are-now-blocked-from-receiving-updates-on-old-windows/">
has dropped support for Windows 7 and 8 on recent processors</a>
in a big hurry.</p>
+
<p>It makes no difference what legitimate reasons Microsoft might
- have for not doing work to support them. If it doesn't want to
- do this work, it should let users do the work.</p>
+ have for not doing work to support them. If it doesn't want to do
+ this work, it should let users do the work.</p>
</li>
- <li>
- <p>Anova sabotaged users' cooking devices with a downgrade that
- tethered them to a remote server. <a
href="https://consumerist.com/2017/04/12/anova-ticks-off-customers-by-requiring-mandatory-accounts-to-cook-food/#more-10275062">Unless
users create an account on Anova's servers, their
- cookers won't function.</a></p>
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li></strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201704120"></em></ins></span>
+ <p>Anova sabotaged users' cooking devices
+ with a downgrade that tethered them to a remote server. <a
+
href="https://consumerist.com/2017/04/12/anova-ticks-off-customers-by-requiring-mandatory-accounts-to-cook-food/#more-10275062">Unless
+ users create an account on Anova's servers, their cookers won't <span
class="removed"><del><strong>function.</a></p></strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>function</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li>
- <p>The iPhone 7 contains DRM specifically designed to <a
- <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/iphone-7-home-button-unreplaceable-repair-software-lock"></strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kbjm8e/iphone-7-home-button-unreplaceable-repair-software-lock"></em></ins></span>
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+ <p>The</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201704070">
+ <p id="iphone7-sabotage">The</em></ins></span>
+ iPhone 7 contains DRM specifically designed to <a
+
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kbjm8e/iphone-7-home-button-unreplaceable-repair-software-lock">
brick it if an “unauthorized” repair shop fixes it</a>.
“Unauthorized” essentially means anyone besides Apple.</p>
- <p>The article uses the term “lock” to describe the DRM,
- but we prefer to use the term <a
- href="https://gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#DigitalLocks">
- digital handcuffs</a>.</p>
+ <p>The article uses the term “lock”
+ to describe the DRM, but we prefer to use the term <a
+ <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#DigitalLocks"></strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#DigitalLocks"></em></ins></span>
digital
+ handcuffs</a>.</p>
</li>
- <li>
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
<p>Microsoft has made Windows 7 and 8 cease to
function on certain new computers,
- <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4012982/discusses-an-issue-in-which-you-receive-a-your-pc-uses-a-processor-tha">effectively</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4012982/the-processor-is-not-supported-together-with-the-windows-version-that">effectively</em></ins></span>
+ <a
href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4012982/the-processor-is-not-supported-together-with-the-windows-version-that">effectively
forcing their owners to switch to Windows 10</a>.</p>
</li>
<li>
- <p> The developer of Ham Radio
- Deluxe <a
href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161220/12411836320/company-bricks-users-software-after-he-posts-negative-review.shtml">sabotaged
+ <p> The</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201612200">
+ <p>The</em></ins></span> developer of Ham Radio Deluxe <a
+
href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161220/12411836320/company-bricks-users-software-after-he-posts-negative-review.shtml">sabotaged
a customer's installation as punishment for posting a negative
- review</a>.
- </p>
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>review</a>.
+ </p></strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>review</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+
<p>Most proprietary software companies don't use their power so
harshly, but it is an injustice that they all <em>have</em>
such
power.</p>
</li>
- <li>
- <p>HP's firmware downgrade <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/20/hp-inkjet-printers-unofficial-cartridges-software-update">imposed
- DRM on some printers, which now refuse to function with
- third-party ink cartridges</a>.</p>
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li></strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201609200"></em></ins></span>
+ <p>HP's firmware downgrade <a
+
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/20/hp-inkjet-printers-unofficial-cartridges-software-update">imposed
+ DRM on some printers, which now refuse to function with third-party
+ ink cartridges</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li></strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><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… the whole of Windows 10</a>! Apparently,
+ this was done through a <a
+ 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/">
+ jeopardize important operations in regions of the world with poor
+ connectivity</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>
</li>
- <li>
+ <li id="M201606080">
+ <p>Apple <a
+
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/14/uninstall_quicktime_for_windows/">
+ stops users from fixing the security bugs in Quicktime for
Windows</a>,
+ while refusing to fix them itself.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201606010"></em></ins></span>
+ <p>Once Microsoft has tricked a user
+ into accepting installation of Windows 10, <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/windows_10_nagware_no_way_out/">they</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/windows_10_nagware_no_way_out/">they</em></ins></span>
+ find that they are denied the option to cancel or even postpone the
+ imposed date of installation</a>.</p>
- <p>Once Microsoft has tricked a user into accepting installation
- of Windows
- 10, <a
href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/windows_10_nagware_no_way_out/">they
- find that they are denied the option to cancel or even postpone
- the imposed date of installation</a>.</p>
-
- <p>This demonstrates what we've said for years: using
- proprietary software means letting someone have power over you,
- and you're going to get screwed sooner or later.</p>
+ <p>This demonstrates what we've said for years: using proprietary
+ software means letting someone have power over you, and you're going
+ to get screwed sooner or later.</p>
</li>
- <li>
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
<p>The Apple Music client
- program <a
href="https://blog.vellumatlanta.com/2016/05/04/apple-stole-my-music-no-seriously/">scans
- the user's file system for music files, copies them to an Apple
- server, and deletes them</a>.</p>
+ program <a
href="https://blog.vellumatlanta.com/2016/05/04/apple-stole-my-music-no-seriously/">scans</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201605150">
+ <p>Revolv is an IoT device which managed “smart home”
+ operations: switching the lights, operate motion sensors, regulating
+ temperature, etc. On May 15th, 2016, Google said it would shut down
+ the service linked to the device, making it unusable.</p>
+
+ <p>Although you may own the device, its functioning depended
+ on the server that never belonged to you. So you never
+ really had control of it. This unjust design is called <a
+ href="/philosophy/network-services-arent-free-or-nonfree.html">
+ Service as a Software Substitute (SaaSS)</a>. That is what gave the
+ company the power to convert it into a $300 out-of-warranty brick,
+ for your “dumb home”.</p>
</li>
- <li>
+ <li id="M201605040">
+ <p>The Apple Music client program <a
+
href="https://blog.vellumatlanta.com/2016/05/04/apple-stole-my-music-no-seriously/">scans</em></ins></span>
+ the user's file system for music files, copies them to an Apple server,
+ and deletes them</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
<p>Apple <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160608183145/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/14/uninstall_quicktime_for_windows/">
stops users from fixing the security bugs in Quicktime for
- Windows</a>, while refusing to fix them itself.</p>
- </li>
+ Windows</a>, while refusing</strong></del></span>
- <li>
- <p>iOS version 9 for
- iThings <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair">sabotages
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201604050">
+ <p>Google/Alphabet <a
+
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/nest-reminds-customers-ownership-isnt-what-it-used-be">
+ intentionally broke Revolv home automatic control products that
+ depended on a server</a></em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>fix them itself.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>function, by shutting down the server.
+ The lesson is, reject all such products. Insist on self-contained
+ computers that run free software!</p></em></ins></span>
+ </li>
+
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li></strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201602050"></em></ins></span>
+ <p>iOS version 9 for iThings <a
+
href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair">sabotages
them irreparably if they were repaired by someone other than
Apple</a>. Apple eventually backed off from this policy under
- criticism from the users. However, it has not acknowledged that
- this was wrong.</p>
+ criticism from the users. However, it has not acknowledged that this
+ was wrong.</p>
</li>
- <li>
- <p>Phillips “smart” lightbulbs had initially been
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+ <p>Phillips</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201601310">
+ <p>FTDI's proprietary driver
+ for its USB-to-serial chips has been designed to <a
+
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/10/windows-update-drivers-bricking-usb-serial-chips-beloved-of-hardware-hackers/">sabotage
+ alternative compatible chips</a>
+ so that they no longer work. Microsoft is <a
+
href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/16/01/31/1720259/ftdi-driver-breaks-hardware-again">installing
+ this automatically</a> as an “upgrade”.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201512140">
+ <p>Philips</em></ins></span> “smart” lightbulbs had
initially been
designed to interact with other companies' smart light bulbs, but <a
href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151214/07452133070/lightbulb-drm-philips-locks-purchasers-out-third-party-bulbs-with-firmware-update.shtml">
- later the company updated the firmware to disallow
interoperability</a>.</p>
+ later the company updated the firmware to disallow
+ interoperability</a>.</p>
- <p>If a product is “smart”, and you didn't build it, it is
- cleverly serving its manufacturer <em>against you</em>.</p>
+ <p>If a product is “smart”, and you didn't build it,
+ it is cleverly serving its manufacturer <em>against
you</em>.</p>
</li>
- <li>
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
<p>Microsoft
is <a
href="http://gizmodo.com/woman-wins-10-000-from-microsoft-after-unwanted-window-1782666146">
forcibly
@@ -213,43 +406,102 @@
href="http://www.ghacks.net/2015/11/24/beware-latest-windows-10-update-may-remove-programs-automatically/">
delete applications</a> without asking permission.</p>
</li>
- <li><p>Google has long had <a
+ <li><p>Google</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201511244">
+ <p>Google</em></ins></span> has long had <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/nov/24/google-can-unlock-android-devices-remotely-if-phone-unencrypted">a
- back door to remotely unlock an Android device</a>, unless its
- disk is encrypted (possible since Android 5.0 Lollipop, but
- still not quite the default).</p></li>
+ back door to remotely unlock an Android device</a>, unless its disk
+ is encrypted (possible since Android 5.0 Lollipop, but still not
+ quite the <span class="removed"><del><strong>default).</p></li>
<li><p>
-Users report <a
href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2993490/windows/windows-10-upgrades-reportedly-appearing-as-mandatory-for-some-users.html#tk.rss_all">
+Users report</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>default).</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201511240">
+ <p>Windows 10 “upgrades”</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2993490/windows/windows-10-upgrades-reportedly-appearing-as-mandatory-for-some-users.html#tk.rss_all">
Microsoft is forcing them to replace Windows 7 and 8 with
all-spying Windows 10</a>.</p>
<p>
-This seems to involve use of a back door in Windows 7 and 8.
+This seems to involve use</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.ghacks.net/2015/11/24/beware-latest-windows-10-update-may-remove-programs-automatically/">
+ delete applications</a> without asking permission.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201510020">
+ <p>Apple forced millions</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>a back door in Windows 7 and 8.
</p></li>
-<li><p>
-<a
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2984889/windows-pcs/lenovo-collects-usage-data-on-thinkpad-thinkcentre-and-thinkstation-pcs.html">
-Lenovo stealthily installed crapware and spyware via BIOS</a> on Windows
installs.
-Note that the specific sabotage method Lenovo used did not affect
-GNU/Linux; also, a “clean” Windows install is not really
-clean since <a href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html">Microsoft
-puts in its own malware</a>.
-</p></li>
-
-<li><p>Vizio
-<a
href="http://boingboing.net/2015/04/30/telescreen-watch-vizio-adds-s.html">
-used a firmware “upgrade” to make its TVs snoop on what users
watch</a>.
-The TVs did not do that when first sold.
-</p></li>
-
-<li><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">
-downgraded the software in users' Swindles</a>
-so that those already rooted would cease to function at
all.</p></li>
-
-<li><p>Apple <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/04/apple-deleted-music-ipods-rivals-steve-jobs">deleted
-from iPods the music that users had got from internet music stores
-that competed with iTunes</a>.
+<li><p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>iThings to</em></ins></span> <a
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7256669?tstart=0">download
+ a system upgrade without asking the users</a>. Apple did not
+ forcibly install the upgrade but the downloading alone caused lots
+ of trouble.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201509220">
+ <p><a</em></ins></span>
+
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2984889/windows-pcs/lenovo-collects-usage-data-on-thinkpad-thinkcentre-and-thinkstation-pcs.html">
+ Lenovo stealthily installed crapware and spyware via
+ BIOS</a> on Windows installs. Note that the specific
+ sabotage method Lenovo used did not affect GNU/Linux; also, a
+ “clean” Windows install is not really clean since <a
+ href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html">Microsoft puts in its
+ own <span class="removed"><del><strong>malware</a>.
+</p></li>
+
+<li><p>Vizio</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>malware</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201504300">
+ <p>Vizio</em></ins></span> <a
+
href="http://boingboing.net/2015/04/30/telescreen-watch-vizio-adds-s.html">
+ used a firmware “upgrade” to make its TVs snoop on what
+ users watch</a>. The TVs did not do that when first <span
class="removed"><del><strong>sold.
+</p></li>
+
+<li><p>Amazon</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>sold.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201504090">
+ <p>Mac OS X had an <a
+
href="https://truesecdev.wordpress.com/2015/04/09/hidden-backdoor-api-to-root-privileges-in-apple-os-x/">
+ intentional local back door for 4 years</a>, which could be exploited
+ by attackers to gain root privileges.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201503260">
+ <p><a
+
href="https://www.computerworlduk.com/it-business/windows-xp-end-of-an-era-end-of-an-error-3569489/">Microsoft
+ cut off security fixes for Windows XP, except to some big users that
+ pay exorbitantly</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>Microsoft is going to <a
+
href="https://www.computerworlduk.com/applications/more-than-half-of-all-ie-users-face-patch-axe-in-10-months-3605515/">
+ cut off support for some Internet Explorer versions</a> in the same
+ way.</p>
+
+ <p>A person or company has the right to cease to work on a particular
+ program; the wrong here is Microsoft does this after having made the
+ users dependent on Microsoft, because they are not free to ask anyone
+ else to work on the program for them.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201503210">
+ <p>Amazon</em></ins></span> <a
+
href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150321/13350230396/while-bricking-jailbroken-fire-tvs-last-year-amazon-did-same-to-kindle-devices.shtml">
+ downgraded the software in users' Swindles</a> so that those already
+ rooted would cease to function at <span
class="removed"><del><strong>all.</p></li>
+
+<li><p>Apple</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>all.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201412040">
+ <p>Apple</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/04/apple-deleted-music-ipods-rivals-steve-jobs">deleted</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/04/apple-deleted-music-ipods-rivals-steve-jobs">
+ deleted</em></ins></span> from iPods the music that users had got from
internet music
+ stores that competed with <span
class="removed"><del><strong>iTunes</a>.
</p></li>
<li><p><a
@@ -258,12 +510,18 @@
</p></li>
<li><p>
-<a
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/10/nintendo-updates-take-wii-u-hostage-until-you-agree-new-legal-terms">Nintendo
-remotely sabotaged all Wiis, making them refuse to work unless the
-user agrees to a new EULA.</a>
-</p>
-<p>We can be quite sure this EULA is is unjust because injustice is
-the only motive for imposing an EULA.
+<a</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>iTunes</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201410130">
+ <p><a</em></ins></span>
+
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/10/nintendo-updates-take-wii-u-hostage-until-you-agree-new-legal-terms">Nintendo
+ remotely sabotaged all Wiis, making them refuse to work unless the
+ user agrees to a new <span class="removed"><del><strong>EULA.</a>
+</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>EULA</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+
+ <p>We can be quite sure this EULA is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>is</strong></del></span> unjust because injustice
is the
+ only motive for imposing an <span class="removed"><del><strong>EULA.
</p></li>
<li><p>
@@ -279,22 +537,39 @@
cut off security fixes for Windows XP, except to some big
users that pay exorbitantly.</a></p>
-<p>Microsoft is going to
- <a
href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/security/3605515/more-than-half-of-all-ie-users-face-patch-axe-in-10-months/">
+<p>Microsoft is going to</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>EULA.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201405201">
+ <p>LG</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/security/3605515/more-than-half-of-all-ie-users-face-patch-axe-in-10-months/">
cut off support for some Internet Explorer versions</a> in the same
way.</p>
<p>A person or company has the right to cease to work on a
particular program; the wrong here is Microsoft does this after having
-made the users dependent on Microsoft, because they are not free to ask
-anyone else to work on the program for them.
-</p></li>
-
-<li><p>
-<a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-gchq-encryption-codes-security">The
-NSA has put back doors into nonfree encryption software.</a>
-We don't know which ones they are, but we can be sure they include
-some widely used systems. This reinforces the point that you can never
-trust the security of nonfree software.
+made the users dependent</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140511/17430627199/lg-will-take-smart-out-your-smart-tv-if-you-dont-agree-to-share-your-viewing-search-data-with-third-parties.shtml">
+ disabled network features</a></em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Microsoft, because they are not
free</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em><em>previously
purchased</em>
+ “smart” TVs, unless the purchasers agreed</em></ins></span> to
<span class="removed"><del><strong>ask
+anyone else</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>let LG
begin</em></ins></span>
+ to <span class="removed"><del><strong>work</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>snoop</em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the program for them.
+</p></li>
+
+<li><p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>them
and distribute their personal data.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201401190">
+ <p>Some proprietary</em></ins></span> <a
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/19/apple-talking-cats-in-app-purchases">
+ games lure children to spend their parents' money</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201309054">
+ <p><a</em></ins></span>
+
href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-gchq-encryption-codes-security">The
+ NSA has put back doors into nonfree encryption <span
class="removed"><del><strong>software.</a></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>software</a>.</em></ins></span> We don't
+ know which ones they are, but we can be sure they include some widely
+ used systems. This reinforces the point that you can never trust
+ the security of nonfree <span class="removed"><del><strong>software.
</p></li>
<li><p>
@@ -312,14 +587,25 @@
</p></li>
<li><p>
-Adobe applications have time bombs:
-they <a
href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/06/adobe-goes-all-in-with-subscription-based-creative-cloud-will-stop-selling-regular-cs-licenses-shrink-wrapped-boxes/">stop
-working after a certain time</a>, after which the user must pay to
-extend the time.</p>
-
-<p>Once there was a problem with the servers that these programs use
-to check who has paid, and
-<a
href="http://www.macuser.co.uk/9015-adobe-creative-cloud-outage-leaves-adobe-users-locked-out">the
applications refused to work for anyone</a>.
+Adobe</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>software.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201306220">
+ <p><a
+
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130622044225/http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2013/06/how-can-any-company-ever-trust-microsoft-again/index.htm">Microsoft
+ informs the NSA of bugs in Windows before fixing them</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201305060">
+ <p>Adobe</em></ins></span> applications have time bombs: they <a
<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/06/adobe-goes-all-in-with-subscription-based-creative-cloud-will-stop-selling-regular-cs-licenses-shrink-wrapped-boxes/">stop</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/06/adobe-goes-all-in-with-subscription-based-creative-cloud-will-stop-selling-regular-cs-licenses-shrink-wrapped-boxes/">
+ stop</em></ins></span> working after a certain time</a>, after which
the user
+ must pay to extend the time.</p>
+
+ <p>Once there was a problem with the servers
+ that these programs use to check who has paid, and <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.macuser.co.uk/9015-adobe-creative-cloud-outage-leaves-adobe-users-locked-out">the</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.macuser.co.uk/9015-adobe-creative-cloud-outage-leaves-adobe-users-locked-out">
+ the</em></ins></span> applications refused to work for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>anyone</a>.
</p></li>
<li><p>
@@ -343,23 +629,56 @@
begin to snoop on them and distribute their personal data.
</p></li>
-<li><p>Oracle's nonfree Java plug-in for browsers <a
-href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/a-close-look-at-how-oracle-installs-deceptive-software-with-java-updates/">sneakily
installs other annoying proprietary software</a>.</p>
+<li><p>Oracle's</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>anyone</a>.</p>
+ </li>
-<p>That article disregards all other bad things about proprietary
software. For
-instance, it regards the inclusion of proprietary Flash Player (which has a
<a
-href="http://www.imasuper.com/66/technology/flash-cookies-the-silent-privacy-killer/">surveillance
feature</a> and DRM) in Chrome as a good thing. Chrome
-is a proprietary browser with a universal back door.</p>
-
-<p>We don't agree with the article's views on those issues, but we
present it
-as a factual reference.</p>
-
-<p>In 2014, <a
-href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2494794/malware-vulnerabilities/oracle-will-continue-to-bundle--crapware--with-java.html">Oracle
insisted on continuing
-this practice.</a></p>
-</li>
+ <li id="M201301280">
+ <p>Oracle's</em></ins></span> nonfree Java plug-in for browsers <a
+
href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/a-close-look-at-how-oracle-installs-deceptive-software-with-java-updates/">sneakily
+ installs other annoying proprietary software</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>That article disregards all other bad things
+ about proprietary software. For instance, it regards
+ the inclusion of proprietary Flash Player (which has a <a
+
href="http://www.imasuper.com/66/technology/flash-cookies-the-silent-privacy-killer/">surveillance
+ feature</a> and DRM) in Chrome as a good thing. Chrome is a
+ proprietary browser with a universal back door.</p>
+
+ <p>We don't agree with the article's views on those issues, but we
+ present it as a factual reference.</p>
+
+ <p>In 2014, <a
+<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2494794/malware-vulnerabilities/oracle-will-continue-to-bundle--crapware--with-java.html">Oracle</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2494794/malware-vulnerabilities/oracle-will-continue-to-bundle--crapware--with-java.html">
+ Oracle</em></ins></span> insisted on continuing this <span
class="removed"><del><strong>practice.</a></p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>practice</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201003300">
+ <p>Sony <a
+
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/03/sony-steals-feature-from-your-playstation-3">sabotaged
+ the Playstation 3</a> with a firmware downgrade that removed the
+ feature that allowed users to run GNU/Linux on it.</p>
+
+ <p>Sony subsequently sent police after Geohot, after he cracked the
+ code that blocked users from changing the firmware, and we responded by
+ calling for a <a href="http://boycottsony.org">boycott of
Sony</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>In a court settlement Sony is <a
+
href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/if-you-used-to-run-linux-on-your-ps3-you-could-get-55-from-sony/">
+ now paying for the sabotage</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M200709270">
+ <p><a
+
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2541250/apple-mac/update--apple-plays-hardball--upgrade--bricks--unlocked-iphones.html">
+ An Apple firmware “upgrade” bricked iPhones that had been
+ unlocked</a>. The “upgrade” also deactivated
applications
+ not approved by <a href="/proprietary/proprietary-jails.html">Apple
+ censorship</a>. All this was apparently
intentional.</p></em></ins></span>
+ </li>
</ul>
+
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