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Fri, 22 Feb 2019 06:31:48 -0500 (EST) |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: GNUN <gnun> 19/02/22 06:31:47
Modified files:
proprietary/po : de.po es.po fr.po it.po ja.po
malware-appliances.de-diff.html
malware-appliances.de.po
malware-appliances.fr.po malware-appliances.pot
malware-appliances.ru.po nl.po pl.po pot
proprietary-surveillance.de-diff.html
proprietary-surveillance.de.po
proprietary-surveillance.fr.po
proprietary-surveillance.it-diff.html
proprietary-surveillance.it.po
proprietary-surveillance.ja-diff.html
proprietary-surveillance.ja.po
proprietary-surveillance.pot
proprietary-surveillance.ru.po
proprietary.de-diff.html proprietary.de.po
proprietary.es.po proprietary.fr.po
proprietary.it-diff.html proprietary.it.po
proprietary.ja-diff.html proprietary.ja.po
proprietary.nl-diff.html proprietary.nl.po
proprietary.pl-diff.html proprietary.pl.po
proprietary.pot proprietary.pt-br.po
proprietary.ru.po proprietary.zh-tw-diff.html
proprietary.zh-tw.po pt-br.po ru.po zh-tw.po
Log message:
Automatic update by GNUnited Nations.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/de.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.31&r2=1.32
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/es.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.41&r2=1.42
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/fr.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.56&r2=1.57
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/it.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.31&r2=1.32
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/ja.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.31&r2=1.32
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-appliances.de-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.32&r2=1.33
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-appliances.de.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.66&r2=1.67
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-appliances.fr.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.105&r2=1.106
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-appliances.pot?cvsroot=www&r1=1.51&r2=1.52
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-appliances.ru.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.137&r2=1.138
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/nl.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.31&r2=1.32
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/pl.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.31&r2=1.32
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/pot?cvsroot=www&r1=1.31&r2=1.32
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.de-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.44&r2=1.45
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.de.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.260&r2=1.261
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.fr.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.377&r2=1.378
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.it-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.111&r2=1.112
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.it.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.273&r2=1.274
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.ja-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.121&r2=1.122
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.ja.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.246&r2=1.247
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.pot?cvsroot=www&r1=1.194&r2=1.195
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.ru.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.470&r2=1.471
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.de-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.48&r2=1.49
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.de.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.90&r2=1.91
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.es.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.102&r2=1.103
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.fr.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.125&r2=1.126
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.it-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.60&r2=1.61
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.it.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.99&r2=1.100
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.ja-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.61&r2=1.62
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.ja.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.82&r2=1.83
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.nl-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.60&r2=1.61
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.nl.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.71&r2=1.72
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.pl-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.78&r2=1.79
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.pl.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.66&r2=1.67
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.pot?cvsroot=www&r1=1.63&r2=1.64
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.pt-br.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.90&r2=1.91
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.ru.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.155&r2=1.156
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.zh-tw-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.38&r2=1.39
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.zh-tw.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.49&r2=1.50
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/pt-br.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.44&r2=1.45
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/ru.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.72&r2=1.73
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/zh-tw.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.31&r2=1.32
Patches:
Index: de.po
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/de.po,v
retrieving revision 1.31
retrieving revision 1.32
diff -u -b -r1.31 -r1.32
--- de.po 21 Feb 2019 14:01:34 -0000 1.31
+++ de.po 22 Feb 2019 11:31:42 -0000 1.32
@@ -2130,6 +2130,34 @@
#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"Vizio TVs https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172397/airplay-2-homekit-vizio-";
+"tv-bill-baxter-interview-vergecast-ces-2019 collect âwhatever the TV
sees,â "
+"in the own words of the company's CTO, and this data is sold to third "
+"parties. This is in return for “better service” (meaning more "
+"intrusive ads?) and slightly lower retail prices."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"What is supposed to make this spying acceptable, according to him, is that "
+"it is opt-in in newer models. But since the Vizio software is nonfree, we "
+"don't know what is actually happening behind the scenes, and there is no "
+"guarantee that all future updates will leave the settings unchanged."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"If you already own a Vizio smart TV (or any smart TV, for that matter), the "
+"easiest way to make sure it isn't spying on you is to disconnect it from the "
+"Internet, and use a terrestrial antenna instead. Unfortunately, this is not "
+"always possible. Another option, if you are technically oriented, is to get "
+"your own router (which can be an old computer running completely free "
+"software), and set up a firewall to block connections to Vizio's servers. "
+"Or, as a last resort, you can replace your TV with another model."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"Nearly all “home security cameras” <a href=\"https://www.";
"consumerreports.org/privacy/d-link-camera-poses-data-security-risk--consumer-"
"reports-finds/\"> give the manufacturer an unencrypted copy of everything "
Index: es.po
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/es.po,v
retrieving revision 1.41
retrieving revision 1.42
diff -u -b -r1.41 -r1.42
--- es.po 21 Feb 2019 14:01:34 -0000 1.41
+++ es.po 22 Feb 2019 11:31:43 -0000 1.42
@@ -1687,6 +1687,34 @@
#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"Vizio TVs https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172397/airplay-2-homekit-vizio-";
+"tv-bill-baxter-interview-vergecast-ces-2019 collect âwhatever the TV
sees,â "
+"in the own words of the company's CTO, and this data is sold to third "
+"parties. This is in return for “better service” (meaning more "
+"intrusive ads?) and slightly lower retail prices."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"What is supposed to make this spying acceptable, according to him, is that "
+"it is opt-in in newer models. But since the Vizio software is nonfree, we "
+"don't know what is actually happening behind the scenes, and there is no "
+"guarantee that all future updates will leave the settings unchanged."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"If you already own a Vizio smart TV (or any smart TV, for that matter), the "
+"easiest way to make sure it isn't spying on you is to disconnect it from the "
+"Internet, and use a terrestrial antenna instead. Unfortunately, this is not "
+"always possible. Another option, if you are technically oriented, is to get "
+"your own router (which can be an old computer running completely free "
+"software), and set up a firewall to block connections to Vizio's servers. "
+"Or, as a last resort, you can replace your TV with another model."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"Nearly all “home security cameras” <a href=\"https://www.";
"consumerreports.org/privacy/d-link-camera-poses-data-security-risk--consumer-"
"reports-finds/\"> give the manufacturer an unencrypted copy of everything "
Index: fr.po
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/fr.po,v
retrieving revision 1.56
retrieving revision 1.57
diff -u -b -r1.56 -r1.57
--- fr.po 21 Feb 2019 14:01:34 -0000 1.56
+++ fr.po 22 Feb 2019 11:31:43 -0000 1.57
@@ -1686,6 +1686,34 @@
#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"Vizio TVs https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172397/airplay-2-homekit-vizio-";
+"tv-bill-baxter-interview-vergecast-ces-2019 collect âwhatever the TV
sees,â "
+"in the own words of the company's CTO, and this data is sold to third "
+"parties. This is in return for “better service” (meaning more "
+"intrusive ads?) and slightly lower retail prices."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"What is supposed to make this spying acceptable, according to him, is that "
+"it is opt-in in newer models. But since the Vizio software is nonfree, we "
+"don't know what is actually happening behind the scenes, and there is no "
+"guarantee that all future updates will leave the settings unchanged."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"If you already own a Vizio smart TV (or any smart TV, for that matter), the "
+"easiest way to make sure it isn't spying on you is to disconnect it from the "
+"Internet, and use a terrestrial antenna instead. Unfortunately, this is not "
+"always possible. Another option, if you are technically oriented, is to get "
+"your own router (which can be an old computer running completely free "
+"software), and set up a firewall to block connections to Vizio's servers. "
+"Or, as a last resort, you can replace your TV with another model."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"Nearly all “home security cameras” <a href=\"https://www.";
"consumerreports.org/privacy/d-link-camera-poses-data-security-risk--consumer-"
"reports-finds/\"> give the manufacturer an unencrypted copy of everything "
Index: it.po
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/it.po,v
retrieving revision 1.31
retrieving revision 1.32
diff -u -b -r1.31 -r1.32
--- it.po 21 Feb 2019 14:01:34 -0000 1.31
+++ it.po 22 Feb 2019 11:31:43 -0000 1.32
@@ -2074,6 +2074,34 @@
#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"Vizio TVs https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172397/airplay-2-homekit-vizio-";
+"tv-bill-baxter-interview-vergecast-ces-2019 collect âwhatever the TV
sees,â "
+"in the own words of the company's CTO, and this data is sold to third "
+"parties. This is in return for “better service” (meaning more "
+"intrusive ads?) and slightly lower retail prices."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"What is supposed to make this spying acceptable, according to him, is that "
+"it is opt-in in newer models. But since the Vizio software is nonfree, we "
+"don't know what is actually happening behind the scenes, and there is no "
+"guarantee that all future updates will leave the settings unchanged."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"If you already own a Vizio smart TV (or any smart TV, for that matter), the "
+"easiest way to make sure it isn't spying on you is to disconnect it from the "
+"Internet, and use a terrestrial antenna instead. Unfortunately, this is not "
+"always possible. Another option, if you are technically oriented, is to get "
+"your own router (which can be an old computer running completely free "
+"software), and set up a firewall to block connections to Vizio's servers. "
+"Or, as a last resort, you can replace your TV with another model."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"Nearly all “home security cameras” <a href=\"https://www.";
"consumerreports.org/privacy/d-link-camera-poses-data-security-risk--consumer-"
"reports-finds/\"> give the manufacturer an unencrypted copy of everything "
Index: ja.po
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/ja.po,v
retrieving revision 1.31
retrieving revision 1.32
diff -u -b -r1.31 -r1.32
--- ja.po 21 Feb 2019 14:01:34 -0000 1.31
+++ ja.po 22 Feb 2019 11:31:43 -0000 1.32
@@ -1752,6 +1752,34 @@
#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"Vizio TVs https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172397/airplay-2-homekit-vizio-";
+"tv-bill-baxter-interview-vergecast-ces-2019 collect âwhatever the TV
sees,â "
+"in the own words of the company's CTO, and this data is sold to third "
+"parties. This is in return for “better service” (meaning more "
+"intrusive ads?) and slightly lower retail prices."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"What is supposed to make this spying acceptable, according to him, is that "
+"it is opt-in in newer models. But since the Vizio software is nonfree, we "
+"don't know what is actually happening behind the scenes, and there is no "
+"guarantee that all future updates will leave the settings unchanged."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"If you already own a Vizio smart TV (or any smart TV, for that matter), the "
+"easiest way to make sure it isn't spying on you is to disconnect it from the "
+"Internet, and use a terrestrial antenna instead. Unfortunately, this is not "
+"always possible. Another option, if you are technically oriented, is to get "
+"your own router (which can be an old computer running completely free "
+"software), and set up a firewall to block connections to Vizio's servers. "
+"Or, as a last resort, you can replace your TV with another model."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"Nearly all “home security cameras” <a href=\"https://www.";
"consumerreports.org/privacy/d-link-camera-poses-data-security-risk--consumer-"
"reports-finds/\"> give the manufacturer an unencrypted copy of everything "
Index: malware-appliances.de-diff.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/malware-appliances.de-diff.html,v
retrieving revision 1.32
retrieving revision 1.33
diff -u -b -r1.32 -r1.33
--- malware-appliances.de-diff.html 9 Feb 2019 23:00:28 -0000 1.32
+++ malware-appliances.de-diff.html 22 Feb 2019 11:31:43 -0000 1.33
@@ -66,489 +66,601 @@
here, please write</em></ins></span>
to <span class="removed"><del><strong>make</strong></del></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/10/16634442/lovense-sex-toy-spy-survei">audio
recordings
of</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="mailto:address@hidden"><address@hidden></a>
-to inform us. Please include</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>conversation between</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>URL of a trustworthy reference or</em></ins></span>
two <span
class="removed"><del><strong>users</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
-<span class="inserted"><ins><em>to serve as specific substantiation.</p>
+to inform us. Please include</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>conversation between two users</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <p>Every “home security” camera, if its manufacturer can
communicate with it,
+ is</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>URL
of</em></ins></span> a <span class="removed"><del><strong>surveillance
device.</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>trustworthy
reference or two
+to serve as specific substantiation.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="column-limit" id="malware-appliances"></div>
<ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M201901100">
- <p>Amazon Ring “security” devices <a
-
href="https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/10/ring-gave-employees-access-customer-video-feeds/">
- send the video they capture to Amazon servers</a> which save it
- permanently.</p></em></ins></span>
- </li>
-
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
- <p>Every</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201810300">
- <p>Nearly all</em></ins></span> “home <span
class="removed"><del><strong>security” camera, if its manufacturer can
communicate with it,
- is a surveillance device.</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>security cameras”</em></ins></span> <a
+ <p>Amazon Ring “security” devices</em></ins></span> <a
<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/10/4/16426394/canary-smart-home-camera-free-service-update-change">
Canary camera is an example</a>.</p>
<p>The article describes wrongdoing by the manufacturer, based on
the fact
that</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/d-link-camera-poses-data-security-risk--consumer-reports-finds/">
- give</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>device is
tethered to</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>manufacturer
an unencrypted copy of everything they
- see</a>. “Home insecurity camera” would
be</em></ins></span> a <span class="removed"><del><strong>server.</p>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/10/ring-gave-employees-access-customer-video-feeds/">
+ send</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>device is
tethered</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>video they
capture</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>a
server.</p>
<p><a href="/proprietary/proprietary-tethers.html">More about
proprietary tethering</a>.</p>
- <p>But</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>better
- name!</p>
+ <p>But</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Amazon
servers</a> which save</em></ins></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>also demonstrates that</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>permanently.</p>
+ </li>
- <p>When Consumer Reports tested them,</em></ins></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>also demonstrates</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>suggested</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the device gives the company
+ <li id="M201901070">
+ <p>Vizio TVs
+
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172397/airplay-2-homekit-vizio-tv-bill-baxter-interview-vergecast-ces-2019
+ collect âwhatever</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>device gives</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>TV sees,â in</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>company
surveillance capability.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>A “smart” intravenous pump designed for
- hospitals is connected</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>these
- manufacturers promise not</em></ins></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>look at what's in</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>internet. Naturally <a
+ hospitals is connected to</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>own words of</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>internet. Naturally <a
href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170920/09450338247/smart-hospital-iv-pump-vulnerable-to-remote-hack-attack.shtml">
- its</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>videos. That's
not</em></ins></span>
- security <span class="removed"><del><strong>has been
cracked</a>.</p>
- <p>Note that this article misuses the term <a
+ its security has been cracked</a>.</p>
+ <p>Note that</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>company's
+ CTO, and</em></ins></span> this <span class="removed"><del><strong>article
misuses the term <a
href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Hacker">“hackers”</a>
- referring</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>for your
home. Security means making sure they don't get</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>crackers.</p></strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>see through your
camera.</p></em></ins></span>
- </li>
-
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
- <p>The bad security in many Internet</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201810150">
- <p>Printer manufacturers are very innovative—at blocking the
- use</em></ins></span> of <span class="removed"><del><strong>Stings devices
- allows</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>independent
replacement ink cartridges. Their “security
- upgrades” occasionally impose new forms of cartridge
DRM.</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170828/08152938092/iot-devices-provide-comcast-wonderful-new-opportunity-to-spy-you.shtml">ISPs
- to snoop on</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>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="M201809260">
- <p>Honeywell's “smart” thermostats communicate
- only through</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>people that use them</a>.</p>
- <p>Don't be</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>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</em></ins></span> a
<span class="removed"><del><strong>sucker—reject</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>specific user, or of</em></ins></span>
- all <span class="inserted"><ins><em>users at once), as well
as</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>stings.</p>
- <p>It</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>risk of an
outage (which</em></ins></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>unfortunate that the article
uses</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>what
- just happened).</p>
+ referring</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>data is
sold</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>crackers.</p>
+</li>
- <p>In addition, setting</em></ins></span> the
+<li>
+ <p>The bad security</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>third parties. This is</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>many Internet of Stings devices
+ allows <a
href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170828/08152938092/iot-devices-provide-comcast-wonderful-new-opportunity-to-spy-you.shtml">ISPs</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>return for
+ “better service” (meaning more intrusive ads?) and slightly
+ lower retail prices.</p>
+
+ <p>What is supposed</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>snoop on the people that use
them</a>.</p>
+ <p>Don't be a sucker—reject all the stings.</p>
+ <p>It</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>make this
spying acceptable, according to him,</em></ins></span>
+ is <span class="removed"><del><strong>unfortunate</strong></del></span>
that <span class="inserted"><ins><em>it is opt-in in newer models. But
since</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>article
uses</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Vizio software is
+ nonfree, we don't know what is actually happening behind</em></ins></span>
the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>term <a
href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Monetize">“monetize”</a>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Many models of Internet-connected cameras are tremendously insecure.
- They</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>desired
temperature requires running
- nonfree software. With an old-fashioned thermostat, you can do it
- using controls right on the thermostat.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li id="M201809240">
- <p>Researchers</em></ins></span> have <span
class="removed"><del><strong>login accounts with hard-coded passwords, which
can't be
- changed, and <a
href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/06/internet-cameras-expose-private-video-feeds-and-remote-controls/">there
is no way</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>discovered
how</em></ins></span> to
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>delete these accounts
either</a>.</p>
+ They have login accounts with hard-coded passwords, which can't be
+ changed,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>scenes,</em></ins></span>
+ and <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/06/internet-cameras-expose-private-video-feeds-and-remote-controls/">there</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>there</em></ins></span> is no <span
class="removed"><del><strong>way to
+ delete these accounts either</a>.</p>
</li>
<li>
-<p>The proprietary code</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
-
href="http://news.rub.de/english/press-releases/2018-09-24-it-security-secret-messages-alexa-and-co">
- hide voice commands in other audio</a>, so</em></ins></span> that
<span class="removed"><del><strong>runs pacemakers, insulin
pumps,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>people cannot hear
- them, but Alexa</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>other
+<p>The proprietary code</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>guarantee</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>runs pacemakers, insulin pumps, and other
medical devices is <a
href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40042584">
-full of gross security faults</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Siri can.</p></em></ins></span>
- </li>
+full of gross security faults</a>.</p>
+</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Users are suing Bose for
<a
+<li><p>Users are suing Bose for <a
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/04/19/bose-headphones-have-been-spying-on-their-customers-lawsuit-claims/">
-distributing</strong></del></span>
+distributing</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>all future
updates will leave the
+ settings unchanged.</p>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201807050">
- <p>The Jawbone fitness tracker was tethered to</em></ins></span> a
<span class="removed"><del><strong>spyware app for its headphones</a>.
-Specifically, the app would record</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>proprietary phone
- app. In 2017,</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>names of</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>company shut down and made</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>audio files
-users listen to along with</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>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</em></ins></span>
- the <span class="removed"><del><strong>headphone's unique serial number.
-</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>existing
trackers stopped working forever</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
-
- <p>The <span class="removed"><del><strong>suit
accuses</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>article focuses
on a further nasty fillip,</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>this was done without the users' consent.
-If the fine print</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>sales</em></ins></span> of the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>app said that users gave consent for this,
-would</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>broken devices continued. But I
think</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>make</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>is a secondary issue;</em></ins></span>
- it <span class="removed"><del><strong>acceptable? No way! It should be
flat out
+ <p>If you already own</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>spyware app</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Vizio smart TV (or any smart TV,</em></ins></span>
for <span class="removed"><del><strong>its headphones</a>.
+Specifically, the app would record the names of the audio files
+users listen to along with the headphone's unique serial number.
+</p>
+
+<p>The suit accuses</strong></del></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>this was done without the users' consent.
+If the fine print of</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>matter),</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>app said that users gave consent for this,
+would that</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>easiest way
to</em></ins></span> make <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>sure</em></ins></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>acceptable? No way! It should be flat out
<a href="/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html">
-illegal</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>made the nasty
consequences extend to some additional people.
- The fundamental wrong was</em></ins></span> to design the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>app</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>devices</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>snoop at all</a>.
-</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>depend on
something
- else that didn't respect users' freedom.</p></em></ins></span>
- </li>
+illegal</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>isn't spying on
you is</em></ins></span>
+ to <span class="removed"><del><strong>design</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>disconnect it from</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>app</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Internet, and use a terrestrial antenna
+ instead. Unfortunately, this is not always possible. Another option,
+ if you are technically oriented, is</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>snoop at all</a>.
+</p>
+</li>
- <li <span class="removed"><del><strong>id="anova">
- <p>Anova sabotaged users' cooking devices with</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>id="M201804140">
- <p>A medical insurance company <a
-
href="https://wolfstreet.com/2018/04/14/our-dental-insurance-sent-us-free-internet-connected-toothbrushes-and-this-is-what-happened-next">
- offers</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>downgrade</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>gratis electronic toothbrush</em></ins></span> that
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>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</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>snoops</em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Anova's servers, their
- cookers won't function.</a></p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>its user by
- sending usage data back over the
Internet</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+<li id="anova">
+ <p>Anova sabotaged users' cooking devices with</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>get your own router (which can
+ be an old computer running completely free software), and set
up</em></ins></span> a <span class="removed"><del><strong>downgrade that
+ tethered them</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>firewall to block
connections</em></ins></span> to <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Vizio's
servers. Or, as</em></ins></span> a <span class="removed"><del><strong>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></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>last resort,
+ you can replace your TV with another model.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
<p>When Miele's Internet of Stings hospital disinfectant dishwasher
is</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201804010">
- <p>Some “Smart” TVs automatically</em></ins></span>
<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/a-hackable-dishwasher-is-connecting-hospitals-to-the-internet-of-shit">connected
to the Internet,
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201810300">
+ <p>Nearly all “home security cameras”</em></ins></span>
<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/a-hackable-dishwasher-is-connecting-hospitals-to-the-internet-of-shit">connected
to</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/d-link-camera-poses-data-security-risk--consumer-reports-finds/">
+ give</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>Internet,
its security is crap</a>.</p>
-<p>For example,</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180405014828/https:/twitter.com/buro9/status/980349887006076928">
- load downgrades that install</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>cracker can gain access</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>surveillance app</a>.</p>
+<p>For example,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>manufacturer an unencrypted copy of everything they
+ see</a>. “Home insecurity camera” would
be</em></ins></span> a <span class="removed"><del><strong>cracker can gain
access to the dishwasher's filesystem,
+ infect</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>better
+ name!</p>
+
+ <p>When Consumer Reports tested them,</em></ins></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>with malware, and force the
dishwasher</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>suggested that
these
+ manufacturers promise not</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>launch attacks on
+ other devices</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>look at
what's</em></ins></span> in the <span class="removed"><del><strong>network.
Since these dishwashers</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>videos. That's not
+ security for your home. Security means making sure they don't get to
+ see through your camera.</p>
+ </li>
- <p>We link</em></ins></span> to the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>dishwasher's filesystem,
- infect</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>article for the
facts</em></ins></span> it <span class="removed"><del><strong>with malware, and
force</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>presents. It
- is too bad that</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>dishwasher to launch attacks on
- other devices in</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>article finishes by advocating</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>network. Since these dishwashers are used in
hospitals,
- such attacks could potentially put hundreds</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>moral weakness</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>lives at risk.</p>
+ <li id="M201810150">
+ <p>Printer manufacturers</em></ins></span> are <span
class="removed"><del><strong>used in hospitals,
+ such attacks could potentially put hundreds</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>very innovative—at blocking the
+ use</em></ins></span> of <span class="removed"><del><strong>lives at
risk.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>If you buy a used “smart” car, house, TV, refrigerator,
etc.,
-usually</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>surrendering to
Netflix. The Netflix app</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://boingboing.net/2017/02/20/the-previous-owners-of-used.html">the
+usually</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>independent
replacement ink cartridges. Their “security
+ upgrades” occasionally impose new forms of cartridge
DRM.</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://boingboing.net/2017/02/20/the-previous-owners-of-used.html">the
previous owners can still remotely control
it</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-google.html#netflix-app-geolocation-drm">is
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>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></em></ins></span>
+ </li>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+ <p>Vizio</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201809260">
+ <p>Honeywell's</em></ins></span> “smart” <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>thermostats communicate
+ only through the company's server. They have
+ all the nasty characteristics of such devices:</em></ins></span> <a
<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2017/02/what-vizio-was-doing-behind-tv-screen">TVs
+ report everything that is viewed on them, and not just
broadcasts</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.businessinsider.com/honeywell-iot-thermostats-server-outage-2018-9">
+ surveillance,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>cable</a>. Even if</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>danger of sabotage</a> (of a specific
user, or of
+ all users at once), as well as</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>image</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>risk of an outage (which</em></ins></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>coming from the user's own
+ computer, the TV reports</strong></del></span> what <span
class="removed"><del><strong>it is. The existence of a way to
+ disable</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>just happened).</p>
+
+ <p>In addition, setting</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>surveillance, even if it were not hidden
as</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>desired temperature
requires running
+ nonfree software. With an old-fashioned thermostat, you can
do</em></ins></span> it <span class="removed"><del><strong>was in
+ these TVs, does not legitimize</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>using controls right on</em></ins></span>
the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>surveillance.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>thermostat.</p></em></ins></span>
+ </li>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+<p>More or less all “smart” TVs</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201809240">
+ <p>Researchers have discovered how to</em></ins></span> <a
+<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.myce.com/news/reseachers-all-smart-tvs-spy-on-you-sony-monitors-all-channel-switches-72851/">spy
+ on their users</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://news.rub.de/english/press-releases/2018-09-24-it-security-secret-messages-alexa-and-co">
+ hide voice commands in other audio</a>, so that people cannot hear
+ them, but Alexa and Siri can.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201807050"></em></ins></span>
+ <p>The <span
class="removed"><del><strong>report</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Jawbone fitness tracker</em></ins></span> was <span
class="removed"><del><strong>as of 2014, but we don't expect this has got
+better.</p>
+
+<p>This shows that laws requiring products</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>tethered</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>get users' formal
+consent before collecting personal data are totally inadequate. And
+what happens if</strong></del></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>user declines consent?
Probably</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>proprietary phone
+ app. In 2017,</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>TV
will say,
+“Without your consent to tracking,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>company shut down and made</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>TV will not
+work.”</p>
+
+<p>Proper laws would say</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>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>TVs are not
allowed</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</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>report what</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>some additional people.
+ The fundamental wrong was to design</em></ins></span> the <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>devices to depend on something
+ else that didn't respect users' freedom.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201804140">
+ <p>A medical insurance company <a
+
href="https://wolfstreet.com/2018/04/14/our-dental-insurance-sent-us-free-internet-connected-toothbrushes-and-this-is-what-happened-next">
+ offers a gratis electronic toothbrush that snoops on its</em></ins></span>
user <span class="removed"><del><strong>watches — no
exceptions!</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>by
+ sending usage data back over the
Internet</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ </li>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li></strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201804010"></em></ins></span>
+ <p>Some <span class="removed"><del><strong>LG</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>“Smart”</em></ins></span> TVs <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>automatically</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://openlgtv.org.ru/wiki/index.php/Achievements">are
+tyrants</a>.</p>
+</li>
+
+<li><a
+href="http://wiki.samygo.tv/index.php5/SamyGO_for_DUMMIES#What_are_Restricted_Firmwares.3F">
+Samsung “Smart” TVs have turned Linux into the base
+for</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180405014828/https:/twitter.com/buro9/status/980349887006076928">
+ load downgrades that install</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>tyrant system</a> so as to impose DRM.
+What enables Samsung</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>surveillance app</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>We link</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>do this</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the article for the facts it presents.
It</em></ins></span>
+ is <span class="inserted"><ins><em>too bad</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Linux is released under
+GNU GPL version 2, <a href="/licenses/rms-why-gplv3.html">not version
3</a>,
+together with a weak interpretation</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the article finishes by advocating the
+ moral weakness</em></ins></span> of <span class="removed"><del><strong>GPL
version 2.</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>surrendering
to Netflix. The Netflix app <a
+ href="/proprietary/malware-google.html#netflix-app-geolocation-drm">is
malware too</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
+
<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
- <p>Vizio
- “smart”</strong></del></span>
+<p>A company that makes internet-controlled
vibrators</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201802120">
- <p>Apple devices lock users in</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2017/02/what-vizio-was-doing-behind-tv-screen">TVs
- report everything that is viewed on them, and not just broadcasts
- and cable</a>. Even if the image is coming
from</strong></del></span>
+ <p>Apple devices lock users in</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/14/wevibe-sex-toy-data-collection-chicago-lawsuit">is</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://gizmodo.com/homepod-is-the-ultimate-apple-product-in-a-bad-way-1822883347">
- solely to Apple services</a> by being designed to be incompatible
+ solely to Apple services</a> by</em></ins></span> being <span
class="removed"><del><strong>sued for collecting lots of personal information
about how
+people use it</a>.</p>
+
+<p>The company's statement that it anonymizes the data may be true,
+but it doesn't really matter. If it sells the data</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>designed</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>a data broker,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>be incompatible
with all other options, ethical or unethical.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201712240">
- <p>One of</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>user's own
- computer,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>dangers
of</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>TV reports what it
is. The existence</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>“internet of stings”
- is that, if you lose your internet service, you also <a
-
href="https://torrentfreak.com/piracy-notices-can-mess-with-your-thermostat-isp-warns-171224/">
- lose control</em></ins></span> of <span class="inserted"><ins><em>your
house and appliances</a>.</p>
-
- <p>For your safety, don't use any appliance with</em></ins></span> a
<span class="removed"><del><strong>way</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>connection</em></ins></span> to
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>disable</strong></del></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>surveillance, even if it were not hidden as
it</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>real internet.</p>
+ <p>One of</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>data broker can figure out
who</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>dangers
of</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>user is.</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p>Google/Alphabet</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>“internet of stings”
+ is that, if you lose your internet service, you also</em></ins></span>
<a
+<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/nest-reminds-customers-ownership-isnt-what-it-used-be">
+intentionally broke Revolv home automatic</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://torrentfreak.com/piracy-notices-can-mess-with-your-thermostat-isp-warns-171224/">
+ lose</em></ins></span> control <span class="removed"><del><strong>products
that depended on</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>of your
house and appliances</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>For your safety, don't use any appliance with</em></ins></span> a
<span class="removed"><del><strong>server</a></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>connection</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>function. The lesson is, don't stand for that!
Insist
+on self-contained computers that run free
software!</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>the
+ real internet.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201711200">
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+<p>ARRIS cable modem</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><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>
+ it, the system</em></ins></span> has a <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>grave security flaw.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201711100">
- <p>A remote-control sex toy</em></ins></span> was <span
class="removed"><del><strong>in
- these TVs, does not legitimize</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>found to make <a
-
href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/10/16634442/lovense-sex-toy-spy-survei">audio
- recordings of</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>surveillance.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>conversation between two
users</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <p>A remote-control sex toy was found to make</em></ins></span> <a
+<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://w00tsec.blogspot.de/2015/11/arris-cable-modem-has-backdoor-in.html?m=1">
+backdoor in</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/10/16634442/lovense-sex-toy-spy-survei">audio
+ recordings of</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>backdoor</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>conversation between two
users</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
+
<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
-<p>More or less</strong></del></span>
+<p>HP “storage appliances” that use the proprietary
+“Left Hand” operating system have back doors that give
HP</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201711080">
- <p>Logitech will sabotage</em></ins></span>
- all <span class="removed"><del><strong>“smart”
TVs</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Harmony Link
household control devices by</em></ins></span> <a
-<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.myce.com/news/reseachers-all-smart-tvs-spy-on-you-sony-monitors-all-channel-switches-72851/">spy
- on their users</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
+ <p>Logitech will sabotage
+ all Harmony Link household control devices by</em></ins></span> <a
+<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://insights.dice.com/2013/07/11/hp-keeps-installing-secret-backdoors-in-enterprise-storage/">
+remote login access</a> to them. HP claims that this does not give HP
+access to</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>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></em></ins></span>
-
- <p>The <span class="removed"><del><strong>report was as of 2014, but
we don't expect</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>owners
suspect</em></ins></span> this <span class="removed"><del><strong>has got
-better.</p>
-
-<p>This shows that laws requiring products</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>is</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>get users' formal
-consent before collecting personal data are totally inadequate. And
-what happens if</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>pressure
them to buy</em></ins></span> a <span class="removed"><del><strong>user
declines consent? Probably the TV</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>newer model. If
- they are wise, they</em></ins></span> will <span
class="removed"><del><strong>say,
-“Without your consent</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>learn, rather,</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>tracking, the TV will not
-work.”</p>
-
-<p>Proper laws would say</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>distrust any product</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>TVs are not allowed</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>requires users</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>report what the
-user watches — no exceptions!</p>
-</li>
-<li>
-<p>Some LG
-TVs <a href="http://openlgtv.org.ru/wiki/index.php/Achievements">are
-tyrants</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>talk with them through some specialized
service.</p></em></ins></span>
+ turning off</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>customer's data, but if</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>server through which</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>back door allows
+installation of software changes,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>products' supposed owners
+ communicate with them</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The owners suspect this is to pressure them to
buy</em></ins></span> a <span class="removed"><del><strong>change could be
installed</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>newer model. If
+ they are wise, they will learn, rather, to distrust any
product</em></ins></span> that
+<span class="removed"><del><strong>would give access</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>requires users</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the customer's data.
+</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>talk with
them through some specialized service.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><a
-href="http://wiki.samygo.tv/index.php5/SamyGO_for_DUMMIES#What_are_Restricted_Firmwares.3F">
-Samsung “Smart” TVs have turned Linux into the base
-for a tyrant system</a> so as to impose DRM.
-What enables Samsung to do this is that Linux is released under
-GNU GPL version 2, <a href="/licenses/rms-why-gplv3.html">not version
3</a>,
-together</strong></del></span>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+<p><a
+href="http://www.itworld.com/article/2705284/data-protection/backdoor-found-in-d-link-router-firmware-code.html">
+Some D-Link routers</a> have a back door for changing settings
in</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201710040">
<p>Every “home security” camera, if its
- manufacturer can communicate</em></ins></span> with <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>it, is</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>weak interpretation of GPL version 2.
+ manufacturer can communicate with it, is</em></ins></span> a
+<span class="removed"><del><strong>dlink of an eye.</p>
+
+<p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>surveillance
device.</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://github.com/elvanderb/TCP-32764">Many
models of routers
+have back doors</a>.</p>
</li>
<li>
-<p>A company that makes internet-controlled
vibrators</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>surveillance
device.</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/14/wevibe-sex-toy-data-collection-chicago-lawsuit">is
-being sued for collecting lots of personal information about how
-people use it</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
+<p><a href="http://sekurak.pl/tp-link-httptftp-backdoor/">
+The TP-Link router has</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/10/4/16426394/canary-smart-home-camera-free-service-update-change">
- Canary camera is an example</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ Canary camera is an example</a>.</p>
- <p>The <span class="removed"><del><strong>company's statement that
it anonymizes</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>article
describes wrongdoing by</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>data may be true,
-but it doesn't really matter. If it sells</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>manufacturer, based on</em></ins></span>
- the <span class="removed"><del><strong>data</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>fact that the device is tethered</em></ins></span> to
a <span class="removed"><del><strong>data broker,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>server.</p>
+ <p>The article describes wrongdoing by the manufacturer, based on
+ the fact that the device is tethered to</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>backdoor</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>server.</p>
<p><a href="/proprietary/proprietary-tethers.html">More about
proprietary tethering</a>.</p>
- <p>But it also demonstrates that</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>data broker can figure out
who</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>device
gives</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>user
is.</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>company
+ <p>But it also demonstrates that the device gives the company
surveillance capability.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
-<p>Google/Alphabet</strong></del></span>
+<p>The <a
href="http://michaelweinberg.org/post/137045828005/free-the-cube">
+“Cube” 3D printer was</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201709200">
- <p>A “smart” intravenous pump
- designed for hospitals is connected to the internet.
Naturally</em></ins></span> <a
-<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/nest-reminds-customers-ownership-isnt-what-it-used-be">
-intentionally broke Revolv home automatic control
products</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170920/09450338247/smart-hospital-iv-pump-vulnerable-to-remote-hack-attack.shtml">
+ <p>A “smart” intravenous pump</em></ins></span>
+ designed <span class="removed"><del><strong>with DRM</a>: it won't
accept
+third-party printing materials. It</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>for hospitals</em></ins></span> is <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>connected to</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Keurig of printers. Now it is
+being discontinued, which means</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>internet. Naturally <a
+
href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170920/09450338247/smart-hospital-iv-pump-vulnerable-to-remote-hack-attack.shtml">
its security has been cracked</a>.</p>
- <p>Note</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>depended on
-a server</a></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>this
article misuses the term <a
-
href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Hacker">“hackers”</a>
- referring</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>function. The lesson is, don't stand for that!
Insist
-on self-contained computers that run free
software!</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>crackers.</p></em></ins></span>
- </li>
+ <p>Note</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>eventually authorized materials won't
+be available and</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>this
article misuses</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>printers may become unusable.</p>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
-<p>ARRIS cable modem has a <a
-href="https://w00tsec.blogspot.de/2015/11/arris-cable-modem-has-backdoor-in.html?m=1">
-backdoor</strong></del></span>
+<p>With a</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>term</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/endorsement/aleph-objects">
+printer that gets</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Hacker">“hackers”</a>
+ referring to crackers.</p>
+ </li>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201708280">
- <p>The bad security</em></ins></span> in <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>many Internet of Stings devices allows <a
+ <li id="M201708280">
+ <p>The bad security in many Internet of Stings devices allows <a
href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170828/08152938092/iot-devices-provide-comcast-wonderful-new-opportunity-to-spy-you.shtml">ISPs
- to snoop on</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>backdoor</a>.</p>
-</li>
+ to snoop on</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Respects Your Freedom</a>, this problem
would not
+even</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>people that use
them</a>.</p>
-<li>
-<p>HP “storage appliances”</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>people</em></ins></span> that use <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>them</a>.</p>
+ <p>Don't</em></ins></span> be a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>remote possibility.</p>
- <p>Don't be a sucker—reject all</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>proprietary
-“Left Hand” operating system have back doors</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>stings.</p>
+<p>How pitiful that</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>sucker—reject all</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>author of</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>stings.</p>
- <p>It is unfortunate</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>give HP
-<a
-href="https://insights.dice.com/2013/07/11/hp-keeps-installing-secret-backdoors-in-enterprise-storage/">
-remote login access</a> to them. HP claims that this does not give HP
-access to</strong></del></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>customer's data, but if</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>article uses</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>back door allows
-installation of software changes, a</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>term <a
+ <p>It is unfortunate</em></ins></span> that <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the</em></ins></span> article <span
class="removed"><del><strong>says that there was
+“nothing wrong” with designing</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>uses</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>device</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>term <a
href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Monetize">“monetize”</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201708230">
<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
+ told all its customers, “Agree”</em></ins></span>
+ to <span class="removed"><del><strong>restrict users
in</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>snooping
or</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>first place. This
is like putting a “cheat me and mistreat me”
+sign on your chest. We should know better: we should condemn all companies
+that take advantage of people like him. Indeed, it is</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>product will stop working</a>. <a
href="https://www.consumerreports.org/consumerist/sonos-holds-software-updates-hostage-if-you-dont-sign-new-privacy-agreement/">
- Another article</a> says they won't forcibly</em></ins></span>
change <span class="removed"><del><strong>could</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the software, but
- people won't</em></ins></span> be <span
class="removed"><del><strong>installed that
-would give access</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>able</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the customer's data.
-</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>get any
upgrades and eventually it will
+ Another article</a> says they won't forcibly
change</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>acceptance of
+their unjust practice that teaches</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>software, but</em></ins></span>
+ people <span class="removed"><del><strong>to</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>won't</em></ins></span> be <span
class="removed"><del><strong>doormats.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>able to get any upgrades and eventually it will
stop working.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
-<p><a
-href="http://www.itworld.com/article/2705284/data-protection/backdoor-found-in-d-link-router-firmware-code.html">
-Some D-Link routers</a> have</strong></del></span>
+<p>Philips “smart” lightbulbs <a
+href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151214/07452133070/lightbulb-drm-philips-locks-purchasers-out-third-party-bulbs-with-firmware-update.shtml">
+have been designed not</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201708040">
- <p>While you're using</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>back door for changing
settings</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>DJI drone
- to snoop on other people, DJI is</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>a
-dlink of an eye.</p>
+ <p>While you're using a DJI drone</em></ins></span>
+ to <span class="removed"><del><strong>interact with</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>snoop on</em></ins></span> other <span
class="removed"><del><strong>companies' smart
+lightbulbs</a>.</p>
-<p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>many
cases</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://github.com/elvanderb/TCP-32764">Many</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/4/16095244/us-army-stop-using-dji-drones-cybersecurity">snooping
+<p>If a product</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>people, DJI</em></ins></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>“smart”,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>in many cases <a
+
href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/4/16095244/us-army-stop-using-dji-drones-cybersecurity">snooping
on you</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201706200">
- <p>Many</em></ins></span> models of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>routers</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Internet-connected cameras
- are tremendously insecure. They</em></ins></span> have <span
class="removed"><del><strong>back doors</a>.</p>
-</li>
-
-<li>
-<p><a href="http://sekurak.pl/tp-link-httptftp-backdoor/">
-The TP-Link router has a backdoor</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>login
- accounts with hard-coded passwords, which can't be changed, and <a
-
href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/06/internet-cameras-expose-private-video-feeds-and-remote-controls/">there
- is no way to delete these accounts
either</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <p>Many models of Internet-connected cameras
+ are tremendously insecure. They have login
+ accounts with hard-coded passwords, which can't be
changed,</em></ins></span> and <span class="removed"><del><strong>you didn't
build it, it</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+
href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/06/internet-cameras-expose-private-video-feeds-and-remote-controls/">there</em></ins></span>
+ is
+<span class="removed"><del><strong>cleverly serving its manufacturer
<em>against you</em>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>no way to delete these accounts
either</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li></strong></del></span>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+<p><a
+href="http://web.archive.org/web/20131007102857/http://www.nclnet.org/technology/73-digital-rights-management/124-whos-driving-the-copyright-laws-consumers-insist-on-the-right-to-back-it-up">
+DVDs and Bluray disks have DRM</a>.
+</p>
+
+<p>That page uses spin terms</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201705250"></em></ins></span>
- <p>The <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="http://michaelweinberg.org/post/137045828005/free-the-cube">
-“Cube” 3D printer was designed with DRM</a>: it won't accept
-third-party printing materials. It</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>proprietary code that runs pacemakers,
- insulin pumps, and other medical devices</em></ins></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the Keurig</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
- href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40042584">
full</em></ins></span> of <span class="removed"><del><strong>printers. Now it
is
-being discontinued, which means</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>gross
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201705250">
+ <p>The proprietary code</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>favor DRM,
+including <a
href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#DigitalRightsManagement">
+digital “rights” management</a></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>runs pacemakers,
+ insulin pumps,</em></ins></span> and <span class="inserted"><ins><em>other
medical devices is</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Protection">“protect”</a>,</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40042584">
full of gross
security faults</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201705180">
- <p>Bird and rabbit pets were implemented for Second
- Life by a company</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>eventually authorized materials won't
-be available</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>tethered
their food to a server. <a
+ <p>Bird</em></ins></span> and <span class="removed"><del><strong>it
claims</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>rabbit pets were
implemented for Second
+ Life by a company</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>“artists” (rather than
companies)</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>tethered their
food to a server. <a
href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/05/19/second-life-ozimals-pet-rabbits-dying">
- It shut down the server</em></ins></span> and the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>printers may become unusable.</p>
-
-<p>With a</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>pets
more or less died</a>.</p>
+ It shut down the server and the pets more or less died</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201704190">
- <p>Users are suing Bose for</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/endorsement/aleph-objects">
-printer that gets</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/04/19/bose-headphones-have-been-spying-on-their-customers-lawsuit-claims/">
- distributing a spyware app for its headphones</a>.
Specifically,</em></ins></span>
- the <span class="removed"><del><strong>Respects Your Freedom</a>,
this problem</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>app</em></ins></span> would <span
class="removed"><del><strong>not
-even be a remote possibility.</p>
-
-<p>How pitiful that</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>record</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>author</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>names</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>that article says that there was
-“nothing wrong” with designing</strong></del></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>device to restrict</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>audio files</em></ins></span> users <span
class="removed"><del><strong>in</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>listen to
- along with</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>first
place. This is like putting a “cheat me and mistreat me”
-sign on your chest. We should know better: we should condemn all
companies</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>headphone's
unique serial number.</p>
-
- <p>The suit accuses</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>take advantage of people like him. Indeed, it
is</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>this was done
without</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>acceptance</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>users' consent.
- If the fine print</em></ins></span> of
-<span class="removed"><del><strong>their unjust practice</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>the app said</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>teaches people to</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>users gave consent for this,
- would that make it acceptable? No way! It should</em></ins></span> be
<span class="removed"><del><strong>doormats.</p>
+ <p>Users</em></ins></span> are
+<span class="removed"><del><strong>primarily responsible</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>suing Bose</em></ins></span> for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>putting digital restrictions management into
+these disks. Nonetheless, it is</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/04/19/bose-headphones-have-been-spying-on-their-customers-lawsuit-claims/">
+ distributing</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>reference</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>spyware app</em></ins></span> for <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>its headphones</a>.
Specifically,</em></ins></span>
+ the <span class="removed"><del><strong>facts.
+</p>
+
+<p>Every Bluray disk (with few, rare exceptions) has DRM—so
+don't use Bluray disks!</p>
+</li>
+
+<li id="cameras-bugs">
+<p>Over 70 brands</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>app would record the names</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>network-connected surveillance cameras have <a
+href="http://www.kerneronsec.com/2016/02/remote-code-execution-in-cctv-dvrs-of.html">
+security bugs that allow anyone</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the audio files users listen</em></ins></span> to
<span class="removed"><del><strong>watch through them</a>.</p>
</li>
<li>
-<p>Philips “smart” lightbulbs</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>flat out</em></ins></span> <a
-<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151214/07452133070/lightbulb-drm-philips-locks-purchasers-out-third-party-bulbs-with-firmware-update.shtml">
-have been designed not</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html">
illegal</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>interact</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>design
- the app to snoop at all</a>.</p>
- </li>
+<p>Samsung's “Smart Home” has a big security hole; <a
+href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/05/samsung-smart-home-flaws-lets-hackers-make-keys-to-front-door/">
+unauthorized people can remotely control it</a>.</p>
- <li id="M201704120">
- <p>Anova sabotaged users' cooking devices</em></ins></span>
- with <span class="removed"><del><strong>other companies' smart
-lightbulbs</a>.</p>
+<p>Samsung claims</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>along with the headphone's unique serial
number.</p>
-<p>If</strong></del></span> a <span class="removed"><del><strong>product
is “smart”, and you didn't build it, it is
-cleverly serving its manufacturer <em>against you</em>.</p>
-</li>
+ <p>The suit accuses</em></ins></span> that this <span
class="removed"><del><strong>is an “open” platform
so</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>was done
without</em></ins></span> the
+<span class="removed"><del><strong>problem is partly</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>users' consent.
+ If</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>fault</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>fine print</em></ins></span> of <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the</em></ins></span> app <span
class="removed"><del><strong>developers. That is clearly true
if</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>said that users gave
consent for this,
+ would that make it acceptable? No way! It should be flat out <a
+ href="/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html"> illegal to
design</em></ins></span>
+ the <span class="removed"><del><strong>apps are proprietary
software.</p>
-<li>
-<p><a
-href="http://web.archive.org/web/20131007102857/http://www.nclnet.org/technology/73-digital-rights-management/124-whos-driving-the-copyright-laws-consumers-insist-on-the-right-to-back-it-up">
-DVDs and Bluray disks have DRM</a>.
-</p>
+<p>Anything whose name is “Smart” is most likely
going</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>app</em></ins></span> to
+<span class="removed"><del><strong>screw you.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>snoop at
all</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ </li>
-<p>That page uses spin terms that favor DRM,
-including <a
href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#DigitalRightsManagement">
-digital “rights” management</a>
-and <a
href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Protection">“protect”</a>,
-and it claims</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>downgrade</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>“artists” (rather than companies) are
-primarily responsible for putting digital restrictions management into
-these disks. Nonetheless, it is</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>tethered them to</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>reference for the facts.
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+<p>
+Malware found on <a
+href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2016/04/11/security_cameras_sold_through_amazon_have_malware_according_to_security.html">
+security cameras available through Amazon</a>.
</p>
-<p>Every Bluray disk (with few, rare exceptions) has DRM—so
-don't use Bluray disks!</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>remote server. <a
+<p>A camera that records locally on physical media, and has no network
+connection, does not threaten people</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201704120">
+ <p>Anova sabotaged users' cooking devices</em></ins></span>
+ with <span class="removed"><del><strong>surveillance—neither
+by watching people through the camera, nor through malware in the
+camera.</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p> <a
+href="http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/latest-security-news/10-second-hack-delivers-first-ever-malware-to-fitness-trackers/">
+FitBit fitness trackers have</strong></del></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Bluetooth
vulnerability</a></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>downgrade</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>allows
+attackers</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>tethered
them</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>send
malware</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>a remote server.
<a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170415145520/https://consumerist.com/2017/04/12/anova-ticks-off-customers-by-requiring-mandatory-accounts-to-cook-food/">Unless
users create an account on Anova's servers, their cookers won't
- function</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ function</a>.</p>
</li>
- <li <span class="removed"><del><strong>id="cameras-bugs">
-<p>Over 70 brands</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="M201703270">
- <p>When Miele's Internet</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>network-connected surveillance cameras
have</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Stings hospital disinfectant dishwasher
is</em></ins></span> <a
-<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.kerneronsec.com/2016/02/remote-code-execution-in-cctv-dvrs-of.html">
-security bugs that allow anyone</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pg9qkv/a-hackable-dishwasher-is-connecting-hospitals-to-the-internet-of-shit">
- connected</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>watch
through them</a>.</p>
+ <li id="M201703270">
+ <p>When Miele's Internet of
+ Stings hospital disinfectant dishwasher is <a
+
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pg9qkv/a-hackable-dishwasher-is-connecting-hospitals-to-the-internet-of-shit">
+ connected</em></ins></span> to the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>devices, which</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Internet, its security is crap</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>For example, a cracker</em></ins></span> can <span
class="removed"><del><strong>subsequently
+spread</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>gain
access</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>computers</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the dishwasher's
+ filesystem, infect it with malware,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>force the dishwasher to launch
+ attacks on</em></ins></span> other <span
class="removed"><del><strong>FitBit trackers that interact with
+them.</p>
</li>
<li>
-<p>Samsung's “Smart Home” has a big</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>the Internet, its</em></ins></span> security
<span class="removed"><del><strong>hole; <a
-href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/05/samsung-smart-home-flaws-lets-hackers-make-keys-to-front-door/">
-unauthorized people</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>is
crap</a>.</p>
+<p> “Self-encrypting” disk drives do</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>devices in</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>encryption with
+proprietary firmware so you can't trust it. Western Digital's <a
+href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_uk/read/some-popular-self-encrypting-hard-drives-have-really-bad-encryption">
+“My Passport” drives have a back door</a>.</p>
+</li>
- <p>For example, a cracker</em></ins></span> can <span
class="removed"><del><strong>remotely</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>gain access to the dishwasher's
- filesystem, infect it with malware, and force the dishwasher to launch
- attacks on other devices in the network. Since these dishwashers are
- used in hospitals, such attacks could potentially put hundreds of
+<li>
+<p>
+Hospira infusion pumps, which</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>network. Since these dishwashers</em></ins></span> are
+ used <span class="removed"><del><strong>to administer drugs to
+a patient, were rated “<a
+href="https://securityledger.com/2015/05/researcher-drug-pump-the-least-secure-ip-device-ive-ever-seen/">
+least secure IP device I've ever seen</a>”</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>in hospitals, such attacks could potentially
put hundreds of
lives at risk.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201703140">
<p>A computerized vibrator <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/10/vibrator-phone-app-we-vibe-4-plus-bluetooth-hack">
- was snooping on its users through the proprietary</em></ins></span>
control <span class="inserted"><ins><em>app</a>.</p>
+ was snooping on its users through the proprietary control
app</a>.</p>
<p>The app was reporting the temperature of the vibrator minute by
- minute (thus, indirectly, whether it was surrounded by a person's
- body), as well as the vibration frequency.</p>
+ minute (thus, indirectly, whether it was surrounded</em></ins></span> by a
<span class="removed"><del><strong>security
+researcher.</p>
+
+<p>Depending on what drug is being infused,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>person's
+ body), as well as</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>insecurity could
+open</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>vibration
frequency.</p>
+
+ <p>Note</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>door to murder.</p>
+</li>
- <p>Note the totally inadequate proposed response: a labeling
+<li>
+<p>Due to bad security in</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>totally inadequate proposed
response:</em></ins></span> a <span class="removed"><del><strong>drug pump,
crackers</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>labeling
standard with which manufacturers would make statements about their
- products, rather than free software which users could have checked
- and changed.</p>
+ products, rather than free software which users</em></ins></span> could
<span class="removed"><del><strong>use it to <a
+href="http://www.wired.com/2015/06/hackers-can-send-fatal-doses-hospital-drug-pumps/">
+kill patients</a>.</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p><a
+href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/07/26/smart-homes-hack/">
+“Smart homes”</a> turn out to be stupidly vulnerable to
+intrusion.</p>
+</li>
- <p>The company that made the vibrator <a
+<li></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>have checked
+ and changed.</p></em></ins></span>
+
+ <p>The <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
+href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/05/technology/ftc-says-webcams-flaw-put-users-lives-on-display.html">
+FTC punished a</strong></del></span> company <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>that made the vibrator <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/14/wevibe-sex-toy-data-collection-chicago-lawsuit">
- was sued for collecting lots of personal information about how people
- used</em></ins></span> it</a>.</p>
+ was sued</em></ins></span> for <span class="removed"><del><strong>making
webcams with bad security</a> so</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>collecting lots of personal information about how
people
+ used it</a>.</p>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><p>Samsung
claims</strong></del></span>
+ <p>The company's statement</em></ins></span> that it was <span
class="removed"><del><strong>easy for anyone</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>anonymizing the data may be
+ true, but it doesn't really matter. If it had sold the
data</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>watch
them.</p>
+</li>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>The company's
statement</em></ins></span> that <span class="inserted"><ins><em>it was
anonymizing the data may be
- true, but it doesn't really matter. If it had sold the data to a data
- broker, the data broker would have been able to figure out who the
+<li>
+<p>It is possible</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>a data
+ broker, the data broker would have been able</em></ins></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>figure out who the
user was.</p>
- <p>Following</em></ins></span> this <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>lawsuit, <a
-
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/14/we-vibe-vibrator-tracking-users-sexual-habits">
- the company has been ordered to pay a total of C$4m</a> to its
- customers.</p>
+ <p>Following this lawsuit,</em></ins></span> <a
+<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://siliconangle.com/blog/2013/07/27/famed-hacker-barnaby-jack-dies-days-before-scheduled-black-hat-appearance/">
+kill people by taking control</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/14/we-vibe-vibrator-tracking-users-sexual-habits">
+ the company has been ordered to pay a total</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>medical implants by radio</a>. More
+information in <a
+href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17631838">BBC News</a> and
+<a
+href="http://blog.ioactive.com/2013/02/broken-hearts-how-plausible-was.html">
+IOActive Labs Research blog</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>C$4m</a> to its
+ customers.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201702280">
- <p>“CloudPets” toys with microphones <a
-
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/28/cloudpets-data-breach-leaks-details-of-500000-children-and-adults">
- leak childrens' conversations to the manufacturer</a>. Guess what?
<a
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+<p>Lots of</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201702280">
+ <p>“CloudPets” toys with microphones</em></ins></span>
<a
+<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.wired.com/2014/04/hospital-equipment-vulnerable/">
+hospital equipment has lousy security</a>, and it can be fatal.</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p><a
+href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/12/credit-card-fraud-comes-of-age-with-first-known-point-of-sale-botnet/">
+Point-of-sale terminals running Windows were taken over</a> and turned
+into a botnet for</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/28/cloudpets-data-breach-leaks-details-of-500000-children-and-adults">
+ leak childrens' conversations to</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>purpose of collecting customers' credit card
+numbers.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>manufacturer</a>. Guess what? <a
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pgwean/internet-of-things-teddy-bear-leaked-2-million-parent-and-kids-message-recordings">
Crackers found a way to access the data</a> collected by the
manufacturer's snooping.</p>
@@ -561,36 +673,59 @@
<p>If you buy a used “smart”
car, house, TV, refrigerator, etc., usually <a
href="http://boingboing.net/2017/02/20/the-previous-owners-of-used.html">the
- previous owners can still remotely control it</a>.</p>
+ previous owners can still remotely control
it</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201702060">
- <p>Vizio “smart” <a
-
href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2017/02/what-vizio-was-doing-behind-tv-screen">TVs
- report everything that</em></ins></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>an “open” platform
so</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>viewed on them, and
not just broadcasts and
- cable</a>. Even if</em></ins></span> the
-<span class="removed"><del><strong>problem</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>image</em></ins></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>partly</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>coming from the user's own computer,
- the TV reports what it is. The existence of a way to disable the
- surveillance, even if it were not hidden as it was in these TVs,
- does not legitimize the surveillance.</p>
+ <li <span
class="removed"><del><strong>id="vizio-snoop"></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="M201702060"></em></ins></span>
+ <p>Vizio <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>“smart”</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://boingboing.net/2015/04/30/telescreen-watch-vizio-adds-s.html">
+used a firmware “upgrade” to make its TVs
snoop</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2017/02/what-vizio-was-doing-behind-tv-screen">TVs
+ report everything that is viewed</em></ins></span> on <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>them, and not just broadcasts and
+ cable</a>. Even if the image is coming from the user's own computer,
+ the TV reports</em></ins></span> what
+<span class="removed"><del><strong>users
watch</a>.</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>it
is.</em></ins></span> The <span class="removed"><del><strong>TVs
did</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>existence of a way to
disable the
+ surveillance, even if it were</em></ins></span> not <span
class="removed"><del><strong>do that when first sold.</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p>LG <a
+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> on <em>previously
purchased</em>
+“smart”</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>hidden as it was in these</em></ins></span> TVs,
<span class="removed"><del><strong>unless</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>does not legitimize</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>purchasers agreed to let LG
+begin to snoop on them and distribute their personal
data.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>surveillance.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201612230">
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+<p><a
+href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/wi-fi-spy-barbie-records-childrens-5177673">
+Barbie is going</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201612230">
<p>VR equipment, measuring every slight motion,
creates the potential for the most intimate
- surveillance ever. All it takes to make this potential real <a
+ surveillance ever. All it takes</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>spy</a></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>make this potential real <a
href="https://theintercept.com/2016/12/23/virtual-reality-allows-the-most-detailed-intimate-digital-surveillance-yet/">is
software as malicious as many other programs listed in this
page</a>.</p>
<p>You can bet Facebook will implement the maximum possible
- surveillance on Oculus Rift devices. The moral is, never trust a VR
- system with nonfree software in it.</p>
+ surveillance</em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>children and adults.</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p><a
+href="http://boingboing.net/2012/12/29/your-cisco-phone-is-listening.html">
+Cisco TNP IP phones are spying
devices</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Oculus Rift devices. The moral is, never trust a VR
+ system with nonfree software in it.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201612200">
- <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
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li></strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201612200"></em></ins></span>
+ <p>The <span class="inserted"><ins><em>developer of Ham Radio
Deluxe</em></ins></span> <a
+<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34922712">Nest
Cam</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>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>
@@ -600,59 +735,88 @@
</li>
<li id="M201612060.1">
- <p>The “smart” toys My Friend Cayla and i-Que can be
<a
+ <p>The</em></ins></span> “smart” <span
class="removed"><del><strong>camera</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>toys My Friend Cayla and i-Que can be <a
href="https://www.forbrukerradet.no/siste-nytt/connected-toys-violate-consumer-laws">remotely
- controlled with a mobile phone</a>; physical access is not
+ controlled with a mobile phone</a>; physical
access</em></ins></span> is <span class="removed"><del><strong>always
watching</a>,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>not
necessary. This would enable crackers to listen in on a child's
- conversations, and even speak into the toys themselves.</p>
+ conversations, and</em></ins></span> even <span
class="removed"><del><strong>when</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>speak into</em></ins></span> the
+<span class="removed"><del><strong>“owner” switches it
“off.”</p>
- <p>This means a burglar could speak into the toys and ask the child
- to unlock the front door while Mommy's not looking.</p>
+<p>A “smart” device</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>toys themselves.</p>
+
+ <p>This</em></ins></span> means <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the manufacturer is using it</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>a burglar could speak into the toys and ask the
child</em></ins></span>
+ to <span class="removed"><del><strong>outsmart
+you.</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>unlock
the front door while Mommy's not looking.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201609200">
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+<p>Vizio goes a step further than other TV manufacturers in
spying</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201609200">
<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
+ DRM</em></ins></span> on
+<span class="removed"><del><strong>their users: their</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>some printers, which now refuse to function
with third-party
ink cartridges</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201608080">
- <p>Ransomware <a
-
href="https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/thermostat-ransomware-a-lesson-in-iot-security/">
- has been developed for a thermostat that uses proprietary
+ <p>Ransomware</em></ins></span> <a
+<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.propublica.org/article/own-a-vizio-smart-tv-its-watching-you">
+“smart” TVs analyze your viewing habits in detail and
+link them your IP address</a> so</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/thermostat-ransomware-a-lesson-in-iot-security/">
+ has been developed for a thermostat</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>advertisers</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>uses proprietary
software</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201605020">
<p>Samsung's “Smart Home” has a big security hole; <a
href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/05/samsung-smart-home-flaws-lets-hackers-make-keys-to-front-door/">
- unauthorized people can remotely control it</a>.</p>
+ unauthorized people</em></ins></span> can <span
class="removed"><del><strong>track you
+across devices.</p>
+
+<p>It is possible to turn</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>remotely control it</a>.</p>
- <p>Samsung claims that this is an “open” platform so the
- problem is partly the fault of app developers. That is clearly true
- if the apps are proprietary software.</p>
+ <p>Samsung claims that</em></ins></span> this <span
class="removed"><del><strong>off, but having it enabled by
default</strong></del></span> is an <span
class="removed"><del><strong>injustice already.</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p>Tivo's alliance with Viacom adds 2.3 million households
to</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>“open”
platform so</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>600
+millions social media profiles</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>problem is partly</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>company already monitors. Tivo
+customers</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>fault of app
developers. That is clearly true
+ if the apps</em></ins></span> are <span
class="removed"><del><strong>unaware they're being watched by advertisers. By
+combining TV viewing information with online social media
+participation, Tivo can now</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>proprietary software.</p>
<p>Anything whose name is “Smart” is most likely going
to screw you.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201604110">
- <p>Malware was found on <a
-
href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2016/04/11/security_cameras_sold_through_amazon_have_malware_according_to_security.html">
+ <p>Malware was found on</em></ins></span> <a
+<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.reuters.com/article/viacom-tivo-idUSL1N12U1VV20151102">
+correlate TV advertisement</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2016/04/11/security_cameras_sold_through_amazon_have_malware_according_to_security.html">
security cameras available through Amazon</a>.</p>
<p>A camera that records locally on physical media, and has no
network
- connection, does not threaten people with surveillance—neither
- by watching people through the camera, nor through malware in the
- camera.</p>
+ connection, does not threaten people</em></ins></span> with <span
class="removed"><del><strong>online purchases</a>, exposing all
+users to new combined surveillance</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>surveillance—neither</em></ins></span>
+ by <span
class="removed"><del><strong>default.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>watching people through the camera, nor through
malware in the
+ camera.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201604050">
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+<p>Some web and TV advertisements play inaudible
sounds</strong></del></span>
+
+ <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> to function, by shutting down the server.
+ depended on a server</a></em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>be picked
+up</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>function,</em></ins></span> by <span
class="removed"><del><strong>proprietary malware running</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>shutting down the server.
The lesson is, reject all such products. Insist on self-contained
computers that run free software!</p>
</li>
@@ -749,145 +913,69 @@
<li id="M201511020">
<p>Tivo's alliance with Viacom adds 2.3 million households
- to</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>fault of app
developers. That is clearly true if</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>600 millions social media profiles</em></ins></span>
the <span class="removed"><del><strong>apps</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>company
- already monitors. Tivo customers</em></ins></span> are <span
class="removed"><del><strong>proprietary software.</p>
-
-<p>Anything whose name is “Smart” is most likely going to
-screw you.</p>
-</li>
-
-<li>
-<p>
-Malware found on</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>unaware
they're
+ to the 600 millions social media profiles the company
+ already monitors. Tivo customers are unaware they're
being watched by advertisers. By combining TV viewing
- information with online social media participation, Tivo can
now</em></ins></span> <a
-<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2016/04/11/security_cameras_sold_through_amazon_have_malware_according_to_security.html">
-security cameras available through Amazon</a>.
-</p>
-
-<p>A camera that records locally on physical media, and has no network
-connection, does not threaten people</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.reuters.com/article/viacom-tivo-idUSL1N12U1VV20151102">
- correlate TV advertisement</em></ins></span> with <span
class="removed"><del><strong>surveillance—neither</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>online purchases</a>, exposing all
- users to new combined surveillance</em></ins></span> by <span
class="removed"><del><strong>watching people through the camera, nor through
malware in the
-camera.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>default.</p></em></ins></span>
+ information with online social media participation, Tivo can now <a
+ href="http://www.reuters.com/article/viacom-tivo-idUSL1N12U1VV20151102">
+ correlate TV advertisement with online purchases</a>, exposing all
+ users to new combined surveillance by default.</p>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
-<p> <a
-href="http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/latest-security-news/10-second-hack-delivers-first-ever-malware-to-fitness-trackers/">
-FitBit</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201510210">
- <p>FitBit</em></ins></span> fitness trackers have a <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
-
href="http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/latest-security-news/10-second-hack-delivers-first-ever-malware-to-fitness-trackers/"></em></ins></span>
+ <li id="M201510210">
+ <p>FitBit fitness trackers have a <a
+
href="http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/latest-security-news/10-second-hack-delivers-first-ever-malware-to-fitness-trackers/">
Bluetooth vulnerability</a> that allows attackers to send malware
to the devices, which can subsequently spread to computers and other
FitBit trackers that interact with them.</p>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
-<p> “Self-encrypting”</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201510200">
- <p>“Self-encrypting”</em></ins></span> disk drives
+ <li id="M201510200">
+ <p>“Self-encrypting” disk drives
do the encryption with proprietary firmware so you
- can't trust it. Western Digital's <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
-href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_uk/read/some-popular-self-encrypting-hard-drives-have-really-bad-encryption"></strong></del></span>
“My Passport” drives <span class="inserted"><ins><em><a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mgbmma/some-popular-self-encrypting-hard-drives-have-really-bad-encryption"></em></ins></span>
+ can't trust it. Western Digital's “My Passport” drives <a
+
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mgbmma/some-popular-self-encrypting-hard-drives-have-really-bad-encryption">
have a back door</a>.</p>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
-<p>
-Hospira infusion pumps, which</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201507240">
+ <li id="M201507240">
<p>Vizio “smart” TVs recognize and <a
href="http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/24/vizio-ipo-inscape-acr/">track
- what people</em></ins></span> are <span class="removed"><del><strong>used
to administer drugs to
-a patient, were rated “<a
-href="https://securityledger.com/2015/05/researcher-drug-pump-the-least-secure-ip-device-ive-ever-seen/">
-least secure IP device I've ever seen</a>”
by</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>watching</a>,
even if it isn't</em></ins></span> a <span class="removed"><del><strong>security
-researcher.</p>
-
-<p>Depending on what drug is being infused, the insecurity could
-open the door to murder.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>TV channel.</p></em></ins></span>
+ what people are watching</a>, even if it isn't a TV
channel.</p>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li></strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201506080"></em></ins></span>
+ <li id="M201506080">
<p>Due to bad security in a drug pump, crackers could use it to <a
href="http://www.wired.com/2015/06/hackers-can-send-fatal-doses-hospital-drug-pumps/">
kill patients</a>.</p>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
-<p><a
-href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/07/26/smart-homes-hack/">
-“Smart homes”</a> turn out to be stupidly vulnerable to
-intrusion.</p>
-</li>
-
-<li>
-<p>The <a
-href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/05/technology/ftc-says-webcams-flaw-put-users-lives-on-display.html">
-FTC punished a company for making webcams with bad security</a> so
-that it was easy for anyone to watch them.</p>
-</li>
-
-<li>
-<p>It is possible to <a
-href="http://siliconangle.com/blog/2013/07/27/famed-hacker-barnaby-jack-dies-days-before-scheduled-black-hat-appearance/">
-kill people by taking control of medical implants by radio</a>. More
-information in <a
-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17631838">BBC News</a> and
-<a
-href="http://blog.ioactive.com/2013/02/broken-hearts-how-plausible-was.html">
-IOActive Labs Research blog</a>.</p>
-</li>
-
-<li>
-<p>Lots of</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201505290">
- <p>Verizon cable TV</em></ins></span> <a
-<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.wired.com/2014/04/hospital-equipment-vulnerable/">
-hospital equipment has lousy security</a>,</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/05/verizon-fios-reps-know-what-tv-channels-you-watch/">
- snoops on what programs people watch,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>it can be fatal.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>even what they wanted to
- record</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <li id="M201505290">
+ <p>Verizon cable TV <a
+
href="http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/05/verizon-fios-reps-know-what-tv-channels-you-watch/">
+ snoops on what programs people watch, and even what they wanted to
+ record</a>.</p>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
-<p><a
-href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/12/credit-card-fraud-comes-of-age-with-first-known-point-of-sale-botnet/">
-Point-of-sale terminals running Windows</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201505050">
+ <li id="M201505050">
<p>Hospira infusion pumps, which are used
- to administer drugs to a patient,</em></ins></span> were <span
class="removed"><del><strong>taken over</a> and turned
-into</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>rated “<a
+ to administer drugs to a patient, were rated “<a
href="https://securityledger.com/2015/05/researcher-drug-pump-the-least-secure-ip-device-ive-ever-seen/">least
- secure IP device I've ever seen</a>” by</em></ins></span> a
<span class="removed"><del><strong>botnet for</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>security
+ secure IP device I've ever seen</a>” by a security
researcher.</p>
- <p>Depending on what drug is being infused,</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>purpose of collecting customers' credit card
-numbers.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>insecurity could open
- the door to murder.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <p>Depending on what drug is being infused, the insecurity could open
+ the door to murder.</p>
</li>
- <li <span
class="removed"><del><strong>id="vizio-snoop"></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="M201504300"></em></ins></span>
+ <li id="M201504300">
<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>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li></strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201502180">
+ <li id="M201502180">
<p>Barbie <a
href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/wi-fi-spy-barbie-records-childrens-5177673">is
going to spy on children and adults</a>.</p>
@@ -939,7 +1027,7 @@
data about the user</a>.</p>
</li>
- <li id="M201405200.1"></em></ins></span>
+ <li id="M201405200.1">
<p>LG <a
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> on <em>previously
purchased</em>
@@ -947,80 +1035,35 @@
to snoop on them and distribute their personal data.</p>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
-<p><a
-href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/wi-fi-spy-barbie-records-childrens-5177673">
-Barbie is going to spy</a> on children</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201404250">
+ <li id="M201404250">
<p>Lots of <a
href="http://www.wired.com/2014/04/hospital-equipment-vulnerable/">
- hospital equipment has lousy security</a>,</em></ins></span> and
<span class="removed"><del><strong>adults.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>it can be fatal.</p></em></ins></span>
+ hospital equipment has lousy security</a>, and it can be
fatal.</p>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li></strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201312290"></em></ins></span>
- <p><a
-<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://boingboing.net/2012/12/29/your-cisco-phone-is-listening.html">
-Cisco TNP IP phones are spying devices</a>.</p>
-</li>
-
-<li>
-<p>The <a
-href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34922712">Nest Cam
-“smart” camera is always watching</a>, even when the
-“owner” switches</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=3554">
Some flash
+ <li id="M201312290">
+ <p><a href="http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=3554"> Some
flash
memories have modifiable software</a>, which makes them vulnerable
to viruses.</p>
- <p>We don't call this a “back door”
because</em></ins></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>“off.”</p>
-
-<p>A “smart” device means the
manufacturer</strong></del></span> is <span class="removed"><del><strong>using
it</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>normal
- that you can install a new system in a computer, given physical
access</em></ins></span>
- to <span class="removed"><del><strong>outsmart
-you.</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>it.
However, memory sticks and cards should not be modifiable in
- this way.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <p>We don't call this a “back door” because it is normal
+ that you can install a new system in a computer, given physical access
+ to it. However, memory sticks and cards should not be modifiable in
+ this way.</p>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
-<p>Vizio goes</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201312040">
+ <li id="M201312040">
<p><a
href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/12/credit-card-fraud-comes-of-age-with-first-known-point-of-sale-botnet/">
Point-of-sale terminals running Windows were taken over</a> and
- turned into</em></ins></span> a <span class="removed"><del><strong>step
further than other TV manufacturers</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>botnet for the purpose of collecting customers' credit
+ turned into a botnet for the purpose of collecting customers' credit
card numbers.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201311210">
- <p>Spyware</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>spying on
-their users: their <a
-href="http://www.propublica.org/article/own-a-vizio-smart-tv-its-watching-you"></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>LG</em></ins></span> “smart” TVs
<span class="removed"><del><strong>analyze your viewing habits in
detail</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+ <p>Spyware in LG “smart” TVs <a
href="http://doctorbeet.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/lg-smart-tvs-logging-usb-filenames-and.html">
- reports what the user watches,</em></ins></span> and
-<span class="removed"><del><strong>link them your IP address</a> so that
advertisers can track you
-across devices.</p>
-
-<p>It is possible</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the switch</em></ins></span> to turn this <span
class="removed"><del><strong>off, but having it enabled by default
-is an injustice already.</p>
-</li>
-
-<li>
-<p>Tivo's alliance with Viacom adds 2.3 million households to the 600
-millions social media profiles the company already monitors. Tivo
-customers are unaware they're being watched by advertisers. By
-combining TV viewing information with online social media
-participation, Tivo can now <a
-href="http://www.reuters.com/article/viacom-tivo-idUSL1N12U1VV20151102">
-correlate TV advertisement with online purchases</a>, exposing all
-users to new combined surveillance by default.</p>
-</li>
-
-<li>
-<p>Some web and TV advertisements play inaudible sounds to be picked
-up by proprietary malware running</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>off has
+ reports what the user watches, and the switch to turn this off has
no effect</a>. (The fact that the transmission reports a 404 error
really means nothing; the server could save that data anyway.)</p>
@@ -1229,7 +1272,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/02/09 23:00:28 $
+$Date: 2019/02/22 11:31:43 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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msgstr ""
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-"POT-Creation-Date: 2019-02-09 22:56+0000\n"
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+"in the own words of the company's CTO, and this data is sold to third "
+"parties. This is in return for “better service” (meaning more "
+"intrusive ads?) and slightly lower retail prices."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"don't know what is actually happening behind the scenes, and there is no "
+"guarantee that all future updates will leave the settings unchanged."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
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+"always possible. Another option, if you are technically oriented, is to get "
+"your own router (which can be an old computer running completely free "
+"software), and set up a firewall to block connections to Vizio's servers. "
+"Or, as a last resort, you can replace your TV with another model."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"Nearly all “home security cameras” <a href=\"https://www.";
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+"in the own words of the company's CTO, and this data is sold to third "
+"parties. This is in return for “better service” (meaning more "
+"intrusive ads?) and slightly lower retail prices."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"What is supposed to make this spying acceptable, according to him, is that "
+"it is opt-in in newer models. But since the Vizio software is nonfree, we "
+"don't know what is actually happening behind the scenes, and there is no "
+"guarantee that all future updates will leave the settings unchanged."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
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+"your own router (which can be an old computer running completely free "
+"software), and set up a firewall to block connections to Vizio's servers. "
+"Or, as a last resort, you can replace your TV with another model."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"Nearly all “home security cameras” <a href=\"https://www.";
"consumerreports.org/privacy/d-link-camera-poses-data-security-risk--consumer-"
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msgstr ""
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"
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and "
+"this data is sold to third parties. This is in return for “better "
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+"prices."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"What is supposed to make this spying acceptable, according to him, is that "
+"it is opt-in in newer models. But since the Vizio software is nonfree, we "
+"don't know what is actually happening behind the scenes, and there is no "
+"guarantee that all future updates will leave the settings unchanged."
+msgstr ""
+
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+msgid ""
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+"your own router (which can be an old computer running completely free "
+"software), and set up a firewall to block connections to Vizio's "
+"servers. Or, as a last resort, you can replace your TV with another model."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"Nearly all “home security cameras” <a "
"href=\"https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/d-link-camera-poses-data-security-risk--consumer-reports-finds/\";>
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+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
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+"don't know what is actually happening behind the scenes, and there is no "
+"guarantee that all future updates will leave the settings unchanged."
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+
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+"software), and set up a firewall to block connections to Vizio's servers. "
+"Or, as a last resort, you can replace your TV with another model."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"Nearly all “home security cameras” <a href=\"https://www.";
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+"in the own words of the company's CTO, and this data is sold to third "
+"parties. This is in return for “better service” (meaning more "
+"intrusive ads?) and slightly lower retail prices."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
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+"it is opt-in in newer models. But since the Vizio software is nonfree, we "
+"don't know what is actually happening behind the scenes, and there is no "
+"guarantee that all future updates will leave the settings unchanged."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
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+"your own router (which can be an old computer running completely free "
+"software), and set up a firewall to block connections to Vizio's servers. "
+"Or, as a last resort, you can replace your TV with another model."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"Nearly all “home security cameras” <a href=\"https://www.";
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+"in the own words of the company's CTO, and this data is sold to third "
+"parties. This is in return for “better service” (meaning more "
+"intrusive ads?) and slightly lower retail prices."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"it is opt-in in newer models. But since the Vizio software is nonfree, we "
+"don't know what is actually happening behind the scenes, and there is no "
+"guarantee that all future updates will leave the settings unchanged."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"your own router (which can be an old computer running completely free "
+"software), and set up a firewall to block connections to Vizio's servers. "
+"Or, as a last resort, you can replace your TV with another model."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"Nearly all “home security cameras” <a href=\"https://www.";
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+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"don't know what is actually happening behind the scenes, and there is no "
+"guarantee that all future updates will leave the settings unchanged."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"always possible. Another option, if you are technically oriented, is to get "
+"your own router (which can be an old computer running completely free "
+"software), and set up a firewall to block connections to Vizio's servers. "
+"Or, as a last resort, you can replace your TV with another model."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"Nearly all “home security cameras” <a href=\"https://www.";
"consumerreports.org/privacy/d-link-camera-poses-data-security-risk--consumer-"
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<dt>WiFi Protector VPN</dt>
<dd>Injects JavaScript code into HTML pages, and also uses
- roughly 5 tracking libraries. Developers of this app have
- confirmed that the non-premium version</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>still counts as a
+ roughly 5 tracking libraries. Developers</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>still counts as a
surveillance functionality.</p>
- <p>Unknown people apparently took advantage</em></ins></span> of
<span class="removed"><del><strong>the app does
- JavaScript injection for tracking and display ads.</dd>
- </dl>
-</li>
-<li>
- <p><a
href="http://www.privmetrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/wisec2015.pdf">A
study in 2015</a> found that 90%</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>this to <a
+ <p>Unknown people apparently took advantage of this to <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/01/naked-celebrity-hack-icloud-backup-jennifer-lawrence">get
- nude photos</em></ins></span> of <span class="removed"><del><strong>the
top-ranked gratis
- proprietary Android apps contained recognizable tracking libraries. For
- the paid proprietary apps, it was only 60%.</p>
-
- <p>The article confusingly describes gratis apps as
“free”,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>many
celebrities</a>. They needed to break Apple's
- security to get at them,</em></ins></span> but <span
class="removed"><del><strong>most</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>NSA can access any</em></ins></span> of them <span
class="removed"><del><strong>are not in fact</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>through</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free
software</a>.
- It also uses the ugly word “monetize”. A good replacement
- for that word is “exploit”; nearly always that will fit
- perfectly.</p></strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html#digitalcash">PRISM</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ nude photos of many celebrities</a>. They needed to break Apple's
+ security to get at them, but NSA can access any of them through <a
+
href="/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html#digitalcash">PRISM</a>.</p>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
- <p>Apps</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201409220">
+ <li id="M201409220">
<p>Apple can, and regularly does, <a
href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/05/new-guidelines-outline-what-iphone-data-apple-can-give-to-police/">
- remotely extract some data from iPhones</em></ins></span> for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>BART</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the state</a>.</p>
-
- <p>This may have improved with</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://consumerist.com/2017/05/23/passengers-say-commuter-rail-app-illegally-collects-personal-user-data/">snoop
on users</a>.</p>
- <p>With free software apps, users could <em>make sure</em>
that they don't snoop.</p>
- <p>With proprietary apps, one can only hope that they don't.</p>
-</li>
+ remotely extract some data from iPhones for the state</a>.</p>
-<li>
- <p>A study found 234 Android apps that track users
by</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/2014/09/17/2612af58-3ed2-11e4-b03f-de718edeb92f_story.html">
- iOS 8 security improvements</a>; but</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/234-android-applications-are-currently-using-ultrasonic-beacons-to-track-users/">listening
- to ultrasound from beacons placed in stores or played by TV
programs</a>.
- </p></strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/09/22/apple-data/">
- not as much as Apple claims</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <p>This may have improved with <a
+
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/2014/09/17/2612af58-3ed2-11e4-b03f-de718edeb92f_story.html">
+ iOS 8 security improvements</a>; but <a
+ href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/09/22/apple-data/">
+ not as much as Apple claims</a>.</p>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
- <p>Pairs</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201407230">
+ <li id="M201407230">
<p><a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/23/iphone-backdoors-surveillance-forensic-services">
- Several “features”</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Android apps can collude to transmit users'
personal
- data</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>iOS
seem</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>servers.</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>exist
- for no possible purpose other than surveillance</a>. Here is
the</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/04/when-apps-collude-to-steal-your-data/522177/">A
study found
- tens of thousands of pairs that
collude</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/iOS_Backdoors_Attack_Points_Surveillance_Mechanisms_Moved.pdf">
- Technical presentation</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ Several “features” of iOS seem to exist
+ for no possible purpose other than surveillance</a>. Here is the
<a
+
href="http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/iOS_Backdoors_Attack_Points_Surveillance_Mechanisms_Moved.pdf">
+ Technical presentation</a>.</p>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
-<p>Google Play intentionally sends app developers</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201401100">
- <p>The</em></ins></span> <a
-<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/google-play-store-policy-raises-privacy-concerns-331116"></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>class="not-a-duplicate"
+ <li id="M201401100">
+ <p>The <a class="not-a-duplicate"
href="http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/privacy-advocates-worry-over-new-apple-iphone-tracking-feature-161836223.html">
- iBeacon</a> lets stores determine exactly where</em></ins></span>
the <span class="removed"><del><strong>personal details of users that
install</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>iThing is, and
+ iBeacon</a> lets stores determine exactly where the iThing is, and
get other info too.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201312300">
<p><a
href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-30/how-nsa-hacks-your-iphone-presenting-dropout-jeep">
- Either Apple helps</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>app</a>.</p>
-
-<p>Merely asking</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>NSA snoop on all</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>“consent” of
users</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>data in an iThing,
or it</em></ins></span>
- is <span class="removed"><del><strong>not enough
-to legitimize actions like this. At this point, most users have
-stopped reading the “Terms and Conditions”</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>totally incompetent</a>.</p>
+ Either Apple helps the NSA snoop on all the data in an iThing, or it
+ is totally incompetent</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201308080">
<p>The iThing also <a
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/08/ios7_tracking_now_its_a_favourite_feature/">
- tells Apple its geolocation</a> by default, though</em></ins></span>
that <span class="removed"><del><strong>spell out
-what they are “consenting” to. Google should clearly
-and honestly identify the information it collects on</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>can be
+ tells Apple its geolocation</a> by default, though that can be
turned off.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201210170">
- <p>There is also a feature for web sites to track</em></ins></span>
users, <span class="removed"><del><strong>instead
-of hiding</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>which is <a
+ <p>There is also a feature for web sites to track users, which is
<a
href="http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/10/17/how-to-disable-apple-ios-user-tracking-ios-6/">
- enabled by default</a>. (That article talks about iOS 6,
but</em></ins></span> it <span class="inserted"><ins><em>is
- still true</em></ins></span> in <span class="inserted"><ins><em>iOS
7.)</p>
+ enabled by default</a>. (That article talks about iOS 6, but it is
+ still true in iOS 7.)</p>
</li>
<li id="M201204280">
- <p>Users cannot make</em></ins></span> an <span
class="removed"><del><strong>obscurely worded EULA.</p>
-
-<p>However,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Apple
ID (<a
-
href="https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/49951/how-can-i-download-free-apps-without-registering-an-apple-id">necessary</em></ins></span>
- to <span class="removed"><del><strong>truly protect people's privacy, we
must prevent Google</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>install even gratis apps</a>) without giving a
valid
- email address</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>other companies</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>receiving the verification code Apple sends
+ <p>Users cannot make an Apple ID (<a
+
href="https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/49951/how-can-i-download-free-apps-without-registering-an-apple-id">necessary
+ to install even gratis apps</a>) without giving a valid
+ email address and receiving the verification code Apple sends
to it.</p>
</li>
</ul>
@@ -832,9 +790,8 @@
<li id="M201812060">
<p>Facebook's app got “consent” to <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/06/facebook-emails-reveal-discussions-over-call-log-consent">
- upload call logs automatically</em></ins></span> from <span
class="removed"><del><strong>getting this personal information
in</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Android
phones</a> while disguising
- what</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>first
-place!</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>“consent” was for.</p>
+ upload call logs automatically from Android phones</a> while
disguising
+ what the “consent” was for.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201711210">
@@ -847,12 +804,10 @@
<li id="M201611150">
<p>Some portable phones <a
href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kryptowire-discovered-mobile-phone-firmware-that-transmitted-personally-identifiable-information-pii-without-user-consent-or-disclosure-300362844.html">are
- sold with spyware sending lots of data to
China</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ sold with spyware sending lots of data to China</a>.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li></strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201609140"></em></ins></span>
+ <li id="M201609140">
<p>Google Play (a component of Android) <a
href="https://www.extremetech.com/mobile/235594-yes-google-play-is-tracking-you-and-thats-just-the-tip-of-a-very-large-iceberg">
tracks the users' movements without their permission</a>.</p>
@@ -864,94 +819,59 @@
unthinkable with free software.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>More than 73% of the
most popular Android apps</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201507030">
- <p>Samsung phones come with</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://jots.pub/a/2015103001/index.php">share
personal,
- behavioral</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/07/samsung-sued-for-loading-devices-with-unremovable-crapware-in-china/">apps
- that users can't delete</a>,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>location information</a>
of</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>they send so much data
that</em></ins></span> their <span class="removed"><del><strong>users with
third parties.</p></strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>transmission is a substantial expense for
users. Said transmission,
+ <li id="M201507030">
+ <p>Samsung phones come with <a
+
href="http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/07/samsung-sued-for-loading-devices-with-unremovable-crapware-in-china/">apps
+ that users can't delete</a>, and they send so much data that their
+ transmission is a substantial expense for users. Said transmission,
not wanted or requested by the user, clearly must constitute spying
- of some kind.</p></em></ins></span>
+ of some kind.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>“Cryptic
communication,” unrelated</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201403120">
+ <li id="M201403120">
<p><a href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#samsung">
- Samsung's back door</a> provides access</em></ins></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>any file on</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>app's functionality,
- was <a
href="http://news.mit.edu/2015/data-transferred-android-apps-hiding-1119">
- found</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>system.</p>
+ Samsung's back door</a> provides access to any file on the
system.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201308010">
- <p>Spyware</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the 500 most popular gratis</strong></del></span>
Android <span class="removed"><del><strong>apps</a>.</p>
-
- <p>The article should not have described these apps as
- “free”—they are not free software.</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>phones (and Windows?
laptops):</em></ins></span> The <span class="removed"><del><strong>clear way to
say
- “zero price” is “gratis.”</p>
-
- <p>The</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Wall
Street
- Journal (in an</em></ins></span> article <span
class="removed"><del><strong>takes for granted</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>blocked from us by a paywall)
reports</em></ins></span> that <span class="inserted"><ins><em><a
-
href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/1/4580718/fbi-can-remotely-activate-android-and-laptop-microphones-reports-wsj"></em></ins></span>
- the <span class="removed"><del><strong>usual analytics tools are
- legitimate, but is that valid? Software developers have no right to
- analyze what users are doing or how. “Analytics” tools that
snoop are
- just as wrong as any other snooping.</p>
- </li>
- <li><p>Gratis</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>FBI can remotely activate the GPS and microphone
in</em></ins></span> Android <span class="removed"><del><strong>apps (but not
<a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>)
- connect to 100
- <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/06/free-android-apps-connect-tracking-advertising-websites">tracking</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>phones</em></ins></span>
- and <span class="removed"><del><strong>advertising</a> URLs,
- on the average.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>laptops</a>. (I suspect this means Windows
laptops.) Here is <a
- href="http://cryptome.org/2013/08/fbi-hackers.htm">more
info</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
- </li>
- <span
class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Spyware</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201307280">
- <p>Spyware</em></ins></span> is present in some Android devices when
they are
- sold. Some Motorola <span class="removed"><del><strong>phones
modify</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>phones, made when
this company was owned
- by Google, use a modified version of</em></ins></span> Android <span
class="removed"><del><strong>to</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>that</em></ins></span> <a
-
href="http://www.beneaththewaves.net/Projects/Motorola_Is_Listening.html">
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>send</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>sends</em></ins></span> personal data to
Motorola</a>.</p>
+ <p>Spyware in Android phones (and Windows? laptops): The Wall Street
+ Journal (in an article blocked from us by a paywall) reports that <a
+
href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/1/4580718/fbi-can-remotely-activate-android-and-laptop-microphones-reports-wsj">
+ the FBI can remotely activate the GPS and microphone in Android phones
+ and laptops</a>. (I suspect this means Windows laptops.) Here is
<a
+ href="http://cryptome.org/2013/08/fbi-hackers.htm">more
info</a>.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Some manufacturers add
a</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201307250">
- <p>A Motorola phone</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://androidsecuritytest.com/features/logs-and-services/loggers/carrieriq/">
- hidden general surveillance package such as Carrier
IQ.</a></p>
+ <li id="M201307280">
+ <p>Spyware is present in some Android devices when they are
+ sold. Some Motorola phones, made when this company was owned
+ by Google, use a modified version of Android that <a
+
href="http://www.beneaththewaves.net/Projects/Motorola_Is_Listening.html">
+ sends personal data to Motorola</a>.</p>
</li>
- <li><p><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#samsung">
- Samsung's back door</a> provides access to any file
on</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.itproportal.com/2013/07/25/motorolas-new-x8-arm-chip-underpinning-the-always-on-future-of-android/">
- listens for voice all</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>system.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>time</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <li id="M201307250">
+ <p>A Motorola phone <a
+
href="http://www.itproportal.com/2013/07/25/motorolas-new-x8-arm-chip-underpinning-the-always-on-future-of-android/">
+ listens for voice all the time</a>.</p>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
-
-
-
-<!-- #SpywareOnMobiles -->
-<!-- WEBMASTERS: make sure</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201302150">
+ <li id="M201302150">
<p>Google Play intentionally sends app developers <a
href="http://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/google-play-store-policy-raises-privacy-concerns-331116">
the personal details of users that install the app</a>.</p>
- <p>Merely asking the “consent” of users is not
enough</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>place new items
on top under each subsection --></strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>legitimize actions like this. At this
point, most users have stopped
- reading the “Terms and Conditions” that spell out what
+ <p>Merely asking the “consent”</em></ins></span> of
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>users is not enough to
+ legitimize actions like this. At</em></ins></span> this <span
class="removed"><del><strong>app</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>point, most users</em></ins></span> have
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>confirmed</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>stopped
+ reading the “Terms and Conditions”</em></ins></span> that
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>spell out what
they are “consenting” to. Google should clearly and
- honestly identify the information it collects on users, instead of
- hiding it in an obscurely worded EULA.</p>
+ honestly identify</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>non-premium version</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>information it collects on users,
instead</em></ins></span> of
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>hiding it in an obscurely worded
EULA.</p>
<p>However, to truly protect people's privacy, we must prevent Google
- and other companies from getting this personal information in the
- first place!</p>
+ and other companies from getting this personal information
in</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>app
does</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>first place!</p>
</li>
<li id="M201111170">
@@ -969,74 +889,73 @@
<ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M201603080">
- <p>E-books can contain JavaScript code, and <a
+ <p>E-books can contain</em></ins></span> JavaScript <span
class="removed"><del><strong>injection for tracking</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>code,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>display ads.</dd>
+ </dl></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em><a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/08/men-make-up-their-minds-about-books-faster-than-women-study-finds">
- sometimes this code snoops on readers</a>.</p>
+ sometimes this code snoops on
readers</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+ <p><a
href="http://www.privmetrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/wisec2015.pdf">A
study in 2015</a> found that 90% of the top-ranked gratis
+ proprietary Android apps contained recognizable tracking libraries.
For</strong></del></span>
- <li id="M201410080">
- <p>Adobe made “Digital Editions,”
- the e-reader used by most US libraries, <a
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201410080">
+ <p>Adobe made “Digital Editions,”</em></ins></span>
+ the <span class="removed"><del><strong>paid proprietary apps, it was only
60%.</p>
+
+ <p>The article confusingly describes gratis apps as “free”,
+ but</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>e-reader used
by</em></ins></span> most <span class="inserted"><ins><em>US libraries, <a
href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/drm-strikes-again-3575860/">
- send lots of data to Adobe</a>. Adobe's “excuse”: it's
+ send lots</em></ins></span> of <span class="removed"><del><strong>them are
not</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>data to
Adobe</a>. Adobe's “excuse”: it's
needed to check DRM!</p>
</li>
<li id="M201212030">
- <p>Spyware in many e-readers—not only the Kindle: <a
- href="https://www.eff.org/pages/reader-privacy-chart-2012"> they
- report even which page the user reads at what time</a>.</p>
+ <p>Spyware</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>fact</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>many e-readers—not only the
Kindle:</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free
software</a>.
+ It also uses</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.eff.org/pages/reader-privacy-chart-2012">
they
+ report even which page</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>ugly word “monetize”. A good
replacement</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>user reads at
what time</a>.</p>
</li>
-</ul></em></ins></span>
+</ul>
<div class="big-section">
- <h3 <span class="removed"><del><strong>id="SpywareOnMobiles">Spyware
on Mobiles</h3></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="SpywareInApplications">Spyware in
Applications</h3></em></ins></span>
- <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="#SpywareOnMobiles">#SpywareOnMobiles</a>)</span></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="#SpywareInApplications">#SpywareInApplications</a>)</span></em></ins></span>
+ <h3 id="SpywareInApplications">Spyware in Applications</h3>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInApplications">#SpywareInApplications</a>)</span>
</div>
<div style="clear: left;"></div>
<div class="big-subsection">
- <h4 <span class="removed"><del><strong>id="SpywareIniThings">Spyware
in iThings</h4></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="SpywareInDesktopApps">Desktop
Apps</h4></em></ins></span>
- <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="#SpywareIniThings">#SpywareIniThings</a>)</span></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="#SpywareInDesktopApps">#SpywareInDesktopApps</a>)</span></em></ins></span>
+ <h4 id="SpywareInDesktopApps">Desktop Apps</h4>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInDesktopApps">#SpywareInDesktopApps</a>)</span>
</div>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><ul>
- <li><p>The DMCA and the EU Copyright Directive make
it</strong></del></span>
-
-<span class="inserted"><ins><em><ul class="blurbs">
+<ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M201811020">
- <p>Foundry's graphics software</em></ins></span> <a
-<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://boingboing.net/2017/11/25/la-la-la-cant-hear-you.html">
- illegal</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://torrentfreak.com/software-company-fines-pirates-after-monitoring-their-computers-181102/">
- reports information</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>study how iOS cr...apps spy on users</a>,
because</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>identify who is
running it</a>. The result is
+ <p>Foundry's graphics software <a
+
href="https://torrentfreak.com/software-company-fines-pirates-after-monitoring-their-computers-181102/">
+ reports information to identify who is running it</a>. The result is
often a legal threat demanding a lot of money.</p>
- <p>The fact that</em></ins></span> this
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>would require circumventing the iOS
DRM.</p>
- </li>
+ <p>The fact that this is used</em></ins></span> for <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>repression of forbidden sharing
+ makes it even more vicious.</p>
- <li><p>In the latest iThings system, “turning off”
WiFi and Bluetooth the
- obvious way <a
-
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/21/ios-11-apple-toggling-wifi-bluetooth-control-centre-doesnt-turn-them-off">
- doesn't really turn them off</a>.
- A</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>is used for
repression of forbidden sharing
- makes it even</em></ins></span> more <span
class="removed"><del><strong>advanced way really does turn them off—only
until 5am.
- That's Apple</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>vicious.</p>
-
- <p>This illustrates that making unauthorized copies of nonfree
software
- is not a cure</em></ins></span> for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>you—“We know you want to be spied
on”.</p>
- </li>
+ <p>This illustrates</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>word</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>making unauthorized copies of nonfree
software</em></ins></span>
+ is <span class="removed"><del><strong>“exploit”; nearly always
that will fit
+ perfectly.</p>
+</li>
- <li><p>Apple proposes
- <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/15/apple-removing-iphone-home-button-fingerprint-scanning-screen">a
fingerprint-scanning touch screen</a>
- — which would mean no way to use</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the injustice of nonfree software. It may avoid
- paying for the nasty thing, but cannot make</em></ins></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>without having your fingerprints
- taken. Users would</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>less nasty.</p>
+<li>
+ <p>Apps</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>not a
cure</em></ins></span> for <span class="removed"><del><strong>BART
+ <a
href="https://consumerist.com/2017/05/23/passengers-say-commuter-rail-app-illegally-collects-personal-user-data/">snoop
on users</a>.</p>
+ <p>With free software apps, users could <em>make sure</em>
that they don't snoop.</p>
+ <p>With proprietary apps, one can only hope that they
don't.</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>the
injustice of nonfree software. It may avoid
+ paying for the nasty thing, but cannot make it less
nasty.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
-</ul>
+
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+ <p>A study found 234 Android</strong></del></span>
+<span class="inserted"><ins><em></ul>
<div class="big-subsection">
<h4 id="SpywareInMobileApps">Mobile Apps</h4>
@@ -1045,451 +964,545 @@
<ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M201902060">
- <p>Many nonfree apps</em></ins></span> have <span
class="removed"><del><strong>no way to tell whether</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>a surveillance feature for <a
-
href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/06/iphone-session-replay-screenshots/">
- recording all</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>phone is snooping</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>users' actions</a> in interacting with the
app.</p>
+ <p>Many nonfree</em></ins></span> apps <span
class="removed"><del><strong>that track users by</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>have a surveillance feature for</em></ins></span>
<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/234-android-applications-are-currently-using-ultrasonic-beacons-to-track-users/">listening
+ to ultrasound from beacons placed</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/06/iphone-session-replay-screenshots/">
+ recording all the users' actions</a></em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>stores or played by TV programs</a>.
+ </p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>interacting with the app.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201902041.1">
- <p>Twenty nine “beauty camera” apps that used to
- be</em></ins></span> on
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>them.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>iPhones</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Google Play had one or more malicious
functionalities, such as</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://theintercept.com/2016/11/17/iphones-secretly-send-call-history-to-apple-security-firm-says">send
- lots</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.teleanalysis.com/news/national/these-29-beauty-camera-apps-steal-private-photo-29923">
- stealing users' photos</a> instead</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>personal data to Apple's servers</a>. Big
Brother can
- get them from there.</p>
- </li>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+ <p>Pairs of Android</strong></del></span>
- <li><p>The iMessage app</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>“beautifying” them,
- pushing unwanted and often malicious ads</em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>iThings <a
href="https://theintercept.com/2016/09/28/apple-logs-your-imessage-contacts-and-may-share-them-with-police/">tells
- a server every phone number</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>users, and redirecting
- them to phishing sites</em></ins></span> that <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>stole their credentials.
Furthermore,</em></ins></span>
- the user <span class="removed"><del><strong>types into it</a>; the
server records these numbers for at least 30
- days.</p>
- </li>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201902041.1">
+ <p>Twenty nine “beauty camera”</em></ins></span> apps
<span class="removed"><del><strong>can collude to transmit users' personal
+ data to servers. <a
href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/04/when-apps-collude-to-steal-your-data/522177/">A
study found
+ tens of thousands of pairs</strong></del></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>collude</a>.</p>
+</li>
- <li><p>Users cannot make an Apple ID <a
href="http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/49951/how-can-i-download-free-apps-without-registering-an-apple-idcool">(necessary</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>interface of most of them was
designed</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>install even
gratis apps)</a>
- without giving</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>make uninstallation
+<li>
+<p>Google</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>used to
+ be on Google</em></ins></span> Play <span
class="removed"><del><strong>intentionally sends app
developers</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>had one or
more malicious functionalities, such as</em></ins></span> <a
+<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/google-play-store-policy-raises-privacy-concerns-331116">
+the personal details</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.teleanalysis.com/news/national/these-29-beauty-camera-apps-steal-private-photo-29923">
+ stealing users' photos</a> instead</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>users</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>“beautifying” them,
+ pushing unwanted and often malicious ads on users, and redirecting
+ them to phishing sites</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>install the app</a>.</p>
+
+<p>Merely asking</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>stole their credentials.
Furthermore,</em></ins></span>
+ the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>“consent”</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>user interface</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>users is not enough
+to legitimize actions like this. At this point,</strong></del></span> most
<span class="removed"><del><strong>users have
+stopped reading the “Terms and Conditions” that spell out
+what</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>of them was
designed to make uninstallation
difficult.</p>
<p>Users should of course uninstall these dangerous apps if they
- haven't yet, but they should also stay away from nonfree apps in
- general. <em>All</em> nonfree apps carry</em></ins></span> a
<span class="removed"><del><strong>valid email address and receiving the code
Apple
- sends to it.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>potential risk because
- there is no easy way of knowing what they really
do.</p></em></ins></span>
- </li>
-
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Around
47%</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201902010">
- <p>An investigation</em></ins></span> of the <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>150</em></ins></span> most popular <span
class="removed"><del><strong>iOS</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>gratis VPN</em></ins></span> apps <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>in Google Play found that</em></ins></span> <a
<span class="removed"><del><strong>class="not-a-duplicate"
- href="http://jots.pub/a/2015103001/index.php">share personal,
- behavioral and location information</a> of</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.top10vpn.com/free-vpn-android-app-risk-index/">
- 25% fail to protect</em></ins></span> their <span
class="removed"><del><strong>users with third parties.</p>
+ haven't yet, but</em></ins></span> they <span
class="removed"><del><strong>are “consenting” to.
Google</strong></del></span> should <span class="removed"><del><strong>clearly
+and honestly identify the information it collects on users,
instead</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>also stay away
from nonfree apps in
+ general. <em>All</em> nonfree apps carry a potential risk
because
+ there is no easy way</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>hiding it</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>knowing what they really do.</p>
</li>
- <li><p>iThings automatically upload</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>usersâ privacy</a> due</em></ins></span> to
<span class="removed"><del><strong>Apple's servers all</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>DNS leaks. In
- addition, 85% feature intrusive permissions or functions in their
+ <li id="M201902010">
+ <p>An investigation of the 150 most popular
+ gratis VPN apps</em></ins></span> in <span class="removed"><del><strong>an
obscurely worded EULA.</p>
+
+<p>However,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Google
Play found that <a
+ href="https://www.top10vpn.com/free-vpn-android-app-risk-index/">
+ 25% fail</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>truly</strong></del></span> protect <span
class="removed"><del><strong>people's privacy, we must prevent Google
+and other companies from getting this personal
information</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>their
usersâ privacy</a> due to DNS leaks. In
+ addition, 85% feature intrusive permissions or functions</em></ins></span>
in <span class="inserted"><ins><em>their
source code—often used for invasive advertising—that could
potentially also be used to spy on users. Other technical flaws were
found as well.</p>
<p>Moreover, a previous investigation had found that <a
href="https://www.top10vpn.com/free-vpn-app-investigation/">half
of</em></ins></span>
- the <span class="removed"><del><strong>photos and
- videos they make.</p>
-
- <blockquote><p>
- iCloud Photo Library stores every photo and video you take,
- and keeps them up to date on all your devices.
- Any edits you make</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>top 10 gratis VPN apps have lousy privacy
policies</a>.</p>
+ the <span class="removed"><del><strong>first
+place!</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>top 10
gratis VPN apps have lousy privacy policies</a>.</p>
<p>It is unfortunate that these articles talk about “free
- apps.” These apps</em></ins></span> are <span
class="removed"><del><strong>automatically updated everywhere. [...]
- </p></blockquote>
-
- <p>(From</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>gratis, but they are
<em>not</em></em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.apple.com/icloud/photos/">Apple's
iCloud
- information</a> as accessed on 24 Sep 2015.)</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free
software</a>.</p>
+ apps.” These apps are gratis, but they are <em>not</em>
<a
+ href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free
software</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201901050">
- <p>The Weather Channel app <a
-
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/04/weather-channel-app-lawsuit-location-data-selling">
- stored users' locations to the company's
server</a>.</em></ins></span> The <span
class="removed"><del><strong>iCloud feature</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>company</em></ins></span> is
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202033">activated
by</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>being sued, demanding that it
notify</em></ins></span> the
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>startup</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>users</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>iOS</a>. The term “cloud” means
- “please don't ask where.”</p>
-
- <p>There</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>what
it will do
- with the data.</p>
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+ <p>Google Play (a component of Android)</strong></del></span>
- <p>I think that lawsuit</em></ins></span> is <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>about</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>way to <a
href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201104">
- deactivate iCloud</a>, but it's active by default so it still
counts as</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>side issue.
What the company does
- with the data is</em></ins></span> a
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>surveillance functionality.</p>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201901050">
+ <p>The Weather Channel app</em></ins></span> <a
+ <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.extremetech.com/mobile/235594-yes-google-play-is-tracking-you-and-thats-just-the-tip-of-a-very-large-iceberg">
+ tracks the</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/04/weather-channel-app-lawsuit-location-data-selling">
+ stored</em></ins></span> users' <span
class="removed"><del><strong>movements without their
permission</a>.</p>
- <p>Unknown people apparently took advantage</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>secondary issue. The principal wrong here is
that
+ <p>Even if you disable Google Maps and location tracking, you must
+ disable Google Play itself</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>locations</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>completely stop</strong></del></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>tracking. This</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>company's server</a>. The
company</em></ins></span> is
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>yet another
example</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>being sued, demanding that it notify the
users</em></ins></span> of <span class="removed"><del><strong>nonfree software
pretending to obey</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>what
it will do
+ with</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>user,
+ when it's actually doing something else. Such</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>data.</p>
+
+ <p>I think that lawsuit is about</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>thing would be almost
+ unthinkable</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>side
issue. What the company does</em></ins></span>
+ with <span class="removed"><del><strong>free
software.</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>the
data is a secondary issue. The principal wrong here is that
the company gets that data at all.</p>
<p><a
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/gy77wy/stop-using-third-party-weather-apps">
Other weather apps</a>, including Accuweather and WeatherBug, are
- tracking people's locations.</p>
+ tracking people's locations.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201812290">
- <p>Around 40%</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>this to</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>gratis Android apps</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/01/naked-celebrity-hack-icloud-backup-jennifer-lawrence">get
- nude photos of many celebrities</a>. They needed to break Apple's
- security</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>More than
73%</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201812290">
+ <p>Around 40%</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the most popular</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>gratis</em></ins></span> Android apps <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://jots.pub/a/2015103001/index.php">share
personal,
+ behavioral and location information</a> of their users with third
parties.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>“Cryptic communication,”
unrelated</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://privacyinternational.org/report/2647/how-apps-android-share-data-facebook-report">
- report on the user's actions</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>get at them, but NSA</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Facebook</a>.</p>
+ report on the user's actions</em></ins></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Facebook</a>.</p>
- <p>Often they send the machine's “advertising ID,” so
that
- Facebook</em></ins></span> can <span class="removed"><del><strong>access
any</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>correlate the data it
obtains from the same machine via
- various apps. Some</em></ins></span> of them <span
class="removed"><del><strong>through
- <a
href="/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html#digitalcash">PRISM</a>.
- </p></li>
+ <p>Often they send</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>app's functionality,
+ was <a
href="http://news.mit.edu/2015/data-transferred-android-apps-hiding-1119">
+ found</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>machine's
“advertising ID,” so that
+ Facebook can correlate the data it obtains from the same machine via
+ various apps. Some of them send Facebook detailed information about
+ the user's activities</em></ins></span> in the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>500 most popular gratis Android
apps</a>.</p>
- <li><p>Spyware</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>send Facebook detailed information about
- the user's activities</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>iThings:</strong></del></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong><a class="not-a-duplicate"
-
href="http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/privacy-advocates-worry-over-new-apple-iphone-tracking-feature-161836223.html">
- iBeacon</a> lets stores determine exactly
where</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>app; others only
say that</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>iThing is,
- and get other info too.</p>
- </li>
+ <p>The article should not have described these apps as
+ “free”—they are not free software. The clear way
to</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>app; others
only</em></ins></span> say
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>“zero price” is
“gratis.”</p>
- <li><p>There is also a feature for web sites to track users,
which</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>user</em></ins></span> is
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/10/17/how-to-disable-apple-ios-user-tracking-ios-6/">
- enabled by default</a>. (That article talks about iOS
6,</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>using that app,</em></ins></span> but
<span class="removed"><del><strong>it</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>that alone</em></ins></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>still true in iOS 7.)</p>
- </li>
+ <p>The article takes for granted</strong></del></span> that the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>usual analytics tools are
+ legitimate, but</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>user</em></ins></span> is
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>using</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>valid? Software developers have no right to
+ analyze what users are doing or how. “Analytics”
tools</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>app,
but</em></ins></span> that <span class="removed"><del><strong>snoop are
+ just as wrong as any other snooping.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>alone is often quite informative.</p>
- <li><p>The iThing also
- <a
-href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160313215042/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/08/ios7_tracking_now_its_a_favourite_feature/">
- tells Apple its geolocation</a> by default, though that can be
- turned off.</p>
+ <p>This spying occurs regardless of whether the user has a Facebook
+ account.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
+ <span
class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Gratis</strong></del></span>
- <li><p>Apple can, and regularly does,
- <a
href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/05/new-guidelines-outline-what-iphone-data-apple-can-give-to-police/">
- remotely extract some data from iPhones for the
state</a>.</p>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201810244">
+ <p>Some</em></ins></span> Android apps <span
class="removed"><del><strong>(but not <a
href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>)
+ connect to 100</strong></del></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/06/free-android-apps-connect-tracking-advertising-websites">tracking
and advertising</a> URLs,
+ on</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.androidauthority.com/apps-uninstall-trackers-917539/amp/">
+ track</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>average.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>phones of users that have deleted
them</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Spyware is present in
some</strong></del></span>
- <li><p><a
href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-30/how-nsa-hacks-your-iphone-presenting-dropout-jeep">
- Either Apple helps the NSA snoop on all the data in an iThing,
- or it is totally incompetent.</a></p>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201808030">
+ <p>Some Google apps on</em></ins></span> Android <span
class="removed"><del><strong>devices</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/13/google-location-tracking-android-iphone-mobile">
+ record the user's location even</em></ins></span> when <span
class="removed"><del><strong>they</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>users disable “location
+ tracking”</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>There</em></ins></span> are <span
class="removed"><del><strong>sold.
+ Some Motorola phones modify Android to
+ <a
href="http://www.beneaththewaves.net/Projects/Motorola_Is_Listening.html">
+ send personal data</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>other ways</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Motorola</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>turn off the other kinds of location
+ tracking, but most users will be tricked by the misleading
control.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li><p><a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/23/iphone-backdoors-surveillance-forensic-services">
- Several “features”</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>often quite informative.</p>
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Some manufacturers add
a</strong></del></span>
- <p>This spying occurs regardless</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>iOS seem to exist for no
- possible purpose other than surveillance</a>. Here
is</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>whether</em></ins></span> the
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/iOS_Backdoors_Attack_Points_Surveillance_Mechanisms_Moved.pdf">
- Technical presentation</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>user has a Facebook
- account.</p></em></ins></span>
- </li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201806110">
+ <p>The Spanish football streaming app</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://androidsecuritytest.com/features/logs-and-services/loggers/carrieriq/">
+ hidden general surveillance package such</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://boingboing.net/2018/06/11/spanish-football-app-turns-use.html">tracks
+ the user's movements and listens through the
microphone</a>.</p>
+ <p>This makes them act</em></ins></span> as <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Carrier IQ.</a></p>
+ </li>
-<div class="big-subsection">
- <h4 id="SpywareInTelephones">Spyware in Telephones</h4>
- <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInTelephones">#SpywareInTelephones</a>)</span>
-</div>
+ <li><p><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#samsung">
+ Samsung's back door</a> provides access</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>spies for licensing enforcement.</p>
-<ul>
- <li><p>Tracking software in popular</strong></del></span>
+ <p>I expect it implements DRM, too—that there is no
way</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>any file
on</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>save
+ a recording. But I can't be sure from</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>system.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>article.</p>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201810244">
- <p>Some</em></ins></span> Android apps <span
class="removed"><del><strong>is pervasive and
- sometimes very clever. Some trackers can</strong></del></span> <a
-<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://theintercept.com/2017/11/24/staggering-variety-of-clandestine-trackers-found-in-popular-android-apps/">
- follow a user's movements around a physical store by noticing WiFi
- networks</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.androidauthority.com/apps-uninstall-trackers-917539/amp/">
- track the phones of users that have deleted
them</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <p>If you learn to care much less about sports, you will benefit in
+ many ways. This is one more.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Android tracks
location for</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201808030">
- <p>Some</em></ins></span> Google <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>apps on Android</em></ins></span> <a
-<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20171121/09030238658/investigation-finds-google-collected-location-data-even-with-location-services-turned-off.shtml"></strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/13/google-location-tracking-android-iphone-mobile">
- record the user's location</em></ins></span> even when <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>users disable</em></ins></span> “location <span
class="removed"><del><strong>services”</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>tracking”</a>.</p>
-
- <p>There</em></ins></span> are <span
class="removed"><del><strong>turned off, even
- when the phone has no SIM card</a>.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>Some portable phones <a
href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kryptowire-discovered-mobile-phone-firmware-that-transmitted-personally-identifiable-information-pii-without-user-consent-or-disclosure-300362844.html">are
- sold with spyware sending lots of data to
China</a>.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>According to Edward Snowden,
- <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34444233">agencies can take
over smartphones</a>
- by sending hidden text messages which enable them</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>other ways</em></ins></span> to turn <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>off</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>phones
- on and off, listen to</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>other kinds of location
- tracking, but most users will be tricked by</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>microphone, retrieve geo-location data
from</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>misleading
control.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li id="M201806110">
- <p>The Spanish football streaming app <a
-
href="https://boingboing.net/2018/06/11/spanish-football-app-turns-use.html">tracks</em></ins></span>
- the
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>GPS, take photographs, read text
messages, read call, location and web
- browsing history,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>user's movements</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>read</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>listens through</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>contact list. This malware</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>microphone</a>.</p>
- <p>This makes them act as spies for licensing enforcement.</p>
+<!-- #SpywareOnMobiles -->
+<!-- WEBMASTERS: make sure</strong></del></span>
- <p>I expect it implements DRM, too—that
there</em></ins></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>designed</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>no way</em></ins></span> to
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>disguise itself</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>save
- a recording. But I can't be sure</em></ins></span> from <span
class="removed"><del><strong>investigation.</p>
- </li>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201804160">
+ <p>More than <a
+
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/16/child-apps-games-android-us-google-play-store-data-sharing-law-privacy">50%
+ of the 5,855 Android apps studied by researchers were
found</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>place new items
on top under each subsection -->
- <li><p>Samsung phones come with</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the article.</p>
+<div class="big-section">
+ <h3 id="SpywareOnMobiles">Spyware</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>snoop
+ and collect information about its users</a>. 40% of the apps were
+ found to insecurely snitch</em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Mobiles</h3>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareOnMobiles">#SpywareOnMobiles</a>)</span>
+</div>
+<div style="clear: left;"></div>
- <p>If you learn to care much less about sports, you will benefit in
- many ways. This is one more.</p>
- </li>
- <li id="M201804160">
- <p>More than</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/07/samsung-sued-for-loading-devices-with-unremovable-crapware-in-china/">apps
that users can't delete</a>,</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/16/child-apps-games-android-us-google-play-store-data-sharing-law-privacy">50%
- of the 5,855 Android apps studied by researchers were found to
snoop</em></ins></span>
- and <span class="inserted"><ins><em>collect information about its
users</a>. 40% of the apps were
- found to insecurely snitch on its users. Furthermore,</em></ins></span>
they <span class="removed"><del><strong>send so much data</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>could
+<div class="big-subsection">
+ <h4 id="SpywareIniThings">Spyware</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>its users. Furthermore, they could
detect only some methods of snooping, in these proprietary apps whose
- source code they cannot look at. The other apps might be snooping
- in other ways.</p>
+ source code they cannot look at. The other apps might be
snooping</em></ins></span>
+ in <span class="removed"><del><strong>iThings</h4>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareIniThings">#SpywareIniThings</a>)</span>
+</div>
- <p>This is evidence</em></ins></span> that <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>proprietary apps generally work
against</em></ins></span>
- their <span class="removed"><del><strong>transmission is a
- substantial expense for</strong></del></span> users. <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Said transmission, not wanted or
- requested by the user, clearly must constitute
spying</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>To protect their
privacy and freedom, Android users
- need to get rid</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>some
- kind.</p></li>
+<ul>
+ <li><p>The DMCA</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>other ways.</p>
- <li><p>A Motorola phone
- <a
href="http://www.itproportal.com/2013/07/25/motorolas-new-x8-arm-chip-underpinning-the-always-on-future-of-android/">
- listens for voice all</strong></del></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>time</a>.</p>
+ <p>This is evidence that proprietary apps generally work against
+ their users. To protect their privacy</em></ins></span> and <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>freedom, Android users
+ need to get rid of</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>EU Copyright Directive make
it</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>proprietary
software—both proprietary
+ Android by</em></ins></span> <a
+<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://boingboing.net/2017/11/25/la-la-la-cant-hear-you.html">
+ illegal</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://replicant.us">switching</em></ins></span>
to <span class="removed"><del><strong>study how iOS cr...apps spy on
users</a>, because this
+ would require circumventing the iOS DRM.</p>
</li>
- <li><p>Spyware in</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>proprietary software—both
proprietary</em></ins></span>
- Android <span class="removed"><del><strong>phones (and Windows? laptops):
The Wall
- Street Journal (in an article blocked from us</strong></del></span> by
<span class="removed"><del><strong>a paywall)
- reports that</strong></del></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/1/4580718/fbi-can-remotely-activate-android-and-laptop-microphones-reports-wsj"></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://replicant.us">switching to
Replicant</a>,
- and</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>FBI can
remotely activate</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>proprietary apps by getting apps
from</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>GPS and
microphone in Android
- phones and laptops</a>.
- (I suspect this means Windows laptops.) Here is</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>free software
- only</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://cryptome.org/2013/08/fbi-hackers.htm">more
info</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://f-droid.org/">F-Droid
store</a> that <a
+ <li><p>In the latest iThings system, “turning off”
WiFi</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Replicant</a>,</em></ins></span>
+ and <span class="removed"><del><strong>Bluetooth</strong></del></span> the
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>obvious way</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>proprietary apps by getting apps from the free
software
+ only</em></ins></span> <a
+ <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/21/ios-11-apple-toggling-wifi-bluetooth-control-centre-doesnt-turn-them-off">
+ doesn't really turn them off</a>.
+ A more advanced way really does turn them off—only until 5am.
+ That's Apple for you—“We know you want to be spied
on”.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://f-droid.org/">F-Droid
store</a> that <a
href="https://f-droid.org/wiki/page/Antifeatures"> prominently warns
the user if an app contains
anti-features</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Portable phones with
GPS will send their GPS location on
- remote command</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Apple
proposes</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201804020">
- <p>Grindr collects information about <a
-
href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/04/02/egregious-breach-privacy-popular-app-grindr-supplies-third-parties-users-hiv-status">
- which users are HIV-positive, then provides the information to
- companies</a>.</p>
+ <p>Grindr collects information about</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/15/apple-removing-iphone-home-button-fingerprint-scanning-screen">a
fingerprint-scanning touch screen</a>
+ —</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/04/02/egregious-breach-privacy-popular-app-grindr-supplies-third-parties-users-hiv-status"></em></ins></span>
+ which <span class="removed"><del><strong>would mean no
way</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>users are
HIV-positive, then provides the information</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>use it without having your fingerprints
+ taken. Users would</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>companies</a>.</p>
- <p>Grindr should not have so much information about its users.
+ <p>Grindr should not</em></ins></span> have <span
class="removed"><del><strong>no way</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>so much information about its users.
It could be designed so that users communicate such info to each
- other but not to the server's database.</p>
+ other but not</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>tell
whether</strong></del></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>phone is
snooping</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>server's
database.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201803050">
- <p>The moviepass app</em></ins></span> and <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>dis-service
- spy on</em></ins></span> users <span class="removed"><del><strong>cannot
stop them:</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>even more than
users expected. It</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.aclu.org/government-location-tracking-cell-phones-gps-devices-and-license-plate-readers">
-
http://www.aclu.org/government-location-tracking-cell-phones-gps-devices-and-license-plate-readers</a>.
- (The US says it will eventually require</strong></del></span>
+ <p>The moviepass app and dis-service
+ spy</em></ins></span> on
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>them.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>iPhones</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>users even more than users expected.
It</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://theintercept.com/2016/11/17/iphones-secretly-send-call-history-to-apple-security-firm-says">send
+ lots of personal data</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/05/moviepass-ceo-proudly-says-the-app-tracks-your-location-before-and-after-movies/">records
- where they travel before and after going to a movie</a>.</p>
+ where they travel before and after going</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Apple's servers</a>. Big Brother can
+ get them from there.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>a movie</a>.</p>
- <p>Don't be tracked—pay cash!</p>
+ <p>Don't be tracked—pay cash!</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201711240">
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>The iMessage app on
iThings</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201711240">
<p>Tracking software in popular Android apps
- is pervasive and sometimes very clever. Some trackers can <a
-
href="https://theintercept.com/2017/11/24/staggering-variety-of-clandestine-trackers-found-in-popular-android-apps/">
- follow a user's movements around a physical store by noticing WiFi
- networks</a>.</p>
+ is pervasive and sometimes very clever. Some trackers
can</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://theintercept.com/2016/09/28/apple-logs-your-imessage-contacts-and-may-share-them-with-police/">tells</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://theintercept.com/2017/11/24/staggering-variety-of-clandestine-trackers-found-in-popular-android-apps/">
+ follow</em></ins></span> a <span class="removed"><del><strong>server every
phone number that the user types into it</a>; the server records these
numbers for at least 30
+ days.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>user's movements around a physical store by noticing
WiFi
+ networks</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ </li>
+
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Users cannot make an
Apple ID</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201708270">
+ <p>The Sarahah app</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/49951/how-can-i-download-free-apps-without-registering-an-apple-idcool">(necessary
to install even gratis apps)</a>
+ without giving a valid</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://theintercept.com/2017/08/27/hit-app-sarahah-quietly-uploads-your-address-book/">
+ uploads all phone numbers and</em></ins></span> email <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>addresses</a> in user's</em></ins></span>
address <span class="removed"><del><strong>and receiving</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>book to developer's server. Note that
this article misuses</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>code Apple
+ sends</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>words
+ “<a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free
software</a>”
+ referring</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>it.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>zero price.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201708270">
- <p>The Sarahah app <a
-
href="https://theintercept.com/2017/08/27/hit-app-sarahah-quietly-uploads-your-address-book/">
- uploads</em></ins></span> all <span class="removed"><del><strong>new
portable phones</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>phone
numbers and email addresses</a> in user's address
- book to developer's server. Note that this article misuses the words
- “<a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free
software</a>”
- referring to zero price.</p>
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Around 47% of the most
popular iOS</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201707270">
+ <p>20 dishonest Android</em></ins></span> apps <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>recorded</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>class="not-a-duplicate"
+ href="http://jots.pub/a/2015103001/index.php">share personal,
+ behavioral</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/07/stealthy-google-play-apps-recorded-calls-and-stole-e-mails-and-texts">phone
+ calls</em></ins></span> and <span class="removed"><del><strong>location
information</a> of their users with third parties.</p>
</li>
- <li id="M201707270">
- <p>20 dishonest Android apps recorded <a
-
href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/07/stealthy-google-play-apps-recorded-calls-and-stole-e-mails-and-texts">phone
- calls and sent them and text messages and emails to
snoopers</a>.</p>
+ <li><p>iThings automatically upload</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>sent them and text messages and
emails</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>Apple's servers
all</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>snoopers</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>Google did not intend to make these apps spy;
on</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>photos</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>contrary, it
+ worked in various ways to prevent that,</em></ins></span> and
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>videos</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>deleted these apps after
+ discovering what</em></ins></span> they <span
class="removed"><del><strong>make.</p>
- <p>Google did not intend to make these apps spy; on the contrary, it
- worked in various ways to prevent that, and deleted these apps after
- discovering what they did. So we cannot blame Google specifically
+ <blockquote><p>
+ iCloud Photo Library stores every photo and video you
take,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>did. So we cannot
blame Google specifically
for the snooping of these apps.</p>
- <p>On the other hand, Google redistributes nonfree Android apps, and
- therefore shares in the responsibility for the injustice of their being
- nonfree. It also distributes its own nonfree apps, such as Google Play,
- <a href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">which
+ <p>On the other hand, Google redistributes nonfree Android
apps,</em></ins></span> and <span class="removed"><del><strong>keeps them up to
date on all your devices.
+ Any edits you make are automatically updated everywhere. [...]
+ </p></blockquote>
+
+ <p>(From <a
href="https://www.apple.com/icloud/photos/">Apple's iCloud
+ information</a></strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>therefore shares in the responsibility for
the injustice of their being
+ nonfree. It also distributes its own nonfree apps, such</em></ins></span>
as <span class="removed"><del><strong>accessed on 24 Sep 2015.) The iCloud
feature is</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Google
Play,</em></ins></span>
+ <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202033">activated
by the
+ startup</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">which
are malicious</a>.</p>
- <p>Could Google have done a better job of preventing apps from
- cheating? There is no systematic way for Google, or Android users,
+ <p>Could Google have done a better job</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>iOS</a>. The term “cloud” means
+ “please don't ask where.”</p>
+
+ <p>There</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>preventing apps from
+ cheating? There</em></ins></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>a</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>no systematic</em></ins></span> way <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>for Google, or Android users,
to inspect executable proprietary apps to see what they do.</p>
<p>Google could demand the source code for these apps, and study
- the source code somehow</em></ins></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>determine whether they mistreat users in
- various ways. If it did a good job of this, it could more or less
+ the source code somehow</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201104">
+ deactivate iCloud</a>, but it's active by default
so</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>determine whether they
mistreat users in
+ various ways. If</em></ins></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>still counts as</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>did</em></ins></span> a
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>surveillance functionality.</p>
+
+ <p>Unknown people apparently took advantage of this to
+ <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/01/naked-celebrity-hack-icloud-backup-jennifer-lawrence">get
+ nude photos</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>good
job</em></ins></span> of <span class="removed"><del><strong>many
celebrities</a>. They needed</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>this, it could more or less
prevent such snooping, except when the app developers are clever
- enough to outsmart the checking.</p>
+ enough</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>break
Apple's
+ security</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>outsmart
the checking.</p>
<p>But since Google itself develops malicious apps, we cannot trust
- Google to protect us. We must demand release of source code to the
- public, so we can depend on each other.</p>
+ Google</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>get at
them, but NSA can access any</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>protect us. We must demand release</em></ins></span>
of <span class="removed"><del><strong>them through
+ <a
href="/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html#digitalcash">PRISM</a>.
+ </p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Spyware in iThings:
+ the <a class="not-a-duplicate"
+
href="http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/privacy-advocates-worry-over-new-apple-iphone-tracking-feature-161836223.html">
+ iBeacon</a> lets stores determine exactly
where</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>source code
to</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>iThing is,
+ and get other info too.</p></strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>public, so we can depend on each
other.</p></em></ins></span>
+ </li>
+
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>There is also a
feature</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201705230">
+ <p>Apps</em></ins></span> for <span class="removed"><del><strong>web
sites to track users, which is
+ <a
href="http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/10/17/how-to-disable-apple-ios-user-tracking-ios-6/">
+ enabled by default</a>. (That article talks about iOS 6, but it
+ is still true in iOS 7.)</p>
</li>
- <li id="M201705230">
- <p>Apps for BART <a
-
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171124190046/https://consumerist.com/2017/05/23/passengers-say-commuter-rail-app-illegally-collects-personal-user-data/">
+ <li><p>The iThing also</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>BART</em></ins></span> <a
+<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160313215042/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/08/ios7_tracking_now_its_a_favourite_feature/">
+ tells Apple its geolocation</a> by default,
though</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171124190046/https://consumerist.com/2017/05/23/passengers-say-commuter-rail-app-illegally-collects-personal-user-data/">
snoop on users</a>.</p>
- <p>With free software apps, users could <em>make
sure</em> that they
+ <p>With free software apps, users could <em>make
sure</em></em></ins></span> that <span class="inserted"><ins><em>they
don't snoop.</p>
- <p>With proprietary apps, one can only hope that they
don't.</p>
+ <p>With proprietary apps, one</em></ins></span> can <span
class="removed"><del><strong>be
+ turned off.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>only hope that they don't.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201705040">
- <p>A study found 234 Android apps that track users by <a
-
href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/234-android-applications-are-currently-using-ultrasonic-beacons-to-track-users/">listening
- to ultrasound from beacons placed in stores or played by TV
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Apple can, and
regularly does,</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201705040">
+ <p>A study found 234 Android apps that track users
by</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/05/new-guidelines-outline-what-iphone-data-apple-can-give-to-police/">
+ remotely extract some data</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/234-android-applications-are-currently-using-ultrasonic-beacons-to-track-users/">listening
+ to ultrasound</em></ins></span> from <span
class="removed"><del><strong>iPhones for</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>beacons placed in stores or played by TV
programs</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201704260">
<p>Faceapp appears to do lots of surveillance, judging by <a
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2017/04/26/everything-thats-wrong-with-faceapp-the-latest-creepy-photo-app-for-your-face/">
- how much access it demands to personal data in the
device</a>.</p>
+ how much access it demands to personal data in</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>state</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>device</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201704190">
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p><a
href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-30/how-nsa-hacks-your-iphone-presenting-dropout-jeep">
+ Either Apple helps</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201704190">
<p>Users are suing Bose for <a
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/04/19/bose-headphones-have-been-spying-on-their-customers-lawsuit-claims/">
- distributing a spyware app for its headphones</a>. Specifically,
- the app would record the names of the audio files users listen to
- along with the headphone's unique serial number.</p>
+ distributing a spyware app for its headphones</a>.
Specifically,</em></ins></span>
+ the <span class="removed"><del><strong>NSA snoop on
all</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>app would
record</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>data in an
iThing,
+ or it is totally incompetent.</a></p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p><a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/23/iphone-backdoors-surveillance-forensic-services">
+ Several “features”</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>names</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>iOS seem</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the audio files users listen</em></ins></span> to
<span class="removed"><del><strong>exist for no
+ possible purpose other than surveillance</a>. Here
is</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>along with the headphone's unique serial
number.</p>
<p>The suit accuses that this was done without the users' consent.
- If the fine print of the app said that users gave consent for this,
- would that make it acceptable? No way! It should be flat out <a
- href="/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html"> illegal to design
- the app to snoop at all</a>.</p>
+ If the fine print of</em></ins></span> the <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>app said that users gave consent for this,
+ would that make it acceptable? No way! It should be flat
out</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/iOS_Backdoors_Attack_Points_Surveillance_Mechanisms_Moved.pdf">
+ Technical presentation</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html">
illegal to design
+ the app to snoop at all</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
+
+
+<div class="big-subsection">
+ <h4 id="SpywareInTelephones">Spyware in Telephones</h4>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInTelephones">#SpywareInTelephones</a>)</span>
+</div>
+
+<ul>
+ <li><p>Tracking software in popular</strong></del></span>
- <li id="M201704074">
- <p>Pairs of Android apps can collude
- to transmit users' personal data to servers. <a
-
href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/04/when-apps-collude-to-steal-your-data/522177/">A
- study found tens of thousands of pairs that collude</a>.</p>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201704074">
+ <p>Pairs of</em></ins></span> Android apps <span
class="removed"><del><strong>is pervasive and
+ sometimes very clever. Some trackers</strong></del></span> can <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>collude
+ to transmit users' personal data to servers.</em></ins></span> <a
+<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://theintercept.com/2017/11/24/staggering-variety-of-clandestine-trackers-found-in-popular-android-apps/">
+ follow a user's movements around a physical store by noticing WiFi
+ networks</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/04/when-apps-collude-to-steal-your-data/522177/">A
+ study found tens of thousands of pairs that
collude</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201703300">
- <p>Verizon <a
-
href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/03/30/0112259/verizon-to-force-appflash-spyware-on-android-phones">
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Android tracks
location for Google</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201703300">
+ <p>Verizon</em></ins></span> <a
+<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20171121/09030238658/investigation-finds-google-collected-location-data-even-with-location-services-turned-off.shtml">
+ even when “location services” are turned off,
even</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/03/30/0112259/verizon-to-force-appflash-spyware-on-android-phones">
announced an opt-in proprietary search app that it will</a>
pre-install
on some of its phones. The app will give Verizon the same information
- about the users' searches that Google normally gets when they use
+ about the users' searches that Google normally gets</em></ins></span> when
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>they use
its search engine.</p>
- <p>Currently, the app is <a
-
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/04/update-verizons-appflash-pre-installed-spyware-still-spyware">
+ <p>Currently,</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>phone has no SIM
card</a>.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Some portable phones</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>app is</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kryptowire-discovered-mobile-phone-firmware-that-transmitted-personally-identifiable-information-pii-without-user-consent-or-disclosure-300362844.html">are
+ sold with spyware sending lots</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/04/update-verizons-appflash-pre-installed-spyware-still-spyware">
being pre-installed on only one phone</a>, and the user must
explicitly opt-in before the app takes effect. However, the app
- remains spyware—an “optional” piece of spyware is
+ remains spyware—an “optional” piece</em></ins></span> of
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>spyware is
still spyware.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201701210">
<p>The Meitu photo-editing app <a
href="https://theintercept.com/2017/01/21/popular-selfie-app-sending-user-data-to-china-researchers-say/">sends
- user data to a Chinese company</a>.</p>
+ user</em></ins></span> data to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>China</a>.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>According to Edward Snowden,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>a Chinese company</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201611280">
- <p>The Uber app tracks <a
-
href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/28/uber-background-location-data-collection/">clients'
- movements before and after the ride</a>.</p>
+ <p>The Uber app tracks</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34444233">agencies
can take over smartphones</a>
+ by sending hidden text messages which enable them to turn the phones
+ on</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/28/uber-background-location-data-collection/">clients'
+ movements before</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>off, listen to the microphone, retrieve
geo-location data from</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>after</em></ins></span> the
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>GPS, take photographs, read text
messages, read call, location and web
+ browsing history, and read</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>ride</a>.</p>
- <p>This example illustrates how “getting the user's
- consent” for surveillance is inadequate as a protection against
- massive surveillance.</p>
+ <p>This example illustrates how “getting</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>contact list. This
malware</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>user's
+ consent” for surveillance</em></ins></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>designed to
+ disguise itself from investigation.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>inadequate as a protection against
+ massive surveillance.</p></em></ins></span>
+ </li>
+
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Samsung phones come
with</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201611160">
+ <p>A</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/07/samsung-sued-for-loading-devices-with-unremovable-crapware-in-china/">apps</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://research.csiro.au/ng/wp-content/uploads/sites/106/2016/08/paper-1.pdf">
+ research paper</a></em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>users can't
delete</a>,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>investigated the privacy</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>they send so much data</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>security of
+ 283 Android VPN apps concluded</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>their transmission is a
+ substantial expense</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>“in spite of the promises</em></ins></span>
+ for <span class="removed"><del><strong>users. Said transmission, not
wanted or
+ requested</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>privacy,
security, and anonymity given</em></ins></span> by the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>user, clearly must constitute
spying</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>majority</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>some
+ kind.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>A Motorola phone
+ <a
href="http://www.itproportal.com/2013/07/25/motorolas-new-x8-arm-chip-underpinning-the-always-on-future-of-android/">
+ listens for voice all the time</a>.</p>
</li>
- <li id="M201611160">
- <p>A <a
-
href="https://research.csiro.au/ng/wp-content/uploads/sites/106/2016/08/paper-1.pdf">
- research paper</a> that investigated the privacy and security of
- 283 Android VPN apps concluded that “in spite of the promises
- for privacy, security, and anonymity given by the majority of VPN
+ <li><p>Spyware in Android phones (and Windows? laptops): The Wall
+ Street Journal (in an article blocked from us</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>VPN
apps—millions of users may be unawarely subject to poor security
- guarantees and abusive practices inflicted by VPN apps.”</p>
+ guarantees and abusive practices inflicted</em></ins></span> by <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>VPN apps.”</p>
- <p>Following is a non-exhaustive list, taken from the research paper,
- of some proprietary VPN apps that track users and infringe their
- privacy:</p>
+ <p>Following is</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>paywall)
+ reports that
+ <a
href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/1/4580718/fbi-can-remotely-activate-android-and-laptop-microphones-reports-wsj">
+ the FBI can remotely activate</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>non-exhaustive list, taken from</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>GPS and microphone in Android
+ phones</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>research
paper,
+ of some proprietary VPN apps that track users</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>laptops</a>.
+ (I suspect this means Windows laptops.) Here is
+ <a href="http://cryptome.org/2013/08/fbi-hackers.htm">more
info</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>Portable phones with GPS will send</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>infringe</em></ins></span> their <span
class="removed"><del><strong>GPS location on
+ remote command</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>privacy:</p>
<dl class="compact">
<dt>SurfEasy</dt>
- <dd>Includes tracking libraries such as NativeX and Appflood,
- meant to track users and show them targeted ads.</dd>
+ <dd>Includes tracking libraries such as NativeX</em></ins></span>
and <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Appflood,
+ meant to track</em></ins></span> users <span
class="removed"><del><strong>cannot stop them:
+ <a
href="http://www.aclu.org/government-location-tracking-cell-phones-gps-devices-and-license-plate-readers">
+
http://www.aclu.org/government-location-tracking-cell-phones-gps-devices-and-license-plate-readers</a>.
+ (The US says</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>and
show them targeted ads.</dd>
<dt>sFly Network Booster</dt>
<dd>Requests the <code>READ_SMS</code> and
<code>SEND_SMS</code>
- permissions upon installation, meaning it has full access to users'
+ permissions upon installation, meaning</em></ins></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>will eventually require all new portable
phones</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>has full access to
users'
text messages.</dd>
<dt>DroidVPN and TigerVPN</dt>
- <dd>Requests the <code>READ_LOGS</code> permission to
read logs
- for other apps and also core system logs. TigerVPN developers have
- confirmed this.</dd>
+ <dd>Requests the <code>READ_LOGS</code>
permission</em></ins></span> to <span class="inserted"><ins><em>read logs
+ for other apps and also core system logs. TigerVPN
developers</em></ins></span> have <span
class="removed"><del><strong>GPS.)</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>The nonfree Snapchat app's principal purpose
is</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>confirmed this.</dd>
<dt>HideMyAss</dt>
<dd>Sends traffic to LinkedIn. Also, it stores detailed logs and
- may turn them over to the UK government if requested.</dd>
+ may turn them over</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>restrict</strong></del></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>use</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>UK government if requested.</dd>
<dt>VPN Services HotspotShield</dt>
<dd>Injects JavaScript code into the HTML pages returned to the
- users. The stated purpose of the JS injection is to display ads. Uses
- roughly five tracking libraries. Also, it redirects the user's
- traffic through valueclick.com (an advertising website).</dd>
+ users. The stated purpose</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>data on</strong></del></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>user's computer, but it does surveillance
+ too: <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/dec/27/snapchat-may-be-exposed-hackers">
+ it tries</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>JS
injection is</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>get</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>display ads. Uses
+ roughly five tracking libraries. Also, it redirects</em></ins></span>
the user's <span class="removed"><del><strong>list</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>traffic through valueclick.com (an
advertising website).</dd>
<dt>WiFi Protector VPN</dt>
<dd>Injects JavaScript code into HTML pages, and also uses roughly
- five tracking libraries. Developers of this app</em></ins></span> have
<span class="removed"><del><strong>GPS.)</p>
- </li>
-
- <li><p>The nonfree Snapchat app's principal purpose is to
restrict</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>confirmed
that</em></ins></span>
- the <span class="removed"><del><strong>use</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>non-premium version</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>data on</strong></del></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>user's computer, but it</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>app</em></ins></span> does <span
class="removed"><del><strong>surveillance
- too: <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/dec/27/snapchat-may-be-exposed-hackers">
- it tries to get</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>JavaScript injection for
- tracking</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>user's
list of other people's phone
+ five tracking libraries. Developers</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>other people's phone
numbers.</a></p>
</li>
</ul>
@@ -1502,91 +1515,90 @@
<ul>
<li>
- <p>The moviepass app and dis-service spy on users even more than
users
+ <p>The moviepass</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>this</em></ins></span> app <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>have confirmed that
+ the non-premium version of the app does JavaScript injection for
+ tracking the user</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>dis-service spy on users even more than users
expected. It <a
href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/05/moviepass-ceo-proudly-says-the-app-tracks-your-location-before-and-after-movies/">records
- where they travel before</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>user</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>after going to a movie</a>.
+ where they travel before and after going to a movie</a>.
</p>
- <p>Don't be tracked — pay cash!</p>
+ <p>Don't be tracked — pay
cash!</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>displaying ads.</dd>
+ </dl></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li><p>AI-powered driving apps can
- <a
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/43nz9p/ai-powered-driving-apps-can-track-your-every-move">
- track your every move</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>displaying ads.</dd>
- </dl></em></ins></span>
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>AI-powered driving
apps can</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201609210">
+ <p>Google's new voice messaging app</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/43nz9p/ai-powered-driving-apps-can-track-your-every-move">
+ track your every move</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/21/12994362/allo-privacy-message-logs-google">logs
+ all conversations</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>The
Sarahah</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201609210">
- <p>Google's new voice messaging</em></ins></span> app <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://theintercept.com/2017/08/27/hit-app-sarahah-quietly-uploads-your-address-book/">
- uploads</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/21/12994362/allo-privacy-message-logs-google">logs</em></ins></span>
- all <span class="removed"><del><strong>phone numbers and email
addresses</a> in user's address
- book to developer's server. Note that this article misuses the words
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201606050">
+ <p>Facebook's new Magic Photo</em></ins></span> app <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://theintercept.com/2017/08/27/hit-app-sarahah-quietly-uploads-your-address-book/">
+ uploads all phone numbers</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/10/facebook_scans_camera_for_your_friends/">
+ scans your mobile phone's photo collections for known
faces</a>,</em></ins></span>
+ and <span class="removed"><del><strong>email
addresses</a></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>suggests you to share the picture you take according
to who is</em></ins></span>
+ in <span class="removed"><del><strong>user's address
+ book</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>the
frame.</p>
+
+ <p>This spyware feature seems</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>developer's server. Note that this article
misuses</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>require online
access to some
+ known-faces database, which means</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>words
“<a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free
software</a>”
- referring to zero price.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>conversations</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ referring</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>pictures
are likely</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>zero
price.</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>be
+ sent across the wire to Facebook's servers and face-recognition
+ algorithms.</p>
+
+ <p>If so, none of Facebook users' pictures are private anymore,
+ even if the user didn't “upload” them to the
service.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
<span class="removed"><del><strong><li></strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201606050"></em></ins></span>
- <p>Facebook's <span class="inserted"><ins><em>new Magic
Photo</em></ins></span> app <span class="removed"><del><strong>listens all the
time,</strong></del></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-using-people-s-phones-to-listen-in-on-what-they-re-saying-claims-professor-a7057526.html">to
snoop
- on what people are listening</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/10/facebook_scans_camera_for_your_friends/">
- scans your mobile phone's photo collections for known faces</a>,
- and suggests you</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>or watching</a>. In addition, it may
- be analyzing people's conversations</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>share the picture you take
according</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>serve them
with targeted
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201605310"></em></ins></span>
+ <p>Facebook's app listens all the time, <a
+
href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-using-people-s-phones-to-listen-in-on-what-they-re-saying-claims-professor-a7057526.html">to
+ snoop on what people are listening to or watching</a>. In addition,
+ it may be analyzing people's conversations to serve them with targeted
advertisements.</p>
</li>
- <li>
- <p>Faceapp appears</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>who is
- in the frame.</p>
-
- <p>This spyware feature seems</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>do lots of surveillance, judging by
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+ <p>Faceapp appears to do lots of surveillance, judging by
<a
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2017/04/26/everything-thats-wrong-with-faceapp-the-latest-creepy-photo-app-for-your-face/">
- how much</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>require online</em></ins></span> access <span
class="removed"><del><strong>it demands</strong></del></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>personal data in the device</a>.
+ how much access it demands to personal data in the
device</a>.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Verizon <a
href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/03/30/0112259/verizon-to-force-appflash-spyware-on-android-phones">
announced an opt-in proprietary search app that it will</a>
- pre-install on</strong></del></span> some <span
class="removed"><del><strong>of its phones. The app will give Verizon the same
+ pre-install on some of its phones. The app will give Verizon the same
information about the users' searches that Google normally gets when
they use its search engine.</p>
- <p>Currently,</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>known-faces database, which
means</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>app is <a
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/04/update-verizons-appflash-pre-installed-spyware-still-spyware">
- being pre-installed on only one phone</a>,</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>pictures are likely to be
- sent across the wire to Facebook's servers</em></ins></span> and <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>face-recognition
- algorithms.</p>
-
- <p>If so, none of Facebook users' pictures are private anymore,
- even if</em></ins></span> the user <span class="removed"><del><strong>must
explicitly opt-in before the app takes effect. However,</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>didn't “upload” them
to</em></ins></span> the
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>app remains spyware—an
“optional” piece of spyware is
- still spyware.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>service.</p></em></ins></span>
- </li>
-
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>The Meitu
photo-editing</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201605310">
- <p>Facebook's</em></ins></span> app <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>listens all the time,</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://theintercept.com/2017/01/21/popular-selfie-app-sending-user-data-to-china-researchers-say/">sends
- user data</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-using-people-s-phones-to-listen-in-on-what-they-re-saying-claims-professor-a7057526.html">to
- snoop on what people are listening</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>a Chinese company</a>.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>A</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>or watching</a>. In addition,
- it may be analyzing people's conversations to serve them with targeted
- advertisements.</p>
+ <p>Currently, the app is <a
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/04/update-verizons-appflash-pre-installed-spyware-still-spyware">
+ being pre-installed on only one phone</a>, and the
+ user must explicitly opt-in before the app takes effect. However, the
+ app remains spyware—an “optional” piece of spyware is
+ still spyware.</p>
</li>
- <li id="M201604250">
- <p>A</em></ins></span> pregnancy test controller application not
only can <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/25/11503718/first-response-pregnancy-pro-test-bluetooth-app-security">spy</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/25/11503718/first-response-pregnancy-pro-test-bluetooth-app-security">
- spy</em></ins></span> on many sorts of data in the phone, and in server
accounts,
- it can alter them <span class="removed"><del><strong>too</a>.
+ <li><p>The Meitu photo-editing
+ app <a
href="https://theintercept.com/2017/01/21/popular-selfie-app-sending-user-data-to-china-researchers-say/">sends
+ user data to a Chinese company</a>.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>A</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201604250">
+ <p>A</em></ins></span> pregnancy test <span
class="removed"><del><strong>controller application not only
+ can <a
href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/25/11503718/first-response-pregnancy-pro-test-bluetooth-app-security">spy
+ on many sorts of data in the phone, and in server accounts, it can
+ alter them too</a>.
</p></li>
<li><p>The Uber app tracks <a
href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/28/uber-background-location-data-collection/">clients'
@@ -1597,8 +1609,11 @@
surveillance.</p>
</li>
- <li><p>Google's new voice messaging app <a
href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/21/12994362/allo-privacy-message-logs-google">logs
- all conversations</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>too</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <li><p>Google's new voice messaging app</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>controller application not only
can</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/21/12994362/allo-privacy-message-logs-google">logs
+ all conversations</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/25/11503718/first-response-pregnancy-pro-test-bluetooth-app-security">
+ spy on many sorts of data in the phone, and in server accounts,
+ it can alter them too</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
<span
class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Apps</strong></del></span>
@@ -1677,15 +1692,15 @@
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>Android</em></ins></span> apps <span
class="removed"><del><strong>for mobile devices report which other
apps</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>contained
recognizable tracking libraries. For</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>user has
installed. <a
href="http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/26/twitter-app-graph/">Twitter
- is doing this</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>paid
+ is doing this in a way that at least is visible and
+ optional</a>. Not as bad</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>paid
proprietary apps, it was only 60%.</p>
- <p>The article confusingly describes gratis apps as
- “free”, but most of them are not</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>a way</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>fact <a
- href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>. It also uses
the
- ugly word “monetize”. A good replacement for</em></ins></span>
that <span class="removed"><del><strong>at least</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>word</em></ins></span>
- is <span class="removed"><del><strong>visible and
- optional</a>. Not as bad as what the others
do.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>“exploit”; nearly always that will fit
perfectly.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <p>The article confusingly describes gratis apps</em></ins></span>
as <span class="removed"><del><strong>what</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>“free”, but most of them are
not in fact <a
+ href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>. It also
uses</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>others
do.</p></strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>ugly word “monetize”. A good
replacement for that word
+ is “exploit”; nearly always that will fit
perfectly.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>FTC says most
mobile</strong></del></span>
@@ -1770,16 +1785,17 @@
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M201307110">
<p>Skype contains</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/10/16634442/lovense-sex-toy-spy-survei">audio
recordings
- of the conversation between two
users</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130928235637/http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2013/06/20/project-chess-how-u-s-snoops-on-your-skype/">spyware</a>.
- Microsoft changed Skype <a
-
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-collaboration-user-data">
- specifically for spying</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ of the conversation between two users</a>.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+ <li>
<p>The “smart” toys My Friend Cayla and i-Que
transmit</strong></del></span>
-<span class="inserted"><ins><em></ul>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130928235637/http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2013/06/20/project-chess-how-u-s-snoops-on-your-skype/">spyware</a>.
+ Microsoft changed Skype</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.forbrukerradet.no/siste-nytt/connected-toys-violate-consumer-laws">children's
conversations to Nuance Communications</a>,</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-collaboration-user-data">
+ specifically for spying</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+</ul>
<div class="big-subsection">
@@ -1789,19 +1805,19 @@
<ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M201806240">
- <p>Red Shell is a spyware that
- is found in many proprietary games. It</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.forbrukerradet.no/siste-nytt/connected-toys-violate-consumer-laws">children's
conversations</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://nebulous.cloud/threads/red-shell-illegal-spyware-for-steam-games.31924/">
- tracks data on users' computers and sends it</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Nuance
Communications</a>,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>third parties</a>.</p>
+ <p>Red Shell is</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>speech recognition company
based</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>spyware that
+ is found</em></ins></span> in <span class="removed"><del><strong>the
U.S.</p>
+
+ <p>Those toys also contain major security vulnerabilities; crackers
+ can remotely control the toys with</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>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 id="M201804144">
- <p>ArenaNet surreptitiously installed</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>speech recognition company based in the
U.S.</p>
-
- <p>Those toys also contain major security vulnerabilities; crackers
- can remotely control the toys</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>spyware
- program along</em></ins></span> with <span class="removed"><del><strong>a
mobile phone. This would
- enable crackers</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>an
update</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>listen
in</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>the massive
+ <p>ArenaNet surreptitiously installed</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>mobile phone. This would
+ enable crackers</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>spyware
+ program along with an update</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>listen in</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the massive
multiplayer game Guild Wars 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</em></ins></span> on <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>its user's computer</a>.</p>
@@ -1855,12 +1871,13 @@
companies.</p>
<p>They use this</em></ins></span> data to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>a
- data broker, the data broker would have been able</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>manipulate people</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>figure out</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>buy things, and hunt for
- “whales”</em></ins></span> who <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the user was.</p>
+ data broker, the data broker would have been able</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>manipulate people</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>figure out
+ who the user was.</p>
<p>Following this lawsuit,
<a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/14/we-vibe-vibrator-tracking-users-sexual-habits">
- the company has been ordered</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>can be led</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>pay</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>spend</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>total</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>lot</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>C$4m</a>
+ the company has been ordered</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>buy things, and hunt for
+ “whales” who can be led</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>pay</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>spend</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>total</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>lot</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>C$4m</a>
to its customers.</p>
</li>
@@ -1868,19 +1885,26 @@
<a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/28/cloudpets-data-breach-leaks-details-of-500000-children-and-adults">leak
childrens' conversations to the
manufacturer</a>. Guess what?
<a
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/internet-of-things-teddy-bear-leaked-2-million-parent-and-kids-message-recordings">Crackers
found</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>money. They also
- use</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>way</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>back door</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>access the data</a>
- collected by</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>manipulate</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>manufacturer's snooping.</p>
+ use</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>way</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>back door</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>access</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>manipulate</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>data</a>
+ collected by</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>game
play for specific players.</p>
+
+ <p>While</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>manufacturer's snooping.</p>
- <p>That</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>game
play for specific players.</p>
+ <p>That</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>article describes gratis games, games that cost money
+ can use</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>manufacturer</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>same tactics.</p>
+ </li>
- <p>While</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>manufacturer and</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>article describes gratis games, games that cost money
- can use</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>FBI could
listen to these conversations
+ <li id="M201401280">
+ <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,</em></ins></span> and the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>FBI could listen to these conversations
was unacceptable by itself.</p></li>
<li><p>Barbie
- <a
href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/wi-fi-spy-barbie-records-childrens-5177673">is
going to spy on children and adults</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>same tactics.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <a
href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/wi-fi-spy-barbie-records-childrens-5177673">is
going</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>NSA takes
advantage</em></ins></span>
+ to spy <span class="inserted"><ins><em>through it too</a>. Here's
information</em></ins></span> on <span class="removed"><del><strong>children
and adults</a>.</p>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
+</ul>
<!-- #SpywareOnSmartWatches -->
@@ -1895,27 +1919,21 @@
<ul>
<li>
- <p>An LG “smart” watch is designed</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201401280">
- <p>Angry Birds</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/07/09/lg-kizon-smart-watch_n_5570234.html">
- to report its location to someone else</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/world/spy-agencies-scour-phone-apps-for-personal-data.html">
- spies for companies,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the NSA takes advantage</em></ins></span>
- to <span class="removed"><del><strong>transmit
+ <p>An LG “smart” watch is designed</strong></del></span>
<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/07/09/lg-kizon-smart-watch_n_5570234.html">
+ to report its location to someone else and to transmit
conversations too</a>.</p>
</li>
<li>
- <p>A very cheap “smart watch” comes with an Android app
- <a
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/02/chinese_backdoor_found_in_ebays_popular_cheap_smart_watch/">
- that connects to an unidentified site in China</a>.</p>
- <p>The article says this</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>spy through it too</a>. Here's information on
<a
-
href="http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2012/11/analysis-of-what-information-angry.html">
+ <p>A very cheap “smart watch” comes with an
Android</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>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>
+ More about NSA</em></ins></span> app
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/02/chinese_backdoor_found_in_ebays_popular_cheap_smart_watch/">
+ that connects to an unidentified site in China</a>.</p>
+ <p>The article says this</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>spying</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M200510200">
@@ -1941,65 +1959,89 @@
</div>
<div style="clear: left;"></div>
-
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><div class="big-subsection">
- <h4 id="SpywareInBIOS">Spyware</strong></del></span>
-
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M201708280">
- <p>The bad security</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>BIOS</h4>
- <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInBIOS">#SpywareInBIOS</a>)</span>
-</div>
+ <p>The bad security in many Internet of Stings devices allows <a
+
href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170828/08152938092/iot-devices-provide-comcast-wonderful-new-opportunity-to-spy-you.shtml">ISPs
+ to snoop on the people that use them</a>.</p>
-<ul>
-<li><p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>many
Internet of Stings devices allows</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>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></strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170828/08152938092/iot-devices-provide-comcast-wonderful-new-opportunity-to-spy-you.shtml">ISPs
- to snoop</em></ins></span> on <span class="removed"><del><strong>Windows
installs.
-Note that</strong></del></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>specific sabotage method Lenovo used did not affect
-GNU/Linux; also,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>people
that use them</a>.</p>
-
- <p>Don't be</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>“clean” Windows
install</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>sucker—reject all the stings.</p>
-
- <p>It</em></ins></span> is <span class="removed"><del><strong>not
really
-clean since</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>unfortunate
that the article uses the term</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html">Microsoft
-puts in its own malware</a>.
-</p></li></strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Monetize">“monetize”</a>.</p>
- </li></em></ins></span>
-</ul>
+ <p>Don't be a sucker—reject all the stings.</p>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><!-- #SpywareAtWork -->
-<!-- WEBMASTERS: make sure to place new items on top under each subsection
--></strong></del></span>
+ <p>It is unfortunate that the article uses the term <a
+
href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Monetize">“monetize”</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+</ul></em></ins></span>
-<div <span class="removed"><del><strong>class="big-section">
- <h3 id="SpywareAtWork">Spyware at
Work</h3></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>class="big-subsection">
- <h4 id="SpywareInTVSets">TV Sets</h4></em></ins></span>
- <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="#SpywareAtWork">#SpywareAtWork</a>)</span></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="#SpywareInTVSets">#SpywareInTVSets</a>)</span></em></ins></span>
+<div class="big-subsection">
+ <h4 <span class="removed"><del><strong>id="SpywareInBIOS">Spyware in
BIOS</h4></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="SpywareInTVSets">TV
Sets</h4></em></ins></span>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="#SpywareInBIOS">#SpywareInBIOS</a>)</span></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="#SpywareInTVSets">#SpywareInTVSets</a>)</span></em></ins></span>
</div>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><div style="clear: left;"></div>
-
-<ul>
- <li><p>Investigation
- Shows</strong></del></span>
-<span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>Emo Phillips made a joke: The other
day a woman came up to me and
-said, “Didn't I see you on television?” I said, “I
-don't know. You can't see out the other way.” Evidently that was
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><ul>
+<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</strong></del></span>
+
+<span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>Emo Phillips made a joke: The other
day a woman came up to me</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>spyware via BIOS</a></strong></del></span>
+<span class="inserted"><ins><em>said, “Didn't I see
you</em></ins></span> on <span class="removed"><del><strong>Windows installs.
+Note</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>television?”
I said, “I
+don't know. You can't see out the other way.”
Evidently</em></ins></span> that <span class="inserted"><ins><em>was
before Amazon “smart” TVs.</p>
<ul class="blurbs">
- <li id="M201804010">
- <p>Some “Smart” TVs automatically</em></ins></span>
<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160602/17210734610/investigation-shows-gchq-using-us-companies-nsa-to-route-around-domestic-surveillance-restrictions.shtml">GCHQ
+ <li id="M201901070">
+ <p>Vizio TVs
+
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172397/airplay-2-homekit-vizio-tv-bill-baxter-interview-vergecast-ces-2019
+ collect âwhatever</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>specific sabotage method Lenovo used did not affect
+GNU/Linux; also, a “clean” Windows install</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>TV sees,â in the own words of the company's
+ CTO, and this data is sold to third parties. This</em></ins></span> is
<span class="removed"><del><strong>not really
+clean since <a href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html">Microsoft
+puts</strong></del></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>its</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>return for
+ “better service” (meaning more intrusive ads?) and slightly
+ lower retail prices.</p>
+
+ <p>What is supposed to make this spying acceptable, according to him,
+ is that it is opt-in in newer models. But since the Vizio software is
+ nonfree, we don't know what is actually happening behind the scenes,
+ and there is no guarantee that all future updates will leave the
+ settings unchanged.</p>
+
+ <p>If you already</em></ins></span> own <span
class="removed"><del><strong>malware</a>.
+</p></li>
+</ul>
+
+<!-- #SpywareAtWork -->
+<!-- WEBMASTERS:</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>a
Vizio smart TV (or any smart TV, for that
+ matter), the easiest way to</em></ins></span> make sure <span
class="removed"><del><strong>to place new items</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>it isn't spying</em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>top under each subsection -->
+
+<div class="big-section">
+ <h3 id="SpywareAtWork">Spyware at Work</h3>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareAtWork">#SpywareAtWork</a>)</span>
+</div>
+<div style="clear: left;"></div>
+
+<ul>
+ <li><p>Investigation
+ Shows <a
href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160602/17210734610/investigation-shows-gchq-using-us-companies-nsa-to-route-around-domestic-surveillance-restrictions.shtml">GCHQ
Using US Companies, NSA To Route Around Domestic Surveillance
Restrictions</a>.</p>
- <p>Specifically,</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180405014828/https:/twitter.com/buro9/status/980349887006076928">
+ <p>Specifically,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>you is
+ to disconnect</em></ins></span> it <span class="inserted"><ins><em>from
the Internet, and use a terrestrial antenna
+ instead. Unfortunately, this is not always possible. Another option,
+ if you are technically oriented, is to get your own router
(which</em></ins></span> can <span
class="removed"><del><strong>collect</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>be an old computer running completely free
software), and set up a
+ firewall to block connections to Vizio's servers. Or, as a last resort,
+ you can replace your TV with another model.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201804010">
+ <p>Some “Smart” TVs automatically <a
+
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180405014828/https:/twitter.com/buro9/status/980349887006076928">
load downgrades that install a surveillance app</a>.</p>
- <p>We link to the article for the facts</em></ins></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>can collect</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>presents. It
+ <p>We link to the article for the facts it presents. It
is too bad that the article finishes by advocating</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>emails of members</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>moral weakness</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Parliament
this way, because they pass it through Microsoft.</p></li>
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+$Date: 2019/02/22 11:31:44 $
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+ <li id="M201901070">
+ <p>Vizio TVs
+
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172397/airplay-2-homekit-vizio-tv-bill-baxter-interview-vergecast-ces-2019
+ collect âwhatever the TV sees,â in the own words of the company's
+ CTO, and this data is sold to third parties. This is in return for
+ “better service” (meaning more intrusive ads?) and slightly
+ lower retail prices.</p>
+
+ <p>What is supposed to make this spying acceptable, according to him,
+ is that it is opt-in in newer models. But since the Vizio software is
+ nonfree, we don't know what is actually happening behind the scenes,
+ and there is no guarantee that all future updates will leave the
+ settings unchanged.</p>
+
+ <p>If you already own a Vizio smart TV (or any smart TV, for that
+ matter), the easiest way to make sure it isn't spying on you is
+ to disconnect it from the Internet, and use a terrestrial antenna
+ instead. Unfortunately, this is not always possible. Another option,
+ if you are technically oriented, is to get your own router (which can
+ be an old computer running completely free software), and set up a
+ firewall to block connections to Vizio's servers. Or, as a last resort,
+ you can replace your TV with another model.</p>
+ </li>
+
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<p>Some “Smart” TVs automatically <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180405014828/https:/twitter.com/buro9/status/980349887006076928">
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+ <p>Vizio TVs
+
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172397/airplay-2-homekit-vizio-tv-bill-baxter-interview-vergecast-ces-2019
+ collect âwhatever the TV sees,â in the own words of the company's
+ CTO, and this data is sold to third parties. This is in return for
+ “better service” (meaning more intrusive ads?) and slightly
+ lower retail prices.</p>
+
+ <p>What is supposed to make this spying acceptable, according to him,
+ is that it is opt-in in newer models. But since the Vizio software is
+ nonfree, we don't know what is actually happening behind the scenes,
+ and there is no guarantee that all future updates will leave the
+ settings unchanged.</p>
+
+ <p>If you already own a Vizio smart TV (or any smart TV, for that
+ matter), the easiest way to make sure it isn't spying on you is
+ to disconnect it from the Internet, and use a terrestrial antenna
+ instead. Unfortunately, this is not always possible. Another option,
+ if you are technically oriented, is to get your own router (which can
+ be an old computer running completely free software), and set up a
+ firewall to block connections to Vizio's servers. Or, as a last resort,
+ you can replace your TV with another model.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201804010">
<p>Some “Smart” TVs automatically <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180405014828/https:/twitter.com/buro9/status/980349887006076928">
@@ -2792,7 +2816,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/02/20 15:30:48 $
+$Date: 2019/02/22 11:31:44 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
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<h2>Proprietary Software Is Often Malware</h2>
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href="#f3">3</a>)</li>
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href="/proprietary/proprietary-sabotage.html">Sabotage</a></li>
- <li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-subscriptions.html">Subscriptions</a></li>
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class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-addictions.html">Addictions</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html">Back
doors</a> (<a href="#f1">1</a>)</li>
+ <li><a
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+ <li><a <span
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class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-google.html">Google
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
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+ <li><a <span
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class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-drm.html">DRM</a> (<a
href="#f2">2</a>)</li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-amazon.html">Amazon
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href="#f3">3</a>)</li></em></ins></span>
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href="/proprietary/proprietary-tethers.html">Tethers</a> (<a
href="#f4">4</a>)</li>
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doors</a></li>
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<span class="inserted"><ins><em><h3 id="latest">Latest
additions</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201901070">
+ <p>Vizio TVs
+
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172397/airplay-2-homekit-vizio-tv-bill-baxter-interview-vergecast-ces-2019
+ collect âwhatever the TV sees,â in the own words of the company's
+ CTO, and this data is sold to third parties. This is in return for
+ “better service” (meaning more intrusive ads?) and slightly
+ lower retail prices.</p>
+
+ <p>What is supposed to make this spying acceptable, according to him,
+ is that it is opt-in in newer models. But since the Vizio software is
+ nonfree, we don't know what is actually happening behind the scenes,
+ and there is no guarantee that all future updates will leave the
+ settings unchanged.</p>
+
+ <p>If you already own a Vizio smart TV (or any smart TV, for that
+ matter), the easiest way to make sure it isn't spying on you is
+ to disconnect it from the Internet, and use a terrestrial antenna
+ instead. Unfortunately, this is not always possible. Another option,
+ if you are technically oriented, is to get your own router (which can
+ be an old computer running completely free software), and set up a
+ firewall to block connections to Vizio's servers. Or, as a last resort,
+ you can replace your TV with another model.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201902200">
<p>Some portable surveillance
devices (“phones”) now have <a
@@ -214,6 +238,25 @@
href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/06/iphone-session-replay-screenshots/">
recording all the users' actions</a> in interacting with the
app.</p>
</li>
+
+ <li id="M201902010">
+ <p>An investigation of the 150 most popular
+ gratis VPN apps in Google Play found that <a
+ href="https://www.top10vpn.com/free-vpn-android-app-risk-index/">
+ 25% fail to protect their usersâ privacy</a> due to DNS leaks. In
+ addition, 85% feature intrusive permissions or functions in their
+ source code—often used for invasive advertising—that could
+ potentially also be used to spy on users. Other technical flaws were
+ found as well.</p>
+
+ <p>Moreover, a previous investigation had found that <a
+ href="https://www.top10vpn.com/free-vpn-app-investigation/">half of
+ the top 10 gratis VPN apps have lousy privacy policies</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>It is unfortunate that these articles talk about “free
+ apps.” These apps are gratis, but they are <em>not</em>
<a
+ href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>.</p>
+ </li>
</ul></em></ins></span>
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<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/02/21 14:01:35 $
+$Date: 2019/02/22 11:31:44 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
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+
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"all the users' actions</a> in interacting with the app."
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+"An investigation of the 150 most popular gratis VPN apps in Google Play "
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+
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+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
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+
# !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
# ! GNU should report facts briefly and crisply! Also resulting !
# ! consequences should not be swept away by an own opinion! !
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+
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+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
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<h2>Proprietary Software Is Often Malware</h2>
@@ -184,6 +184,30 @@
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><h3 id="latest">Latest
additions</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201901070">
+ <p>Vizio TVs
+
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172397/airplay-2-homekit-vizio-tv-bill-baxter-interview-vergecast-ces-2019
+ collect âwhatever the TV sees,â in the own words of the company's
+ CTO, and this data is sold to third parties. This is in return for
+ “better service” (meaning more intrusive ads?) and slightly
+ lower retail prices.</p>
+
+ <p>What is supposed to make this spying acceptable, according to him,
+ is that it is opt-in in newer models. But since the Vizio software is
+ nonfree, we don't know what is actually happening behind the scenes,
+ and there is no guarantee that all future updates will leave the
+ settings unchanged.</p>
+
+ <p>If you already own a Vizio smart TV (or any smart TV, for that
+ matter), the easiest way to make sure it isn't spying on you is
+ to disconnect it from the Internet, and use a terrestrial antenna
+ instead. Unfortunately, this is not always possible. Another option,
+ if you are technically oriented, is to get your own router (which can
+ be an old computer running completely free software), and set up a
+ firewall to block connections to Vizio's servers. Or, as a last resort,
+ you can replace your TV with another model.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201902200">
<p>Some portable surveillance
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@@ -213,6 +237,25 @@
href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/06/iphone-session-replay-screenshots/">
recording all the users' actions</a> in interacting with the
app.</p>
</li>
+
+ <li id="M201902010">
+ <p>An investigation of the 150 most popular
+ gratis VPN apps in Google Play found that <a
+ href="https://www.top10vpn.com/free-vpn-android-app-risk-index/">
+ 25% fail to protect their usersâ privacy</a> due to DNS leaks. In
+ addition, 85% feature intrusive permissions or functions in their
+ source code—often used for invasive advertising—that could
+ potentially also be used to spy on users. Other technical flaws were
+ found as well.</p>
+
+ <p>Moreover, a previous investigation had found that <a
+ href="https://www.top10vpn.com/free-vpn-app-investigation/">half of
+ the top 10 gratis VPN apps have lousy privacy policies</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>It is unfortunate that these articles talk about “free
+ apps.” These apps are gratis, but they are <em>not</em>
<a
+ href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>.</p>
+ </li>
</ul></em></ins></span>
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<p class="unprintable">Updated:
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-$Date: 2019/02/21 14:01:35 $
+$Date: 2019/02/22 11:31:46 $
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</p>
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"PO-Revision-Date: 2018-02-01 21:32+0100\n"
"Last-Translator: Andrea Pescetti <address@hidden>\n"
"Language-Team: Italian <address@hidden>\n"
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+"in the own words of the company's CTO, and this data is sold to third "
+"parties. This is in return for “better service” (meaning more "
+"intrusive ads?) and slightly lower retail prices."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"it is opt-in in newer models. But since the Vizio software is nonfree, we "
+"don't know what is actually happening behind the scenes, and there is no "
+"guarantee that all future updates will leave the settings unchanged."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"If you already own a Vizio smart TV (or any smart TV, for that matter), the "
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+"Internet, and use a terrestrial antenna instead. Unfortunately, this is not "
+"always possible. Another option, if you are technically oriented, is to get "
+"your own router (which can be an old computer running completely free "
+"software), and set up a firewall to block connections to Vizio's servers. "
+"Or, as a last resort, you can replace your TV with another model."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"Some portable surveillance devices (“phones”) now have <a href="
"\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/feb/20/samsung-galaxy-s10-";
"launch-triple-cameras-ultrasonic-fingerprint-sensors-and-5g\"> fingerprint "
@@ -469,6 +497,30 @@
"all the users' actions</a> in interacting with the app."
msgstr ""
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"found that <a href=\"https://www.top10vpn.com/free-vpn-android-app-risk-";
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"
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+"code—often used for invasive advertising—that could potentially "
+"also be used to spy on users. Other technical flaws were found as well."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"apps have lousy privacy policies</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"It is unfortunate that these articles talk about “free apps.” "
+"These apps are gratis, but they are <em>not</em> <a href=\"/philosophy/free-"
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+msgstr ""
+
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msgid "*GNUN-SLOT: TRANSLATOR'S NOTES*"
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href="/proprietary/proprietary-tyrants.html">Tyrants</a>—systems</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li
id="f4"><em>Tether:</em> functionality that requires
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li
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that <span class="removed"><del><strong>reject</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>requires
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system</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>reject</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>rejects</em></ins></span> any operating
+ <li id="f5"><em>Tyrant:</em> system that
rejects</em></ins></span> any operating
system not “authorized” by the manufacturer.</li>
<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
</div>
@@ -181,6 +181,30 @@
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><h3 id="latest">Latest
additions</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201901070">
+ <p>Vizio TVs
+
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172397/airplay-2-homekit-vizio-tv-bill-baxter-interview-vergecast-ces-2019
+ collect âwhatever the TV sees,â in the own words of the company's
+ CTO, and this data is sold to third parties. This is in return for
+ “better service” (meaning more intrusive ads?) and slightly
+ lower retail prices.</p>
+
+ <p>What is supposed to make this spying acceptable, according to him,
+ is that it is opt-in in newer models. But since the Vizio software is
+ nonfree, we don't know what is actually happening behind the scenes,
+ and there is no guarantee that all future updates will leave the
+ settings unchanged.</p>
+
+ <p>If you already own a Vizio smart TV (or any smart TV, for that
+ matter), the easiest way to make sure it isn't spying on you is
+ to disconnect it from the Internet, and use a terrestrial antenna
+ instead. Unfortunately, this is not always possible. Another option,
+ if you are technically oriented, is to get your own router (which can
+ be an old computer running completely free software), and set up a
+ firewall to block connections to Vizio's servers. Or, as a last resort,
+ you can replace your TV with another model.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201902200">
<p>Some portable surveillance
devices (“phones”) now have <a
@@ -210,6 +234,25 @@
href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/06/iphone-session-replay-screenshots/">
recording all the users' actions</a> in interacting with the
app.</p>
</li>
+
+ <li id="M201902010">
+ <p>An investigation of the 150 most popular
+ gratis VPN apps in Google Play found that <a
+ href="https://www.top10vpn.com/free-vpn-android-app-risk-index/">
+ 25% fail to protect their usersâ privacy</a> due to DNS leaks. In
+ addition, 85% feature intrusive permissions or functions in their
+ source code—often used for invasive advertising—that could
+ potentially also be used to spy on users. Other technical flaws were
+ found as well.</p>
+
+ <p>Moreover, a previous investigation had found that <a
+ href="https://www.top10vpn.com/free-vpn-app-investigation/">half of
+ the top 10 gratis VPN apps have lousy privacy policies</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>It is unfortunate that these articles talk about “free
+ apps.” These apps are gratis, but they are <em>not</em>
<a
+ href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>.</p>
+ </li>
</ul></em></ins></span>
@@ -270,7 +313,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/02/21 14:01:35 $
+$Date: 2019/02/22 11:31:46 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
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<h2>Proprietary Software Is Often Malware</h2>
@@ -101,19 +101,19 @@
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<td></em></ins></span>
<ul>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-apple.html">Apple
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-addictions.html">Addictions</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html">Microsoft
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html">Back
doors</a> (<a
href="#f1">1</a>)</li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-google.html">Google
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-censorship.html">Censorship</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-adobe.html">Adobe
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-coverups.html">Coverups</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-amazon.html">Amazon
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-deception.html">Deception</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-webpages.html">Malware
in webpages</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-drm.html">DRM</a> (<a
href="#f2">2</a>)</li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-phones.html">Malware
in phones</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-incompatibility.html">Incompatibility</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html">Malware
in mobile devices</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-insecurity.html">Insecurity</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-games.html">Malware
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class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-interference.html">Interference</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-appliances.html">Malware
in appliances</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-jails.html">Jails</a> (<a
href="#f3">3</a>)</li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-cars.html">Malware
in cars</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-sabotage.html">Sabotage</a></li>
- <li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-subscriptions.html">Subscriptions</a></li>
- <li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html">Surveillance</a></li>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-apple.html">Apple
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-addictions.html">Addictions</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html">Back
doors</a> (<a href="#f1">1</a>)</li>
+ <li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-censorship.html">Censorship</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html">Microsoft
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-coverups.html">Coverups</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-google.html">Google
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-deception.html">Deception</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-adobe.html">Adobe
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-drm.html">DRM</a> (<a
href="#f2">2</a>)</li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-amazon.html">Amazon
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-incompatibility.html">Incompatibility</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-webpages.html">Malware
in webpages</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-insecurity.html">Insecurity</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-phones.html">Malware
in phones</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-interference.html">Interference</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html">Malware
in mobile devices</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-jails.html">Jails</a> (<a
href="#f3">3</a>)</li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-games.html">Malware
in games</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-sabotage.html">Sabotage</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-appliances.html">Malware
in appliances</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-subscriptions.html">Subscriptions</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-cars.html">Malware
in cars</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html">Surveillance</a></li>
<li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-tethers.html">Tethers</a> (<a
href="#f4">4</a>)</li>
<li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-tyrants.html">Tyrants</a> (<a
href="#f5">5</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/proprietary/potential-malware.html">In the
pipe</a></li></em></ins></span>
@@ -184,6 +184,30 @@
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><h3 id="latest">Latest
additions</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201901070">
+ <p>Vizio TVs
+
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172397/airplay-2-homekit-vizio-tv-bill-baxter-interview-vergecast-ces-2019
+ collect âwhatever the TV sees,â in the own words of the company's
+ CTO, and this data is sold to third parties. This is in return for
+ “better service” (meaning more intrusive ads?) and slightly
+ lower retail prices.</p>
+
+ <p>What is supposed to make this spying acceptable, according to him,
+ is that it is opt-in in newer models. But since the Vizio software is
+ nonfree, we don't know what is actually happening behind the scenes,
+ and there is no guarantee that all future updates will leave the
+ settings unchanged.</p>
+
+ <p>If you already own a Vizio smart TV (or any smart TV, for that
+ matter), the easiest way to make sure it isn't spying on you is
+ to disconnect it from the Internet, and use a terrestrial antenna
+ instead. Unfortunately, this is not always possible. Another option,
+ if you are technically oriented, is to get your own router (which can
+ be an old computer running completely free software), and set up a
+ firewall to block connections to Vizio's servers. Or, as a last resort,
+ you can replace your TV with another model.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201902200">
<p>Some portable surveillance
devices (“phones”) now have <a
@@ -213,6 +237,25 @@
href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/06/iphone-session-replay-screenshots/">
recording all the users' actions</a> in interacting with the
app.</p>
</li>
+
+ <li id="M201902010">
+ <p>An investigation of the 150 most popular
+ gratis VPN apps in Google Play found that <a
+ href="https://www.top10vpn.com/free-vpn-android-app-risk-index/">
+ 25% fail to protect their usersâ privacy</a> due to DNS leaks. In
+ addition, 85% feature intrusive permissions or functions in their
+ source code—often used for invasive advertising—that could
+ potentially also be used to spy on users. Other technical flaws were
+ found as well.</p>
+
+ <p>Moreover, a previous investigation had found that <a
+ href="https://www.top10vpn.com/free-vpn-app-investigation/">half of
+ the top 10 gratis VPN apps have lousy privacy policies</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>It is unfortunate that these articles talk about “free
+ apps.” These apps are gratis, but they are <em>not</em>
<a
+ href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>.</p>
+ </li>
</ul></em></ins></span>
@@ -273,7 +316,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/02/21 14:01:35 $
+$Date: 2019/02/22 11:31:46 $
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</p>
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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
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msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: proprietary.html\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2019-02-21 13:56+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2019-02-22 11:26+0000\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: 2017-11-24 22:20+0100\n"
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"Language-Team: Dutch <address@hidden>\n"
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+"tv-bill-baxter-interview-vergecast-ces-2019 collect âwhatever the TV
sees,â "
+"in the own words of the company's CTO, and this data is sold to third "
+"parties. This is in return for “better service” (meaning more "
+"intrusive ads?) and slightly lower retail prices."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"What is supposed to make this spying acceptable, according to him, is that "
+"it is opt-in in newer models. But since the Vizio software is nonfree, we "
+"don't know what is actually happening behind the scenes, and there is no "
+"guarantee that all future updates will leave the settings unchanged."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"If you already own a Vizio smart TV (or any smart TV, for that matter), the "
+"easiest way to make sure it isn't spying on you is to disconnect it from the "
+"Internet, and use a terrestrial antenna instead. Unfortunately, this is not "
+"always possible. Another option, if you are technically oriented, is to get "
+"your own router (which can be an old computer running completely free "
+"software), and set up a firewall to block connections to Vizio's servers. "
+"Or, as a last resort, you can replace your TV with another model."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"Some portable surveillance devices (“phones”) now have <a href="
"\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/feb/20/samsung-galaxy-s10-";
"launch-triple-cameras-ultrasonic-fingerprint-sensors-and-5g\"> fingerprint "
@@ -462,6 +490,30 @@
"all the users' actions</a> in interacting with the app."
msgstr ""
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"An investigation of the 150 most popular gratis VPN apps in Google Play "
+"found that <a href=\"https://www.top10vpn.com/free-vpn-android-app-risk-";
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"
+"addition, 85% feature intrusive permissions or functions in their source "
+"code—often used for invasive advertising—that could potentially "
+"also be used to spy on users. Other technical flaws were found as well."
+msgstr ""
+
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+msgid ""
+"Moreover, a previous investigation had found that <a href=\"https://www.";
+"top10vpn.com/free-vpn-app-investigation/\">half of the top 10 gratis VPN "
+"apps have lousy privacy policies</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"It is unfortunate that these articles talk about “free apps.” "
+"These apps are gratis, but they are <em>not</em> <a href=\"/philosophy/free-"
+"sw.html\">free software</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
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msgid "*GNUN-SLOT: TRANSLATOR'S NOTES*"
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<li><strong>Company or type</strong></del></span> <span
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a way to be had.</p>
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class="removed"><del><strong>product</strong></li></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>October, 2018, the pages in this directory
list around 350
-instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 400 references to
+<p>As of October, 2018, the pages in this directory list around 350
+instances</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>product</strong></li></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>malicious functionalities (with more than 400
references to
back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know
about.</p>
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<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><strong>Type of
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<li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-back-doors.html">Back
doors</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-appliances.html">Appliances</a></li>
<li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-cars.html">Cars</a></li>
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<span
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+ <li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-games.html">Games</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
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<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html">Mobiles</a></li>
+ <li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-webpages.html">Webpages</a></li>
</ul>
<ul></em></ins></span>
<li><a <span
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<span
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@@ -182,6 +182,30 @@
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><h3 id="latest">Latest
additions</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201901070">
+ <p>Vizio TVs
+
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172397/airplay-2-homekit-vizio-tv-bill-baxter-interview-vergecast-ces-2019
+ collect âwhatever the TV sees,â in the own words of the company's
+ CTO, and this data is sold to third parties. This is in return for
+ “better service” (meaning more intrusive ads?) and slightly
+ lower retail prices.</p>
+
+ <p>What is supposed to make this spying acceptable, according to him,
+ is that it is opt-in in newer models. But since the Vizio software is
+ nonfree, we don't know what is actually happening behind the scenes,
+ and there is no guarantee that all future updates will leave the
+ settings unchanged.</p>
+
+ <p>If you already own a Vizio smart TV (or any smart TV, for that
+ matter), the easiest way to make sure it isn't spying on you is
+ to disconnect it from the Internet, and use a terrestrial antenna
+ instead. Unfortunately, this is not always possible. Another option,
+ if you are technically oriented, is to get your own router (which can
+ be an old computer running completely free software), and set up a
+ firewall to block connections to Vizio's servers. Or, as a last resort,
+ you can replace your TV with another model.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201902200">
<p>Some portable surveillance
devices (“phones”) now have <a
@@ -211,6 +235,25 @@
href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/06/iphone-session-replay-screenshots/">
recording all the users' actions</a> in interacting with the
app.</p>
</li>
+
+ <li id="M201902010">
+ <p>An investigation of the 150 most popular
+ gratis VPN apps in Google Play found that <a
+ href="https://www.top10vpn.com/free-vpn-android-app-risk-index/">
+ 25% fail to protect their usersâ privacy</a> due to DNS leaks. In
+ addition, 85% feature intrusive permissions or functions in their
+ source code—often used for invasive advertising—that could
+ potentially also be used to spy on users. Other technical flaws were
+ found as well.</p>
+
+ <p>Moreover, a previous investigation had found that <a
+ href="https://www.top10vpn.com/free-vpn-app-investigation/">half of
+ the top 10 gratis VPN apps have lousy privacy policies</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>It is unfortunate that these articles talk about “free
+ apps.” These apps are gratis, but they are <em>not</em>
<a
+ href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>.</p>
+ </li>
</ul></em></ins></span>
@@ -271,7 +314,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/02/21 14:01:35 $
+$Date: 2019/02/22 11:31:46 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
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+
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+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
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+
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+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
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+msgstr ""
+
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+
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+"guarantee that all future updates will leave the settings unchanged."
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+
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+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
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"Some portable surveillance devices (“phones”) now have <a "
"href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/feb/20/samsung-galaxy-s10-launch-triple-cameras-ultrasonic-fingerprint-sensors-and-5g\";>
"
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@@ -277,6 +306,31 @@
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+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
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+"top 10 gratis VPN apps have lousy privacy policies</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
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+"It is unfortunate that these articles talk about “free apps.” "
+"These apps are gratis, but they are <em>not</em> <a "
+"href=\"/philosophy/free-sw.html\">free software</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
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+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
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+"don't know what is actually happening behind the scenes, and there is no "
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+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
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+
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"gravar todas as ações dos usuários</a> na interação com o aplicativo"
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
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"
+"usadas para publicidade invasiva Рque tamb̩m poderiam ser usadas para
"
+"espionar usuários. Outras falhas técnicas foram encontradas também."
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+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
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+"e mais populares de VPN tinham péssimas polÃticas de privacidade</a>."
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
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+msgstr ""
+"à lamentável que esses artigos falem sobre âfree appsâ. Esses
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+
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doors</a> (<a
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href="#f3">3</a>)</li>
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href="/proprietary/proprietary-sabotage.html">Sabotage</a></li>
- <li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-subscriptions.html">Subscriptions</a></li>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-apple.html">Apple
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-addictions.html">Addictions</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html">Back
doors</a> (<a href="#f1">1</a>)</li>
+ <li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-censorship.html">Censorship</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html">Microsoft
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-coverups.html">Coverups</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-google.html">Google
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-deception.html">Deception</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-adobe.html">Adobe
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-drm.html">DRM</a> (<a
href="#f2">2</a>)</li></em></ins></span>
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class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-amazon.html">Amazon
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in webpages</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
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in mobile devices</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
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href="#f4">4</a>)</li>
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<span class="inserted"><ins><em><h3 id="latest">Latest
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+ <p>Vizio TVs
+
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172397/airplay-2-homekit-vizio-tv-bill-baxter-interview-vergecast-ces-2019
+ collect âwhatever the TV sees,â in the own words of the company's
+ CTO, and this data is sold to third parties. This is in return for
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+
+ <p>What is supposed to make this spying acceptable, according to him,
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+ nonfree, we don't know what is actually happening behind the scenes,
+ and there is no guarantee that all future updates will leave the
+ settings unchanged.</p>
+
+ <p>If you already own a Vizio smart TV (or any smart TV, for that
+ matter), the easiest way to make sure it isn't spying on you is
+ to disconnect it from the Internet, and use a terrestrial antenna
+ instead. Unfortunately, this is not always possible. Another option,
+ if you are technically oriented, is to get your own router (which can
+ be an old computer running completely free software), and set up a
+ firewall to block connections to Vizio's servers. Or, as a last resort,
+ you can replace your TV with another model.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201902200">
<p>Some portable surveillance
devices (“phones”) now have <a
@@ -214,6 +238,25 @@
href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/06/iphone-session-replay-screenshots/">
recording all the users' actions</a> in interacting with the
app.</p>
</li>
+
+ <li id="M201902010">
+ <p>An investigation of the 150 most popular
+ gratis VPN apps in Google Play found that <a
+ href="https://www.top10vpn.com/free-vpn-android-app-risk-index/">
+ 25% fail to protect their usersâ privacy</a> due to DNS leaks. In
+ addition, 85% feature intrusive permissions or functions in their
+ source code—often used for invasive advertising—that could
+ potentially also be used to spy on users. Other technical flaws were
+ found as well.</p>
+
+ <p>Moreover, a previous investigation had found that <a
+ href="https://www.top10vpn.com/free-vpn-app-investigation/">half of
+ the top 10 gratis VPN apps have lousy privacy policies</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>It is unfortunate that these articles talk about “free
+ apps.” These apps are gratis, but they are <em>not</em>
<a
+ href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>.</p>
+ </li>
</ul></em></ins></span>
@@ -274,7 +317,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/02/21 14:01:35 $
+$Date: 2019/02/22 11:31:47 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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+"parties. This is in return for “better service” (meaning more "
+"intrusive ads?) and slightly lower retail prices."
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+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"guarantee that all future updates will leave the settings unchanged."
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+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
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+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
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+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
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+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
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