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

[Therese Godefroy]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Therese Godefroy <th_g> 19/02/28 04:08:24

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

Log message:
        Facebook spying SDK (RT #).

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.85&r2=1.86
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.246&r2=1.247
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.87&r2=1.88
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec?cvsroot=www&r1=1.47&r2=1.48

Patches:
Index: malware-mobiles.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html,v
retrieving revision 1.85
retrieving revision 1.86
diff -u -b -r1.85 -r1.86
--- malware-mobiles.html        20 Feb 2019 11:44:40 -0000      1.85
+++ malware-mobiles.html        28 Feb 2019 09:08:24 -0000      1.86
@@ -379,6 +379,18 @@
 <h3 id="surveillance">Mobile Surveillance</h3>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M201902230">
+    <p>Facebook offered a convenient proprietary
+    library for building mobile apps, which also <a
+    href="https://boingboing.net/2019/02/23/surveillance-zucksterism.html";>
+    sent personal data to Facebook</a>. Lots of companies built apps that
+    way and released them, apparently not realizing that all the personal
+    data they collected would go to Facebook as well.</p>
+
+    <p>It shows that no one can trust a nonfree program, not even the
+    developers of other nonfree programs.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201902060">
     <p>Many nonfree apps have a surveillance feature for <a
     
href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/06/iphone-session-replay-screenshots/";>
@@ -967,7 +979,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/02/20 11:44:40 $
+$Date: 2019/02/28 09:08:24 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: proprietary-surveillance.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html,v
retrieving revision 1.246
retrieving revision 1.247
diff -u -b -r1.246 -r1.247
--- proprietary-surveillance.html       28 Feb 2019 08:41:30 -0000      1.246
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html       28 Feb 2019 09:08:24 -0000      1.247
@@ -768,6 +768,18 @@
 </div>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M201902230">
+    <p>Facebook offered a convenient proprietary
+    library for building mobile apps, which also <a
+    href="https://boingboing.net/2019/02/23/surveillance-zucksterism.html";>
+    sent personal data to Facebook</a>. Lots of companies built apps that
+    way and released them, apparently not realizing that all the personal
+    data they collected would go to Facebook as well.</p>
+
+    <p>It shows that no one can trust a nonfree program, not even the
+    developers of other nonfree programs.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201902060">
     <p>Many nonfree apps have a surveillance feature for <a
     
href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/06/iphone-session-replay-screenshots/";>
@@ -2165,7 +2177,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/02/28 08:41:30 $
+$Date: 2019/02/28 09:08:24 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: proprietary.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary.html,v
retrieving revision 1.87
retrieving revision 1.88
diff -u -b -r1.87 -r1.88
--- proprietary.html    28 Feb 2019 08:41:30 -0000      1.87
+++ proprietary.html    28 Feb 2019 09:08:24 -0000      1.88
@@ -146,6 +146,18 @@
 <h3 id="latest">Latest additions</h3>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M201902230">
+    <p>Facebook offered a convenient proprietary
+    library for building mobile apps, which also <a
+    href="https://boingboing.net/2019/02/23/surveillance-zucksterism.html";>
+    sent personal data to Facebook</a>. Lots of companies built apps that
+    way and released them, apparently not realizing that all the personal
+    data they collected would go to Facebook as well.</p>
+
+    <p>It shows that no one can trust a nonfree program, not even the
+    developers of other nonfree programs.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201902080">
     <p>The HP <a
     href="https://boingboing.net/2019/02/08/inkjet-dystopias.html";>
@@ -209,22 +221,6 @@
     fingerprint sensors in the display</a>. Does that imply they could
     take the fingerprint of anyone who operates the touch screen?</p>
   </li>
-
-  <li id="M201902041">
-    <p>Twenty nine &ldquo;beauty camera&rdquo; apps that used to be
-    on Google Play had one or more malicious functionalities, such
-    as stealing users' photos instead of &ldquo;beautifying&rdquo; them, <a
-    
href="https://www.teleanalysis.com/news/national/these-29-beauty-camera-apps-steal-private-photo-29923";>pushing
-    unwanted and often malicious ads on users, and redirecting them
-    to phishing sites</a> that stole their credentials. Furthermore, the
-    user interface of most 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 a potential risk because
-    there is no easy way of knowing what they really do.</p>
-  </li>
 </ul>
 
 
@@ -285,7 +281,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/02/28 08:41:30 $
+$Date: 2019/02/28 09:08:24 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: workshop/mal.rec
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec,v
retrieving revision 1.47
retrieving revision 1.48
diff -u -b -r1.47 -r1.48
--- workshop/mal.rec    28 Feb 2019 08:41:30 -0000      1.47
+++ workshop/mal.rec    28 Feb 2019 09:08:24 -0000      1.48
@@ -26,6 +26,23 @@
 # ADD NEW BLURB HERE
 
 Added: 2019-02-28
+Id: 201902230
+RT: 1364145
+PubDate: 2019-02-23
+Target: proprietary-surveillance.html SpywareInMobileApps
+Target: malware-mobiles.html surveillance
+Keywords: facebook sdk
+Blurb: <p>Facebook offered a convenient proprietary
++   library for building mobile apps, which also <a
++   href="https://boingboing.net/2019/02/23/surveillance-zucksterism.html";>
++   sent personal data to Facebook</a>. Lots of companies built apps that
++   way and released them, apparently not realizing that all the personal
++   data they collected would go to Facebook as well.</p>
++
++   <p>It shows that no one can trust a nonfree program, not even the
++   developers of other nonfree programs.</p>
+
+Added: 2019-02-28
 Id: 201902080
 RT: www-discuss 2019-02-28 (...inkjet-dystopias.html)
 PubDate: 2019-02-08