www/philosophy proprietary-back-doors.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       13/08/11 22:50:27

Modified files:
        philosophy     : proprietary-back-doors.html 

Log message:
        Add item about cell phones, and item about Intel microcode.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/proprietary-back-doors.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.3&r2=1.4

Patches:
Index: proprietary-back-doors.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/proprietary-back-doors.html,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -b -r1.3 -r1.4
--- proprietary-back-doors.html 29 Jul 2013 06:33:53 -0000      1.3
+++ proprietary-back-doors.html 11 Aug 2013 22:50:27 -0000      1.4
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@
 </li>
 
 <li>
+<p>Most mobile phones have a universal back door, which has
+been used to <a 
href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/07/22/nsa_can_reportedly_track_cellphones_even_when_they_re_turned_off.html";>
+turn them malicious</a>.
+</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
 <p>The Amazon Kindle has a back door that has been used
 to <a 
href="http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/some-e-books-are-more-equal-than-others/";>
 remotely erase books</a>.
@@ -36,6 +43,20 @@
 </li>
 </ul>
 
+Here is a suspicion that can't be proved, but is worth thinking about.
+
+<ul>
+<li>
+<p><a 
href="http://www.afr.com/p/technology/intel_chips_could_be_nsa_key_to_ymrhS1HS1633gCWKt5tFtI";>Writable
+microcode for Intel and AMD microprocessors</a> may be a vehicle for
+the NSA to invade computers, with the help of Microsoft, say respected
+security experts.
+</p>
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+
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 <!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
 <div id="footer">
@@ -74,7 +95,7 @@
 
 <p>Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2013/07/29 06:33:53 $
+$Date: 2013/08/11 22:50:27 $
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 </p>
 </div>