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From: |
Richard M. Stallman |
Subject: |
www/philosophy who-does-that-server-really-serv... |
Date: |
Sun, 27 Oct 2013 13:20:19 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 13/10/27 13:20:19
Modified files:
philosophy : who-does-that-server-really-serve.html
Log message:
Add two references.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.44&r2=1.45
Patches:
Index: who-does-that-server-really-serve.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html,v
retrieving revision 1.44
retrieving revision 1.45
diff -u -b -r1.44 -r1.45
--- who-does-that-server-really-serve.html 13 Aug 2013 00:08:32 -0000
1.44
+++ who-does-that-server-really-serve.html 27 Oct 2013 13:20:18 -0000
1.45
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@
to the malicious features of certain proprietary software.</p>
<p> For instance, some proprietary programs are “spyware”:
-the program sends out data about users' computing activities.
+the program <a href="/philosophy/proprietary-surveillance.html">
+sends out data about users' computing activities</a>.
Microsoft Windows sends information about users' activities to
Microsoft. Windows Media Player reports what each user watches or
listens to. The Amazon Kindle reports which pages of which books the
@@ -97,8 +98,13 @@
<p>Unlike proprietary software, SaaSS does not require covert code to
obtain the user's data. Instead, users must send their data to the
server in order to use it. This has the same effect as spyware: the
-server operator gets the data—with no special effort, by
-the nature of SaaSS.</p>
+server operator gets the data—with no special effort, by the
+nature of SaaSS. Amy Webb, who intended never to post any photos of
+her daughter, made the mistake of using SaaSS (Instagram) to edit
+photos of her. Eventually
+<a
href="http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/data_mine_1/2013/09/privacy_facebook_kids_don_t_post_photos_of_your_kids_on_social_media.html">
they
+leaked from there</a>.
+</p>
<p>Some proprietary operating systems have a universal back door,
permitting someone to remotely install software changes. For
@@ -408,7 +414,7 @@
<p>Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2013/08/13 00:08:32 $
+$Date: 2013/10/27 13:20:18 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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