www/philosophy proprietary-surveillance.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       13/12/06 17:38:18

Modified files:
        philosophy     : proprietary-surveillance.html 

Log message:
        Mention Brightest Flashlight example.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/proprietary-surveillance.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.19&r2=1.20

Patches:
Index: proprietary-surveillance.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/proprietary-surveillance.html,v
retrieving revision 1.19
retrieving revision 1.20
diff -u -b -r1.19 -r1.20
--- proprietary-surveillance.html       6 Dec 2013 00:36:14 -0000       1.19
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html       6 Dec 2013 17:38:17 -0000       1.20
@@ -61,8 +61,19 @@
 
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/ftc-disclosures-severely-lacking-in-kids-mobile-appsand-its-getting-worse/";>
 
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/ftc-disclosures-severely-lacking-in-kids-mobile-appsand-its-getting-worse/</a>
 </li>
-<li>Spyware in Cisco TNP IP phones: <a
-href="http://boingboing.net/2012/12/29/your-cisco-phone-is-listening.html";>
+<li>The Brightest Flashlight app <a 
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/06/android-app-50m-downloads-sent-data-advertisers";>
+sends user data, including geolocation, for use by companies.</a>
+<p>
+The FTC criticized this app because it asked the user to approve
+sending personal data to the app developer but did not ask about
+sending it to other companies.  This shows the weakness of the
+reject-it-if-you-dislike-snooping &ldquo;solution&rdquo; to
+surveillance: why should a flashlight app send any information to
+anyone?  A free software flashlight app would not.</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>Spyware in Cisco TNP IP
+phones: <a 
href="http://boingboing.net/2012/12/29/your-cisco-phone-is-listening.html";>
 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/29/your-cisco-phone-is-listening.html</a>
 </li>
 <li>Spyware in Android phones (and Windows? laptops): The Wall Street
@@ -160,7 +171,7 @@
 
 <p>Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2013/12/06 00:36:14 $
+$Date: 2013/12/06 17:38:17 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>