www/philosophy proprietary-surveillance.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       13/12/29 12:42:03

Modified files:
        philosophy     : proprietary-surveillance.html 

Log message:
        Mention the NSA key in Windows.
        Mention Baidu input method spying.
        Clarify the issue of collecting users' address lists.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/proprietary-surveillance.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.22&r2=1.23

Patches:
Index: proprietary-surveillance.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/proprietary-surveillance.html,v
retrieving revision 1.22
retrieving revision 1.23
diff -u -b -r1.22 -r1.23
--- proprietary-surveillance.html       27 Dec 2013 17:47:46 -0000      1.22
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html       29 Dec 2013 12:42:02 -0000      1.23
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/02/28/windows_update_keeps_tabs/";>
 Windows Update snoops on the user.</a>
 <a 
href="https://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/look-the-black-underbelly-of-windows-81-blue-222175";>Windows
 8.1 snoops on local searches.</a>.
+And there's a <a href="http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article40836.html";>secret 
NSA key in Windows</a>, whose functions we don't know.
 </li>
 <li>Spyware in Angry Birds: <a
 
href="http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2012/11/analysis-of-what-information-angry.html";>
@@ -57,6 +58,10 @@
 devices.</p>
 </li>
 
+<li><a 
href="http://japandailypress.com/government-warns-agencies-against-using-chinas-baidu-application-after-data-transmissions-discovered-2741553/";>
+Baidu's Japanese-input and Chinese-input apps spy on users.</a>
+</li>
+
 <li>FTC says most mobile apps for children don't respect privacy: <a
 
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>
@@ -119,8 +124,9 @@
 Google Analytics service, which <a
 
href="http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/434164/google_analytics_breaks_norwegian_privacy_laws_local_agency_said/";>
 tells Google the IP address and the page that was visited.</a></li>
-<li>Many web sites try to collect users' lists of phone numbers or
-email contacts.  This violates the privacy of anyone in those lists.</li>
+<li>Many web sites try to collect users' address books (the user's
+list of other people's phone numbers or email addresses).  This
+violates the privacy of those other people.</li>
 </ul>
 
 </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
@@ -178,7 +184,7 @@
 
 <p>Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2013/12/27 17:47:46 $
+$Date: 2013/12/29 12:42:02 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>