www/philosophy proprietary-surveillance.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       14/05/06 05:41:29

Modified files:
        philosophy     : proprietary-surveillance.html 

Log message:
        Add iThing surveillance.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/proprietary-surveillance.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.26&r2=1.27

Patches:
Index: proprietary-surveillance.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/proprietary-surveillance.html,v
retrieving revision 1.26
retrieving revision 1.27
diff -u -b -r1.26 -r1.27
--- proprietary-surveillance.html       12 Apr 2014 12:40:40 -0000      1.26
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html       6 May 2014 05:41:29 -0000       1.27
@@ -16,6 +16,26 @@
 <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 iThings: the <a
+href="http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/privacy-advocates-worry-over-new-apple-iphone-tracking-feature-161836223.html";>iBeacon</a>
 lets stores
+determine exactly where the iThing is, and get other info too.
+<!-- http://www.wassom.com/walking-in-snow-ibeacon-ble-and-privacy.html -->
+<p>
+There is also a feature for web sites to track users, which is
+<a 
href="http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/10/17/how-to-disable-apple-ios-user-tracking-ios-6/";>
+enabled by default</a>.  (That article talks about iOS 6, but it is still
+true in iOS 7.)</p>
+<p>
+The iThing
+also <a 
href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/08/ios7_tracking_now_its_a_favourite_feature/";>tells
+Apple its geolocation</a> by default, though that can be turned off.
+</p>
+<p>
+<a 
href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-30/how-nsa-hacks-your-iphone-presenting-dropout-jeep";>
+Either Apple helps the NSA snoop on all the data in an iThing, or it
+is totally incompetent.</a>
+</p>
+</li>
 <li> Angry Birds
  <a
 
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/world/spy-agencies-scour-phone-apps-for-personal-data.html";>
 spies for companies, and the NSA takes advantage
@@ -190,7 +210,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2014/04/12 12:40:40 $
+$Date: 2014/05/06 05:41:29 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>