www/philosophy malware-microsoft.html malware-m...

[Navaneeth]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Navaneeth <navaneeths52>        14/05/24 11:40:48

Modified files:
        philosophy     : malware-microsoft.html malware-mobiles.html 

Log message:
        Added new item (RT #917940)

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/malware-microsoft.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.9&r2=1.10
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/malware-mobiles.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.3&r2=1.4

Patches:
Index: malware-microsoft.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/malware-microsoft.html,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -b -r1.9 -r1.10
--- malware-microsoft.html      12 May 2014 19:47:22 -0000      1.9
+++ malware-microsoft.html      24 May 2014 11:40:47 -0000      1.10
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@
   
href="http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2013/06/how-can-any-company-ever-trust-microsoft-again/index.htm";>
   Microsoft informs the NSA of bugs in Windows before fixing them.</a></p></li>
 
+  <li><p>
+  <a 
href="http://www.itproportal.com/2014/05/14/microsoft-openly-offered-cloud-data-fbi-and-nsa/";>Microsoft
 SkyDrive allows the NSA to directly examine users' data</p></a>.
+  </li>
+
   <li><p><a 
   
href="http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/04/windows-xp-end-of-an-era-end-of-an-error/index.htm";>
   Microsoft cut off security fixes for Windows XP, except to some big users 
@@ -145,7 +149,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2014/05/12 19:47:22 $
+$Date: 2014/05/24 11:40:47 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: malware-mobiles.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/malware-mobiles.html,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -b -r1.3 -r1.4
--- malware-mobiles.html        22 Apr 2014 15:52:36 -0000      1.3
+++ malware-mobiles.html        24 May 2014 11:40:47 -0000      1.4
@@ -63,6 +63,24 @@
   laptops</a>. (I suspect this means Windows laptops.) Here is <a 
   href="http://cryptome.org/2013/08/fbi-hackers.htm";>more info</a>.</p></li>
 
+  <li>
+  <p>In
+  Android, <a 
href="https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9213641/Google_throws_kill_switch_on_Android_phones?pageNumber=1";>Google
+  has a back door to remotely delete apps.</a>  (It is in the nonfree
+  program Google Play, which was formerly known as Android Market.)
+  </p>
+ 
+  <p>
+  Although Google's <em>exercise</em> of this power has not been
+  malicious so far, the point is that nobody should have such power,
+  which could also be used maliciously.  You might well decide to let a
+  security service remotely <em>deactivate</em> programs that it
+  considers malicious.  But there is no excuse for allowing it
+  to <em>delete</em> the programs, and you should have the right to
+  decide who (if anyone) to trust in this way.
+  </p>
+  </li>
+
   <li><p><a 
href="http://blog.azimuthsecurity.com/2013/04/unlocking-motorola-bootloader.html";>
   Some Android phones are tyrants</a> (though someone found a way to crack 
   the restriction). Fortunately, most Android devices are not tyrants.</p></li>
@@ -130,7 +148,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2014/04/22 15:52:36 $
+$Date: 2014/05/24 11:40:47 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>