www/philosophy/proprietary malware-kindle-swind...

[hellekin]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     hellekin <hellekin>     15/03/27 13:50:42

Modified files:
        philosophy/proprietary: malware-kindle-swindle.html 
                                malware-microsoft.html 
                                proprietary-sabotage.html 

Log message:
        Add Amazon downgrade and Microft abandoning support for IE

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/proprietary/malware-kindle-swindle.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.3&r2=1.4
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.5&r2=1.6
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/proprietary/proprietary-sabotage.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.7&r2=1.8

Patches:
Index: malware-kindle-swindle.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/proprietary/malware-kindle-swindle.html,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -b -r1.3 -r1.4
--- malware-kindle-swindle.html 23 Jul 2014 10:08:48 -0000      1.3
+++ malware-kindle-swindle.html 27 Mar 2015 13:50:40 -0000      1.4
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@
   <p>The Kindle also has a 
   <a 
href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200774090";>
   universal back door</a>.</p>
-  </li>
+
+  <p>Amazon <a 
href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150321/13350230396/while-bricking-jailbroken-fire-tvs-last-year-amazon-did-same-to-kindle-devices.shtml";>
+      downgraded the software in users' Swindles</a>
+    so that those already rooted would cease to function at all.</p></li>
 
   <li><p><a href="http://science.opposingviews.com/kindle-drm-17841.html";>
   The Amazon Kindle has DRM</a>. That article is flawed in that it
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2014/07/23 10:08:48 $
+$Date: 2015/03/27 13:50:40 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: malware-microsoft.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html,v
retrieving revision 1.5
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -b -r1.5 -r1.6
--- malware-microsoft.html      18 Nov 2014 10:08:37 -0000      1.5
+++ malware-microsoft.html      27 Mar 2015 13:50:40 -0000      1.6
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@
   Microsoft cut off security fixes for Windows XP, except to some big users 
   that pay exorbitantly.</a></p>
 
+    <p>Microsoft is going to
+      <a 
href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/security/3605515/more-than-half-of-all-ie-users-face-patch-axe-in-10-months/";>
+       cut off support for some Internet Explorer versions</a> in the same 
way.</p>
+
   <p>I think a person or company has the right to cease to work on a
   particular program; the wrong here is Microsoft does this after having
   made the users dependent on Microsoft, so they are not free to ask
@@ -160,7 +164,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2014/11/18 10:08:37 $
+$Date: 2015/03/27 13:50:40 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: proprietary-sabotage.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/proprietary/proprietary-sabotage.html,v
retrieving revision 1.7
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -u -b -r1.7 -r1.8
--- proprietary-sabotage.html   5 Dec 2014 16:33:22 -0000       1.7
+++ proprietary-sabotage.html   27 Mar 2015 13:50:41 -0000      1.8
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
 worse than a back door.</p>
 
 <ul>
+  <li><p>Amazon
+      <a 
href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150321/13350230396/while-bricking-jailbroken-fire-tvs-last-year-amazon-did-same-to-kindle-devices.shtml";>
+       downgraded the software in users' Swindles</a>
+      so that those already rooted would cease to function at all.</p></li>
+  
   <li><p>Apple <a 
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/04/apple-deleted-music-ipods-rivals-steve-jobs";>deleted
                from iPods the music that users had got from internet music 
stores
                that competed with iTunes</a>.
@@ -45,7 +50,11 @@
 <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 that pay exorbitantly.</a></p>
+    users that pay exorbitantly.</a></p>
+
+<p>Microsoft is going to
+  <a 
href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/security/3605515/more-than-half-of-all-ie-users-face-patch-axe-in-10-months/";>
+    cut off support for some Internet Explorer versions</a> in the same 
way.</p>
 
 <p>I think a person or company has the right to cease to work on a
 particular program; the wrong here is Microsoft does this after having
@@ -188,7 +197,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2014/12/05 16:33:22 $
+$Date: 2015/03/27 13:50:41 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>