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From: |
Pavel Kharitonov |
Subject: |
www/proprietary proprietary-surveillance.html |
Date: |
Tue, 01 Sep 2015 16:45:55 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Pavel Kharitonov <ineiev> 15/09/01 16:45:54
Modified files:
proprietary : proprietary-surveillance.html
Log message:
(SpywareInMobileApps): Entry on Spotify #1040609.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.12&r2=1.13
Patches:
Index: proprietary-surveillance.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html,v
retrieving revision 1.12
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -b -r1.12 -r1.13
--- proprietary-surveillance.html 15 Aug 2015 09:02:29 -0000 1.12
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html 1 Sep 2015 16:45:54 -0000 1.13
@@ -330,6 +330,23 @@
<ul>
+ <li><p>Like most “music screaming” disservices, Spotify
+ is based on proprietary malware (DRM and snooping). In August
+ 2015 it <a
+href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/aug/21/spotify-faces-user-backlash-over-new-privacy-policy">
+ demanded users submit to increased snooping</a>, and some
+ are starting to realize that it is nasty.</p>
+
+ <p>This article shows the <a
+href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/21/spotify_worse_than_the_nsa/">
+ twisted ways that they present snooping as a way
+ to “serve” users better</a>—never mind
+ whether they want that. This is a typical example of
+ the attitude of the proprietary software industry towards
+ those they have subjugated.</p>
+
+ <p>Out, out, damned Spotify!</p>
+ </li>
<li><p>Many proprietary apps for mobile devices report which other
apps the user has
installed. <a
href="http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/26/twitter-app-graph/">Twitter
@@ -670,7 +687,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2015/08/15 09:02:29 $
+$Date: 2015/09/01 16:45:54 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
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