www/proprietary proprietary-surveillance.html m...

[Fabio Pesari]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Fabio Pesari <fabiop>   15/09/29 08:13:54

Modified files:
        proprietary    : proprietary-surveillance.html 
                         malware-apple.html 

Log message:
        Added iCloud entry [RT #1049820]

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.17&r2=1.18
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-apple.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.9&r2=1.10

Patches:
Index: proprietary-surveillance.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html,v
retrieving revision 1.17
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -b -r1.17 -r1.18
--- proprietary-surveillance.html       28 Sep 2015 10:30:38 -0000      1.17
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html       29 Sep 2015 08:13:46 -0000      1.18
@@ -240,6 +240,32 @@
 </div>
 
 <ul>
+  <li><p>iThings automatically upload to Apple's servers all the photos and
+      videos they make.</p>
+
+    <blockquote><p>
+      iCloud Photo Library stores every photo and video you take,
+      and keeps them up to date on all your devices.
+      Any edits you make are automatically updated everywhere. [...]
+    </p></blockquote>
+
+    <p>(From <a href="https://www.apple.com/icloud/photos/";>Apple's iCloud
+      information</a> as accessed on 24 Sep 2015.) The iCloud feature is
+      <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202033";>activated by the
+      startup of iOS</a>. The term &ldquo;cloud&rdquo; means
+      &ldquo;please don't ask where.&rdquo;</p>
+
+    <p>There is a way to <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201104";>
+      deactivate iCloud</a>, but it's active by default so it still counts as a
+      surveillance functionality.</p>
+
+    <p>Unknown people apparently took advantage of this to
+      <a 
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/01/naked-celebrity-hack-icloud-backup-jennifer-lawrence";>get
+      nude photos of many celebrities</a>. They needed to break Apple's
+      security to get at them, but NSA can access any of them through
+      <a 
href="/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html#digitalcash">PRISM</a>.
+  </p></li>
+
   <li><p>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,
@@ -698,7 +724,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2015/09/28 10:30:38 $
+$Date: 2015/09/29 08:13:46 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: malware-apple.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/malware-apple.html,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -b -r1.9 -r1.10
--- malware-apple.html  25 Sep 2015 17:04:31 -0000      1.9
+++ malware-apple.html  29 Sep 2015 08:13:48 -0000      1.10
@@ -111,6 +111,32 @@
 
 <h3 id="surveillance">Apple Surveillance</h3>
 <ul>
+  <li><p>iThings automatically upload to Apple's servers all the photos and
+      videos they make.</p>
+
+    <blockquote><p>
+      iCloud Photo Library stores every photo and video you take,
+      and keeps them up to date on all your devices.
+      Any edits you make are automatically updated everywhere. [...]
+    </p></blockquote>
+
+    <p>(From <a href="https://www.apple.com/icloud/photos/";>Apple's iCloud
+      information</a> as accessed on 24 Sep 2015.) The iCloud feature is
+      <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202033";>activated by the
+      startup of iOS</a>. The term &ldquo;cloud&rdquo; means
+      &ldquo;please don't ask where.&rdquo;</p>
+
+    <p>There is a way to <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201104";>
+      deactivate iCloud</a>, but it's active by default so it still counts as a
+      surveillance functionality.</p>
+
+    <p>Unknown people apparently took advantage of this to
+      <a 
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/01/naked-celebrity-hack-icloud-backup-jennifer-lawrence";>get
+      nude photos of many celebrities</a>. They needed to break Apple's
+      security to get at them, but NSA can access any of them through
+      <a 
href="/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html#digitalcash">PRISM</a>.
+  </p></li>
+
   <li><p><a 
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/10/30/how-one-mans-private-files-ended-up-on-apples-icloud-without-his-consent/";>
   MacOS automatically sends to Apple servers unsaved documents being
   edited</a>. The <a
@@ -286,7 +312,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2015/09/25 17:04:31 $
+$Date: 2015/09/29 08:13:48 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>