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www/proprietary proprietary-surveillance.html
From: |
hellekin |
Subject: |
www/proprietary proprietary-surveillance.html |
Date: |
Thu, 26 Nov 2015 15:05:41 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: hellekin <hellekin> 15/11/26 15:05:41
Modified files:
proprietary : proprietary-surveillance.html
Log message:
Add Facebook Magic Photo spyware (refs #1060569)
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
Patches:
Index: proprietary-surveillance.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html,v
retrieving revision 1.30
retrieving revision 1.31
diff -u -b -r1.30 -r1.31
--- proprietary-surveillance.html 26 Nov 2015 14:26:11 -0000 1.30
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html 26 Nov 2015 15:05:41 -0000 1.31
@@ -339,6 +339,19 @@
</div>
<ul>
+ <li><p>Facebook's app has started scanning photos people take with their
mobiles.
+
+
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/10/facebook_scans_camera_for_your_friends/
+
+ The article says "camera", but that word is misleading; cameras do not
+ have a Facebook app installed in them. This applies only to phones and
+ tablets.
+
+ I suspect the face recognition is done by sending the photos to
+ a Facebook server. If so, the server could do other things with
+ those photos. It could save them and send them to Big Brother.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li><p>According to Edward Snowden,
<a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34444233">agencies can take over
smartphones</a>
by sending hidden text messages which enable them to turn the phones
@@ -394,6 +407,17 @@
<ul>
+ <li><p>Facebook's app has started <a
href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/10/facebook_scans_camera_for_your_friends/">scanning
photos people take</a> with their mobiles.</p>
+
+ <p>The article says "camera", but that word is misleading; cameras
+ do not have a Facebook app installed in them. This applies only
+ to phones and tablets.</p>
+
+ <p>I suspect the face recognition is done by sending the photos to
+ a Facebook server. If so, the server could do other things with
+ those photos. It could save them and send them to Big Brother.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li><p>Like most “music screaming” disservices, Spotify
is based on proprietary malware (DRM and snooping). In August
2015 it <a
@@ -683,6 +707,7 @@
but the surveillance is an abuse all the same.</p>
<ul>
+
<li><p><a
href="http://japandailypress.com/government-warns-agencies-against-using-chinas-baidu-application-after-data-transmissions-discovered-2741553/">
Baidu's Japanese-input and Chinese-input apps spy on users.</a></p>
</li>
@@ -806,7 +831,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2015/11/26 14:26:11 $
+$Date: 2015/11/26 15:05:41 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
- www/proprietary proprietary-surveillance.html, hellekin, 2015/11/17
- www/proprietary proprietary-surveillance.html, hellekin, 2015/11/25
- www/proprietary proprietary-surveillance.html, hellekin, 2015/11/26
- www/proprietary proprietary-surveillance.html, hellekin, 2015/11/26
- www/proprietary proprietary-surveillance.html, hellekin, 2015/11/26
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hellekin <=
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- www/proprietary proprietary-surveillance.html, hellekin, 2015/11/30