www/proprietary malware-google.html

[Pavel Kharitonov]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Pavel Kharitonov <ineiev>       17/03/08 02:50:52

Modified files:
        proprietary    : malware-google.html 

Log message:
        Update Parent-Version; fix copyright years; remove irrelevant entry; 
rewrap long lines.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-google.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.5&r2=1.6

Patches:
Index: malware-google.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/malware-google.html,v
retrieving revision 1.5
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -b -r1.5 -r1.6
--- malware-google.html 8 Mar 2017 07:34:50 -0000       1.5
+++ malware-google.html 8 Mar 2017 07:50:52 -0000       1.6
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
-<!-- Parent-Version: 1.79 -->
+<!-- Parent-Version: 1.83 -->
 <title>Google's Software Is Malware
 - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
  <!--#include virtual="/proprietary/po/malware-google.translist" -->
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
       <!--<li><a href="#insecurity">Insecurity</a></li>-->
       <!--<li><a href="#pressuring">Pressuring</a></li>-->
       <li><a href="#sabotage">Sabotage</a></li>
-      <li><a href="#interference">Interference</a></li>
       <!--<li><a href="#surveillance">Surveillance</a></li>-->
       <li><a href="#drm">Digital restrictions
          management</a> or &ldquo;DRM&rdquo; means functionalities designed
@@ -53,15 +52,24 @@
 
 <h3 id="back-doors">Google Back Doors</h3>
 <ul>
-  <li><p>Chrome has a back door <a 
href="https://consumerist.com/2017/01/18/why-is-google-blocking-this-ad-blocker-on-chrome/";>for
     remote erasure of add-ons</a>.</p></li>
-  <li><p>Baidu's proprietary Android library, Moplus, has a back door       
that <a 
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/11/millions-android-devices-vulnerable-remote-hijacking-baidu-wrote-code-google-made";>can
+  <li><p>Chrome has a back door <a 
href="https://consumerist.com/2017/01/18/why-is-google-blocking-this-ad-blocker-on-chrome/";>for
+    remote erasure of add-ons</a>.</p>
+  </li>
+  <li>
+    <p>Baidu's proprietary Android library, Moplus, has a back door
+      that <a 
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/11/millions-android-devices-vulnerable-remote-hijacking-baidu-wrote-code-google-made";>can
        &ldquo;upload files&rdquo; as well as forcibly install
        apps</a>.</p>
-    <p>It is used by 14,000 Android applications.</p></li>
-  <li><p><a 
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/18/chinese-android-phones-coolpad-hacker-backdoor";>
 A Chinese version of Android has a universal back door</a>. Nearly all
-      models of mobile phones have a universal back door in the modem chip. So
-      why did Coolpad bother to introduce another? Because this one is 
controlled
-      by Coolpad.</p></li>
+    <p>It is used by 14,000 Android applications.</p>
+  </li>
+<li>
+<p><a 
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/18/chinese-android-phones-coolpad-hacker-backdoor";>
+A Chinese version of Android has a universal back door</a>. Nearly all
+models of mobile phones have a universal back door in the modem chip. So
+why did Coolpad bother to introduce another? Because this one is controlled
+by Coolpad.
+</p>
+</li>
   <li><p>In Android, <a 
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2506557/security0/google-throws--kill-switch--on-android-phones.html";>
        Google has a back door to remotely delete apps.</a>  (It is in a program
       called GTalkService).</p>
@@ -113,8 +121,8 @@
 actions that harm to the users of specific Apple software.</p>
 
 <ul>
-  <li><p>
-      Google has long had <a       
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/nov/24/google-can-unlock-android-devices-remotely-if-phone-unencrypted";>a
+  <li><p>Google has long had <a
+      
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/nov/24/google-can-unlock-android-devices-remotely-if-phone-unencrypted";>a
        back door to remotely unlock an Android device</a>, unless its
       disk is encrypted (possible since Android 5.0 Lollipop, but
       still not quite the default).</p></li>
@@ -123,7 +131,8 @@
        behavioral and location information</a> of their users with third 
parties.
   </p></li>
   
-  <li><p>&ldquo;Cryptic communication,&rdquo; unrelated to the app's 
functionality,   was <a 
href="http://news.mit.edu/2015/data-transferred-android-apps-hiding-1119";>
+  <li><p>&ldquo;Cryptic communication,&rdquo; unrelated to the app's 
functionality,
+  was <a 
href="http://news.mit.edu/2015/data-transferred-android-apps-hiding-1119";>
        found in the 500 most popular gratis Android apps</a>.</p>
     
     <p>The article should not have described these apps as
@@ -135,51 +144,61 @@
       analyze what users are doing or how.  &ldquo;Analytics&rdquo; tools that 
snoop are
       just as wrong as any other snooping.</p></li>
   
-  <li><p>Gratis Android apps (but not <a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free 
software</a>)       connect to 100
+  <li><p>Gratis Android apps (but not <a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free 
software</a>)
+      connect to 100
       <a 
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/06/free-android-apps-connect-tracking-advertising-websites";>tracking
 and advertising</a> URLs,
-      on the average.</p></li>
+      on the average.</p>
+  </li>
   
-  <li><p>Spyware is present in some Android devices when they are sold.       
Some Motorola phones modify Android to
+  <li><p>Spyware is present in some Android devices when they are sold.
+      Some Motorola phones modify Android to
       <a 
href="http://www.beneaththewaves.net/Projects/Motorola_Is_Listening.html";>
-       send personal data to Motorola</a>.</p></li>
+      send personal data to Motorola</a>.</p>
+  </li>
   
-  <li><p>Spyware in Android phones (and Windows? laptops): The Wall       
Street Journal (in an article blocked from us by a paywall)
+  <li><p>Spyware in Android phones (and Windows? laptops): The Wall
+      Street Journal (in an article blocked from us by a paywall)
       reports that
       <a 
href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/1/4580718/fbi-can-remotely-activate-android-and-laptop-microphones-reports-wsj";>
        the FBI can remotely activate the GPS and microphone in Android
        phones and 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>Google's new voice messaging app <a 
href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/21/12994362/allo-privacy-message-logs-google";>logs
       all conversations</a>.</p></li>
+      <a href="http://cryptome.org/2013/08/fbi-hackers.htm";>more info</a>.</p>
+  </li>
   
-  <li><p>Nest thermometers   send <a 
href="http://bgr.com/2014/07/17/google-nest-jailbreak-hack";>a
-       lot of data about the user</a>.</p></li>
+  <li><p>Google's new voice messaging app <a 
href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/21/12994362/allo-privacy-message-logs-google";>logs
+      all conversations</a>.</p>
+  </li>
+  <li><p>Nest thermometers
+  send <a href="http://bgr.com/2014/07/17/google-nest-jailbreak-hack";>a
+  lot of data about the user</a>.</p>
+  </li>
   
-  <li><p>Many web sites report all their visitors to Google by using       the 
Google Analytics service, which
+  <li><p>Many web sites report all their visitors to Google by using
+      the Google Analytics service, which
       <a 
href="http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/434164/google_analytics_breaks_norwegian_privacy_laws_local_agency_said/";>
-       tells Google the IP address and the page that was visited.</a></p></li>
-  
-  <li><p>Google Chrome makes it easy for an extension to do <a     
href="https://labs.detectify.com/2015/07/28/how-i-disabled-your-chrome-security-extensions/";>total
-       snooping on the user's browsing</a>, and many of them do so.</p></li>
-</ul>
+      tells Google the IP address and the page that was visited.</a></p>
+  </li>
 
-<h3 id="interference">Google Interference</h3>
-<ul>
-  <li><p>An upgrade package for Acrobat Reader <a 
href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/adobe-acrobat-reader-dc-update-installs-chrome-browser-extension/";>silently
-       alters Chrome</a>.</p></li>
+  <li><p>Google Chrome makes it easy for an extension to do <a
+    
href="https://labs.detectify.com/2015/07/28/how-i-disabled-your-chrome-security-extensions/";>total
+    snooping on the user's browsing</a>, and many of them do so.</p>
+  </li>
 </ul>
 
 <h3 id="drm">Google DRM</h3>
 <ul>
-  <li><p>
-      Chrome <a 
href="http://boingboing.net/2017/01/30/google-quietly-makes-optiona.html";>implements
   DRM</a>. So does Chromium, through nonfree software that is
+<li>
+  <p>Chrome <a 
href="http://boingboing.net/2017/01/30/google-quietly-makes-optiona.html";>implements
+  DRM</a>. So does Chromium, through nonfree software that is
       effectively part of it.</p>
     
-    <p><a 
href="https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=686430";>More 
information</a>.</p></li>
+  <p><a 
href="https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=686430";>More 
information</a>.</p>
+</li>
   
-  <li><p>Android <a 
href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/drm/package-summary.html";>contains
 facilities specifically to support DRM.</a>
-      insecurity</p></li>
+<li><p>Android <a 
href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/drm/package-summary.html";>contains
+facilities specifically to support DRM.</a></p>
+</li>
   
   <li><p><a 
href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/privacy-scandal-nsa-can-spy-on-smart-phone-data-a-920971.html";>
        The NSA can tap data in smart phones, including iPhones, Android, and
@@ -192,8 +211,12 @@
 
 <h3 id="tyrants">Google Tyrants</h3>
 <ul>
-  <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>
+ <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>
 </ul>
 
 </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
@@ -243,7 +266,7 @@
      There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers
      Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. -->
 
-<p>Copyright &copy; 2016, 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
+<p>Copyright &copy; 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
 
 <p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
 href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/";>Creative
@@ -253,7 +276,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2017/03/08 07:34:50 $
+$Date: 2017/03/08 07:50:52 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>