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

[Therese Godefroy]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Therese Godefroy <th_g> 18/08/24 02:43:06

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

Log message:
        Add Red Shell and Blizzard Warden items (RT #1317175 & 1317177);
        synchronize proprietary-surveillance.html#SpywareInGames &
        malware-games.html.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.192&r2=1.193
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-games.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.12&r2=1.13

Patches:
Index: proprietary-surveillance.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html,v
retrieving revision 1.192
retrieving revision 1.193
diff -u -b -r1.192 -r1.193
--- proprietary-surveillance.html       22 Aug 2018 08:37:19 -0000      1.192
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html       24 Aug 2018 06:43:03 -0000      1.193
@@ -1383,6 +1383,21 @@
 
 <ul>
   <li>
+    <p>Red Shell is a spyware that is found in many proprietary games. It <a
+      
href="https://nebulous.cloud/threads/red-shell-illegal-spyware-for-steam-games.31924/";>
+      tracks data on users' computers and sends it to third parties</a>.</p>
+  </li>
+
+  <li>
+    <p>Blizzard Warden is a hidden &ldquo;cheating-prevention&rdquo; program
+      that <a
+      href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2005/10/new-gaming-feature-spyware";>
+      spies on every process running on a gamer's computer and sniffs a
+      good deal of personal data</a>, including lots of activities which
+      have nothing to do with cheating.</p>
+  </li>
+
+  <li>
     <p>ArenaNet surreptitiously installed a spyware program along with an
       update to the massive multiplayer game Guild War 2.  The spyware
       allowed ArenaNet <a 
href="https://techraptor.net/content/arenanet-used-spyware-anti-cheat-for-guild-wars-2-banwave";>
@@ -1719,7 +1734,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2018/08/22 08:37:19 $
+$Date: 2018/08/24 06:43:03 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: malware-games.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-games.html,v
retrieving revision 1.12
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -b -r1.12 -r1.13
--- malware-games.html  25 Jul 2018 01:43:19 -0000      1.12
+++ malware-games.html  24 Aug 2018 06:43:03 -0000      1.13
@@ -36,6 +36,28 @@
 <p>Here are examples of malware in games.</p>
 
 <ul>
+<li>
+  <p>Red Shell is a spyware that is found in many proprietary games. It <a
+    
href="https://nebulous.cloud/threads/red-shell-illegal-spyware-for-steam-games.31924/";>
+    tracks data on users' computers and sends it to third parties</a>.</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+  <p>Blizzard Warden is a hidden &ldquo;cheating-prevention&rdquo; program
+    that <a
+    href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2005/10/new-gaming-feature-spyware";>
+    spies on every process running on a gamer's computer and sniffs a
+    good deal of personal data</a>, including lots of activities which
+    have nothing to do with cheating.</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+  <p>ArenaNet surreptitiously installed a spyware program along with an
+    update to the massive multiplayer game Guild War 2.  The spyware
+    allowed ArenaNet <a 
href="https://techraptor.net/content/arenanet-used-spyware-anti-cheat-for-guild-wars-2-banwave";>
+    to snoop on all open processes running on its user's
+    computer</a>.</p>
+</li>
 
 <li>
   <p>The driver for a certain gaming keyboard <a 
href="https://thehackernews.com/2017/11/mantistek-keyboard-keylogger.html";>sends
 information to
@@ -47,6 +69,26 @@
     nVidia servers</a>.</p>
 </li>
 
+<li>
+  <p>Angry Birds
+    <a 
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/world/spy-agencies-scour-phone-apps-for-personal-data.html";>
+    spies for companies, and the NSA takes advantage to spy through it too</a>.
+    Here's information on
+    <a 
href="http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2012/11/analysis-of-what-information-angry.html";>
+    more spyware apps</a>.</p>
+  <p><a 
href="http://www.propublica.org/article/spy-agencies-probe-angry-birds-and-other-apps-for-personal-data";>
+    More about NSA app spying</a>.</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+  <p>Many 
+    <a 
href="http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/12/29/how-much-data-are-video-games-collecting-about-you.html/";>
+    video game consoles snoop on their users and report to the 
+    internet</a>&mdash; even what their users weigh.</p>
+  <p>A game console is a computer, and you can't trust a computer with 
+    a nonfree operating system.</p>
+</li>
+
 <li><p>Modern gratis game cr&hellip;apps
     <a 
href="http://toucharcade.com/2015/09/16/we-own-you-confessions-of-a-free-to-play-producer/";>
     collect a wide range of data about their users and their users' 
@@ -145,7 +187,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2018/07/25 01:43:19 $
+$Date: 2018/08/24 06:43:03 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>