www/server/staging/proprietary/rec README propr...

[rsiddharth]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     rsiddharth <rsd>        18/09/19 21:53:34

Modified files:
        server/staging/proprietary/rec: README propr-blurbs.rec 

Log message:
        Tagged all items in proprietary-tethers.html

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/server/staging/proprietary/rec/README?cvsroot=www&r1=1.6&r2=1.7
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/server/staging/proprietary/rec/propr-blurbs.rec?cvsroot=www&r1=1.6&r2=1.7

Patches:
Index: README
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          proprietary-interference
          proprietary-jails
          proprietary-sabotage
+         proprietary-tethers.html
 
 Many thanks for your help!
 

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@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 
 Id: -201807050
 PubDate: 2018-07-05
-Section:
+Section: tethers
 Keyword:
 Blurb: <p>The Jawbone fitness tracker was tethered to a proprietary phone app. 
In 2017, the company shut down and made the app stop working. <a 
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/05/defunct-jawbone-fitness-trackers-kept-selling-after-app-closure-says-which";>
 All the existing trackers stopped working forever</a>.</p>
 + 
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
 
 Id: -201711010
 PubDate: 2017-11-01
-Section: back-doors universal surveillance tether toy
+Section: back-doors universal surveillance tethers toy
 Keyword: sony aibo
 Blurb: <p>Sony has brought back its robotic pet Aibo, this time <a 
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bj778v/sony-wants-to-sell-you-a-subscription-to-a-robot-dog-aibo-90s-pet";>
 with a universal back door, and tethered to a server that requires a 
subscription</a>.</p>
 
@@ -383,8 +383,8 @@
 
 Id: -201710041
 PubDate: 2017-10-04
-Section:
-Keyword:
+Section: tethers
+Keyword: canary
 Blurb: <p>The Canary home surveillance camera has been sabotaged by its 
manufacturer, <a 
href="https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/10/4/16426394/canary-smart-home-camera-free-service-update-change";>
 turning off many features unless the user starts paying for a 
subscription</a>.</p>
 + 
 +  <p>With manufacturers like these, who needs security breakers?</p>
@@ -565,8 +565,8 @@
 
 Id: -201705180
 PubDate: 2017-05-18
-Section:
-Keyword:
+Section: tethers
+Keyword: second-life
 Blurb: <p>Bird and rabbit pets were implemented for Second Life by a company 
that tethered their food to a server. <a 
href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/05/19/second-life-ozimals-pet-rabbits-dying";>
 It shut down the server and the pets more or less died</a>.</p>
 
 Id: -201705160
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@
 
 Id: -201611070
 PubDate: 2016-11-07
-Section: games surveillance
+Section: games surveillance tethers
 Keyword: nVidia
 Blurb: <p>nVidia's proprietary GeForce Experience <a 
href="http://www.gamersnexus.net/industry/2672-geforce-experience-data-transfer-analysis";>makes
 users identify themselves and then sends personal data about them to nVidia 
servers</a>.</p>
 
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@
 
 Id: -201609280
 PubDate: 2016-09-28
-Section: apple surveillance ithings
+Section: apple surveillance ithings tethers
 Keyword: imessage apps
 Blurb: <p>The iMessage app on iThings <a 
href="https://theintercept.com/2016/09/28/apple-logs-your-imessage-contacts-and-may-share-them-with-police/";>tells
 a server every phone number that the user types into it</a>; the server 
records these numbers for at least 30 days.</p>
 
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@
 
 Id: -201607280
 PubDate: 2016-07-28
-Section: surveillance mobiles
+Section: surveillance mobiles tethers
 Keyword: apps
 Blurb: <p>A half-blind security critique of a tracking app: it found that <a 
href="http://www.consumerreports.org/mobile-security-software/glow-pregnancy-app-exposed-women-to-privacy-threats/";>
 blatant flaws allowed anyone to snoop on a user's personal data</a>. The 
critique fails entirely to express concern that the app sends the personal data 
to a server, where the <em>developer</em> gets it all. This 
&ldquo;service&rdquo; is for suckers!</p>
 + 
@@ -1217,8 +1217,8 @@
 
 Id: -201604050
 PubDate: 2016-04-05
-Section:
-Keyword:
+Section: appliances tethers
+Keyword: google
 Blurb: <p>Google/Alphabet <a 
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/nest-reminds-customers-ownership-isnt-what-it-used-be";>
 intentionally broke Revolv home automatic control products that depended on a 
server</a> to function, by shutting down the server. The lesson is, reject all 
such products. Insist on self-contained computers that run free software!</p>
 
 Id: -201603220
@@ -2288,13 +2288,13 @@
 Id: -201305100
 PubDate: 2013-05-10
 Section: tethers sabotage adobe 
-Keyword:
+Keyword: adobe
 Blurb: <p>Adobe applications <a 
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160308062844/http://www.wired.com/2013/05/adobe-creative-cloud-petition/";>
 require periodic connection to a server</a>.</p>
 
 Id: -201305060
 PubDate: 2013-05-06
 Section: sabotage adobe
-Keyword:
+Keyword: adobe
 Blurb: <p>Adobe applications have time bombs: they <a 
href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/06/adobe-goes-all-in-with-subscription-based-creative-cloud-will-stop-selling-regular-cs-licenses-shrink-wrapped-boxes/";>
 stop working after a certain time</a>, after which the user must pay to extend 
the time.</p>
 + 
 +  <p>Once there was a problem with the servers that these programs use to 
check who has paid, and <a 
href="http://www.macuser.co.uk/9015-adobe-creative-cloud-outage-leaves-adobe-users-locked-out";>
 the applications refused to work for anyone</a>.</p>