www/proprietary malware-adobe.html

[Therese Godefroy]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Therese Godefroy <th_g> 18/09/27 07:15:27

Modified files:
        proprietary    : malware-adobe.html 

Log message:
        Add missing item & regenerate from recfile.

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

Patches:
Index: malware-adobe.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-adobe.html,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -b -r1.9 -r1.10
--- malware-adobe.html  25 Jul 2018 01:37:26 -0000      1.9
+++ malware-adobe.html  27 Sep 2018 11:15:26 -0000      1.10
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
 <!-- Parent-Version: 1.79 -->
+<!-- 
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ Generated from propr-blurbs.rec. Please do not edit this file manually !
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+-->
 <title>Adobe's Software Is Malware
 - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
  <!--#include virtual="/proprietary/po/malware-adobe.translist" -->
 <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
-
 <h2>Adobe's Software is Malware</h2>
 
 <p><a href="/proprietary/proprietary.html">Other examples of proprietary
@@ -35,51 +39,64 @@
 to present the specifics.</p>
 </div>
 
-<ul>
-<li>
-<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>
-</li>
-
-<li>
-<p><a
-href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/adobe-software-subscription-model-means-you-cant-own-your-software/";>
-Adobe tools require a subscription</a>.  Adobe also tried to <a
-href="http://chocolateandvodka.com/2014/02/20/adobe-creative-cloud-subscription-warning/";>
-rip people off by making the subscriptions annual</a>,
-but that is a secondary issue compared with the basic wrong of the
-time bomb.  When a program proprietary, and even malware, don't get
-distracted by the secondary issues like price.</p>
-
-<p>Please don't repeat the marketing term &ldquo;Creative Cloud&rdquo;
-except to express revulsion for it.  The <a
-href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#CloudComputing"> term
-&ldquo;cloud&rdquo; is designed to cloud users' minds</a>.</p>
-</li>
-
-<li><p>Adobe nonfree software may halt all other work and freeze a
-computer <a
-href="http://shallowsky.com/blog/gimp/non-free-software-surprises.html";>
-to perform a license check</a>, at a random time every 30
-days.</p></li>
-
-<li><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></li>
-
-<li><p>Adobe made &ldquo;Digital Editions,&rdquo; the e-reader used by
-most US libraries, <a
-href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/drm-strikes-again-3575860/";>
-send lots of data to Adobe</a>.  Adobe's &ldquo;excuse&rdquo;: it's
-needed to check DRM!</p></li>
+<ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M201701110">
+    <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 id="M201510220">
+    <p>Adobe nonfree software may halt
+    all other work and freeze a computer <a
+    href="http://shallowsky.com/blog/gimp/non-free-software-surprises.html";>
+    to perform a license check</a>, at a random time every 30 days.</p>
+  </li>
+
+  <li id="M201410080">
+    <p>Adobe made &ldquo;Digital Editions,&rdquo;
+    the e-reader used by most US libraries, <a
+    
href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/drm-strikes-again-3575860/";>
+    send lots of data to Adobe</a>.  Adobe's &ldquo;excuse&rdquo;: it's
+    needed to check DRM!</p>
+  </li>
+
+  <li id="M201402200">
+    <p><a
+    
href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/adobe-software-subscription-model-means-you-cant-own-your-software/";>
+    Adobe tools require a subscription</a>.  Adobe also tried to <a
+    
href="http://chocolateandvodka.com/2014/02/20/adobe-creative-cloud-subscription-warning/";>
+    rip people off by making the subscriptions annual</a>, but that is
+    a secondary issue compared with the basic wrong of the time bomb.
+    When a program proprietary, and even malware, don't get distracted
+    by the secondary issues like price.</p>
+
+    <p>Please don't repeat the marketing term &ldquo;Creative
+    Cloud&rdquo; except to express revulsion for it.  The <a
+    href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#CloudComputing"> term
+    &ldquo;cloud&rdquo; is designed to cloud users' minds</a>.</p>
+  </li>
+
+  <li id="M201305100">
+    <p>Adobe applications <a
+    href="https://www.wired.com/2013/05/adobe-creative-cloud-petition/";>
+    require periodic connection to a server</a>.</p>
+  </li>
+
+  <li id="M201305060">
+    <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>
+  </li>
 </ul>
 
+
 </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
 <!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
 <div id="footer">
@@ -137,7 +154,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2018/07/25 01:37:26 $
+$Date: 2018/09/27 11:15:26 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>