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CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: GNUN <gnun> 18/10/07 15:58:31
Modified files:
proprietary/po : malware-microsoft.de-diff.html
malware-microsoft.de.po malware-microsoft.es.po
malware-microsoft.fr.po
malware-microsoft.it-diff.html
malware-microsoft.it.po
malware-microsoft.ja-diff.html
malware-microsoft.ja.po malware-microsoft.pot
malware-microsoft.ru.po
Log message:
Automatic update by GNUnited Nations.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-microsoft.de-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.12&r2=1.13
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-microsoft.de.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.122&r2=1.123
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-microsoft.es.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.119&r2=1.120
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-microsoft.fr.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.134&r2=1.135
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-microsoft.it-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.11&r2=1.12
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-microsoft.it.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.127&r2=1.128
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-microsoft.ja-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.22&r2=1.23
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-microsoft.ja.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.102&r2=1.103
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-microsoft.pot?cvsroot=www&r1=1.67&r2=1.68
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-microsoft.ru.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.174&r2=1.175
Patches:
Index: malware-microsoft.de-diff.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/malware-microsoft.de-diff.html,v
retrieving revision 1.12
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -b -r1.12 -r1.13
--- malware-microsoft.de-diff.html 5 Oct 2018 17:29:55 -0000 1.12
+++ malware-microsoft.de-diff.html 7 Oct 2018 19:58:31 -0000 1.13
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
<p><a href="/proprietary/proprietary.html">Other examples of
proprietary
malware</a></p>
-<div class="highlight-para">
+<div <span
class="removed"><del><strong>class="highlight-para"></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>class="comment"></em></ins></span>
<p>
<em>Malware</em> means software designed to function in ways that
mistreat or harm the user. (This does not include accidental errors.)
@@ -45,15 +45,18 @@
because the developer's awareness that the users would be powerless to fix
any malicious functionalities tempts the developer to impose some.
</p>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong></div></strong></del></span>
+<div <span class="removed"><del><strong>class="summary"
style="margin-top:</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>class="important"
style="margin-bottom:</em></ins></span> 2em">
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>If you know of an example that ought
to be in this page but isn't
here, please write
to <a href="mailto:address@hidden"><address@hidden></a>
to inform us. Please include the URL of a trustworthy reference or two
-to present the specifics.</p></em></ins></span>
+to present the specifics.</p>
+</div>
</div>
-<div class="summary" style="margin-top: 2em">
+<div class="summary"></em></ins></span>
<h3>Type of malware</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="#back-doors">Back doors</a></li>
@@ -87,7 +90,7 @@
<li><p>Microsoft</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT backdoor -->
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-back-door -->
<li id="M201608172">
<p id="windows-update">Microsoft</em></ins></span>
Windows has a universal back door through which <a
@@ -125,6 +128,15 @@
door capabilities of the TPM 2.0 chip.</p>
</li>
+ <li id="M201307300">
+ <p>Here is a suspicion that
+ we can't prove, but is worth thinking about: <a
+
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150206003913/http://www.afr.com/p/technology/intel_chips_could_be_nsa_key_to_ymrhS1HS1633gCWKt5tFtI">
+ Writable microcode for Intel and AMD microprocessors</a> may be a
+ vehicle for the NSA to invade computers, with the help of Microsoft,
+ say respected security experts.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201112081">
<p>Windows 8</em></ins></span> also has a back door for <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2500036/desktop-apps/microsoft--we-can-remotely-delete-windows-8-apps.html"></em></ins></span>
@@ -146,7 +158,7 @@
<h3 id="drm">Microsoft DRM</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT DRM --></em></ins></span>
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-dr --></em></ins></span>
<li <span
class="removed"><del><strong>id="windows7-back-door"><p>Users reported
that <a
href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2993490/windows/windows-10-upgrades-reportedly-appearing-as-mandatory-for-some-users.html#tk.rss_all">
Microsoft was forcing them to replace Windows 7 and 8 with all-spying
@@ -184,7 +196,7 @@
<li></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT insecurity -->
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-insec -->
<li id="M201705120"></em></ins></span>
<p>Exploits of bugs in Windows, which were developed by the NSA
and then leaked by the Shadowbrokers group, are now being used to <a
@@ -211,20 +223,28 @@
turned into a botnet for the purpose of collecting customers' credit
card
<span class="removed"><del><strong>numbers</a>.
-</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>numbers.</p>
+</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>numbers.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
</ul>
-<h3 id="interference">Microsoft Interference</h3>
+<h3 <span class="removed"><del><strong>id="sabotage">Microsoft
Sabotage</h3>
+
+<p>The wrongs in this section are not precisely malware, since they do
+not involve making the program that runs in a way that
hurts</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="interference">Microsoft Interference</h3>
-<p>Various proprietary programs often mess up the user's system. They
-are like sabotage, but they are not grave enough to qualify for the word
+<p>Various proprietary programs often mess up</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>user.
+But they</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>user's system.
They</em></ins></span>
+are <span class="removed"><del><strong>a lot</strong></del></span> like <span
class="removed"><del><strong>malware, since</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>sabotage, but</em></ins></span> they are <span
class="removed"><del><strong>technical Microsoft
+actions that harm</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>not
grave enough</em></ins></span> to <span class="inserted"><ins><em>qualify
for</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>users</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>word
“sabotage”. Nonetheless, they are nasty and wrong. This
-section describes examples of Microsoft committing interference.</p>
+section describes examples</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>specific</strong></del></span> Microsoft <span
class="removed"><del><strong>software.</p>
+
+<ul>
+ <li><p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>committing interference.</p>
<ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT interference -->
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-interf -->
<li id="M201809120">
<p>One version of Windows 10 <a
href="https://www.ghacks.net/2018/09/12/microsoft-intercepting-firefox-chrome-installation-on-windows-10/">
@@ -236,276 +256,261 @@
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/19/windows-10-microsoft-force-people-edge-browser-windows-mail-chrome-firefox">
impose use of its browser, Edge, in certain
circumstances</a>.</p>
- <p>The reason Microsoft can force things on users is that Windows
+ <p>The reason</em></ins></span> Microsoft <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>can force things on users is that Windows
is nonfree.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201703170">
- <p>Windows displays <a
-
href="http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/17/14956540/microsoft-windows-10-ads-taskbar-file-explorer">
- intrusive ads for Microsoft products and its partners'
+ <p>Windows displays</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/new-processors-are-now-blocked-from-receiving-updates-on-old-windows/">
+ has dropped support</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/17/14956540/microsoft-windows-10-ads-taskbar-file-explorer">
+ intrusive ads</em></ins></span> for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Windows 7</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Microsoft products</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>8 on recent processors</a>
+ in</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>its partners'
products</a>.</p>
- <p>The article's author starts from the premise that Microsoft has
- a right to control what Windows does to users, as long as it doesn't
- go “too far”. We disagree.</p>
+ <p>The article's author starts from the premise that Microsoft
has</em></ins></span>
+ a <span class="removed"><del><strong>big hurry.</p>
+ <p>It makes no difference</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>right to control</em></ins></span> what <span
class="removed"><del><strong>legitimate reasons Microsoft might
+ have for not doing work</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Windows does</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>support them. If</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>users, as long as</em></ins></span> it doesn't <span
class="removed"><del><strong>want to
+ do this work, it should let users do the
work.</p></strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>go “too far”. We
disagree.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201608170">
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+ <p>Microsoft has made</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201608170">
<p> After <a
href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html#windows10-forcing">forcing the
download of Windows 10</a>
- on computers that were running Windows 7 and 8, Microsoft <a
-
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/3012278/microsoft-windows/microsoft-sets-stage-for-massive-windows-10-upgrade-strategy.html">
- repeatedly switched on a flag that urged users to
- “upgrade” to Windows 10</a> when they had turned
+ on computers that were running</em></ins></span> Windows 7 and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>8 cease to function on certain
+ new computers,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>8,
Microsoft</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4012982/discusses-an-issue-in-which-you-receive-a-your-pc-uses-a-processor-tha">effectively
+ forcing their owners</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/3012278/microsoft-windows/microsoft-sets-stage-for-massive-windows-10-upgrade-strategy.html">
+ repeatedly switched on a flag that urged users</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>switch</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>“upgrade”</em></ins></span> to
Windows <span class="removed"><del><strong>10</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>Once</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>10</a> when they had turned
it off, in the hope that some day they would fail to say no.
- To do this, Microsoft used <a
+ To do this,</em></ins></span> Microsoft <span
class="removed"><del><strong>has tricked a user into accepting
installation</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>used <a
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/17/microsoft_windows_10_upgrade_gwx_vs_humanity/">
malware techniques</a>.</p>
<p>A detailed <a
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/08/windows-10-microsoft-blatantly-disregards-user-choice-and-privacy-deep-dive">
- analysis of Microsoft's scheme</a> is available on the Electronic
+ analysis</em></ins></span> of <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Microsoft's
scheme</a> is available on the Electronic
Frontier Foundation's website.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201603090">
- <p>Microsoft has made companies'
- Windows machines managed by the company's sysadmins <a
+ <p>Microsoft has made companies'</em></ins></span>
+ Windows
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>10, <a
href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/windows_10_nagware_no_way_out/">they
+ find that they are denied</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>machines managed by</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>option</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>company's sysadmins <a
href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/3042397/microsoft-windows/admins-beware-domain-attached-pcs-are-sprouting-get-windows-10-ads.html">harangue
- users to complain to the sysadmins about not “upgrading”
- to Windows 10</a>.</p>
+ users to complain</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>cancel or even postpone</strong></del></span> the
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>imposed date of installation</a>.
+ </p>
+ <p>This demonstrates what we've said for years: using proprietary
+ software means letting someone have power over you, and you're
+ going</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>sysadmins about
not “upgrading”</em></ins></span>
+ to <span class="removed"><del><strong>get screwed sooner or
later.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Microsoft</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Windows 10</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201601160">
- <p>Microsoft has <a
+ <p>Microsoft</em></ins></span> has <a
href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/16/10780876/microsoft-windows-support-policy-new-processors-skylake">desupported
all future Intel CPUs for Windows 7 and 8</a>. Those
machines will be stuck with the nastier Windows 10. <a
href="http://gizmodo.com/only-the-latest-version-of-windows-will-run-on-some-fut-1753545825">
- AMD and Qualcomm CPUs, too</a>.</p>
+ AMD and Qualcomm CPUs, <span class="removed"><del><strong>too</a>.
+ </p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>too</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
<p>Of course, Windows 7 and 8 are unethical too, because they are
proprietary software. But this example of Microsoft's wielding its
- power demonstrates the power it holds.</p>
+ power demonstrates the power it <span class="removed"><del><strong>holds.
+ </p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>holds.</p></em></ins></span>
<p>Free software developers also stop maintaining old versions of
their programs, but this is not unfair to users because the users of
free software have control over it. If it is important enough to you,
you and other users can hire someone to support the old version on
- your future platforms.</p>
+ your future <span class="removed"><del><strong>platforms.
+ </p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Microsoft
+ is <a
href="http://gizmodo.com/woman-wins-10-000-from-microsoft-after-unwanted-window-1782666146">
+ forcibly pushing Windows
+ update to its version 10</a>, ignoring</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>platforms.</p>
</li>
</ul>
-<h3 id="jails">Microsoft Jails</h3>
+<h3 id="sabotage">Microsoft Sabotage</h3>
-<ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT jails -->
- <li id="M201706130">
- <p>Windows 10 S was a jail: <a
-
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/03/windows-10-s-microsoft-faster-pc-comparison">
- only programs from the Windows Store could be
- installed and executed</a>. It was however possible to <a
-
href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/13/15789998/microsoft-windows-10-s-upgrade-windows-10-pro-guide">
- upgrade to Windows 10 Pro</a>. The successor of Windows
- 10 S is a special configuration of Windows 10 called <a
-
href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4020089/windows-10-in-s-mode-faq">
- S mode</a>. The major difference with Windows 10 S is that there is
- an easy way to switch out of S mode.</p>
- </li>
+<p>The wrongs in this section are not precisely malware, since they do
+not involve making</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>flag on Windows 7 or 8</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>program</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>you could set to not upgrade. This
reaffirms</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>runs in a way
that hurts</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>presence
of</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>user.
+But they are</em></ins></span> a <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html">universal
+ back door in Windows</a> 7 and 8.</p></li>
- <li id="M201210080">
- <p><a
-
href="http://www.itworld.com/article/2832657/operating-systems/microsoft-metro-app-store-lock-down.html">
- Windows 8 on “mobile devices” (now defunct) was a
- jail</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
- </li>
-</ul>
+ <li><p>Windows 10 “upgrades” <a
+
href="http://www.ghacks.net/2015/11/24/beware-latest-windows-10-update-may-remove-programs-automatically/">
+ delete applications</a> without asking
permission.</p></li>
+ <li><p>
+ Microsoft is <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/11/microsoft-downloading-windows-1">
+ repeatedly nagging many users to install Windows 10</a>.
+ </p></li>
-<h3 id="sabotage">Microsoft Sabotage</h3>
+<li><p>
+Microsoft was for months <a
+href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/02/microsoft-downloading-windows-10-automatic-update">
+tricking users into “upgrading” to Windows 10</a>,
if</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>lot like malware,
since</em></ins></span> they
+<span class="removed"><del><strong>failed to notice and say no.
+</p></li>
-<p>The wrongs in this section are not precisely malware, since they do
-not involve making the program that runs in a way that hurts the user.
-But they are a lot like malware, since they are technical Microsoft
-actions that harm <span class="removed"><del><strong>to</strong></del></span>
the users of specific Microsoft software.</p>
+ <li><p><a
+href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130622044225/http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2013/06/how-can-any-company-ever-trust-microsoft-again/index.htm"></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>are technical</em></ins></span> Microsoft
<span class="removed"><del><strong>informs</strong></del></span>
+<span class="inserted"><ins><em>actions that harm</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>NSA</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>users</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>bugs in Windows before fixing
them.</a></p></li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><ul>
- <li><p> Microsoft</strong></del></span>
+ <li><p><a
href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/windows-xp-end-of-an-era-end-of-an-error-3569489/"></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>specific</em></ins></span> Microsoft <span
class="removed"><del><strong>cut off security fixes for</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>software.</p>
-<span class="inserted"><ins><em><ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT sabotage -->
+<ul class="blurbs">
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-sab -->
<li id="M201704194">
- <p>Microsoft has made Windows 7
- and 8 cease to function on certain new computers, <a
+ <p>Microsoft has made</em></ins></span> Windows <span
class="removed"><del><strong>XP, except</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>7
+ and 8 cease</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>some
big users
+ that pay exorbitantly.</a></p>
+
+ <p>Microsoft is going</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>function on certain new computers, <a
href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4012982/the-processor-is-not-supported-together-with-the-windows-version-that">effectively
- forcing their owners to switch to Windows 10</a>.</p>
+ forcing their owners to switch</em></ins></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Windows 10</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201704130">
- <p>Microsoft</em></ins></span> <a
-
href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/new-processors-are-now-blocked-from-receiving-updates-on-old-windows/">
- has dropped support for Windows 7 and 8 on recent processors</a>
- in a big hurry.</p>
+ <p>Microsoft</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/security/3605515/more-than-half-of-all-ie-users-face-patch-axe-in-10-months/">
+ cut off</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/new-processors-are-now-blocked-from-receiving-updates-on-old-windows/">
+ has dropped</em></ins></span> support for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>some Internet Explorer
versions</a></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Windows 7 and 8 on recent
processors</a></em></ins></span>
+ in <span class="removed"><del><strong>the same way.</p>
+
+ <p>A person or company has the right</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>a big hurry.</p>
<p>It makes no difference what legitimate reasons Microsoft might
- have for not doing work to support them. If it doesn't want to do
- this work, it should let users do the work.</p>
+ have for not doing work</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>cease</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>support them. If it doesn't want</em></ins></span> to
<span class="removed"><del><strong>work on a
+ particular program;</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>do
+ this work, it should let users do</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>wrong here is</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>work.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
- <p>Microsoft has made</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201606270">
- <p id="windows10-forcing">In its efforts to trick users
of</em></ins></span> Windows
- 7 and 8 <span class="removed"><del><strong>cease to function on certain
- new computers,
- <a
href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4012982/discusses-an-issue-in-which-you-receive-a-your-pc-uses-a-processor-tha">effectively
- forcing</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>into
installing all-spying Windows 10 against</em></ins></span> their <span
class="removed"><del><strong>owners to switch</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>will, Microsoft forced their
computers</em></ins></span> to <span class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+ <li id="M201606270">
+ <p id="windows10-forcing">In its efforts to trick users of Windows
+ 7 and 8 into installing all-spying Windows 10 against their
+ will,</em></ins></span> Microsoft <span
class="removed"><del><strong>does</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>forced their computers to <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/11/microsoft-downloading-windows-1">
- silently download… the whole of</em></ins></span> Windows <span
class="removed"><del><strong>10</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>10</a>! Apparently,
- this was done through a <a
+ silently download… the whole of Windows 10</a>!
Apparently,</em></ins></span>
+ this <span class="removed"><del><strong>after having
+ made</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>was done through
a <a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update">
- universal back door</a>. Not only did the unwanted downloads <a
+ universal back door</a>. Not only did</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>users dependent on Microsoft,
because</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>unwanted
downloads <a
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/03/windows_10_upgrade_satellite_link/">
use up much needed resources</a>, but many of the people who let
installation proceed found out that this “upgrade” was in fact
a <a
href="http://gizmodo.com/woman-wins-10-000-from-microsoft-after-unwanted-window-1782666146">
- downgrade</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ downgrade</a>.</p>
</li>
- <span
class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Once</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201606010">
- <p>Once</em></ins></span> Microsoft has tricked a user
- into accepting installation of Windows 10, <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/windows_10_nagware_no_way_out/">they</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/windows_10_nagware_no_way_out/">they</em></ins></span>
- find that they are denied the option to cancel or even postpone the
- imposed date of <span class="removed"><del><strong>installation</a>.
- </p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>installation</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <li id="M201606010">
+ <p>Once Microsoft has tricked a user
+ into accepting installation of Windows 10, <a
+
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/windows_10_nagware_no_way_out/">they
+ find that</em></ins></span> they are <span
class="removed"><del><strong>not free to ask
+ anyone else</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>denied the
option</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>work
on</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>cancel or even
postpone</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>program</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>imposed date of
installation</a>.</p>
- <p>This demonstrates what we've said for years: using proprietary
- software means letting someone <span class="removed"><del><strong>have
power over you, and you're
- going to get screwed sooner or later.</p></li>
+ <p>This demonstrates what we've said</em></ins></span> for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>them.</p></li>
+</ul>
- <li><p>Microsoft
- has <a
href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/16/10780876/microsoft-windows-support-policy-new-processors-skylake">desupported
- all future Intel CPUs for Windows 7 and 8</a>. Those machines will
- be stuck with the nastier Windows 10.
- <a
href="http://gizmodo.com/only-the-latest-version-of-windows-will-run-on-some-fut-1753545825">
- AMD and Qualcomm CPUs, too</a>.
- </p>
- <p>Of course, Windows 7 and 8 are unethical too, because they are
- proprietary software. But this example of Microsoft's wielding its
- power demonstrates the power it holds.
- </p>
- <p>Free software developers also stop maintaining old versions of
- their programs, but this is not unfair to users because the
- users of free software have control over it. If it is important
- enough to you, you and other users can hire someone to support
- the old version on your future platforms.
- </p></li>
+<h3 id="interference">Microsoft Interference</h3>
- <li><p>Microsoft
- is <a
href="http://gizmodo.com/woman-wins-10-000-from-microsoft-after-unwanted-window-1782666146">
- forcibly pushing Windows
- update</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>have power
over you, and you're going</em></ins></span>
- to <span class="removed"><del><strong>its version 10</a>, ignoring
the flag on Windows 7</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>get
screwed sooner</em></ins></span> or <span class="removed"><del><strong>8
- that you could set</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>later.</p>
+<p>Various</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>years:
using</em></ins></span> proprietary <span class="removed"><del><strong>programs
often mess up the user's system. They are like sabotage, but they are not grave
enough</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>software means letting someone have power
over you, and you're going</em></ins></span>
+ to <span class="removed"><del><strong>qualify</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>get screwed sooner or later.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201601310">
- <p>FTDI's proprietary driver
- for its USB-to-serial chips has been designed</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>not upgrade. This reaffirms the presence of
- a</strong></del></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html">universal
- back door in Windows</a> 7 and 8.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>Windows</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/10/windows-update-drivers-bricking-usb-serial-chips-beloved-of-hardware-hackers/">sabotage
+ <p>FTDI's proprietary driver</em></ins></span>
+ for <span class="removed"><del><strong>the word “sabotage”.
Nonetheless,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>its
USB-to-serial chips has been designed to <a
+
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/10/windows-update-drivers-bricking-usb-serial-chips-beloved-of-hardware-hackers/">sabotage
alternative compatible chips</a>
- so that they no longer work. Microsoft is <a
-
href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/16/01/31/1720259/ftdi-driver-breaks-hardware-again">installing
+ so that</em></ins></span> they <span class="removed"><del><strong>are
nasty and wrong. This section describes examples of</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>no longer work.</em></ins></span> Microsoft <span
class="removed"><del><strong>committing
+interference.</p>
+
+<ul>
+ <li><p>Microsoft</strong></del></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>planning to make Windows</strong></del></span>
<a
+ <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/19/windows-10-microsoft-force-people-edge-browser-windows-mail-chrome-firefox">
+ impose use of its browser, Edge, in certain
circumstances</a>.</p>
+ <p>The reason Microsoft can force things on</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/16/01/31/1720259/ftdi-driver-breaks-hardware-again">installing
this automatically</a> as an “upgrade”.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201511240">
- <p>Windows</em></ins></span> 10 “upgrades” <a
+ <p>Windows 10 “upgrades” <a
href="http://www.ghacks.net/2015/11/24/beware-latest-windows-10-update-may-remove-programs-automatically/">
- delete applications</a> without asking <span
class="removed"><del><strong>permission.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>
- Microsoft is <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/11/microsoft-downloading-windows-1">
- repeatedly nagging many users to install Windows 10</a>.
- </p></li>
-
-<li><p>
-Microsoft was for months <a
-href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/02/microsoft-downloading-windows-10-automatic-update">
-tricking users into “upgrading” to Windows 10</a>, if they
-failed to notice and say no.
-</p></li>
-
- <li><p><a
-href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130622044225/http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2013/06/how-can-any-company-ever-trust-microsoft-again/index.htm">
- Microsoft informs the NSA of bugs in Windows before fixing
them.</a></p></li>
-
- <li><p><a
href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/windows-xp-end-of-an-era-end-of-an-error-3569489/">
- Microsoft</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>permission.</p>
+ delete applications</a> without asking permission.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201503260">
<p><a
-
href="https://www.computerworlduk.com/it-business/windows-xp-end-of-an-era-end-of-an-error-3569489/">Microsoft</em></ins></span>
- cut off security fixes for Windows XP, except to some big users that
- pay <span
class="removed"><del><strong>exorbitantly.</a></p></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>exorbitantly</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
-
- <p>Microsoft is going to <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/security/3605515/more-than-half-of-all-ie-users-face-patch-axe-in-10-months/"></strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.computerworlduk.com/applications/more-than-half-of-all-ie-users-face-patch-axe-in-10-months-3605515/"></em></ins></span>
- cut off support for some Internet Explorer versions</a> in the same
+
href="https://www.computerworlduk.com/it-business/windows-xp-end-of-an-era-end-of-an-error-3569489/">Microsoft
+ cut off security fixes for Windows XP, except to some
big</em></ins></span> users <span
class="removed"><del><strong>is</strong></del></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Windows</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>pay exorbitantly</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>Microsoft</em></ins></span> is
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>nonfree.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Windows displays</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>going to</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/17/14956540/microsoft-windows-10-ads-taskbar-file-explorer">
+ intrusive ads</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.computerworlduk.com/applications/more-than-half-of-all-ie-users-face-patch-axe-in-10-months-3605515/">
+ cut off support</em></ins></span> for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Microsoft products and its
+ partners' products</a>.</p>
+ <p>The article's author starts from</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>some Internet Explorer versions</a>
in</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>premise that
Microsoft</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>same
way.</p>
- <p>A person or company has the right to cease to work on a particular
- program; the wrong here is Microsoft does this after having made the
- users dependent on Microsoft, because they are not free to ask anyone
- else to work on the program for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>them.</p></li>
-</ul>
-
-<h3 id="interference">Microsoft Interference</h3>
-
-<p>Various proprietary programs often mess up the user's system. They
are like sabotage, but they are not grave enough to qualify
-for the word “sabotage”. Nonetheless, they are nasty and wrong.
This section describes examples of Microsoft committing
-interference.</p>
-
-<ul>
- <li><p>Microsoft is planning to make Windows <a
-
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/19/windows-10-microsoft-force-people-edge-browser-windows-mail-chrome-firefox">
- impose use of its browser, Edge, in certain
circumstances</a>.</p>
- <p>The reason Microsoft can force things on users is that Windows is
- nonfree.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>Windows displays
- <a
href="http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/17/14956540/microsoft-windows-10-ads-taskbar-file-explorer">
- intrusive ads for Microsoft products and its
- partners' products</a>.</p>
- <p>The article's author starts from the premise that Microsoft
- has a right to control what Windows does to users, as long as it
+ <p>A person or company</em></ins></span> has <span
class="removed"><del><strong>a</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the</em></ins></span> right to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>control what Windows does</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>cease</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>users, as long as it
doesn't go “too far”. We disagree.</p></li>
<li><p>Microsoft inserts <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/10/windows-10-users-complain-new-microsoft-subscription-onedrive-adverts">
- annoying advertisements inside of the File Explorer</a> to nag
- users to buy subscriptions for the OneDrive service.</p></li>
+ annoying advertisements inside of</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>work on a particular
+ program; the wrong here is Microsoft does this after having
made</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>File
Explorer</a> to nag</strong></del></span>
+ users <span class="inserted"><ins><em>dependent on Microsoft, because they
are not free</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>buy
subscriptions</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>ask anyone
+ else to work on the program</em></ins></span> for <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>them.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201306220">
+ <p><a
+
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130622044225/http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2013/06/how-can-any-company-ever-trust-microsoft-again/index.htm">Microsoft
+ informs</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>OneDrive
service.</p></li>
-<li>In order to increase Windows 10's install base, Microsoft
+<li>In order to increase</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>NSA of bugs in</em></ins></span> Windows <span
class="removed"><del><strong>10's install base, Microsoft
<a
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/08/windows-10-microsoft-blatantly-disregards-user-choice-and-privacy-deep-dive">
-blatantly disregards user choice and privacy</a>.</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>them.</p></em></ins></span>
+blatantly disregards user choice and privacy</a>.</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>before fixing
them</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Microsoft has
-started <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/04/microsoft-windows-10-full-screen-upgrade-notification-pop-up-reminder">nagging
-users obnoxiously and repeatedly to install Windows
10</a>.</p></li>
+started <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/04/microsoft-windows-10-full-screen-upgrade-notification-pop-up-reminder">nagging</strong></del></span>
+<span class="inserted"><ins><em></ul>
+
+
+<h3 id="subscriptions">Microsoft Subscriptions</h3>
+
+<ul class="blurbs">
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-subscript -->
+ <li id="M201507150">
+ <p>Microsoft Office forces</em></ins></span> users <span
class="removed"><del><strong>obnoxiously and repeatedly to install Windows
10</a>.</p></li>
<li><p>Microsoft
<a
href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/windows-10-upgrade-reportedly-starting-automatically-on-windows-7-pcs-501651.shtml">is
@@ -516,23 +521,9 @@
<li><p>Microsoft has made companies' Windows machines managed by
the
company's
-sysadmins <a
href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/3042397/microsoft-windows/admins-beware-domain-attached-pcs-are-sprouting-get-windows-10-ads.html">harangue</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201306220">
- <p><a
-
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130622044225/http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2013/06/how-can-any-company-ever-trust-microsoft-again/index.htm">Microsoft
- informs the NSA of bugs in Windows before fixing them</a>.</p>
- </li>
-</ul>
-
-
-<h3 id="subscriptions">Microsoft Subscriptions</h3>
-
-<ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT subscriptions -->
- <li id="M201507150">
- <p>Microsoft Office forces</em></ins></span> users <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
-
href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/2948755/windows-apps/office-for-windows-10-will-require-office-365-subscription-on-pcs-larger-tablets.html">to
+sysadmins</strong></del></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/3042397/microsoft-windows/admins-beware-domain-attached-pcs-are-sprouting-get-windows-10-ads.html">harangue
+users</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/2948755/windows-apps/office-for-windows-10-will-require-office-365-subscription-on-pcs-larger-tablets.html">to
subscribe</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>complain</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Office 365</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the sysadmins about not
“upgrading”</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>be able</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Windows
10</a>.</p></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>create/edit documents</a>.</p>
</li></em></ins></span>
@@ -630,11 +621,11 @@
<p><a
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/even-when-told-not-to-windows-10-just-cant-stop-talking-to-microsoft/"></em></ins></span>
Windows 10 <span class="removed"><del><strong>comes with 13 screens of
snooping options</a>, all enabled by default,
- and turning them off would be daunting</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>sends identifiable information</em></ins></span> to
<span class="removed"><del><strong>most users.</p></li>
+ and turning them</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>sends
identifiable information to Microsoft</a>, even if
+ a user turns</em></ins></span> off <span
class="removed"><del><strong>would be daunting to most
users.</p></li>
<li><p>
- Windows</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Microsoft</a>, even if
- a user turns off its Bing search and Cortana features, and activates
+ Windows</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>its Bing
search and Cortana features, and activates
the privacy-protection settings.</p>
</li>
@@ -645,11 +636,12 @@
its users</a>, giving Microsoft the “right” to snoop on
the users' files, text input, voice input, location info, contacts,
calendar records and web browsing history, as well as automatically
- connecting the machines to open hotspots and showing targeted <span
class="removed"><del><strong>ads.</p>
+ connecting the machines to open hotspots and showing targeted
ads.</p>
- <p>We can suppose Microsoft look at users' files for the US government
on
- demand, though the “privacy policy” does not explicit say so.
Will it
- look at users' files for the Chinese government on
demand?</p></li>
+ <p>We can suppose Microsoft look at users' files for the US
government
+ on demand, though the “privacy policy” does not <span
class="removed"><del><strong>explicit</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>explicitly</em></ins></span>
+ say so. Will it look at users' files for the Chinese government
+ on <span class="removed"><del><strong>demand?</p></li>
<li><p>
<a
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/even-when-told-not-to-windows-10-just-cant-stop-talking-to-microsoft/">
@@ -668,11 +660,8 @@
secret NSA key in Windows</a>, whose functions we don't
know.</li>
<li><p>
- <a
href="http://www.itproportal.com/2014/05/14/microsoft-openly-offered-cloud-data-fbi-and-nsa/"></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>ads.</p>
-
- <p>We can suppose</em></ins></span> Microsoft <span
class="removed"><del><strong>SkyDrive allows</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>look at users' files for</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>NSA to directly examine</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>US government
- on demand, though the “privacy policy” does not explicitly
- say so. Will it look at</em></ins></span> users' <span
class="removed"><del><strong>data.</a></p>
+ <a
href="http://www.itproportal.com/2014/05/14/microsoft-openly-offered-cloud-data-fbi-and-nsa/">
+ Microsoft SkyDrive allows the NSA to directly examine users'
data.</a></p>
</li>
<li><p>Spyware in Skype:
@@ -680,8 +669,7 @@
http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2013/06/20/project-chess-how-u-s-snoops-on-your-skype/</a>.
Microsoft changed Skype
<a
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-collaboration-user-data">
- specifically</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>files</em></ins></span> for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>spying</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>the Chinese government
- on demand?</p></em></ins></span>
+ specifically for spying</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>demand?</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>
@@ -714,25 +702,15 @@
<h3 id="drm">Microsoft DRM</h3>
<ul>
<li><p><a
href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/2007/08/aacs-tentacles/">
- DRM (digital restrictions mechanisms) in Windows</a>, introduced to
- cater to <a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-drm.html#bluray">Bluray</a> disks.
- (The article also talks about how the same malware would later be introduced
- in MacOS.)</p></li>
-</ul>
-
-<h3 id="jails">Microsoft Jails</h3>
-<ul>
- <li>
- <p>Windows 10 S was a jail: <a
-
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/03/windows-10-s-microsoft-faster-pc-comparison"></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>now.</p>
+ DRM (digital restrictions mechanisms) in Windows</a>,
introduced</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>now.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201410040">
- <p>It</em></ins></span> only <span
class="removed"><del><strong>programs from the</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>gets worse with time. <a
-
href="http://www.techworm.net/2014/10/microsofts-windows-10-permission-watch-every-move.html"></em></ins></span>
- Windows <span class="removed"><del><strong>Store could be
installed</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>10 requires
users to give permission for total snooping</a>,
- including their files, their commands, their text input,</em></ins></span>
and
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>executed</a>. It was however
possible</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>their
+ <p>It only gets worse with time. <a
+
href="http://www.techworm.net/2014/10/microsofts-windows-10-permission-watch-every-move.html">
+ Windows 10 requires users</em></ins></span> to
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>cater</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>give permission for total snooping</a>,
+ including their files, their commands, their text input, and their
voice input.</p>
</li>
@@ -744,10 +722,8 @@
</li>
<li id="M201307110">
- <p>Skype contains</em></ins></span> <a
- <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/13/15789998/microsoft-windows-10-s-upgrade-windows-10-pro-guide">
- upgrade to Windows 10 Pro</a>. The successor of Windows 10 S is a
- special configuration</strong></del></span>
+ <p>Skype contains</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/proprietary-drm.html#bluray">Bluray</a>
disks.
+ (The article also talks about how</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130928235637/http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2013/06/20/project-chess-how-u-s-snoops-on-your-skype/">spyware</a>.
Microsoft changed Skype <a
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-collaboration-user-data">
@@ -755,20 +731,44 @@
</li>
<li id="M201307080">
- <p>Spyware in older versions</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Windows 10 called</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Windows:</em></ins></span> <a
- <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4020089/windows-10-in-s-mode-faq">
- S mode</a>. The major difference with</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/02/28/windows_update_keeps_tabs/"></em></ins></span>
- Windows <span class="removed"><del><strong>10 S is that there
- is an easy way to switch out of S mode.</p></li>
-
- <li>
- <p><a
href="http://www.itworld.com/article/2832657/operating-systems/microsoft-metro-app-store-lock-down.html"></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>Update snoops on the user</a>. <a
-
href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2611451/microsoft-windows/a-look-at-the-black-underbelly-of-windows-8-1--blue-.html"></em></ins></span>
- Windows <span class="removed"><del><strong>8</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>8.1 snoops</em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>“mobile devices” (now defunct)
was</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>local
searches</a>. And there's</em></ins></span> a
- <span
class="removed"><del><strong>jail</a>.</p></li></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+ <p>Spyware in older versions of Windows: <a
+
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/02/28/windows_update_keeps_tabs/">
+ Windows Update snoops on</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>same malware would later be
introduced</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>user</a>. <a
+
href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2611451/microsoft-windows/a-look-at-the-black-underbelly-of-windows-8-1--blue-.html">
+ Windows 8.1 snoops on local searches</a>. And there's a <a
href="http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article40836.html"> secret NSA
- key in Windows</a>, whose functions we don't know.</p>
+ key</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>MacOS.)</p></li></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>Windows</a>, whose functions we don't
know.</p>
+ </li></em></ins></span>
+</ul>
+
+
+<h3 id="jails">Microsoft Jails</h3>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><ul>
+ <li></strong></del></span>
+
+<span class="inserted"><ins><em><ul class="blurbs">
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-jail -->
+ <li id="M201706130"></em></ins></span>
+ <p>Windows 10 S was a jail: <a
+
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/03/windows-10-s-microsoft-faster-pc-comparison">
+ only programs from the Windows Store could be
+ installed and executed</a>. It was however possible to <a
+
href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/13/15789998/microsoft-windows-10-s-upgrade-windows-10-pro-guide">
+ upgrade to Windows 10 Pro</a>. The successor of Windows
+ 10 S is a special configuration of Windows 10 called <a
+
href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4020089/windows-10-in-s-mode-faq">
+ S mode</a>. The major difference with Windows 10 S is that there is
+ an easy way to switch out of S <span
class="removed"><del><strong>mode.</p></li>
+
+ <li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>mode.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201210080"></em></ins></span>
+ <p><a
+
href="http://www.itworld.com/article/2832657/operating-systems/microsoft-metro-app-store-lock-down.html">
+ Windows 8 on “mobile devices” (now defunct) was a
+ <span
class="removed"><del><strong>jail</a>.</p></li></strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>jail</a>.</p>
</li></em></ins></span>
</ul>
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@
<li></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT tyrants -->
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-tyrant -->
<li id="M201607150"></em></ins></span>
<p>Microsoft accidentally left a way for users
to install GNU/Linux on Windows RT tablets, but now it has <a
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2018/10/05 17:29:55 $
+$Date: 2018/10/07 19:58:31 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: malware-microsoft.de.po
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/malware-microsoft.de.po,v
retrieving revision 1.122
retrieving revision 1.123
diff -u -b -r1.122 -r1.123
--- malware-microsoft.de.po 5 Oct 2018 17:29:55 -0000 1.122
+++ malware-microsoft.de.po 7 Oct 2018 19:58:31 -0000 1.123
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: malware-microsoft.html\n"
"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: Webmasters <address@hidden>\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-10-05 17:25+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-10-07 19:56+0000\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: 2018-07-20 22:00+0200\n"
"Last-Translator: Jоегg Kоhпе <joeko (AT) online [PUNKT] de>\n"
"Language-Team: German <address@hidden>\n"
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
"machtlos sein würden bösartige Funktionen zu beheben, den Entwickler dazu "
"verführt einige aufzuerlegen."
-#. type: Content of: <div><p>
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
# || No change detected. The change might only be in amounts of spaces.
#, fuzzy
#| msgid ""
@@ -265,6 +265,16 @@
"</a>"
#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Here is a suspicion that we can't prove, but is worth thinking about: <a "
+"href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20150206003913/http://www.afr.com/p/"
+"technology/intel_chips_could_be_nsa_key_to_ymrhS1HS1633gCWKt5tFtI\"> "
+"Writable microcode for Intel and AMD microprocessors</a> may be a vehicle "
+"for the NSA to invade computers, with the help of Microsoft, say respected "
+"security experts."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
# | [-<a
# |
href=\"http://www.computerworld.com/article/2500036/desktop-apps/microsoft--we-can-remotely-delete-windows-8-apps.html\">-]Windows
# | 8 also has a back door for {+<a
@@ -572,47 +582,6 @@
"unterstützbar zu machen."
#. type: Content of: <h3>
-msgid "Microsoft Jails"
-msgstr "Gefängnisse"
-
-#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
-msgid ""
-"Windows 10 S was a jail: <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/"
-"technology/2017/may/03/windows-10-s-microsoft-faster-pc-comparison\"> only "
-"programs from the Windows Store could be installed and executed</a>. It was "
-"however possible to <a href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/13/15789998/"
-"microsoft-windows-10-s-upgrade-windows-10-pro-guide\"> upgrade to Windows 10 "
-"Pro</a>. The successor of Windows 10 S is a special configuration of Windows "
-"10 called <a href=\"https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4020089/"
-"windows-10-in-s-mode-faq\"> S mode</a>. The major difference with Windows 10 "
-"S is that there is an easy way to switch out of S mode."
-msgstr ""
-"Windows 10 S: <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/03/"
-"windows-10-s-microsoft-faster-pc-comparison\" title=\"What is Windows 10 S "
-"and how is it different from regular Windows 10?, Guardian News and Media "
-"Limited or its affiliated companies 2018.\">Programme nur aus Windows Store "
-"installier- und ausführbar</a>. Eine <a href=\"https://www.theverge."
-"com/2017/6/13/15789998/microsoft-windows-10-s-upgrade-windows-10-pro-guide\" "
-"title=\"How to upgrade from Windows 10 S to Windows 10 Pro, Vox Media 2018."
-"\">Aktualisierung auf Windows 10 Pro </a> war jedoch möglich. Nachfolger ist
"
-"eine spezielle Konfiguration von Windows 10 namens <a href=\"https://support."
-"microsoft.com/de-de/help/4020089/windows-10-in-s-mode-faq\" title=\"Windows "
-"10 im S Modus - Häufig gestellte Fragen, Microsoft 2018 (Stand: 2018-05-09)."
-"\">S Modus</a>. Hauptunterschied zu Windows 10 S ist eine einfache "
-"Möglichkeit, den S-Modus auszuschalten."
-
-#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
-msgid ""
-"<a href=\"http://www.itworld.com/article/2832657/operating-systems/microsoft-"
-"metro-app-store-lock-down.html\"> Windows 8 on “mobile devices” "
-"(now defunct) was a jail</a>."
-msgstr ""
-"<a href=\"https://www.itworld.com/article/2832657/operating-systems/"
-"microsoft-metro-app-store-lock-down.html\" title=\"Microsoft Metro app store "
-"lock down, IDG Communications 2018.\">Windows 8 auf âMobilgerätenâ "
-"<em>war</em> ein Gefängnis.</a>"
-
-#. type: Content of: <h3>
msgid "Microsoft Sabotage"
msgstr "Sabotage"
@@ -1250,6 +1219,47 @@
"nicht kennen."
#. type: Content of: <h3>
+msgid "Microsoft Jails"
+msgstr "Gefängnisse"
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Windows 10 S was a jail: <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/"
+"technology/2017/may/03/windows-10-s-microsoft-faster-pc-comparison\"> only "
+"programs from the Windows Store could be installed and executed</a>. It was "
+"however possible to <a href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/13/15789998/"
+"microsoft-windows-10-s-upgrade-windows-10-pro-guide\"> upgrade to Windows 10 "
+"Pro</a>. The successor of Windows 10 S is a special configuration of Windows "
+"10 called <a href=\"https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4020089/"
+"windows-10-in-s-mode-faq\"> S mode</a>. The major difference with Windows 10 "
+"S is that there is an easy way to switch out of S mode."
+msgstr ""
+"Windows 10 S: <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/03/"
+"windows-10-s-microsoft-faster-pc-comparison\" title=\"What is Windows 10 S "
+"and how is it different from regular Windows 10?, Guardian News and Media "
+"Limited or its affiliated companies 2018.\">Programme nur aus Windows Store "
+"installier- und ausführbar</a>. Eine <a href=\"https://www.theverge."
+"com/2017/6/13/15789998/microsoft-windows-10-s-upgrade-windows-10-pro-guide\" "
+"title=\"How to upgrade from Windows 10 S to Windows 10 Pro, Vox Media 2018."
+"\">Aktualisierung auf Windows 10 Pro </a> war jedoch möglich. Nachfolger ist
"
+"eine spezielle Konfiguration von Windows 10 namens <a href=\"https://support."
+"microsoft.com/de-de/help/4020089/windows-10-in-s-mode-faq\" title=\"Windows "
+"10 im S Modus - Häufig gestellte Fragen, Microsoft 2018 (Stand: 2018-05-09)."
+"\">S Modus</a>. Hauptunterschied zu Windows 10 S ist eine einfache "
+"Möglichkeit, den S-Modus auszuschalten."
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"<a href=\"http://www.itworld.com/article/2832657/operating-systems/microsoft-"
+"metro-app-store-lock-down.html\"> Windows 8 on “mobile devices” "
+"(now defunct) was a jail</a>."
+msgstr ""
+"<a href=\"https://www.itworld.com/article/2832657/operating-systems/"
+"microsoft-metro-app-store-lock-down.html\" title=\"Microsoft Metro app store "
+"lock down, IDG Communications 2018.\">Windows 8 auf âMobilgerätenâ "
+"<em>war</em> ein Gefängnis.</a>"
+
+#. type: Content of: <h3>
msgid "Microsoft Tyrants"
msgstr "Tyrannen"
Index: malware-microsoft.es.po
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/malware-microsoft.es.po,v
retrieving revision 1.119
retrieving revision 1.120
diff -u -b -r1.119 -r1.120
--- malware-microsoft.es.po 5 Oct 2018 17:29:55 -0000 1.119
+++ malware-microsoft.es.po 7 Oct 2018 19:58:31 -0000 1.120
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
msgid ""
msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: malware-microsoft.html\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-10-05 17:25+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-10-07 19:56+0000\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: \n"
"Last-Translator: Javier Fdez. Retenaga <address@hidden>\n"
"Language-Team: Spanish <address@hidden>\n"
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
"la posibilidad de poner remedio a las funcionalidades maliciosas, se ve "
"tentado a imponer algunas."
-#. type: Content of: <div><p>
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
msgid ""
"If you know of an example that ought to be in this page but isn't here, "
"please write to <a href=\"mailto:address@hidden"><address@hidden"
@@ -240,6 +240,16 @@
"creación de puertas traseras</a>."
#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Here is a suspicion that we can't prove, but is worth thinking about: <a "
+"href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20150206003913/http://www.afr.com/p/"
+"technology/intel_chips_could_be_nsa_key_to_ymrhS1HS1633gCWKt5tFtI\"> "
+"Writable microcode for Intel and AMD microprocessors</a> may be a vehicle "
+"for the NSA to invade computers, with the help of Microsoft, say respected "
+"security experts."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
# | [-<a
# |
href=\"http://www.computerworld.com/article/2500036/desktop-apps/microsoft--we-can-remotely-delete-windows-8-apps.html\">-]Windows
# | 8 also has a back door for {+<a
@@ -536,43 +546,6 @@
"plataformas."
#. type: Content of: <h3>
-msgid "Microsoft Jails"
-msgstr "Prisiones de Microsoft"
-
-#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
-msgid ""
-"Windows 10 S was a jail: <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/"
-"technology/2017/may/03/windows-10-s-microsoft-faster-pc-comparison\"> only "
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-"10 called <a href=\"https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4020089/"
-"windows-10-in-s-mode-faq\"> S mode</a>. The major difference with Windows 10 "
-"S is that there is an easy way to switch out of S mode."
-msgstr ""
-"Windows 10 S era una prisión: <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/"
-"technology/2017/may/03/windows-10-s-microsoft-faster-pc-comparison\"> solo "
-"se podÃan instalar y ejecutar programas procedentes de la Windows Store</a>.
"
-"No obstante, era posible <a href=\"https://www.theverge."
-"com/2017/6/13/15789998/microsoft-windows-10-s-upgrade-windows-10-pro-guide"
-"\">actualizar a Windows 10 Pro</a>. El sucesor de Windows 10 S es una "
-"configuración especial de Windows 10 llamada <a href=\"https://support."
-"microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4020089/windows-10-in-s-mode-faq\"> modo S</a>. La "
-"principal diferencia con Windows 10 S es que existe una manera sencilla de "
-"salir del modo S."
-
-#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
-msgid ""
-"<a href=\"http://www.itworld.com/article/2832657/operating-systems/microsoft-"
-"metro-app-store-lock-down.html\"> Windows 8 on “mobile devices” "
-"(now defunct) was a jail</a>."
-msgstr ""
-"<a href=\"http://www.itworld.com/article/2832657/operating-systems/microsoft-"
-"metro-app-store-lock-down.html\">Windows 8 para «dispositivos móviles» (ya
"
-"desaparecido) era una prisión</a>."
-
-#. type: Content of: <h3>
msgid "Microsoft Sabotage"
msgstr "Sabotaje de Microsoft"
@@ -1173,6 +1146,43 @@
"funciones desconocemos."
#. type: Content of: <h3>
+msgid "Microsoft Jails"
+msgstr "Prisiones de Microsoft"
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Windows 10 S was a jail: <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/"
+"technology/2017/may/03/windows-10-s-microsoft-faster-pc-comparison\"> only "
+"programs from the Windows Store could be installed and executed</a>. It was "
+"however possible to <a href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/13/15789998/"
+"microsoft-windows-10-s-upgrade-windows-10-pro-guide\"> upgrade to Windows 10 "
+"Pro</a>. The successor of Windows 10 S is a special configuration of Windows "
+"10 called <a href=\"https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4020089/"
+"windows-10-in-s-mode-faq\"> S mode</a>. The major difference with Windows 10 "
+"S is that there is an easy way to switch out of S mode."
+msgstr ""
+"Windows 10 S era una prisión: <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/"
+"technology/2017/may/03/windows-10-s-microsoft-faster-pc-comparison\"> solo "
+"se podÃan instalar y ejecutar programas procedentes de la Windows Store</a>.
"
+"No obstante, era posible <a href=\"https://www.theverge."
+"com/2017/6/13/15789998/microsoft-windows-10-s-upgrade-windows-10-pro-guide"
+"\">actualizar a Windows 10 Pro</a>. El sucesor de Windows 10 S es una "
+"configuración especial de Windows 10 llamada <a href=\"https://support."
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+"principal diferencia con Windows 10 S es que existe una manera sencilla de "
+"salir del modo S."
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"<a href=\"http://www.itworld.com/article/2832657/operating-systems/microsoft-"
+"metro-app-store-lock-down.html\"> Windows 8 on “mobile devices” "
+"(now defunct) was a jail</a>."
+msgstr ""
+"<a href=\"http://www.itworld.com/article/2832657/operating-systems/microsoft-"
+"metro-app-store-lock-down.html\">Windows 8 para «dispositivos móviles» (ya
"
+"desaparecido) era una prisión</a>."
+
+#. type: Content of: <h3>
msgid "Microsoft Tyrants"
msgstr "Tiranos de Microsoft"
Index: malware-microsoft.fr.po
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RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/malware-microsoft.fr.po,v
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retrieving revision 1.135
diff -u -b -r1.134 -r1.135
--- malware-microsoft.fr.po 5 Oct 2018 18:50:47 -0000 1.134
+++ malware-microsoft.fr.po 7 Oct 2018 19:58:31 -0000 1.135
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
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msgstr ""
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-"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-10-05 17:25+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-10-07 19:56+0000\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: 2018-10-05 18:44+0200\n"
"Last-Translator: Thérèse Godefroy <godef.th AT free.fr>\n"
"Language-Team: French <address@hidden>\n"
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@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@
"les utilisateurs seraient incapables de corriger une éventuelle "
"fonctionnalité malveillante, est tenté de leur en imposer quelques-unes."
-#. type: Content of: <div><p>
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
msgid ""
"If you know of an example that ought to be in this page but isn't here, "
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@@ -204,6 +205,16 @@
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msgid ""
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+"href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20150206003913/http://www.afr.com/p/"
+"technology/intel_chips_could_be_nsa_key_to_ymrhS1HS1633gCWKt5tFtI\"> "
+"Writable microcode for Intel and AMD microprocessors</a> may be a vehicle "
+"for the NSA to invade computers, with the help of Microsoft, say respected "
+"security experts."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"Windows 8 also has a back door for <a href=\"http://www.computerworld.com/"
"article/2500036/desktop-apps/microsoft--we-can-remotely-delete-windows-8-"
"apps.html\"> remotely deleting apps</a>."
@@ -454,44 +465,6 @@
"quelqu'un pour adapter l'ancienne version à vos futures plateformes."
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-msgstr "Prisons"
-
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-#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
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-"<a href=\"http://www.itworld.com/article/2832657/operating-systems/microsoft-"
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-"était une prison</a> : il censurait le choix de l'utilisateur en matière
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-
-#. type: Content of: <h3>
msgid "Microsoft Sabotage"
msgstr "Sabotage"
@@ -953,6 +926,44 @@
"pas la fonction."
#. type: Content of: <h3>
+msgid "Microsoft Jails"
+msgstr "Prisons"
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Windows 10 S was a jail: <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/"
+"technology/2017/may/03/windows-10-s-microsoft-faster-pc-comparison\"> only "
+"programs from the Windows Store could be installed and executed</a>. It was "
+"however possible to <a href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/13/15789998/"
+"microsoft-windows-10-s-upgrade-windows-10-pro-guide\"> upgrade to Windows 10 "
+"Pro</a>. The successor of Windows 10 S is a special configuration of Windows "
+"10 called <a href=\"https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4020089/"
+"windows-10-in-s-mode-faq\"> S mode</a>. The major difference with Windows 10 "
+"S is that there is an easy way to switch out of S mode."
+msgstr ""
+"Windows 10â¯S était une prisonâ¯: <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/"
+"technology/2017/may/03/windows-10-s-microsoft-faster-pc-comparison\">Seuls "
+"les programmes du magasin de Windows pouvaient être installés et
exécutés</"
+"a>. Il était cependant possible de <a href=\"https://www.theverge."
+"com/2017/6/13/15789998/microsoft-windows-10-s-upgrade-windows-10-pro-guide"
+"\">passer à Windows 10â¯Pro</a>. Le successur de Windows 10â¯S est une "
+"configuration spéciale de Windows 10 appelée <a href=\"https://support."
+"microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4020089/windows-10-in-s-mode-faq\">mode S</a>. Sa "
+"différence principale avec Windows 10 est qu'on peut facilement sortir du "
+"mode S."
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"<a href=\"http://www.itworld.com/article/2832657/operating-systems/microsoft-"
+"metro-app-store-lock-down.html\"> Windows 8 on “mobile devices” "
+"(now defunct) was a jail</a>."
+msgstr ""
+"<a href=\"http://www.itworld.com/article/2832657/operating-systems/microsoft-"
+"metro-app-store-lock-down.html\">Feu Windows 8 pour « appareils mobilesÂ
» "
+"était une prison</a> : il censurait le choix de l'utilisateur en matière
de "
+"programmes d'application."
+
+#. type: Content of: <h3>
msgid "Microsoft Tyrants"
msgstr "Tyrans"
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@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
<p><a href="/proprietary/proprietary.html">Other examples of
proprietary
malware</a></p>
-<div class="highlight-para">
+<div <span
class="removed"><del><strong>class="highlight-para"></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>class="comment"></em></ins></span>
<p>
<em>Malware</em> means software designed to function in ways that
mistreat or harm the user. (This does not include accidental errors.)
@@ -45,15 +45,18 @@
because the developer's awareness that the users would be powerless to fix
any malicious functionalities tempts the developer to impose some.
</p>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong></div></strong></del></span>
+<div <span class="removed"><del><strong>class="summary"
style="margin-top:</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>class="important"
style="margin-bottom:</em></ins></span> 2em">
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>If you know of an example that ought
to be in this page but isn't
here, please write
to <a href="mailto:address@hidden"><address@hidden></a>
to inform us. Please include the URL of a trustworthy reference or two
-to present the specifics.</p></em></ins></span>
+to present the specifics.</p>
+</div>
</div>
-<div class="summary" style="margin-top: 2em">
+<div class="summary"></em></ins></span>
<h3>Type of malware</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="#back-doors">Back doors</a></li>
@@ -86,7 +89,7 @@
<li><p>Microsoft</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT backdoor -->
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-back-door -->
<li id="M201608172">
<p id="windows-update">Microsoft</em></ins></span>
Windows has a universal back door through which <a
@@ -124,6 +127,15 @@
door capabilities of the TPM 2.0 chip.</p>
</li>
+ <li id="M201307300">
+ <p>Here is a suspicion that
+ we can't prove, but is worth thinking about: <a
+
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150206003913/http://www.afr.com/p/technology/intel_chips_could_be_nsa_key_to_ymrhS1HS1633gCWKt5tFtI">
+ Writable microcode for Intel and AMD microprocessors</a> may be a
+ vehicle for the NSA to invade computers, with the help of Microsoft,
+ say respected security experts.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201112081">
<p>Windows 8</em></ins></span> also has a back door for <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2500036/desktop-apps/microsoft--we-can-remotely-delete-windows-8-apps.html"></em></ins></span>
@@ -145,7 +157,7 @@
<h3 id="drm">Microsoft DRM</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT DRM --></em></ins></span>
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-dr --></em></ins></span>
<li <span
class="removed"><del><strong>id="windows7-back-door"><p>Users reported
that <a
href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2993490/windows/windows-10-upgrades-reportedly-appearing-as-mandatory-for-some-users.html#tk.rss_all">
Microsoft was forcing them to replace Windows 7 and 8 with all-spying
@@ -183,7 +195,7 @@
<li></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT insecurity -->
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-insec -->
<li id="M201705120"></em></ins></span>
<p>Exploits of bugs in Windows, which were developed by the NSA
and then leaked by the Shadowbrokers group, are now being used to <a
@@ -210,20 +222,28 @@
turned into a botnet for the purpose of collecting customers' credit
card
<span class="removed"><del><strong>numbers</a>.
-</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>numbers.</p>
+</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>numbers.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
</ul>
-<h3 id="interference">Microsoft Interference</h3>
+<h3 <span class="removed"><del><strong>id="sabotage">Microsoft
Sabotage</h3>
-<p>Various proprietary programs often mess up the user's system. They
-are like sabotage, but they are not grave enough to qualify for the word
+<p>The wrongs in this section are not precisely malware, since they do
+not involve making the program that runs in a way that
hurts</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="interference">Microsoft Interference</h3>
+
+<p>Various proprietary programs often mess up</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>user.
+But they</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>user's system.
They</em></ins></span>
+are <span class="removed"><del><strong>a lot</strong></del></span> like <span
class="removed"><del><strong>malware, since</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>sabotage, but</em></ins></span> they are <span
class="removed"><del><strong>technical Microsoft
+actions that harm</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>not
grave enough</em></ins></span> to <span class="inserted"><ins><em>qualify
for</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>users</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>word
“sabotage”. Nonetheless, they are nasty and wrong. This
-section describes examples of Microsoft committing interference.</p>
+section describes examples</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>specific</strong></del></span> Microsoft <span
class="removed"><del><strong>software.</p>
+
+<ul>
+ <li><p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>committing interference.</p>
<ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT interference -->
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-interf -->
<li id="M201809120">
<p>One version of Windows 10 <a
href="https://www.ghacks.net/2018/09/12/microsoft-intercepting-firefox-chrome-installation-on-windows-10/">
@@ -235,35 +255,51 @@
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/19/windows-10-microsoft-force-people-edge-browser-windows-mail-chrome-firefox">
impose use of its browser, Edge, in certain
circumstances</a>.</p>
- <p>The reason Microsoft can force things on users is that Windows
+ <p>The reason</em></ins></span> Microsoft <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>can force things on users is that Windows
is nonfree.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201703170">
- <p>Windows displays <a
-
href="http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/17/14956540/microsoft-windows-10-ads-taskbar-file-explorer">
- intrusive ads for Microsoft products and its partners'
+ <p>Windows displays</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/new-processors-are-now-blocked-from-receiving-updates-on-old-windows/">
+ has dropped support</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/17/14956540/microsoft-windows-10-ads-taskbar-file-explorer">
+ intrusive ads</em></ins></span> for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Windows 7</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Microsoft products</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>8 on recent processors</a>
+ in</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>its partners'
products</a>.</p>
- <p>The article's author starts from the premise that Microsoft has
- a right to control what Windows does to users, as long as it doesn't
- go “too far”. We disagree.</p>
+ <p>The article's author starts from the premise that Microsoft
has</em></ins></span>
+ a <span class="removed"><del><strong>big hurry.</p>
+ <p>It makes no difference</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>right to control</em></ins></span> what <span
class="removed"><del><strong>legitimate reasons Microsoft might
+ have for not doing work</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Windows does</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>support them. If</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>users, as long as</em></ins></span> it doesn't <span
class="removed"><del><strong>want to
+ do this work, it should let users do the
work.</p></strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>go “too far”. We
disagree.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201608170">
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+ <p>Microsoft has made</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201608170">
<p> After <a
href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html#windows10-forcing">forcing the
download of Windows 10</a>
- on computers that were running Windows 7 and 8, Microsoft <a
-
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/3012278/microsoft-windows/microsoft-sets-stage-for-massive-windows-10-upgrade-strategy.html">
- repeatedly switched on a flag that urged users to
- “upgrade” to Windows 10</a> when they had turned
- it off, in the hope that some day they would fail to say no.
+ on computers that were running</em></ins></span> Windows 7 and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>8 cease to function on certain
+ new computers,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>8,
Microsoft</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4012982/discusses-an-issue-in-which-you-receive-a-your-pc-uses-a-processor-tha">effectively
+ forcing their owners</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/3012278/microsoft-windows/microsoft-sets-stage-for-massive-windows-10-upgrade-strategy.html">
+ repeatedly switched on a flag that urged users</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>switch</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>“upgrade”</em></ins></span> to
Windows <span class="removed"><del><strong>10</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>Once Microsoft has tricked a user into accepting
installation
+ of Windows
+ 10, <a
href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/windows_10_nagware_no_way_out/">they
+ find</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>10</a>
when they had turned
+ it off, in the hope</em></ins></span> that <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>some day</em></ins></span> they <span
class="removed"><del><strong>are denied</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>would fail to say no.
To do this, Microsoft used <a
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/17/microsoft_windows_10_upgrade_gwx_vs_humanity/">
malware techniques</a>.</p>
<p>A detailed <a
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/08/windows-10-microsoft-blatantly-disregards-user-choice-and-privacy-deep-dive">
- analysis of Microsoft's scheme</a> is available on the Electronic
+ analysis of Microsoft's scheme</a> is available on</em></ins></span>
the <span class="removed"><del><strong>option</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Electronic
Frontier Foundation's website.</p>
</li>
@@ -271,272 +307,219 @@
<p>Microsoft has made companies'
Windows machines managed by the company's sysadmins <a
href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/3042397/microsoft-windows/admins-beware-domain-attached-pcs-are-sprouting-get-windows-10-ads.html">harangue
- users to complain to the sysadmins about not “upgrading”
- to Windows 10</a>.</p>
+ users to complain</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>cancel or even postpone</strong></del></span> the
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>imposed date of installation</a>.
+ </p>
+ <p>This demonstrates what we've said for years: using proprietary
+ software means letting someone have power over you, and you're
+ going</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>sysadmins about
not “upgrading”</em></ins></span>
+ to <span class="removed"><del><strong>get screwed sooner or
later.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Microsoft</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Windows 10</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201601160">
- <p>Microsoft has <a
+ <p>Microsoft</em></ins></span> has <a
href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/16/10780876/microsoft-windows-support-policy-new-processors-skylake">desupported
all future Intel CPUs for Windows 7 and 8</a>. Those
machines will be stuck with the nastier Windows 10. <a
href="http://gizmodo.com/only-the-latest-version-of-windows-will-run-on-some-fut-1753545825">
- AMD and Qualcomm CPUs, too</a>.</p>
+ AMD and Qualcomm CPUs, <span class="removed"><del><strong>too</a>.
+ </p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>too</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
<p>Of course, Windows 7 and 8 are unethical too, because they are
proprietary software. But this example of Microsoft's wielding its
- power demonstrates the power it holds.</p>
+ power demonstrates the power it <span class="removed"><del><strong>holds.
+ </p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>holds.</p></em></ins></span>
<p>Free software developers also stop maintaining old versions of
their programs, but this is not unfair to users because the users of
free software have control over it. If it is important enough to you,
you and other users can hire someone to support the old version on
- your future platforms.</p>
+ your future <span class="removed"><del><strong>platforms.
+ </p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Microsoft
+ is <a
href="http://gizmodo.com/woman-wins-10-000-from-microsoft-after-unwanted-window-1782666146">
+ forcibly pushing Windows
+ update to its version 10</a>, ignoring</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>platforms.</p>
</li>
</ul>
-<h3 id="jails">Microsoft Jails</h3>
+<h3 id="sabotage">Microsoft Sabotage</h3>
-<ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT jails -->
- <li id="M201706130">
- <p>Windows 10 S was a jail: <a
-
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/03/windows-10-s-microsoft-faster-pc-comparison">
- only programs from the Windows Store could be
- installed and executed</a>. It was however possible to <a
-
href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/13/15789998/microsoft-windows-10-s-upgrade-windows-10-pro-guide">
- upgrade to Windows 10 Pro</a>. The successor of Windows
- 10 S is a special configuration of Windows 10 called <a
-
href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4020089/windows-10-in-s-mode-faq">
- S mode</a>. The major difference with Windows 10 S is that there is
- an easy way to switch out of S mode.</p>
- </li>
+<p>The wrongs in this section are not precisely malware, since they do
+not involve making</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>flag on Windows 7 or 8</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>program</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>you could set to not upgrade. This
reaffirms</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>runs in a way
that hurts</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>presence
of</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>user.
+But they are</em></ins></span> a <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html">universal
+ back door in Windows</a> 7 and 8.</p></li>
- <li id="M201210080">
- <p><a
-
href="http://www.itworld.com/article/2832657/operating-systems/microsoft-metro-app-store-lock-down.html">
- Windows 8 on “mobile devices” (now defunct) was a
- jail</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
- </li>
-</ul>
+ <li><p>Windows 10 “upgrades” <a
+
href="http://www.ghacks.net/2015/11/24/beware-latest-windows-10-update-may-remove-programs-automatically/">
+ delete applications</a> without asking
permission.</p></li>
+ <li><p>
+ Microsoft is <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/11/microsoft-downloading-windows-1">
+ repeatedly nagging many users to install Windows 10</a>.
+ </p></li>
-<h3 id="sabotage">Microsoft Sabotage</h3>
+<li><p>
+Microsoft was for months <a
+href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/02/microsoft-downloading-windows-10-automatic-update">
+tricking users into “upgrading” to Windows 10</a>,
if</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>lot like malware,
since</em></ins></span> they
+<span class="removed"><del><strong>failed to notice and say no.
+</p></li>
-<p>The wrongs in this section are not precisely malware, since they do
-not involve making the program that runs in a way that hurts the user.
-But they are a lot like malware, since they are technical Microsoft
-actions that harm <span class="removed"><del><strong>to</strong></del></span>
the users of specific Microsoft software.</p>
+ <li><p><a
+href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130622044225/http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2013/06/how-can-any-company-ever-trust-microsoft-again/index.htm"></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>are technical</em></ins></span> Microsoft
<span class="removed"><del><strong>informs</strong></del></span>
+<span class="inserted"><ins><em>actions that harm</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>NSA</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>users</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>bugs in Windows before fixing
them.</a></p></li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><ul>
- <li><p> Microsoft</strong></del></span>
+ <li><p><a
href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/windows-xp-end-of-an-era-end-of-an-error-3569489/"></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>specific</em></ins></span> Microsoft <span
class="removed"><del><strong>cut off security fixes for</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>software.</p>
-<span class="inserted"><ins><em><ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT sabotage -->
+<ul class="blurbs">
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-sab -->
<li id="M201704194">
- <p>Microsoft has made Windows 7
- and 8 cease to function on certain new computers, <a
+ <p>Microsoft has made</em></ins></span> Windows <span
class="removed"><del><strong>XP, except</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>7
+ and 8 cease</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>some
big users
+ that pay exorbitantly.</a></p>
+
+ <p>Microsoft is going</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>function on certain new computers, <a
href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4012982/the-processor-is-not-supported-together-with-the-windows-version-that">effectively
- forcing their owners to switch to Windows 10</a>.</p>
+ forcing their owners to switch</em></ins></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Windows 10</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201704130">
- <p>Microsoft</em></ins></span> <a
-
href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/new-processors-are-now-blocked-from-receiving-updates-on-old-windows/">
- has dropped support for Windows 7 and 8 on recent processors</a>
- in a big hurry.</p>
-
- <p>It makes no difference what legitimate reasons Microsoft might
- have for not doing work to support them. If it doesn't want to do
- this work, it should let users do the work.</p>
+ <p>Microsoft</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/security/3605515/more-than-half-of-all-ie-users-face-patch-axe-in-10-months/">
+ cut off</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/new-processors-are-now-blocked-from-receiving-updates-on-old-windows/">
+ has dropped</em></ins></span> support for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>some Internet Explorer versions</a> in the
same way.</p>
+
+ <p>A person or company has the right to cease to
work</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Windows 7 and
8</em></ins></span> on <span class="inserted"><ins><em>recent
processors</a>
+ in</em></ins></span> a
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>particular program; the wrong here
is</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>big hurry.</p>
+
+ <p>It makes no difference what legitimate reasons</em></ins></span>
Microsoft <span class="removed"><del><strong>does this after having
+ made the users dependent on Microsoft, because they
are</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>might
+ have for</em></ins></span> not <span
class="removed"><del><strong>free</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>doing work</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>ask
+ anyone else</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>support
them. If it doesn't want</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>work on the program for them.</p></li>
+</ul>
+
+<h3 id="interference">Microsoft Interference</h3>
+
+<p>Various proprietary programs often mess up</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>do
+ this work, it should let users do</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>user's system. They are like sabotage, but they
are not grave enough</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>work.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
- <p>Microsoft has made</strong></del></span>
+ <li id="M201606270">
+ <p id="windows10-forcing">In its efforts</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>qualify
+for the word “sabotage”. Nonetheless, they are nasty and wrong.
This section describes examples</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>trick users</em></ins></span> of <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Windows
+ 7 and 8 into installing all-spying Windows 10 against their
+ will,</em></ins></span> Microsoft <span
class="removed"><del><strong>committing
+interference.</p>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201606270">
- <p id="windows10-forcing">In its efforts to trick users
of</em></ins></span> Windows
- 7 and 8 <span class="removed"><del><strong>cease to function on certain
- new computers,
- <a
href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4012982/discusses-an-issue-in-which-you-receive-a-your-pc-uses-a-processor-tha">effectively
- forcing</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>into
installing all-spying Windows 10 against</em></ins></span> their <span
class="removed"><del><strong>owners to switch</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>will, Microsoft forced their
computers</em></ins></span> to <span class="inserted"><ins><em><a
-
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/11/microsoft-downloading-windows-1">
- silently download… the whole of</em></ins></span> Windows <span
class="removed"><del><strong>10</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>10</a>! Apparently,
+<ul>
+ <li><p>Windows displays</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>forced their computers to</em></ins></span> <a
<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/17/14956540/microsoft-windows-10-ads-taskbar-file-explorer">
+ intrusive ads for Microsoft products and its
+ partners' products</a>.</p>
+ <p>The article's author starts from</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/11/microsoft-downloading-windows-1">
+ silently download…</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>premise</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>whole of Windows 10</a>! Apparently,
this was done through a <a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update">
universal back door</a>. Not only did the unwanted downloads <a
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/03/windows_10_upgrade_satellite_link/">
use up much needed resources</a>, but many of the people who let
- installation proceed found out that this “upgrade” was in fact
a <a
+ installation proceed found out</em></ins></span> that <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>this “upgrade” was in fact a <a
href="http://gizmodo.com/woman-wins-10-000-from-microsoft-after-unwanted-window-1782666146">
- downgrade</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ downgrade</a>.</p>
</li>
- <span
class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Once</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201606010">
- <p>Once</em></ins></span> Microsoft has tricked a user
- into accepting installation of <span class="removed"><del><strong>Windows
- 10, <a
href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/windows_10_nagware_no_way_out/">they
- find that they are denied the option to cancel or even postpone the
- imposed date of installation</a>.
- </p>
- <p>This demonstrates what we've said for years: using proprietary
- software means letting someone have power over you, and you're
- going to get screwed sooner or later.</p></li>
+ <li id="M201606010">
+ <p>Once</em></ins></span> Microsoft has <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>tricked</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>right to control what</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>user
+ into accepting installation of</em></ins></span> Windows <span
class="removed"><del><strong>does to users, as long as it
+ doesn't go “too far”. We disagree.</p></li>
- <li><p>Microsoft
- has <a
href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/16/10780876/microsoft-windows-support-policy-new-processors-skylake">desupported
- all future Intel CPUs for Windows 7 and 8</a>. Those machines will
- be stuck with the nastier Windows 10.
- <a
href="http://gizmodo.com/only-the-latest-version-of-windows-will-run-on-some-fut-1753545825">
- AMD and Qualcomm CPUs, too</a>.
- </p>
- <p>Of course, Windows 7 and 8 are unethical too, because they are
- proprietary software. But this example of Microsoft's wielding its
- power demonstrates the power it holds.
- </p>
- <p>Free software developers also stop maintaining old versions of
- their programs, but this is not unfair</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Windows 10, <a
-
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/windows_10_nagware_no_way_out/">they
- find that they are denied the option</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>users because</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>cancel or even postpone</em></ins></span> the
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>users</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>imposed date</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>free</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>installation</a>.</p>
-
- <p>This demonstrates what we've said for years: using
proprietary</em></ins></span>
- software <span class="inserted"><ins><em>means letting
someone</em></ins></span> have <span
class="removed"><del><strong>control</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>power</em></ins></span> over <span
class="removed"><del><strong>it. If it is important
- enough to</strong></del></span> you, <span
class="removed"><del><strong>you</strong></del></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>other users can hire someone to support
- the old version on your future platforms.
- </p></li>
+ <li><p>Microsoft inserts</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>10,</em></ins></span> <a
+<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/10/windows-10-users-complain-new-microsoft-subscription-onedrive-adverts">
+ annoying advertisements inside of</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/windows_10_nagware_no_way_out/">they
+ find that they are denied</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>File Explorer</a></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>option</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>nag
+ users</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>cancel or
even postpone the
+ imposed date of installation</a>.</p>
- <li><p>Microsoft
- is <a
href="http://gizmodo.com/woman-wins-10-000-from-microsoft-after-unwanted-window-1782666146">
- forcibly pushing Windows
- update</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>you're
going</em></ins></span>
- to <span class="removed"><del><strong>its version 10</a>, ignoring
the flag on Windows 7</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>get
screwed sooner</em></ins></span> or <span class="removed"><del><strong>8
- that you could set</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>later.</p>
+ <p>This demonstrates what we've said for years: using proprietary
+ software means letting someone have power over you, and you're
going</em></ins></span>
+ to <span class="removed"><del><strong>buy
subscriptions</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>get screwed
sooner or later.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201601310">
- <p>FTDI's proprietary driver
- for its USB-to-serial chips has been designed</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>not upgrade. This reaffirms the presence of
- a</strong></del></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html">universal
- back door in Windows</a> 7 and 8.</p></li>
+ <p>FTDI's proprietary driver</em></ins></span>
+ for <span class="removed"><del><strong>the OneDrive
service.</p></li>
- <li><p>Windows</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/10/windows-update-drivers-bricking-usb-serial-chips-beloved-of-hardware-hackers/">sabotage
+<li>In order</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>its
USB-to-serial chips has been designed</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>increase Windows 10's install
base,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/10/windows-update-drivers-bricking-usb-serial-chips-beloved-of-hardware-hackers/">sabotage
alternative compatible chips</a>
- so that they no longer work. Microsoft is <a
-
href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/16/01/31/1720259/ftdi-driver-breaks-hardware-again">installing
- this automatically</a> as an “upgrade”.</p>
+ so that they no longer work.</em></ins></span> Microsoft <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>is</em></ins></span> <a
+<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/08/windows-10-microsoft-blatantly-disregards-user-choice-and-privacy-deep-dive">
+blatantly disregards user choice and privacy</a>.</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/16/01/31/1720259/ftdi-driver-breaks-hardware-again">installing
+ this automatically</a> as an
“upgrade”.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201511240">
- <p>Windows</em></ins></span> 10 “upgrades” <a
-
href="http://www.ghacks.net/2015/11/24/beware-latest-windows-10-update-may-remove-programs-automatically/">
- delete applications</a> without asking <span
class="removed"><del><strong>permission.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>
- Microsoft is <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/11/microsoft-downloading-windows-1">
- repeatedly nagging many users to install Windows 10</a>.
- </p></li>
-
-<li><p>
-Microsoft was for months <a
-href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/02/microsoft-downloading-windows-10-automatic-update">
-tricking users into “upgrading” to Windows 10</a>, if they
-failed to notice and say no.
-</p></li>
-
- <li><p><a
-href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130622044225/http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2013/06/how-can-any-company-ever-trust-microsoft-again/index.htm">
- Microsoft informs the NSA of bugs in Windows before fixing
them.</a></p></li>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Microsoft has
+started</strong></del></span>
- <li><p><a
href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/windows-xp-end-of-an-era-end-of-an-error-3569489/">
- Microsoft</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>permission.</p>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201511240">
+ <p>Windows 10 “upgrades”</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/04/microsoft-windows-10-full-screen-upgrade-notification-pop-up-reminder">nagging</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.ghacks.net/2015/11/24/beware-latest-windows-10-update-may-remove-programs-automatically/">
+ delete applications</a> without asking permission.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201503260">
<p><a
-
href="https://www.computerworlduk.com/it-business/windows-xp-end-of-an-era-end-of-an-error-3569489/">Microsoft</em></ins></span>
- cut off security fixes for Windows XP, except to some big users that
- pay <span
class="removed"><del><strong>exorbitantly.</a></p></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>exorbitantly</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
-
- <p>Microsoft is going <span class="removed"><del><strong>to
- <a
href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/security/3605515/more-than-half-of-all-ie-users-face-patch-axe-in-10-months/">
- cut off support for some Internet Explorer versions</a> in the same
way.</p>
-
- <p>A person or company has the right to cease to work on a
- particular program; the wrong here is Microsoft does this after having
- made the users dependent on Microsoft, because they are not free to ask
- anyone else to work on the program for them.</p></li>
-</ul>
+
href="https://www.computerworlduk.com/it-business/windows-xp-end-of-an-era-end-of-an-error-3569489/">Microsoft
+ cut off security fixes for Windows XP, except to some
big</em></ins></span> users <span class="removed"><del><strong>obnoxiously and
repeatedly</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>that
+ pay exorbitantly</a>.</p>
-<h3 id="interference">Microsoft Interference</h3>
+ <p>Microsoft is going</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>install Windows 10</a>.</p></li>
-<p>Various proprietary programs often mess up the user's system. They
are like sabotage, but they are not grave enough to qualify
-for the word “sabotage”. Nonetheless, they are nasty and wrong.
This section describes examples of Microsoft committing
-interference.</p>
+ <li><p>Microsoft
+ <a
href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/windows-10-upgrade-reportedly-starting-automatically-on-windows-7-pcs-501651.shtml">is
+ tricking
+ users</a></strong></del></span> <a
+<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160522062607/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/17/microsoft_windows_10_upgrade_gwx_vs_humanity/">
+into replacing Windows 7 with Windows 10</a>.</p></li>
-<ul>
- <li><p>Windows displays</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>to</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/17/14956540/microsoft-windows-10-ads-taskbar-file-explorer">
- intrusive ads</strong></del></span>
+ <li><p>Microsoft</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.computerworlduk.com/applications/more-than-half-of-all-ie-users-face-patch-axe-in-10-months-3605515/">
- cut off support</em></ins></span> for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Microsoft products and its
- partners' products</a>.</p>
- <p>The article's author starts from</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>some Internet Explorer versions</a>
in</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>premise that
Microsoft</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>same
+ cut off support for some Internet Explorer versions</a> in the same
way.</p>
- <p>A person or company</em></ins></span> has <span
class="removed"><del><strong>a</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the</em></ins></span> right to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>control what Windows does</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>cease</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>users, as long as it
- doesn't go “too far”. We disagree.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>Microsoft inserts <a
-href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/10/windows-10-users-complain-new-microsoft-subscription-onedrive-adverts">
- annoying advertisements inside of</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>work on a particular
- program; the wrong here is Microsoft does this after having
made</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>File
Explorer</a> to nag</strong></del></span>
- users <span class="inserted"><ins><em>dependent on Microsoft, because they
are not free</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>buy
subscriptions</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>ask anyone
- else to work on the program</em></ins></span> for <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>them.</p>
+ <p>A person or company</em></ins></span> has <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the right to cease to work on a particular
+ program; the wrong here is Microsoft does this after
having</em></ins></span> made <span class="removed"><del><strong>companies'
Windows machines managed by</strong></del></span> the
+<span class="removed"><del><strong>company's
+sysadmins <a
href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/3042397/microsoft-windows/admins-beware-domain-attached-pcs-are-sprouting-get-windows-10-ads.html">harangue</strong></del></span>
+ users <span class="inserted"><ins><em>dependent on Microsoft, because they
are not free</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>complain</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>ask anyone
+ else</em></ins></span> to <span class="inserted"><ins><em>work
on</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>sysadmins about not
“upgrading” to</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>program for them.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201306220">
<p><a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130622044225/http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2013/06/how-can-any-company-ever-trust-microsoft-again/index.htm">Microsoft
- informs</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>OneDrive
service.</p></li>
-
-<li>In order to increase</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>NSA of bugs in</em></ins></span> Windows <span
class="removed"><del><strong>10's install base, Microsoft
-<a
-href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/08/windows-10-microsoft-blatantly-disregards-user-choice-and-privacy-deep-dive">
-blatantly disregards user choice and privacy</a>.</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>before fixing
them</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ informs the NSA of bugs in</em></ins></span> Windows
+<span
class="removed"><del><strong>10</a>.</p></li></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>before fixing them</a>.</p>
</li>
-
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Microsoft has
-started <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/04/microsoft-windows-10-full-screen-upgrade-notification-pop-up-reminder">nagging</strong></del></span>
-<span class="inserted"><ins><em></ul>
+</ul>
<h3 id="subscriptions">Microsoft Subscriptions</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT subscriptions -->
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-subscript -->
<li id="M201507150">
- <p>Microsoft Office forces</em></ins></span> users <span
class="removed"><del><strong>obnoxiously and repeatedly to install Windows
10</a>.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>Microsoft
- <a
href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/windows-10-upgrade-reportedly-starting-automatically-on-windows-7-pcs-501651.shtml">is
- tricking
- users</a> <a
-href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160522062607/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/17/microsoft_windows_10_upgrade_gwx_vs_humanity/">
-into replacing Windows 7 with Windows 10</a>.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>Microsoft has made companies' Windows machines managed by
the
-company's
-sysadmins</strong></del></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/3042397/microsoft-windows/admins-beware-domain-attached-pcs-are-sprouting-get-windows-10-ads.html">harangue
-users</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/2948755/windows-apps/office-for-windows-10-will-require-office-365-subscription-on-pcs-larger-tablets.html">to
- subscribe</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>complain</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Office 365</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the sysadmins about not
“upgrading”</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>be able</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Windows
-10</a>.</p></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>create/edit documents</a>.</p>
+ <p>Microsoft Office forces users <a
+
href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/2948755/windows-apps/office-for-windows-10-will-require-office-365-subscription-on-pcs-larger-tablets.html">to
+ subscribe to Office 365 to be able to create/edit
documents</a>.</p>
</li></em></ins></span>
</ul>
@@ -647,12 +630,12 @@
its users</a>, giving Microsoft the “right” to snoop on
the users' files, text input, voice input, location info, contacts,
calendar records and web browsing history, as well as automatically
- connecting the machines to open hotspots and showing targeted
ads.</p>
+ connecting the machines to open
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>hotspots and showing targeted
ads.</p>
- <p>We can suppose Microsoft look at users' files for the US
government
- on demand, though the “privacy policy” does not <span
class="removed"><del><strong>explicit</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>explicitly</em></ins></span>
- say so. Will it look at users' files for the Chinese government
- on <span class="removed"><del><strong>demand?</p></li>
+ <p>We can suppose Microsoft look at users' files for the US government
on
+ demand, though the “privacy policy” does not explicit say so.
Will it
+ look at users' files for the Chinese government on
demand?</p></li>
<li><p>
<a
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/even-when-told-not-to-windows-10-just-cant-stop-talking-to-microsoft/">
@@ -664,15 +647,19 @@
track the browsing of each specific user.</p></li>
<li>Spyware in Windows 8: <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160313105805/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/02/28/windows_update_keeps_tabs/">
- Windows Update snoops on the user.</a>
+ Windows Update snoops on</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>hotspots and showing targeted ads.</p>
+
+ <p>We can suppose Microsoft look at users' files
for</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>user.</a>
<a
href="http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/look-the-black-underbelly-of-windows-81-blue-222175">
- Windows 8.1 snoops on local searches.</a> And there's a
+ Windows 8.1 snoops</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>US
government</em></ins></span>
+ on <span class="removed"><del><strong>local searches.</a> And
there's a
<a href="http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article40836.html">
secret NSA key in Windows</a>, whose functions we don't
know.</li>
<li><p>
<a
href="http://www.itproportal.com/2014/05/14/microsoft-openly-offered-cloud-data-fbi-and-nsa/">
- Microsoft SkyDrive allows the NSA to directly examine users'
data.</a></p>
+ Microsoft SkyDrive allows</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>demand, though</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>NSA to directly examine</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>“privacy policy” does not explicitly
+ say so. Will it look at</em></ins></span> users' <span
class="removed"><del><strong>data.</a></p>
</li>
<li><p>Spyware in Skype:
@@ -680,7 +667,8 @@
http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2013/06/20/project-chess-how-u-s-snoops-on-your-skype/</a>.
Microsoft changed Skype
<a
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-collaboration-user-data">
- specifically for spying</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>demand?</p></em></ins></span>
+ specifically</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>files</em></ins></span> for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>spying</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>the Chinese government
+ on demand?</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>
@@ -713,59 +701,77 @@
<h3 id="drm">Microsoft DRM</h3>
<ul>
<li><p><a
href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/2007/08/aacs-tentacles/">
- DRM (digital restrictions mechanisms) in Windows</a>, introduced to
- cater to</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>now.</p>
+ DRM (digital restrictions mechanisms) in Windows</a>,
introduced</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>now.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201410040">
- <p>It only gets worse with time.</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/proprietary-drm.html#bluray">Bluray</a>
disks.
- (The article also talks about how the same malware would later be introduced
- in MacOS.)</p></li>
-</ul>
-
-<h3 id="jails">Microsoft Jails</h3>
-<ul>
- <li>
- <p>Windows 10 S ought to be called</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.techworm.net/2014/10/microsofts-windows-10-permission-watch-every-move.html"></em></ins></span>
- Windows 10 <span class="removed"><del><strong>J,</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>requires users to give
permission</em></ins></span> for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>“Jail”:
- <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/03/windows-10-s-microsoft-faster-pc-comparison">only
programs from the Windows Store can be
- downloaded</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>total
snooping</a>,
- including their files, their commands, their text input,</em></ins></span>
and <span class="removed"><del><strong>executed</a>.</p>
-
- <p>If</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>their
+ <p>It only gets worse with time. <a
+
href="http://www.techworm.net/2014/10/microsofts-windows-10-permission-watch-every-move.html">
+ Windows 10 requires users</em></ins></span> to
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>cater</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>give permission for total snooping</a>,
+ including their files, their commands, their text input, and their
voice input.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201405140">
<p><a
href="http://www.itproportal.com/2014/05/14/microsoft-openly-offered-cloud-data-fbi-and-nsa/">
- Microsoft SkyDrive allows</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>history</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>NSA to directly examine users'
+ Microsoft SkyDrive allows the NSA</em></ins></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>directly examine users'
data</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201307110">
- <p>Skype contains <a
-
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130928235637/http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2013/06/20/project-chess-how-u-s-snoops-on-your-skype/">spyware</a>.
+ <p>Skype contains</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/proprietary-drm.html#bluray">Bluray</a>
disks.
+ (The article also talks about how</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130928235637/http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2013/06/20/project-chess-how-u-s-snoops-on-your-skype/">spyware</a>.
Microsoft changed Skype <a
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-collaboration-user-data">
specifically for spying</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201307080">
- <p>Spyware in older versions</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>iOS as a jail is any
indication,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Windows: <a
-
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/02/28/windows_update_keeps_tabs/"></em></ins></span>
- Windows <span class="removed"><del><strong>10 J
- will be no better.</p>
+ <p>Spyware in older versions of Windows: <a
+
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/02/28/windows_update_keeps_tabs/">
+ Windows Update snoops on</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>same malware would later be
introduced</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>user</a>. <a
+
href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2611451/microsoft-windows/a-look-at-the-black-underbelly-of-windows-8-1--blue-.html">
+ Windows 8.1 snoops on local searches</a>. And there's a <a
+ href="http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article40836.html"> secret NSA
+ key</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>MacOS.)</p></li></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>Windows</a>, whose functions we don't
know.</p>
+ </li></em></ins></span>
+</ul>
+
+
+<h3 id="jails">Microsoft Jails</h3>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><ul>
+ <li></strong></del></span>
+<span class="inserted"><ins><em><ul class="blurbs">
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-jail -->
+ <li id="M201706130"></em></ins></span>
+ <p>Windows 10 S <span class="removed"><del><strong>ought to be
called Windows 10 J, for “Jail”:</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>was a jail:</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/03/windows-10-s-microsoft-faster-pc-comparison">only</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/03/windows-10-s-microsoft-faster-pc-comparison">
+ only</em></ins></span> programs from the Windows Store <span
class="removed"><del><strong>can</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>could</em></ins></span> be
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>downloaded</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>installed</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>executed</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>If the history</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>executed</a>. It was however possible to <a
+
href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/13/15789998/microsoft-windows-10-s-upgrade-windows-10-pro-guide">
+ upgrade to Windows 10 Pro</a>. The successor</em></ins></span> of
<span class="removed"><del><strong>iOS as a jail</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Windows
+ 10 S</em></ins></span> is <span class="removed"><del><strong>any
indication,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>a special
configuration of</em></ins></span> Windows 10 <span
class="removed"><del><strong>J
+ will be no better.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>called <a
+
href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4020089/windows-10-in-s-mode-faq">
+ S mode</a>. The major difference with Windows 10 S is that there is
+ an easy way to switch out of S mode.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li><p><a
href="http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/301057/microsoft-metro-app-store-lockdown"></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>Update snoops on the user</a>. <a
-
href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2611451/microsoft-windows/a-look-at-the-black-underbelly-of-windows-8-1--blue-.html"></em></ins></span>
- Windows <span class="removed"><del><strong>8</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>8.1 snoops</em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>“mobile devices”
is</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>local
searches</a>. And there's</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>jail</a>: it censors the
- user's choice of application
programs.</p></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
- href="http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article40836.html"> secret NSA
- key in Windows</a>, whose functions we don't know.</p>
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p><a
href="http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/301057/microsoft-metro-app-store-lockdown"></strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201210080">
+ <p><a
+
href="http://www.itworld.com/article/2832657/operating-systems/microsoft-metro-app-store-lock-down.html"></em></ins></span>
+ Windows 8 on “mobile devices” <span
class="removed"><del><strong>is</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>(now defunct) was</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>jail</a>: it censors the
+ user's choice of application
programs.</p></li></strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>jail</a>.</p>
</li></em></ins></span>
</ul>
@@ -775,7 +781,7 @@
<li></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT tyrants -->
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-tyrant -->
<li id="M201607150"></em></ins></span>
<p>Microsoft accidentally left a way for users
to install GNU/Linux on Windows RT tablets, but now it has <a
@@ -858,7 +864,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2018/10/05 17:29:55 $
+$Date: 2018/10/07 19:58:31 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: malware-microsoft.it.po
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retrieving revision 1.127
retrieving revision 1.128
diff -u -b -r1.127 -r1.128
--- malware-microsoft.it.po 5 Oct 2018 17:29:56 -0000 1.127
+++ malware-microsoft.it.po 7 Oct 2018 19:58:31 -0000 1.128
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
msgid ""
msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: malware-microsoft.html\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-10-05 17:25+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-10-07 19:56+0000\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: 2017-12-31 13:06+0100\n"
"Last-Translator: Andrea Pescetti <address@hidden>\n"
"Language-Team: Italian <address@hidden>\n"
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
"sviluppatori, consapevoli dell'impossibilità da parte degli utenti di "
"riparare eventuali funzionalità malevole, sono tentati ad imporne."
-#. type: Content of: <div><p>
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
msgid ""
"If you know of an example that ought to be in this page but isn't here, "
"please write to <a href=\"mailto:address@hidden"><address@hidden"
@@ -234,6 +234,16 @@
"Windows 8 con TPM 2.0</a> a causa di potenziali backdoor nel chip TPM 2.0."
#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Here is a suspicion that we can't prove, but is worth thinking about: <a "
+"href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20150206003913/http://www.afr.com/p/"
+"technology/intel_chips_could_be_nsa_key_to_ymrhS1HS1633gCWKt5tFtI\"> "
+"Writable microcode for Intel and AMD microprocessors</a> may be a vehicle "
+"for the NSA to invade computers, with the help of Microsoft, say respected "
+"security experts."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
# | [-<a
# |
href=\"http://www.computerworld.com/article/2500036/desktop-apps/microsoft--we-can-remotely-delete-windows-8-apps.html\">-]Windows
# | 8 also has a back door for {+<a
@@ -520,44 +530,6 @@
"con altri utenti) uno sviluppatore per farlo."
#. type: Content of: <h3>
-msgid "Microsoft Jails"
-msgstr "Prigioni di Microsoft"
-
-#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
-msgid ""
-"Windows 10 S was a jail: <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/"
-"technology/2017/may/03/windows-10-s-microsoft-faster-pc-comparison\"> only "
-"programs from the Windows Store could be installed and executed</a>. It was "
-"however possible to <a href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/13/15789998/"
-"microsoft-windows-10-s-upgrade-windows-10-pro-guide\"> upgrade to Windows 10 "
-"Pro</a>. The successor of Windows 10 S is a special configuration of Windows "
-"10 called <a href=\"https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4020089/"
-"windows-10-in-s-mode-faq\"> S mode</a>. The major difference with Windows 10 "
-"S is that there is an easy way to switch out of S mode."
-msgstr ""
-
-#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
-# | <a
-# |
[-href=\"http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/301057/microsoft-metro-app-store-lockdown\">-]
-# |
{+href=\"http://www.itworld.com/article/2832657/operating-systems/microsoft-metro-app-store-lock-down.html\">+}
-# | Windows 8 on “mobile devices” [-is-] {+(now defunct) was+} a
-# | [-jail</a>: it censors the user's choice of application programs.-]
-# | {+jail</a>.+}
-#, fuzzy
-#| msgid ""
-#| "<a href=\"http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/301057/microsoft-metro-"
-#| "app-store-lockdown\"> Windows 8 on “mobile devices” is a "
-#| "jail</a>: it censors the user's choice of application programs."
-msgid ""
-"<a href=\"http://www.itworld.com/article/2832657/operating-systems/microsoft-"
-"metro-app-store-lock-down.html\"> Windows 8 on “mobile devices” "
-"(now defunct) was a jail</a>."
-msgstr ""
-"<a href=\"http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/301057/microsoft-metro-"
-"app-store-lockdown\">Windows 8 sui “dispositivi mobili” è una "
-"prigione</a>: censura la scelta delle applicazioni da parte dell'utente."
-
-#. type: Content of: <h3>
msgid "Microsoft Sabotage"
msgstr "Sabotaggio di Microsoft"
@@ -1181,6 +1153,44 @@
"a>, le cui funzioni sono a noi ignote."
#. type: Content of: <h3>
+msgid "Microsoft Jails"
+msgstr "Prigioni di Microsoft"
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Windows 10 S was a jail: <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/"
+"technology/2017/may/03/windows-10-s-microsoft-faster-pc-comparison\"> only "
+"programs from the Windows Store could be installed and executed</a>. It was "
+"however possible to <a href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/13/15789998/"
+"microsoft-windows-10-s-upgrade-windows-10-pro-guide\"> upgrade to Windows 10 "
+"Pro</a>. The successor of Windows 10 S is a special configuration of Windows "
+"10 called <a href=\"https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4020089/"
+"windows-10-in-s-mode-faq\"> S mode</a>. The major difference with Windows 10 "
+"S is that there is an easy way to switch out of S mode."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+# | <a
+# |
[-href=\"http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/301057/microsoft-metro-app-store-lockdown\">-]
+# |
{+href=\"http://www.itworld.com/article/2832657/operating-systems/microsoft-metro-app-store-lock-down.html\">+}
+# | Windows 8 on “mobile devices” [-is-] {+(now defunct) was+} a
+# | [-jail</a>: it censors the user's choice of application programs.-]
+# | {+jail</a>.+}
+#, fuzzy
+#| msgid ""
+#| "<a href=\"http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/301057/microsoft-metro-"
+#| "app-store-lockdown\"> Windows 8 on “mobile devices” is a "
+#| "jail</a>: it censors the user's choice of application programs."
+msgid ""
+"<a href=\"http://www.itworld.com/article/2832657/operating-systems/microsoft-"
+"metro-app-store-lock-down.html\"> Windows 8 on “mobile devices” "
+"(now defunct) was a jail</a>."
+msgstr ""
+"<a href=\"http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/301057/microsoft-metro-"
+"app-store-lockdown\">Windows 8 sui “dispositivi mobili” è una "
+"prigione</a>: censura la scelta delle applicazioni da parte dell'utente."
+
+#. type: Content of: <h3>
msgid "Microsoft Tyrants"
msgstr "Tiranni di Microsoft"
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retrieving revision 1.22
retrieving revision 1.23
diff -u -b -r1.22 -r1.23
--- malware-microsoft.ja-diff.html 5 Oct 2018 17:29:56 -0000 1.22
+++ malware-microsoft.ja-diff.html 7 Oct 2018 19:58:31 -0000 1.23
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
<p><a href="/proprietary/proprietary.html">Other examples of
proprietary
malware</a></p>
-<div class="highlight-para">
+<div <span
class="removed"><del><strong>class="highlight-para"></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>class="comment"></em></ins></span>
<p>
<em>Malware</em> means software designed to function in ways that
mistreat or harm the user. (This does not include accidental errors.)
@@ -51,16 +51,18 @@
because the developer's awareness that the users would be powerless to fix
any malicious functionalities tempts the developer to impose some.
</p>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong></div></strong></del></span>
-<span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>If you know of an example that ought
to be in this page but isn't
+<div <span
class="removed"><del><strong>class="toc"></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>class="important" style="margin-bottom: 2em">
+<p>If you know of an example that ought to be in this page but isn't
here, please write
to <a href="mailto:address@hidden"><address@hidden></a>
to inform us. Please include the URL of a trustworthy reference or two
-to present the specifics.</p></em></ins></span>
+to present the specifics.</p>
</div>
+</div></em></ins></span>
-<div <span class="removed"><del><strong>class="toc">
-<div class="malfunctions"></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>class="summary" style="margin-top: 2em">
+<div <span
class="removed"><del><strong>class="malfunctions"></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>class="summary">
<h3>Type of malware</h3></em></ins></span>
<ul>
<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><strong>Type of
malware</strong></li></strong></del></span>
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@
<li><p>Microsoft</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT backdoor -->
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-back-door -->
<li id="M201608172">
<p id="windows-update">Microsoft</em></ins></span>
Windows has a universal back door through which <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201806263"></strong></del></span>
@@ -133,6 +135,15 @@
door capabilities of the TPM 2.0 chip.</p>
</li>
+ <li id="M201307300">
+ <p>Here is a suspicion that
+ we can't prove, but is worth thinking about: <a
+
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150206003913/http://www.afr.com/p/technology/intel_chips_could_be_nsa_key_to_ymrhS1HS1633gCWKt5tFtI">
+ Writable microcode for Intel and AMD microprocessors</a> may be a
+ vehicle for the NSA to invade computers, with the help of Microsoft,
+ say respected security experts.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201112081">
<p>Windows 8</em></ins></span> also has a back door for <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2500036/desktop-apps/microsoft--we-can-remotely-delete-windows-8-apps.html"></em></ins></span>
@@ -161,7 +172,7 @@
<h3 id="drm">Microsoft DRM</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT DRM -->
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-dr -->
<li id="M200708131">
<p><a
href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/2007/08/aacs-tentacles/">DRM</em></ins></span>
in <span class="removed"><del><strong>fact <a
@@ -185,16 +196,15 @@
<h3 id="insecurity">Microsoft Insecurity</h3>
<span class="removed"><del><strong><ul>
- <li><p>A <a
href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-attack-can-steal-your-username-password-and-other-logins/">flaw
in Internet Explorer and Edge</a>
- allows an attacker</strong></del></span>
+ <li><p>A <a
href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-attack-can-steal-your-username-password-and-other-logins/">flaw</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>These bugs are/were not intentional,
so unlike the rest of the file
- they do not count as malware. We mention them</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>retrieve Microsoft account credentials,
if</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>refute the
+ they do not count as malware. We mention them to refute the
supposition that prestigious proprietary software doesn't have grave
bugs.</p>
<ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT insecurity -->
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-insec -->
<li id="M201705120">
<p>Exploits of bugs in Windows, which were developed by the NSA
and then leaked by the Shadowbrokers group, are now being used to <a
@@ -204,9 +214,9 @@
<li id="M201608020">
<p>A <a
-
href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-attack-can-steal-your-username-password-and-other-logins/">flaw
+
href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-attack-can-steal-your-username-password-and-other-logins/">flaw</em></ins></span>
in Internet Explorer and Edge</a> allows an attacker to retrieve
- Microsoft account credentials, if</em></ins></span> the user is tricked
into visiting
+ Microsoft account credentials, if the user is tricked into visiting
a malicious link.</p>
</li>
<span class="removed"><del><strong><li></strong></del></span>
@@ -218,32 +228,40 @@
turned into a botnet for the purpose of collecting customers' credit
card
<span class="removed"><del><strong>numbers</a>.
-</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>numbers.</p>
+</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>numbers.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
</ul>
-<h3 id="interference">Microsoft Interference</h3>
+<h3 <span class="removed"><del><strong>id="sabotage">Microsoft
Sabotage</h3>
+
+<p>The wrongs in this section are not precisely malware, since they do
+not involve making the program that runs in a way that
hurts</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="interference">Microsoft Interference</h3>
-<p>Various proprietary programs often mess up the user's system. They
-are like sabotage, but they are not grave enough to qualify for the word
+<p>Various proprietary programs often mess up</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>user.
+But they</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>user's system.
They</em></ins></span>
+are <span class="removed"><del><strong>a lot</strong></del></span> like <span
class="removed"><del><strong>malware, since</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>sabotage, but</em></ins></span> they are <span
class="removed"><del><strong>technical Microsoft
+actions that harm</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>not
grave enough</em></ins></span> to <span class="inserted"><ins><em>qualify
for</em></ins></span> the <span class="inserted"><ins><em>word
“sabotage”. Nonetheless, they are nasty and wrong. This
section describes examples of Microsoft committing interference.</p>
<ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT interference -->
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-interf -->
<li id="M201809120">
<p>One version of Windows 10 <a
href="https://www.ghacks.net/2018/09/12/microsoft-intercepting-firefox-chrome-installation-on-windows-10/">
- harangues users if they try to install Firefox (or
Chrome)</a>.</p>
+ harangues</em></ins></span> users <span class="inserted"><ins><em>if they
try to install Firefox (or Chrome)</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201803190">
<p>Microsoft is planning to make Windows <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/19/windows-10-microsoft-force-people-edge-browser-windows-mail-chrome-firefox">
- impose use of its browser, Edge, in certain
circumstances</a>.</p>
+ impose use</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>specific</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>its browser, Edge, in certain
circumstances</a>.</p>
- <p>The reason Microsoft can force things on users is that Windows
+ <p>The reason</em></ins></span> Microsoft <span
class="removed"><del><strong>software.</p>
+
+<ul>
+ <li><p>Once</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>can force things on users is that Windows
is nonfree.</p>
</li>
@@ -253,25 +271,32 @@
intrusive ads for Microsoft products and its partners'
products</a>.</p>
- <p>The article's author starts from the premise that Microsoft has
- a right to control what Windows does to users, as long as it doesn't
+ <p>The article's author starts from the premise
that</em></ins></span> Microsoft has <span
class="removed"><del><strong>tricked</strong></del></span>
+ a <span class="removed"><del><strong>user into accepting
installation</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>right to
control what Windows does to users, as long as it doesn't
go “too far”. We disagree.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201608170">
- <p> After <a
href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html#windows10-forcing">forcing the
download of Windows 10</a>
- on computers that were running Windows 7 and 8, Microsoft <a
-
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/3012278/microsoft-windows/microsoft-sets-stage-for-massive-windows-10-upgrade-strategy.html">
- repeatedly switched on a flag that urged users to
- “upgrade” to Windows 10</a> when they had turned
- it off, in the hope that some day they would fail to say no.
+ <p> After <a
href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html#windows10-forcing">forcing the
download</em></ins></span> of Windows
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>10,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>10</a>
+ on computers that were running Windows 7 and 8,
Microsoft</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/windows_10_nagware_no_way_out/">they
+ find</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/3012278/microsoft-windows/microsoft-sets-stage-for-massive-windows-10-upgrade-strategy.html">
+ repeatedly switched on a flag</em></ins></span> that <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>urged users to
+ “upgrade” to Windows 10</a> when</em></ins></span> they
<span class="removed"><del><strong>are denied</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>had turned
+ it off, in</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>option</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>hope that some day they would fail</em></ins></span>
to <span class="removed"><del><strong>cancel or even postpone the
+ imposed date</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>say no.
To do this, Microsoft used <a
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/17/microsoft_windows_10_upgrade_gwx_vs_humanity/">
malware techniques</a>.</p>
<p>A detailed <a
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/08/windows-10-microsoft-blatantly-disregards-user-choice-and-privacy-deep-dive">
- analysis of Microsoft's scheme</a> is available on the Electronic
+ analysis</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>installation</a>.
+ </p>
+ <p>This demonstrates what we've said for years: using proprietary
+ software means letting someone have power over you, and you're
+ going</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Microsoft's
scheme</a> is available on the Electronic
Frontier Foundation's website.</p>
</li>
@@ -279,24 +304,28 @@
<p>Microsoft has made companies'
Windows machines managed by the company's sysadmins <a
href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/3042397/microsoft-windows/admins-beware-domain-attached-pcs-are-sprouting-get-windows-10-ads.html">harangue
- users to complain to the sysadmins about not “upgrading”
+ users</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>get screwed
sooner or later.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Microsoft</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>complain to the sysadmins about not
“upgrading”
to Windows 10</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201601160">
- <p>Microsoft has <a
+ <p>Microsoft</em></ins></span> has <a
href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/16/10780876/microsoft-windows-support-policy-new-processors-skylake">desupported
all future Intel CPUs for Windows 7 and 8</a>. Those
machines will be stuck with the nastier Windows 10. <a
href="http://gizmodo.com/only-the-latest-version-of-windows-will-run-on-some-fut-1753545825">
- AMD and Qualcomm CPUs, too</a>.</p>
+ AMD and Qualcomm CPUs, <span class="removed"><del><strong>too</a>.
+ </p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>too</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
<p>Of course, Windows 7 and 8 are unethical too, because they are
proprietary software. But this example of Microsoft's wielding its
- power demonstrates the power it holds.</p>
+ power demonstrates the power it <span class="removed"><del><strong>holds.
+ </p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>holds.</p></em></ins></span>
<p>Free software developers also stop maintaining old versions of
- their programs, but this is not unfair to users because the users of
+ their programs, but this is not unfair to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>users because</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>users because the users of
free software have control over it. If it is important enough to you,
you and other users can hire someone to support the old version on
your future platforms.</p>
@@ -304,42 +333,15 @@
</ul>
-<h3 id="jails">Microsoft Jails</h3>
-
-<ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT jails -->
- <li id="M201706130">
- <p>Windows 10 S was a jail: <a
-
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/03/windows-10-s-microsoft-faster-pc-comparison">
- only programs from the Windows Store could be
- installed and executed</a>. It was however possible to <a
-
href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/13/15789998/microsoft-windows-10-s-upgrade-windows-10-pro-guide">
- upgrade to Windows 10 Pro</a>. The successor of Windows
- 10 S is a special configuration of Windows 10 called <a
-
href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4020089/windows-10-in-s-mode-faq">
- S mode</a>. The major difference with Windows 10 S is that there is
- an easy way to switch out of S mode.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li id="M201210080">
- <p><a
-
href="http://www.itworld.com/article/2832657/operating-systems/microsoft-metro-app-store-lock-down.html">
- Windows 8 on “mobile devices” (now defunct) was a
- jail</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
- </li>
-</ul>
-
-
<h3 id="sabotage">Microsoft Sabotage</h3>
<p>The wrongs in this section are not precisely malware, since they do
not involve making the program that runs in a way that hurts the user.
But they are a lot like malware, since they are technical Microsoft
-<span class="removed"><del><strong>actions that harm</strong></del></span>
-<span class="inserted"><ins><em>actions that harm the users of specific
Microsoft software.</p>
+actions that harm the users of specific Microsoft software.</p>
<ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT sabotage -->
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-sab -->
<li id="M201704194">
<p>Microsoft has made Windows 7
and 8 cease to function on certain new computers, <a
@@ -354,17 +356,14 @@
in a big hurry.</p>
<p>It makes no difference what legitimate reasons Microsoft might
- have for not doing work to support them. If it doesn't
want</em></ins></span> to <span class="inserted"><ins><em>do
- this work, it should let users do</em></ins></span> the <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>work.</p>
+ have for not doing work to support them. If it doesn't want to do
+ this work, it should let users do the work.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201606270">
- <p id="windows10-forcing">In its efforts to trick</em></ins></span>
users of <span class="removed"><del><strong>specific</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>Windows
+ <p id="windows10-forcing">In its efforts to trick users of Windows
7 and 8 into installing all-spying Windows 10 against their
- will,</em></ins></span> Microsoft <span
class="removed"><del><strong>software.</p>
-
-<ul>
- <li><p>Once</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>forced their computers to <a
+ will, Microsoft forced their computers to <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/11/microsoft-downloading-windows-1">
silently download… the whole of Windows 10</a>! Apparently,
this was done through a <a
@@ -378,49 +377,45 @@
</li>
<li id="M201606010">
- <p>Once</em></ins></span> Microsoft has tricked a user
- into accepting installation of Windows 10, <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/windows_10_nagware_no_way_out/">they</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/windows_10_nagware_no_way_out/">they</em></ins></span>
- find that they are denied the option to cancel or even postpone the
- imposed date of <span class="removed"><del><strong>installation</a>.
- </p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>installation</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
-
- <p>This demonstrates what we've said for years: using proprietary
- software means letting someone have power over you, and you're going
- to get screwed sooner or <span
class="removed"><del><strong>later.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>Microsoft
- has <a
href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/16/10780876/microsoft-windows-support-policy-new-processors-skylake">desupported
- all future Intel CPUs for Windows 7 and 8</a>. Those machines will
- be stuck with the nastier Windows 10.
- <a
href="http://gizmodo.com/only-the-latest-version-of-windows-will-run-on-some-fut-1753545825">
- AMD and Qualcomm CPUs, too</a>.
- </p>
- <p>Of course, Windows 7 and 8 are unethical too, because they
are</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>later.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li id="M201601310">
- <p>FTDI's</em></ins></span> proprietary <span
class="removed"><del><strong>software. But this example of Microsoft's
wielding its
- power demonstrates the power it holds.
- </p>
- <p>Free software developers also stop maintaining old versions of
- their programs, but this is not unfair to users because the
- users of free software have control over it. If it is important
- enough to you, you and other users can hire someone to support
+ <p>Once Microsoft has tricked a user
+ into accepting installation of Windows 10, <a
+
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/windows_10_nagware_no_way_out/">they
+ find that they are denied the option to cancel or even
postpone</em></ins></span> the
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>users</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>imposed date</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>free</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>installation</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>This demonstrates what we've said for years: using
proprietary</em></ins></span>
+ software <span class="inserted"><ins><em>means letting
someone</em></ins></span> have <span
class="removed"><del><strong>control</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>power</em></ins></span> over <span
class="removed"><del><strong>it. If it is important
+ enough to</strong></del></span> you, <span
class="removed"><del><strong>you</strong></del></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>other users can hire someone to support
the old version on your future platforms.
</p></li>
<li><p>Microsoft
is <a
href="http://gizmodo.com/woman-wins-10-000-from-microsoft-after-unwanted-window-1782666146">
forcibly pushing Windows
- update to its version 10</a>, ignoring the flag on Windows 7 or 8
- that you could set to not upgrade. This reaffirms the presence of
- a <a href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html">universal
+ update</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>you're
going</em></ins></span>
+ to <span class="removed"><del><strong>its version 10</a>, ignoring
the flag on Windows 7</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>get
screwed sooner</em></ins></span> or <span class="removed"><del><strong>8
+ that you could set</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>later.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201601310">
+ <p>FTDI's proprietary driver
+ for its USB-to-serial chips has been designed</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>not upgrade. This reaffirms the presence of
+ a</strong></del></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html">universal
back door in Windows</a> 7 and 8.</p></li>
- <li><p>Windows 10 “upgrades” <a
+ <li><p>Windows</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/10/windows-update-drivers-bricking-usb-serial-chips-beloved-of-hardware-hackers/">sabotage
+ alternative compatible chips</a>
+ so that they no longer work. Microsoft is <a
+
href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/16/01/31/1720259/ftdi-driver-breaks-hardware-again">installing
+ this automatically</a> as an “upgrade”.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201511240">
+ <p>Windows</em></ins></span> 10 “upgrades” <a
href="http://www.ghacks.net/2015/11/24/beware-latest-windows-10-update-may-remove-programs-automatically/">
- delete applications</a> without asking
permission.</p></li>
+ delete applications</a> without asking <span
class="removed"><del><strong>permission.</p></li>
<li><p>
Microsoft is <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/11/microsoft-downloading-windows-1">
@@ -428,8 +423,7 @@
</p></li>
<li><p>
-Microsoft was</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>driver</em></ins></span>
- for <span class="removed"><del><strong>months <a
+Microsoft was for months <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/02/microsoft-downloading-windows-10-automatic-update">
tricking users into “upgrading” to Windows 10</a>, if they
failed to notice and say no.
@@ -439,18 +433,8 @@
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130622044225/http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2013/06/how-can-any-company-ever-trust-microsoft-again/index.htm">
Microsoft informs the NSA of bugs in Windows before fixing
them.</a></p></li>
- <li><p><a
href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/windows-xp-end-of-an-era-end-of-an-error-3569489/"></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>its USB-to-serial chips has been designed to
<a
-
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/10/windows-update-drivers-bricking-usb-serial-chips-beloved-of-hardware-hackers/">sabotage
- alternative compatible chips</a>
- so that they no longer work.</em></ins></span> Microsoft <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>is <a
-
href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/16/01/31/1720259/ftdi-driver-breaks-hardware-again">installing
- this automatically</a> as an “upgrade”.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li id="M201511240">
- <p>Windows 10 “upgrades” <a
-
href="http://www.ghacks.net/2015/11/24/beware-latest-windows-10-update-may-remove-programs-automatically/">
- delete applications</a> without asking permission.</p>
+ <li><p><a
href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/windows-xp-end-of-an-era-end-of-an-error-3569489/">
+ Microsoft</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>permission.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201503260">
@@ -480,14 +464,20 @@
<h3 <span class="removed"><del><strong>id="interference">Microsoft
Interference</h3>
-<p>Various proprietary programs often mess up</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>id="subscriptions">Microsoft
Subscriptions</h3>
+<p>Various proprietary programs often mess up the user's system. They
are like sabotage, but they are not grave enough</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="subscriptions">Microsoft
Subscriptions</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT subscriptions -->
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-subscript -->
<li id="M201507150">
<p>Microsoft Office forces users <a
href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/2948755/windows-apps/office-for-windows-10-will-require-office-365-subscription-on-pcs-larger-tablets.html">to
- subscribe to Office 365 to be able to create/edit
documents</a>.</p>
+ subscribe</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>qualify
+for the word “sabotage”. Nonetheless, they are nasty and wrong.
This section describes examples of Microsoft committing
+interference.</p>
+
+<ul>
+
+<li>In order</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Office 365 to be able to create/edit
documents</a>.</p>
</li>
</ul>
@@ -497,59 +487,53 @@
<ul class="blurbs">
<!-- INSERT microsoft-surv -->
<li id="M201710134">
- <p>Windows 10 telemetry program sends information to Microsoft
about</em></ins></span>
- the user's <span class="removed"><del><strong>system. They are like
sabotage, but they are not grave enough to qualify</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>computer and their use of the computer.</p>
-
- <p>Furthermore,</em></ins></span> for <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>users who installed</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>word “sabotage”. Nonetheless, they are
nasty and wrong. This section describes examples</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>fourth stable build</em></ins></span> of
<span class="removed"><del><strong>Microsoft committing
-interference.</p>
-
-<ul>
-
-<li>In order to increase</strong></del></span> Windows <span
class="removed"><del><strong>10's install base, Microsoft
-<a
+ <p>Windows 10 telemetry program sends information</em></ins></span>
to <span class="removed"><del><strong>increase Windows 10's install
base,</strong></del></span> Microsoft
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/08/windows-10-microsoft-blatantly-disregards-user-choice-and-privacy-deep-dive">
-blatantly disregards user choice and privacy</a>.
+blatantly disregards user choice</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>about
+ the user's computer</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>privacy</a>.
</li>
<li><p>Microsoft has
-started <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/04/microsoft-windows-10-full-screen-upgrade-notification-pop-up-reminder">nagging
-users obnoxiously and repeatedly to install</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>10, called the
- “Creators Update,”</em></ins></span> Windows <span
class="removed"><del><strong>10</a>.</p></li>
+started <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/04/microsoft-windows-10-full-screen-upgrade-notification-pop-up-reminder">nagging</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>their use of the computer.</p>
+
+ <p>Furthermore, for</em></ins></span> users <span
class="removed"><del><strong>obnoxiously and repeatedly to install Windows
10</a>.</p></li>
<li><p>Microsoft
<a
href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/windows-10-upgrade-reportedly-starting-automatically-on-windows-7-pcs-501651.shtml">is
tricking
- users</a></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>maximized the surveillance</em></ins></span> <a
-<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160522062607/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/17/microsoft_windows_10_upgrade_gwx_vs_humanity/">
-into replacing Windows 7 with Windows 10</a>.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>Microsoft has made companies' Windows machines
managed</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/10/dutch-privacy-regulator-says-that-windows-10-breaks-the-law"></em></ins></span>
- by <span class="inserted"><ins><em>force setting</em></ins></span> the
+ users</a> <a
+href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160522062607/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/17/microsoft_windows_10_upgrade_gwx_vs_humanity/">
+into replacing Windows 7 with</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>who installed the
+ fourth stable build of</em></ins></span> Windows <span
class="removed"><del><strong>10</a>.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Microsoft has made companies'</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>10, called the
+ “Creators Update,”</em></ins></span> Windows <span
class="removed"><del><strong>machines managed by</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>maximized</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>company's
-sysadmins <a
href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/3042397/microsoft-windows/admins-beware-domain-attached-pcs-are-sprouting-get-windows-10-ads.html">harangue
-users</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>telemetry
mode</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>complain</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>“Full”</a>.</p>
+sysadmins</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>surveillance</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/3042397/microsoft-windows/admins-beware-domain-attached-pcs-are-sprouting-get-windows-10-ads.html">harangue
+users to complain to</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/10/dutch-privacy-regulator-says-that-windows-10-breaks-the-law">
+ by force setting</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>sysadmins about not
“upgrading”</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>telemetry mode</em></ins></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>“Full”</a>.</p>
<p>The <a
href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy/configure-windows-diagnostic-data-in-your-organization#full-level">
- “Full” telemetry mode</a> allows Microsoft Windows
- engineers</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>the
sysadmins about not “upgrading”</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>access, among other things, registry keys <a
- href="https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc939702.aspx">which
- can contain sensitive information like administrator's login
- password</a>.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li id="M201702020">
- <p>DRM-restricted files can be used</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Windows
-10</a>.</p></li>
+ “Full” telemetry mode</a> allows
Microsoft</em></ins></span> Windows
+<span class="removed"><del><strong>10</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="surveillance">Microsoft Surveillance</h3>
<ul>
-<li><p>By</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+<li><p>By</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>engineers to access, among other things,
registry keys <a
+ href="https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc939702.aspx">which
+ can contain sensitive information like administrator's login
+ password</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201702020">
+ <p>DRM-restricted files can be used to <a
href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/02/02/231229/windows-drm-protected-files-used-to-decloak-tor-browser-users">
identify people browsing through Tor</a>. The vulnerability exists
only if you use Windows.</p>
@@ -593,47 +577,38 @@
program. Users noticed this and complained, so Microsoft renamed it <a
<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160407082751/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/26/microsoft_renamed_data_slurper_reinserted_windows_10/"></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/26/microsoft_renamed_data_slurper_reinserted_windows_10/"></em></ins></span>
- to give users the impression it was <span
class="removed"><del><strong>gone</a>.</p>
+ to give users the impression it was gone</a>.</p>
-<p>To use proprietary software is to invite such
treatment.</p></li>
+ <p>To use proprietary software is to invite such <span
class="removed"><del><strong>treatment.</p></li>
<li><p>
<a
href="https://duo.com/blog/bring-your-own-dilemma-oem-laptops-and-windows-10-security">
Windows 10 comes with 13 screens of snooping options</a>, all enabled
by default,
- and turning them off would be daunting</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>gone</a>.</p>
+ and turning them off would be daunting to most users.</p></li>
- <p>To use proprietary software is</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>most users.</p></li>
+ <li><p>
+ Windows 10 <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151001035410/https://jonathan.porta.codes/2015/07/30/windows-10-seems-to-have-some-scary-privacy-defaults/">
+ ships with default settings that show no regard for the
+ privacy of its users</a>, giving Microsoft the “right”
+ to snoop on the users' files, text input, voice input,
+ location info, contacts, calendar records and web browsing
+ history, as well as automatically connecting the machines to open
+ hotspots and showing targeted ads.</p>
+
+ <p>We can suppose Microsoft look at users' files for the US government
on
+ demand, though the “privacy policy” does not explicit say so.
Will it
+ look at users' files for the Chinese government on
demand?</p></li>
- <li><p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>invite such treatment.</p>
+ <li><p>
+ <a</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>treatment.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201508130">
- <p><a
-
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/even-when-told-not-to-windows-10-just-cant-stop-talking-to-microsoft/"></em></ins></span>
- Windows 10 <span class="inserted"><ins><em>sends identifiable information
to Microsoft</a>, even if
+ <p><a</em></ins></span>
+
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/even-when-told-not-to-windows-10-just-cant-stop-talking-to-microsoft/">
+ Windows 10 sends identifiable information to Microsoft</a>, even if
a user turns off its Bing search and Cortana features, and activates
- the privacy-protection settings.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li id="M201507300">
- <p>Windows 10</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151001035410/https://jonathan.porta.codes/2015/07/30/windows-10-seems-to-have-some-scary-privacy-defaults/"></strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://jonathan.porta.codes/2015/07/30/windows-10-seems-to-have-some-scary-privacy-defaults/"></em></ins></span>
- ships with default settings that show no regard for the privacy of
- its users</a>, giving Microsoft the “right” to snoop on
- the users' files, text input, voice input, location info, contacts,
- calendar records and web browsing history, as well as automatically
- connecting the machines to open hotspots and showing targeted
ads.</p>
-
- <p>We can suppose Microsoft look at users' files for the US
government
- on demand, though the “privacy policy” does not <span
class="removed"><del><strong>explicit</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>explicitly</em></ins></span>
- say so. Will it look at users' files for the Chinese government
- on <span class="removed"><del><strong>demand?</p></li>
-
- <li><p>
- <a
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/even-when-told-not-to-windows-10-just-cant-stop-talking-to-microsoft/">
- Windows 10 sends identifiable information to Microsoft</a>, even if a
user
- turns off its Bing search and Cortana features, and activates the
- privacy-protection settings.</p></li>
+ the privacy-protection <span
class="removed"><del><strong>settings.</p></li>
<li><p>The unique “advertising ID” for each user
enables other companies to
track the browsing of each specific user.</p></li>
@@ -645,17 +620,29 @@
<a href="http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article40836.html">
secret NSA key in Windows</a>, whose functions we don't
know.</li>
- <li><p>
- <a
href="http://www.itproportal.com/2014/05/14/microsoft-openly-offered-cloud-data-fbi-and-nsa/">
- Microsoft SkyDrive allows the NSA to directly examine users'
data.</a></p>
+ <li><p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>settings.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201507300">
+ <p>Windows 10</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.itproportal.com/2014/05/14/microsoft-openly-offered-cloud-data-fbi-and-nsa/"></strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://jonathan.porta.codes/2015/07/30/windows-10-seems-to-have-some-scary-privacy-defaults/">
+ ships with default settings that show no regard for the privacy of
+ its users</a>, giving</em></ins></span> Microsoft <span
class="removed"><del><strong>SkyDrive allows</strong></del></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>NSA</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>“right”</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>directly examine</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>snoop on
+ the</em></ins></span> users' <span
class="removed"><del><strong>data.</a></p>
</li>
<li><p>Spyware in Skype:
<a
href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2013/06/20/project-chess-how-u-s-snoops-on-your-skype/">
-
http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2013/06/20/project-chess-how-u-s-snoops-on-your-skype/</a>.
- Microsoft changed Skype
+
http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2013/06/20/project-chess-how-u-s-snoops-on-your-skype/</a>.</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>files, text input, voice input, location info,
contacts,
+ calendar records and web browsing history, as well as automatically
+ connecting the machines to open hotspots and showing targeted
ads.</p>
+
+ <p>We can suppose</em></ins></span> Microsoft <span
class="removed"><del><strong>changed Skype
<a
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-collaboration-user-data">
- specifically for spying</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>demand?</p></em></ins></span>
+ specifically</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>look
at users' files</em></ins></span> for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>spying</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>the US government
+ on demand, though the “privacy policy” does not explicitly
+ say so. Will it look at users' files for the Chinese government
+ on demand?</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>
@@ -709,7 +696,7 @@
<li id="M201307110">
<p>Skype contains</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/proprietary-drm.html#bluray">Bluray</a>
disks.
- (The article also talks about how the same malware would later be
introduced</strong></del></span>
+ (The article also talks about how</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130928235637/http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2013/06/20/project-chess-how-u-s-snoops-on-your-skype/">spyware</a>.
Microsoft changed Skype <a
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-collaboration-user-data">
@@ -717,19 +704,42 @@
</li>
<li id="M201307080">
- <p>Spyware</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>MacOS.)</p></li>
-</ul>
-
-<h3 id="jails">Microsoft Jails</h3>
-<ul>
- <li><p><a
href="http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/301057/microsoft-metro-app-store-lockdown"></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>older versions of Windows: <a
-
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/02/28/windows_update_keeps_tabs/"></em></ins></span>
- Windows <span class="removed"><del><strong>8</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Update snoops</em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>“mobile devices” is a jail</a>:
it censors</strong></del></span> the
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>user's choice of application
programs.</p></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>user</a>. <a
+ <p>Spyware in older versions of Windows: <a
+
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/02/28/windows_update_keeps_tabs/">
+ Windows Update snoops on</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>same malware would later be
introduced</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>user</a>. <a
href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2611451/microsoft-windows/a-look-at-the-black-underbelly-of-windows-8-1--blue-.html">
Windows 8.1 snoops on local searches</a>. And there's a <a
href="http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article40836.html"> secret NSA
- key in Windows</a>, whose functions we don't know.</p>
+ key</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>MacOS.)</p></li></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>Windows</a>, whose functions we don't
know.</p>
+ </li></em></ins></span>
+</ul>
+
+
+<h3 id="jails">Microsoft Jails</h3>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><ul>
+ <li><p><a
href="http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/301057/microsoft-metro-app-store-lockdown"></strong></del></span>
+
+<span class="inserted"><ins><em><ul class="blurbs">
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-jail -->
+ <li id="M201706130">
+ <p>Windows 10 S was a jail: <a
+
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/03/windows-10-s-microsoft-faster-pc-comparison">
+ only programs from the Windows Store could be
+ installed and executed</a>. It was however possible to <a
+
href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/13/15789998/microsoft-windows-10-s-upgrade-windows-10-pro-guide">
+ upgrade to Windows 10 Pro</a>. The successor of Windows
+ 10 S is a special configuration of Windows 10 called <a
+
href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4020089/windows-10-in-s-mode-faq">
+ S mode</a>. The major difference with Windows 10 S is that there is
+ an easy way to switch out of S mode.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201210080">
+ <p><a
+
href="http://www.itworld.com/article/2832657/operating-systems/microsoft-metro-app-store-lock-down.html"></em></ins></span>
+ Windows 8 on “mobile devices” <span
class="removed"><del><strong>is</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>(now defunct) was</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>jail</a>: it censors the
+ user's choice of application
programs.</p></li></strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>jail</a>.</p>
</li></em></ins></span>
</ul>
@@ -739,7 +749,7 @@
<li></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT tyrants -->
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-tyrant -->
<li id="M201607150"></em></ins></span>
<p>Microsoft accidentally left a way for users
to install GNU/Linux on Windows RT tablets, but now it has <a
@@ -823,7 +833,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2018/10/05 17:29:56 $
+$Date: 2018/10/07 19:58:31 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: malware-microsoft.ja.po
===================================================================
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retrieving revision 1.102
retrieving revision 1.103
diff -u -b -r1.102 -r1.103
--- malware-microsoft.ja.po 5 Oct 2018 17:29:56 -0000 1.102
+++ malware-microsoft.ja.po 7 Oct 2018 19:58:31 -0000 1.103
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
msgid ""
msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: malware-microsoft.html\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-10-05 17:25+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-10-07 19:56+0000\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: 2016-12-20 14:57+0900\n"
"Last-Translator: NIIBE Yutaka <address@hidden>\n"
"Language-Team: Japanese <address@hidden>\n"
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"åºã¯ãããã¯ä¿¡ç¨ã§ããªããã¨æ±ºå®ãã¾ãã</a>ã"
#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Here is a suspicion that we can't prove, but is worth thinking about: <a "
+"href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20150206003913/http://www.afr.com/p/"
+"technology/intel_chips_could_be_nsa_key_to_ymrhS1HS1633gCWKt5tFtI\"> "
+"Writable microcode for Intel and AMD microprocessors</a> may be a vehicle "
+"for the NSA to invade computers, with the help of Microsoft, say respected "
+"security experts."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
#, fuzzy
#| msgid ""
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@@ -459,38 +469,6 @@
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-
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-msgstr ""
-
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-msgid ""
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-"metro-app-store-lock-down.html\"> Windows 8 on “mobile devices” "
-"(now defunct) was a jail</a>."
-msgstr ""
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msgstr "ãã¤ã¯ãã½ããã®å¦¨å®³"
@@ -975,6 +953,38 @@
"ã¾ããã"
#. type: Content of: <h3>
+msgid "Microsoft Jails"
+msgstr "ãã¤ã¯ãã½ããã®ç¢ç"
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"however possible to <a href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/13/15789998/"
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+"windows-10-in-s-mode-faq\"> S mode</a>. The major difference with Windows 10 "
+"S is that there is an easy way to switch out of S mode."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+#, fuzzy
+#| msgid ""
+#| "<a href=\"http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/301057/microsoft-metro-"
+#| "app-store-lockdown\"> Windows 8 on “mobile devices” is a "
+#| "jail</a>: it censors the user's choice of application programs."
+msgid ""
+"<a href=\"http://www.itworld.com/article/2832657/operating-systems/microsoft-"
+"metro-app-store-lock-down.html\"> Windows 8 on “mobile devices” "
+"(now defunct) was a jail</a>."
+msgstr ""
+"<a href=\"http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/301057/microsoft-metro-"
+"app-store-lockdown\">ãã¢ãã¤ã«ããã¤ã¹ãã®ã¦ã£ã³ãã¦ãº8ã¯ç¢çã§ã</a>:
ã¦ã¼"
+"ã¶ã®ã¢ããªã±ã¼ã·ã§ã³ããã°ã©ã ã®é¸æãæ¤é²ãã¾ãã"
+
+#. type: Content of: <h3>
msgid "Microsoft Tyrants"
msgstr "ãã¤ã¯ãã½ããã®æ´å"
Index: malware-microsoft.pot
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/malware-microsoft.pot,v
retrieving revision 1.67
retrieving revision 1.68
diff -u -b -r1.67 -r1.68
--- malware-microsoft.pot 5 Oct 2018 17:29:56 -0000 1.67
+++ malware-microsoft.pot 7 Oct 2018 19:58:31 -0000 1.68
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: malware-microsoft.html\n"
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"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <address@hidden>\n"
"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <address@hidden>\n"
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
"functionalities tempts the developer to impose some."
msgstr ""
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@@ -152,6 +152,15 @@
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"
+"Writable microcode for Intel and AMD microprocessors</a> may be a vehicle "
+"for the NSA to invade computers, with the help of Microsoft, say respected "
+"security experts."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"Windows 8 also has a back door for <a "
"href=\"http://www.computerworld.com/article/2500036/desktop-apps/microsoft--we-can-remotely-delete-windows-8-apps.html\">
"
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@@ -314,31 +323,6 @@
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"
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-msgstr ""
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"
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+msgstr ""
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"
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diff -u -b -r1.174 -r1.175
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@@ -200,6 +201,16 @@
#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"Here is a suspicion that we can't prove, but is worth thinking about: <a "
+"href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20150206003913/http://www.afr.com/p/"
+"technology/intel_chips_could_be_nsa_key_to_ymrhS1HS1633gCWKt5tFtI\"> "
+"Writable microcode for Intel and AMD microprocessors</a> may be a vehicle "
+"for the NSA to invade computers, with the help of Microsoft, say respected "
+"security experts."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"Windows 8 also has a back door for <a href=\"http://www.computerworld.com/"
"article/2500036/desktop-apps/microsoft--we-can-remotely-delete-windows-8-"
"apps.html\"> remotely deleting apps</a>."
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+
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+"S is that there is an easy way to switch out of S mode."
+msgstr ""
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