www/proprietary malware-amazon.html

[Therese Godefroy]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Therese Godefroy <th_g> 18/10/07 16:20:36

Modified files:
        proprietary    : malware-amazon.html 

Log message:
        Remove redundant <p>; add 'other products' section w/ 2 items; restyle 
intro.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-amazon.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.13&r2=1.14

Patches:
Index: malware-amazon.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-amazon.html,v
retrieving revision 1.13
retrieving revision 1.14
diff -u -b -r1.13 -r1.14
--- malware-amazon.html 6 Oct 2018 12:46:57 -0000       1.13
+++ malware-amazon.html 7 Oct 2018 20:20:36 -0000       1.14
@@ -8,23 +8,12 @@
 <title>Amazon's Software Is Malware
 - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
  <!--#include virtual="/proprietary/po/malware-amazon.translist" -->
-<style type="text/css" media="print,screen"><!--
-div.toc { width: 100%; padding: 1.3em 3%; }
-div.toc h3 { display: inline; margin: 0 1.5%; }
-div.toc ul { display: inline; margin: 0; }
-div.toc li {
-   display: inline;
-   list-style: none;
-   font-size: 1.3em;
-   margin: 0 1.5%;
-}
---></style>
 <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
 <h2>Amazon's Software Is Malware</h2>
 
 <p><a href="/proprietary/proprietary.html">Other examples of proprietary 
malware</a></p>
 
-<div class="highlight-para">
+<div class="comment">
 <p>
 Malware and nonfree software are two different issues.  Malware means
 the program is designed to mistreat or harm users when it runs.  The
@@ -37,21 +26,22 @@
 the developer's awareness that the users would be powerless to fix any
 malicious functionalities tempts the developer to impose some.
 </p>
+
+<div class="important">
 <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";>&lt;address@hidden&gt;</a>
 to inform us. Please include the URL of a trustworthy reference or two
 to present the specifics.</p>
 </div>
-
-<div class="toc c">
-  <h3>Type&nbsp;of product:</h3>
-  <ul>
-    <li><a href="#swindle">Kindle&nbsp;Swindle</a></li>
-    <li><a href="#echo">Echo</a></li>
-  </ul>
 </div>
 
+<p class="c" style="font-size: 1.2em">
+&nbsp;<a href="#swindle">Kindle&nbsp;Swindle</a>&nbsp;
+&nbsp;<a href="#echo">Echo</a>&nbsp;
+&nbsp;<a href="#misc">Other&nbsp;products</a>&nbsp;
+</p>
+
 <h3 id="swindle">Malware in the Kindle Swindle</h3>
 
 <p>We refer to this product as the
@@ -60,10 +50,10 @@
 management (DRM)</a>  and <a href="/philosophy/ebooks.html">
 other malicious functionalities</a>.</p>
 
-<h4 id="back-doors">Amazon Kindle Swindle Back Doors</h4>
+<h4 id="back-doors">Back Doors</h4>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT swindle-backdoor -->
+<!-- INSERT swindle-back-door -->
   <li id="M201503210">
     <p>Amazon <a
     
href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150321/13350230396/while-bricking-jailbroken-fire-tvs-last-year-amazon-did-same-to-kindle-devices.shtml";>
@@ -93,7 +83,7 @@
 </ul>
 
 
-<h4 id="surveillance">Amazon Kindle Swindle Surveillance</h4>
+<h4 id="surveillance">Surveillance</h4>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
 <!-- INSERT swindle-surv -->
@@ -105,11 +95,11 @@
 </ul>
 
 
-<h4 id="drm">Amazon Kindle Swindle DRM</h4>
+<h4 id="drm">DRM</h4>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT swindle-drm -->
-  <li id="M201704130">
+<!-- INSERT swindle-dr -->
+  <li id="M201704131">
     <p><a href="http://techin.oureverydaylife.com/kindle-drm-17841.html";>
     The Amazon Kindle has DRM</a>.  That article is flawed in that it
     fails to treat DRM as an ethical question; it takes for granted that
@@ -117,21 +107,17 @@
     DRM as digital &ldquo;rights&rdquo; management, which is the spin
     term used to promote DRM.  Nonetheless it serves as a reference for
     the facts.</p>
-
-    <p>We refer to that product as the <a
-    href="/philosophy/why-call-it-the-swindle.html"> Amazon Swindle</a>
-    because of this and <a href="/philosophy/ebooks.html"> other malicious
-    functionalities</a>.</p>
   </li>
 </ul>
 
 
+
 <h3 id="echo">Malware in the Echo</h3>
 
-<h4>Amazon Echo Back Doors</h4>
+<h4>Back Doors</h4>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT echo-backdoor -->
+<!-- INSERT echo-back-door -->
   <li id="M201606060">
     <p>The Amazon Echo appears to have a universal back door, since <a
     href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Echo#Software_updates";>
@@ -144,7 +130,7 @@
 </ul>
 
 
-<h4>Amazon Echo Surveillance</h4>
+<h4>Surveillance</h4>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
 <!-- INSERT echo-surv -->
@@ -165,6 +151,26 @@
 </ul>
 
 
+
+<h3 id="misc"> Malware in other products</h3>
+
+<ul class="blurbs">
+<!-- INSERT amazon-misc -->
+  <li id="M201711200">
+    <p>Amazon recently invited consumers to be suckers and <a
+    
href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20171120/10533238651/vulnerability-fo";>
+    allow delivery staff to open their front doors</a>. Wouldn't you know
+    it, the system has a grave security flaw.</p>
+  </li>
+
+  <li id="M201411090">
+    <p>The Amazon &ldquo;Smart&rdquo; TV is <a
+    
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2014/nov/09/amazon-echo-smart-tv-watching-listening-surveillance";>
+    snooping all the time</a>.</p>
+  </li>
+</ul>
+
+
 </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
 <!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
 <div id="footer">
@@ -222,7 +228,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2018/10/06 12:46:57 $
+$Date: 2018/10/07 20:20:36 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>