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Therese Godefroy |
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www/proprietary malware-mobiles.html proprietar... |
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Date: |
Mon, 28 Jan 2019 03:57:39 -0500 (EST) |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Therese Godefroy <th_g> 19/01/28 03:57:39
Modified files:
proprietary : malware-mobiles.html
proprietary-interference.html proprietary.html
proprietary/po : fr.po
proprietary/workshop: mal.rec targets.rec
Log message:
Undeletable facebook app (RT #1350763).
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.74&r2=1.75
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-interference.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.47&r2=1.48
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.70&r2=1.71
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/fr.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/workshop/targets.rec?cvsroot=www&r1=1.3&r2=1.4
Patches:
Index: malware-mobiles.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html,v
retrieving revision 1.74
retrieving revision 1.75
diff -u -b -r1.74 -r1.75
--- malware-mobiles.html 10 Jan 2019 09:20:50 -0000 1.74
+++ malware-mobiles.html 28 Jan 2019 08:57:38 -0000 1.75
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
management</a> or “DRM”—functionalities designed
to restrict what users can do with the data in their computers.</li>
<li><a href="#insecurity">Insecurity</a></li>
-<!--<li><a href="#interference">Interference</a></li>-->
+ <li><a href="#interference">Interference</a></li>
<!--<li><a href="#sabotage">Sabotage</a></li>-->
<li><a href="#surveillance">Surveillance</a></li>
<li><a href="#jails">Jails</a>—systems
@@ -325,6 +325,24 @@
</li>
</ul>
+<h3 id="interference">Mobile Interference</h3>
+
+<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201901110">
+ <p>Samsung phones come preloaded with <a
+
href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-08/samsung-phone-users-get-a-shock-they-can-t-delete-facebook";>
+ a version of the Facebook app that can't be deleted</a>. <a
+
href="https://www.infopackets.com/news/10484/truth-behind-undeletable-facebook-app";>
+ Facebook claims this is a stub</a> which doesn't do anything, but we
+ have to take their word for it, and there is the permanent risk that
+ the app will be activated by an automatic update.</p>
+
+ <p>Preloading crapware along with a nonfree operating system is common
+ practice, but by making the crapware undeletable, Facebook and Samsung (<a
+
href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-08/samsung-phone-users-get-a-shock-they-can-t-delete-facebook";>among
others</a>)
+ are going one step further in their hijacking of users' devices.</p>
+ </li>
+</ul>
<h3 id="surveillance">Mobile Surveillance</h3>
@@ -877,7 +895,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/01/10 09:20:50 $
+$Date: 2019/01/28 08:57:38 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary-interference.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-interference.html,v
retrieving revision 1.47
retrieving revision 1.48
diff -u -b -r1.47 -r1.48
--- proprietary-interference.html 14 Jan 2019 08:20:07 -0000 1.47
+++ proprietary-interference.html 28 Jan 2019 08:57:38 -0000 1.48
@@ -37,6 +37,21 @@
<div class="column-limit" id="proprietary-interference"></div>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201901110">
+ <p>Samsung phones come preloaded with <a
+
href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-08/samsung-phone-users-get-a-shock-they-can-t-delete-facebook";>
+ a version of the Facebook app that can't be deleted</a>. <a
+
href="https://www.infopackets.com/news/10484/truth-behind-undeletable-facebook-app";>
+ Facebook claims this is a stub</a> which doesn't do anything, but we
+ have to take their word for it, and there is the permanent risk that
+ the app will be activated by an automatic update.</p>
+
+ <p>Preloading crapware along with a nonfree operating system is common
+ practice, but by making the crapware undeletable, Facebook and Samsung (<a
+
href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-08/samsung-phone-users-get-a-shock-they-can-t-delete-facebook";>among
others</a>)
+ are going one step further in their hijacking of users' devices.</p>
+ </li>
+
<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/";>
@@ -236,7 +251,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/01/14 08:20:07 $
+$Date: 2019/01/28 08:57:38 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary.html,v
retrieving revision 1.70
retrieving revision 1.71
diff -u -b -r1.70 -r1.71
--- proprietary.html 23 Jan 2019 12:57:07 -0000 1.70
+++ proprietary.html 28 Jan 2019 08:57:38 -0000 1.71
@@ -144,6 +144,21 @@
<h3 id="latest">Latest additions</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201901110">
+ <p>Samsung phones come preloaded with <a
+
href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-08/samsung-phone-users-get-a-shock-they-can-t-delete-facebook";>
+ a version of the Facebook app that can't be deleted</a>. <a
+
href="https://www.infopackets.com/news/10484/truth-behind-undeletable-facebook-app";>
+ Facebook claims this is a stub</a> which doesn't do anything, but we
+ have to take their word for it, and there is the permanent risk that
+ the app will be activated by an automatic update.</p>
+
+ <p>Preloading crapware along with a nonfree operating system is common
+ practice, but by making the crapware undeletable, Facebook and Samsung (<a
+
href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-08/samsung-phone-users-get-a-shock-they-can-t-delete-facebook";>among
others</a>)
+ are going one step further in their hijacking of users' devices.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201901101">
<p>Until 2015, any tweet that listed a geographical tag <a
href="http://web-old.archive.org/web/20190115233002/https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-location-data-gps-privacy/";>
@@ -180,23 +195,6 @@
send the video they capture to Amazon servers</a> which save it
permanently.</p>
</li>
-
- <li id="M201901050">
- <p>The Weather Channel app <a
-
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/04/weather-channel-app-lawsuit-location-data-selling";>
- stored users' locations to the company's server</a>. The company is
- being sued, demanding that it notify the users of what it will do
- with the data.</p>
-
- <p>I think that lawsuit is about a side issue. What the company does
- with the data is a secondary issue. The principal wrong here is that
- the company gets that data at all.</p>
-
- <p><a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/gy77wy/stop-using-third-party-weather-apps";>
- Other weather apps</a>, including Accuweather and WeatherBug, are
- tracking people's locations.</p>
- </li>
</ul>
@@ -257,7 +255,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/01/23 12:57:07 $
+$Date: 2019/01/28 08:57:38 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: po/fr.po
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/po/fr.po,v
retrieving revision 1.30
retrieving revision 1.31
diff -u -b -r1.30 -r1.31
--- po/fr.po 23 Jan 2019 22:06:30 -0000 1.30
+++ po/fr.po 28 Jan 2019 08:57:39 -0000 1.31
@@ -7917,16 +7917,6 @@
#. type: Content of: <table><tr><td><ol><li>
msgid ""
-"<em>Back door:</em> any feature of a program that enables someone who "
-"is not supposed to be in control of the computer where it is installed to "
-"send it commands."
-msgstr ""
-"<em>Porte dérobée :</em> toute fonctionnalité d'un programme qui permet
à "
-"un tiers n'ayant pas, en principe, le contrôle de l'ordinateur sur lequel il
"
-"est installé de lui envoyer des commandes."
-
-#. type: Content of: <table><tr><td><ol><li>
-msgid ""
"<em>Digital restrictions management, or “DRM”:</em> "
"functionalities designed to restrict what users can do with the data in "
"their computers."
Index: workshop/mal.rec
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec,v
retrieving revision 1.27
retrieving revision 1.28
diff -u -b -r1.27 -r1.28
--- workshop/mal.rec 23 Jan 2019 12:57:07 -0000 1.27
+++ workshop/mal.rec 28 Jan 2019 08:57:39 -0000 1.28
@@ -25,6 +25,27 @@
#### Please don't remove the blank line after this marker! ####
# ADD NEW BLURB HERE
+Added: 2019-01-28
+Id: 201901110
+RT: 1350763
+PubDate: 2019-01-08
+PubDate: 2019-01-11
+Target: proprietary-interference.html proprietary-interference
+Target: malware-mobiles.html interference
+Keywords: samsung facebook app
+Blurb: <p>Samsung phones come preloaded with <a
++
href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-08/samsung-phone-users-get-a-shock-they-can-t-delete-facebook";>
++ a version of the Facebook app that can't be deleted</a>. <a
++
href="https://www.infopackets.com/news/10484/truth-behind-undeletable-facebook-app";>
++ Facebook claims this is a stub</a> which doesn't do anything, but we
++ have to take their word for it, and there is the permanent risk that
++ the app will be activated by an automatic update.</p>
++
++ <p>Preloading crapware along with a nonfree operating system is common
++ practice, but by making the crapware undeletable, Facebook and Samsung (<a
++
href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-08/samsung-phone-users-get-a-shock-they-can-t-delete-facebook";>among
others</a>)
++ are going one step further in their hijacking of users' devices.</p>
+
Added: 2019-01-21
Id: 201901101
RT: 1350758
Index: workshop/targets.rec
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/workshop/targets.rec,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -b -r1.3 -r1.4
--- workshop/targets.rec 17 Jan 2019 02:33:44 -0000 1.3
+++ workshop/targets.rec 28 Jan 2019 08:57:39 -0000 1.4
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
Targets: back-doors drm insecurity interference sabotage subscriptions
surveillance jails tyrants
Page: malware-mobiles.html
-Targets: phone-communications back-doors drm insecurity surveillance jails
tyrants
+Targets: phone-communications back-doors drm insecurity interference
surveillance jails tyrants
Page: malware-webpages.html
Targets: malware-webpages