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Therese Godefroy |
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www/proprietary malware-mobiles.html proprietar... |
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Wed, 20 Feb 2019 06:44:40 -0500 (EST) |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Therese Godefroy <th_g> 19/02/20 06:44:40
Modified files:
proprietary : malware-mobiles.html proprietary-deception.html
proprietary-sabotage.html
proprietary-surveillance.html proprietary.html
proprietary/workshop: mal.rec targets.rec
Log message:
Beauty cameras (www-discuss 2019-02-20).
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.84&r2=1.85
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-deception.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.31&r2=1.32
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-sabotage.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.78&r2=1.79
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.239&r2=1.240
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.80&r2=1.81
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec?cvsroot=www&r1=1.39&r2=1.40
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/workshop/targets.rec?cvsroot=www&r1=1.6&r2=1.7
Patches:
Index: malware-mobiles.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html,v
retrieving revision 1.84
retrieving revision 1.85
diff -u -b -r1.84 -r1.85
--- malware-mobiles.html 13 Feb 2019 11:42:56 -0000 1.84
+++ malware-mobiles.html 20 Feb 2019 11:44:40 -0000 1.85
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
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="#sabotage">Sabotage</a></li>-->
+ <li><a href="#sabotage">Sabotage</a></li>
<li><a href="#surveillance">Surveillance</a></li>
<li><a href="#jails">Jails</a>—systems
that impose censorship on application programs.</li>
@@ -349,6 +349,33 @@
</li>
</ul>
+<h3 id="sabotage">Mobile Sabotage</h3>
+
+<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201902041">
+ <p>Twenty nine “beauty camera” apps that used to be
+ on Google Play had one or more malicious functionalities, such
+ as stealing users' photos instead of “beautifying” them, <a
+
href="https://www.teleanalysis.com/news/national/these-29-beauty-camera-apps-steal-private-photo-29923";>pushing
+ unwanted and often malicious ads on users, and redirecting them
+ to phishing sites</a> that stole their credentials. Furthermore, the
+ user interface of most of them was designed to make uninstallation
+ difficult.</p>
+
+ <p>Users should of course uninstall these dangerous apps if they
+ haven't yet, but they should also stay away from nonfree apps in
+ general. <em>All</em> nonfree apps carry a potential risk because
+ there is no easy way of knowing what they really do.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201810240">
+ <p>Apple and Samsung deliberately <a
+
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/oct/24/apple-samsung-fined-for-slowing-down-phones";>degrade
+ the performance of older phones to force users to buy their newer
+ phones</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+</ul>
+
<h3 id="surveillance">Mobile Surveillance</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
@@ -940,7 +967,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/02/13 11:42:56 $
+$Date: 2019/02/20 11:44:40 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary-deception.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-deception.html,v
retrieving revision 1.31
retrieving revision 1.32
diff -u -b -r1.31 -r1.32
--- proprietary-deception.html 5 Jan 2019 11:26:11 -0000 1.31
+++ proprietary-deception.html 20 Feb 2019 11:44:40 -0000 1.32
@@ -37,6 +37,22 @@
<div class="column-limit" id="proprietary-deception"></div>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201902041.2">
+ <p>Twenty nine “beauty camera” apps that used to
+ be on Google Play had one or more malicious functionalities, such as <a
+
href="https://www.teleanalysis.com/news/national/these-29-beauty-camera-apps-steal-private-photo-29923";>
+ stealing users' photos instead of “beautifying” them</a>,
+ pushing unwanted and often malicious ads on users, and redirecting
+ them to phishing sites that stole their credentials. Furthermore,
+ the user interface of most of them was designed to make uninstallation
+ difficult.</p>
+
+ <p>Users should of course uninstall these dangerous apps if they
+ haven't yet, but they should also stay away from nonfree apps in
+ general. <em>All</em> nonfree apps carry a potential risk because
+ there is no easy way of knowing what they really do.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201611060">
<p><a
href="http://jalopnik.com/america-figured-out-a-new-way-audi-cheated-on-emissions-1788630969";>
@@ -148,7 +164,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/01/05 11:26:11 $
+$Date: 2019/02/20 11:44:40 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary-sabotage.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-sabotage.html,v
retrieving revision 1.78
retrieving revision 1.79
diff -u -b -r1.78 -r1.79
--- proprietary-sabotage.html 9 Feb 2019 22:50:52 -0000 1.78
+++ proprietary-sabotage.html 20 Feb 2019 11:44:40 -0000 1.79
@@ -36,6 +36,22 @@
<div class="column-limit" id="proprietary-sabotage"></div>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201902041">
+ <p>Twenty nine “beauty camera” apps that used to be
+ on Google Play had one or more malicious functionalities, such
+ as stealing users' photos instead of “beautifying” them, <a
+
href="https://www.teleanalysis.com/news/national/these-29-beauty-camera-apps-steal-private-photo-29923";>pushing
+ unwanted and often malicious ads on users, and redirecting them
+ to phishing sites</a> that stole their credentials. Furthermore, the
+ user interface of most of them was designed to make uninstallation
+ difficult.</p>
+
+ <p>Users should of course uninstall these dangerous apps if they
+ haven't yet, but they should also stay away from nonfree apps in
+ general. <em>All</em> nonfree apps carry a potential risk because
+ there is no easy way of knowing what they really do.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201811020">
<p>Foundry's graphics software <a
href="https://torrentfreak.com/software-company-fines-pirates-after-monitoring-their-computers-181102/";>
@@ -550,7 +566,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/02/09 22:50:52 $
+$Date: 2019/02/20 11:44:40 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary-surveillance.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html,v
retrieving revision 1.239
retrieving revision 1.240
diff -u -b -r1.239 -r1.240
--- proprietary-surveillance.html 13 Feb 2019 11:42:56 -0000 1.239
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html 20 Feb 2019 11:44:40 -0000 1.240
@@ -774,6 +774,22 @@
recording all the users' actions</a> in interacting with the app.</p>
</li>
+ <li id="M201902041.1">
+ <p>Twenty nine “beauty camera” apps that used to
+ be on Google Play had one or more malicious functionalities, such as <a
+
href="https://www.teleanalysis.com/news/national/these-29-beauty-camera-apps-steal-private-photo-29923";>
+ stealing users' photos</a> instead of “beautifying” them,
+ pushing unwanted and often malicious ads on users, and redirecting
+ them to phishing sites that stole their credentials. Furthermore,
+ the user interface of most of them was designed to make uninstallation
+ difficult.</p>
+
+ <p>Users should of course uninstall these dangerous apps if they
+ haven't yet, but they should also stay away from nonfree apps in
+ general. <em>All</em> nonfree apps carry a potential risk because
+ there is no easy way of knowing what they really do.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201902010">
<p>An investigation of the 150 most popular
gratis VPN apps in Google Play found that <a
@@ -2103,7 +2119,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/02/13 11:42:56 $
+$Date: 2019/02/20 11:44:40 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary.html,v
retrieving revision 1.80
retrieving revision 1.81
diff -u -b -r1.80 -r1.81
--- proprietary.html 16 Feb 2019 18:22:11 -0000 1.80
+++ proprietary.html 20 Feb 2019 11:44:40 -0000 1.81
@@ -146,6 +146,22 @@
<h3 id="latest">Latest additions</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201902041">
+ <p>Twenty nine “beauty camera” apps that used to be
+ on Google Play had one or more malicious functionalities, such
+ as stealing users' photos instead of “beautifying” them, <a
+
href="https://www.teleanalysis.com/news/national/these-29-beauty-camera-apps-steal-private-photo-29923";>pushing
+ unwanted and often malicious ads on users, and redirecting them
+ to phishing sites</a> that stole their credentials. Furthermore, the
+ user interface of most of them was designed to make uninstallation
+ difficult.</p>
+
+ <p>Users should of course uninstall these dangerous apps if they
+ haven't yet, but they should also stay away from nonfree apps in
+ general. <em>All</em> nonfree apps carry a potential risk because
+ there is no easy way of knowing what they really do.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201902060">
<p>Many nonfree apps have a surveillance feature for <a
href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/06/iphone-session-replay-screenshots/";>
@@ -170,42 +186,6 @@
apps.” These apps are gratis, but they are <em>not</em> <a
href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>.</p>
</li>
-
- <li id="M201902040">
- <p>Google invites people to <a
-
href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/02/04/google-screenwise-unwise-trade-all-your-privacy-cash?cd-origin=rss";>
- let Google monitor their phone use, and all internet use in their
- homes, for an extravagant payment of $20</a>.</p>
-
- <p>This is not a malicious functionality of a program with some other
- purpose; this is the software's sole purpose, and Google says so. But
- Google says it in a way that encourages most people to ignore the
- details. That, we believe, makes it fitting to list here.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li id="M201901230">
- <p>Google is modifying Chromium so that <a
-
href="https://tech.slashdot.org/story/19/01/23/0048202/google-proposes-changes-to-chromium-browser-that-will-break-content-blocking-extensions-including-various-ad-blockers";>
- extensions won't be able to alter or block whatever the page
- contains</a>. Users could conceivably reverse the change in a fork
- of Chromium, but surely Chrome (nonfree) will have the same change,
- and users can't fix it there.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li id="M201812290">
- <p>Around 40% of gratis Android apps <a
-
href="https://privacyinternational.org/report/2647/how-apps-android-share-data-facebook-report";>
- report on the user's actions to Facebook</a>.</p>
-
- <p>Often they send the machine's “advertising ID,” so that
- Facebook can correlate the data it obtains from the same machine via
- various apps. Some of them send Facebook detailed information about
- the user's activities in the app; others only say that the user is
- using that app, but that alone is often quite informative.</p>
-
- <p>This spying occurs regardless of whether the user has a Facebook
- account.</p>
- </li>
</ul>
@@ -266,7 +246,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/02/16 18:22:11 $
+$Date: 2019/02/20 11:44:40 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: workshop/mal.rec
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec,v
retrieving revision 1.39
retrieving revision 1.40
diff -u -b -r1.39 -r1.40
--- workshop/mal.rec 13 Feb 2019 11:42:56 -0000 1.39
+++ workshop/mal.rec 20 Feb 2019 11:44:40 -0000 1.40
@@ -25,6 +25,67 @@
#### Please don't remove the blank line after this marker! ####
# ADD NEW BLURB HERE
+Added: 2019-02-20
+Id: 201902041.2
+RT: www-discuss 2019-02-20 "teleanalysis.com/news/national/these-29-..."
+PubDate: 2019-02-04
+Target: proprietary-deception.html proprietary-deception
+Keywords: beauty camera app
+Blurb: <p>Twenty nine “beauty camera” apps that used to
++ be on Google Play had one or more malicious functionalities, such as <a
++
href="https://www.teleanalysis.com/news/national/these-29-beauty-camera-apps-steal-private-photo-29923";>
++ stealing users' photos instead of “beautifying” them</a>,
++ pushing unwanted and often malicious ads on users, and redirecting
++ them to phishing sites that stole their credentials. Furthermore,
++ the user interface of most of them was designed to make uninstallation
++ difficult.</p>
++
++ <p>Users should of course uninstall these dangerous apps if they
++ haven't yet, but they should also stay away from nonfree apps in
++ general. <em>All</em> nonfree apps carry a potential risk because
++ there is no easy way of knowing what they really do.</p>
+
+Added: 2019-02-20
+Id: 201902041.1
+RT: www-discuss 2019-02-20 "teleanalysis.com/news/national/these-29-..."
+PubDate: 2019-02-04
+Target: proprietary-surveillance.html SpywareInMobileApps
+Keywords: beauty camera app
+Blurb: <p>Twenty nine “beauty camera” apps that used to
++ be on Google Play had one or more malicious functionalities, such as <a
++
href="https://www.teleanalysis.com/news/national/these-29-beauty-camera-apps-steal-private-photo-29923";>
++ stealing users' photos</a> instead of “beautifying” them,
++ pushing unwanted and often malicious ads on users, and redirecting
++ them to phishing sites that stole their credentials. Furthermore,
++ the user interface of most of them was designed to make uninstallation
++ difficult.</p>
++
++ <p>Users should of course uninstall these dangerous apps if they
++ haven't yet, but they should also stay away from nonfree apps in
++ general. <em>All</em> nonfree apps carry a potential risk because
++ there is no easy way of knowing what they really do.</p>
+
+Added: 2019-02-20
+Id: 201902041
+RT: www-discuss 2019-02-20 "teleanalysis.com/news/national/these-29-..."
+PubDate: 2019-02-04
+Target: proprietary-sabotage.html proprietary-sabotage
+Target: malware-mobiles.html sabotage
+Keywords: beauty camera app
+Blurb: <p>Twenty nine “beauty camera” apps that used to be
++ on Google Play had one or more malicious functionalities, such
++ as stealing users' photos instead of “beautifying” them, <a
++
href="https://www.teleanalysis.com/news/national/these-29-beauty-camera-apps-steal-private-photo-29923";>pushing
++ unwanted and often malicious ads on users, and redirecting them
++ to phishing sites</a> that stole their credentials. Furthermore, the
++ user interface of most of them was designed to make uninstallation
++ difficult.</p>
++
++ <p>Users should of course uninstall these dangerous apps if they
++ haven't yet, but they should also stay away from nonfree apps in
++ general. <em>All</em> nonfree apps carry a potential risk because
++ there is no easy way of knowing what they really do.</p>
+
Added: 2019-02-13
Id: 201902060
RT: www-discuss 2019-02-13 "Session replay"
Index: workshop/targets.rec
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/workshop/targets.rec,v
retrieving revision 1.6
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -b -r1.6 -r1.7
--- workshop/targets.rec 3 Feb 2019 15:09:34 -0000 1.6
+++ workshop/targets.rec 20 Feb 2019 11:44:40 -0000 1.7
@@ -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 interference
surveillance jails tyrants
+Targets: phone-communications back-doors drm insecurity interference sabotage
surveillance jails tyrants
Page: malware-webpages.html
Targets: malware-webpages
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