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Therese Godefroy |
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www/proprietary malware-mobiles.html proprietar... |
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Date: |
Thu, 28 Mar 2019 04:29:42 -0400 (EDT) |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Therese Godefroy <th_g> 19/03/28 04:29:41
Modified files:
proprietary : malware-mobiles.html
proprietary-surveillance.html proprietary.html
proprietary/workshop: mal.rec
Log message:
Snooping by health apps (www-discuss 2019-03-27).
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.89&r2=1.90
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.253&r2=1.254
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.101&r2=1.102
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec?cvsroot=www&r1=1.64&r2=1.65
Patches:
Index: malware-mobiles.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html,v
retrieving revision 1.89
retrieving revision 1.90
diff -u -b -r1.89 -r1.90
--- malware-mobiles.html 17 Mar 2019 10:12:25 -0000 1.89
+++ malware-mobiles.html 28 Mar 2019 08:29:41 -0000 1.90
@@ -379,6 +379,18 @@
<h3 id="surveillance">Mobile Surveillance</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201903201">
+ <p>A study of 24 health apps found that 19 of them <a href="
+
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pan9e8/health-apps-can-share-your-data-everywhere-new-study-shows";>
+ send sensitive personal data to third parties</a>, which can use it
+ for invasive advertising or discriminating against people in poor
+ health condition.</p>
+
+ <p>Whenever user “consent” is sought, it is buried in
+ lengthy terms of service that are difficult to understand. In any case,
+ “consent” is not sufficient to legitimize snooping.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201902230">
<p>Facebook offered a convenient proprietary
library for building mobile apps, which also <a
@@ -998,7 +1010,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/03/17 10:12:25 $
+$Date: 2019/03/28 08:29:41 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary-surveillance.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html,v
retrieving revision 1.253
retrieving revision 1.254
diff -u -b -r1.253 -r1.254
--- proprietary-surveillance.html 26 Mar 2019 09:57:13 -0000 1.253
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html 28 Mar 2019 08:29:41 -0000 1.254
@@ -768,6 +768,18 @@
</div>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201903201">
+ <p>A study of 24 health apps found that 19 of them <a href="
+
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pan9e8/health-apps-can-share-your-data-everywhere-new-study-shows";>
+ send sensitive personal data to third parties</a>, which can use it
+ for invasive advertising or discriminating against people in poor
+ health condition.</p>
+
+ <p>Whenever user “consent” is sought, it is buried in
+ lengthy terms of service that are difficult to understand. In any case,
+ “consent” is not sufficient to legitimize snooping.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201902230">
<p>Facebook offered a convenient proprietary
library for building mobile apps, which also <a
@@ -2229,7 +2241,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/03/26 09:57:13 $
+$Date: 2019/03/28 08:29:41 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary.html,v
retrieving revision 1.101
retrieving revision 1.102
diff -u -b -r1.101 -r1.102
--- proprietary.html 28 Mar 2019 08:11:36 -0000 1.101
+++ proprietary.html 28 Mar 2019 08:29:41 -0000 1.102
@@ -146,6 +146,18 @@
<h3 id="latest">Latest additions</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201903201">
+ <p>A study of 24 health apps found that 19 of them <a href="
+
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pan9e8/health-apps-can-share-your-data-everywhere-new-study-shows";>
+ send sensitive personal data to third parties</a>, which can use it
+ for invasive advertising or discriminating against people in poor
+ health condition.</p>
+
+ <p>Whenever user “consent” is sought, it is buried in
+ lengthy terms of service that are difficult to understand. In any case,
+ “consent” is not sufficient to legitimize snooping.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201903200">
<p>Volvo plans to <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/20/volvo-to-install-cameras-in-new-cars-to-reduce-road-deaths";>
@@ -201,16 +213,6 @@
manufacturers collect this data</a> as part of their own spying, then
forward it to the government-run platform.</p>
</li>
-
- <li id="M201903080">
- <p>Malware installed into the processor in a hard drive could <a
-
href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/19/03/08/1928257/hard-disks-can-be-turned-into-listening-devices-researchers-find";>
- use the disk itself as a microphone to detect speech</a>.</p>
-
- <p>The article refers to the “Linux operating system” but
- seems to mean <a href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">GNU/Linux</a>. That
- hack would not require changing Linux itself.</p>
- </li>
</ul>
@@ -271,7 +273,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/03/28 08:11:36 $
+$Date: 2019/03/28 08:29:41 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: workshop/mal.rec
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec,v
retrieving revision 1.64
retrieving revision 1.65
diff -u -b -r1.64 -r1.65
--- workshop/mal.rec 28 Mar 2019 08:11:36 -0000 1.64
+++ workshop/mal.rec 28 Mar 2019 08:29:41 -0000 1.65
@@ -26,6 +26,23 @@
# ADD NEW BLURB HERE
Added: 2019-03-28
+Id: 201903201
+RT: www-discuss 2019-03-27 (...health-apps-can-share-your-data...)
+PubDate: 2019-03-20
+Target: proprietary-surveillance.html SpywareInMobileApps
+Target: malware-mobiles.html surveillance
+Keywords: health
+Blurb: <p>A study of 24 health apps found that 19 of them <a href="
++
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pan9e8/health-apps-can-share-your-data-everywhere-new-study-shows";>
++ send sensitive personal data to third parties</a>, which can use it
++ for invasive advertising or discriminating against people in poor
++ health condition.</p>
++
++ <p>Whenever user “consent” is sought, it is buried in
++ lengthy terms of service that are difficult to understand. In any case,
++ “consent” is not sufficient to legitimize snooping.</p>
+
+Added: 2019-03-28
Id: 201903200
PubDate: 2019-03-20
Target: potential-malware.html potential-malware