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Therese Godefroy |
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Subject: |
www/proprietary malware-apple.html proprietary-... |
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Date: |
Tue, 16 Jul 2019 15:49:22 -0400 (EDT) |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Therese Godefroy <th_g> 19/07/16 15:49:22
Modified files:
proprietary : malware-apple.html proprietary-back-doors.html
proprietary.html
proprietary/workshop: mal.rec
Log message:
Apple back door (www-discuss 2019-07-16).
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-apple.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.97&r2=1.98
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.92&r2=1.93
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.147&r2=1.148
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec?cvsroot=www&r1=1.122&r2=1.123
Patches:
Index: malware-apple.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-apple.html,v
retrieving revision 1.97
retrieving revision 1.98
diff -u -b -r1.97 -r1.98
--- malware-apple.html 10 Jul 2019 12:51:25 -0000 1.97
+++ malware-apple.html 16 Jul 2019 19:49:19 -0000 1.98
@@ -71,6 +71,17 @@
<h3 id="back-doors">Apple Back Doors</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201907100">
+ <p>Apple appears to say that <a
+ href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/10/apple-silent-update-zoom-app/";
+ there is a back door in MacOS</a> for automatically updating some
+ (all?) apps.</p>
+
+ <p>The specific change described in the article was not
+ malicious—it protected users from surveillance by third
+ parties—but that is a separate question.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201607284">
<p>The Dropbox app for Macintosh <a
href="http://applehelpwriter.com/2016/07/28/revealing-dropboxs-dirty-little-security-hack/";>
@@ -772,7 +783,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/07/10 12:51:25 $
+$Date: 2019/07/16 19:49:19 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary-back-doors.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html,v
retrieving revision 1.92
retrieving revision 1.93
diff -u -b -r1.92 -r1.93
--- proprietary-back-doors.html 27 Jun 2019 07:06:34 -0000 1.92
+++ proprietary-back-doors.html 16 Jul 2019 19:49:19 -0000 1.93
@@ -219,6 +219,17 @@
<h3 id='install-delete'>Installing, deleting or disabling programs</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201907100">
+ <p>Apple appears to say that <a
+ href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/10/apple-silent-update-zoom-app/";
+ there is a back door in MacOS</a> for automatically updating some
+ (all?) apps.</p>
+
+ <p>The specific change described in the article was not
+ malicious—it protected users from surveillance by third
+ parties—but that is a separate question.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201811100">
<p>Corel Paintshop Pro has a <a
href="https://torrentfreak.com/corel-wrongly-accuses-licensed-user-of-piracy-disables-software-remotely-181110/";>
@@ -595,7 +606,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/06/27 07:06:34 $
+$Date: 2019/07/16 19:49:19 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary.html,v
retrieving revision 1.147
retrieving revision 1.148
diff -u -b -r1.147 -r1.148
--- proprietary.html 15 Jul 2019 09:43:27 -0000 1.147
+++ proprietary.html 16 Jul 2019 19:49:19 -0000 1.148
@@ -147,6 +147,17 @@
<h3 id="latest">Latest additions</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201907100">
+ <p>Apple appears to say that <a
+ href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/10/apple-silent-update-zoom-app/";
+ there is a back door in MacOS</a> for automatically updating some
+ (all?) apps.</p>
+
+ <p>The specific change described in the article was not
+ malicious—it protected users from surveillance by third
+ parties—but that is a separate question.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201907080">
<p>Many Android apps can track
users' movements even when the user says <a
@@ -203,23 +214,6 @@
href="/software/icecat/">IceCat</a>, a modified version of Firefox
with several changes to protect users' privacy.</p>
</li>
-
- <li id="M201905280">
- <p>In spite of Apple's supposed commitment to
- privacy, iPhone apps contain trackers that are busy at night <a
-
href="https://freediggz.com/2019/05/28/perspective-its-the-middle-of-the-night-do-you-know-who-your-iphone-is-talking-to/";>
- sending users' personal information to third parties</a>.</p>
-
- <p>The article mentions specific examples: Microsoft OneDrive,
- Intuitâs Mint, Nike, Spotify, The Washington Post, The Weather
- Channel (owned by IBM), the crime-alert service Citizen, Yelp
- and DoorDash. But it is likely that most nonfree apps contain
- trackers. Some of these send personally identifying data such as phone
- fingerprint, exact location, email address, phone number or even
- delivery address (in the case of DoorDash). Once this information
- is collected by the company, there is no telling what it will be
- used for.</p>
- </li>
</ul>
@@ -280,7 +274,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/07/15 09:43:27 $
+$Date: 2019/07/16 19:49:19 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: workshop/mal.rec
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec,v
retrieving revision 1.122
retrieving revision 1.123
diff -u -b -r1.122 -r1.123
--- workshop/mal.rec 15 Jul 2019 09:43:27 -0000 1.122
+++ workshop/mal.rec 16 Jul 2019 19:49:22 -0000 1.123
@@ -25,6 +25,22 @@
#### Please don't remove the blank line after this marker! ####
# ADD NEW BLURB HERE
+Added: 2019-07-16
+Id: 201907100
+RT: www-discuss 2019-07-16 (proprietary-back-doors)
+PubDate: 2019-07-10
+Target: proprietary-back-doors.html install-delete
+Target: malware-apple.html back-doors
+Keywords: zoom app
+Blurb: <p>Apple appears to say that <a
++ href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/10/apple-silent-update-zoom-app/";
++ there is a back door in MacOS</a> for automatically updating some
++ (all?) apps.</p>
++
++ <p>The specific change described in the article was not
++ malicious—it protected users from surveillance by third
++ parties—but that is a separate question.</p>
+
Added: 2019-07-15
Id: 201907080
RT: www-discuss 2019-07-14 (Android app surveillance)