www/proprietary malware-microsoft.html propriet...

[Félicien PILLOT]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Félicien PILLOT <felandral>    19/08/15 11:58:53

Modified files:
        proprietary    : malware-microsoft.html 
                         proprietary-surveillance.html proprietary.html 
        proprietary/workshop: mal.rec targets.rec 

Log message:
        Added item about skype refusing to tell if they listen conversation 
(www-discuss 2019-08-11)

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.100&r2=1.101
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.291&r2=1.292
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.157&r2=1.158
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec?cvsroot=www&r1=1.133&r2=1.134
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/workshop/targets.rec?cvsroot=www&r1=1.9&r2=1.10

Patches:
Index: malware-microsoft.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html,v
retrieving revision 1.100
retrieving revision 1.101
diff -u -b -r1.100 -r1.101
--- malware-microsoft.html      10 Jun 2019 19:24:20 -0000      1.100
+++ malware-microsoft.html      15 Aug 2019 15:58:53 -0000      1.101
@@ -408,6 +408,14 @@
 <h3 id="surveillance">Microsoft Surveillance</h3>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M201908151">
+    <p>Skype refuses to say whether it can <a
+    
href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/07/20/skype_won_t_comment_on_whether_it_can_now_eavesdrop_on_conversations_.html";>eavesdrop
+    on calls</a>.</p>
+
+    <p>That almost certainly means it can do so.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201710134">
     <p>Windows 10 telemetry program sends information to Microsoft about
     the user's computer and their use of the computer.</p>
@@ -657,7 +665,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/06/10 19:24:20 $
+$Date: 2019/08/15 15:58:53 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: proprietary-surveillance.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html,v
retrieving revision 1.291
retrieving revision 1.292
diff -u -b -r1.291 -r1.292
--- proprietary-surveillance.html       3 Aug 2019 11:13:37 -0000       1.291
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html       15 Aug 2019 15:58:53 -0000      1.292
@@ -1408,6 +1408,14 @@
 </div>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M201908151">
+    <p>Skype refuses to say whether it can <a
+    
href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/07/20/skype_won_t_comment_on_whether_it_can_now_eavesdrop_on_conversations_.html";>eavesdrop
+    on calls</a>.</p>
+
+    <p>That almost certainly means it can do so.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201307110">
     <p>Skype contains <a
     
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130928235637/http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2013/06/20/project-chess-how-u-s-snoops-on-your-skype/";>spyware</a>.
@@ -2459,7 +2467,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/08/03 11:13:37 $
+$Date: 2019/08/15 15:58:53 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: proprietary.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary.html,v
retrieving revision 1.157
retrieving revision 1.158
diff -u -b -r1.157 -r1.158
--- proprietary.html    15 Aug 2019 10:16:23 -0000      1.157
+++ proprietary.html    15 Aug 2019 15:58:53 -0000      1.158
@@ -147,6 +147,14 @@
 <h3 id="latest">Latest additions</h3>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M201908151">
+    <p>Skype refuses to say whether it can <a
+    
href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/07/20/skype_won_t_comment_on_whether_it_can_now_eavesdrop_on_conversations_.html";>eavesdrop
+    on calls</a>.</p>
+
+    <p>That almost certainly means it can do so.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201908150">
     <p>Apple is putting DRM on iPhone
     batteries, and the system proprietary software <a
@@ -193,26 +201,6 @@
     should not record or listen to the person's voice.  It should only
     get commands that the user wants to send to some Google service.</p>
   </li>
-
-  <li id="M201907090">
-    <p>Resourceful children figured out how to <a
-    href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-48908766";> empty their
-    parents' bank account</a> buying packs of special players for an
-    Electronic Arts soccer game.</p>
-
-    <p>The random element of these packs (also called &ldquo;loot
-    boxes&rdquo;) makes the game <a
-    href="/proprietary/proprietary-addictions#addictiveness">
-    strongly addictive</a>, but the fact that players
-    are pressured to spend more in order to get ahead of their
-    competitors further qualifies it as <em>predatory</em>.
-    Note that Belgium <a
-    
href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/01/29/fifa-ultimate-team-packs-blocked-in-belgium/";>
-    made these loot boxes illegal</a> in 2018.</p>
-
-    <p>The only good reason to have a copy of such a proprietary
-    game is to study it for free software development.</p>
-  </li>
 </ul>
 
 
@@ -273,7 +261,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/08/15 10:16:23 $
+$Date: 2019/08/15 15:58:53 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: workshop/mal.rec
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec,v
retrieving revision 1.133
retrieving revision 1.134
diff -u -b -r1.133 -r1.134
--- workshop/mal.rec    6 Aug 2019 07:57:56 -0000       1.133
+++ workshop/mal.rec    15 Aug 2019 15:58:53 -0000      1.134
@@ -25,6 +25,43 @@
 ####    Please don't remove the blank line after this marker!    ####
 # ADD NEW BLURB HERE
 
+Added: 2019-08-15
+Id: 201908151
+RT: www-discuss 2019-08-11 (surveillance.)
+PubDate: 2019-08-15
+Target: proprietary-surveillance.html SpywareInSkype
+Target: malware-microsoft.html surveillance
+Keywords:
+Blurb: <p>Skype refuses to say whether it can <a
++   
href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/07/20/skype_won_t_comment_on_whether_it_can_now_eavesdrop_on_conversations_.html";>eavesdrop
++   on calls</a>.</p>
++
++   <p>That almost certainly means it can do so.</p>
+
+Added: 2019-08-15
+Id: 201908150.1
+RT: www-discuss 2019-08-10 (proprietary-interference.html)
+PubDate: 2019-08-15
+Target: malware-apple.html drm
+Keywords: iPhone batteries
+Blurb: <p>Apple is putting DRM on iPhone batteries, and the system proprietary
++   software <a href="#M201908150">turns off certain features when batteries
++   are replaced other than by Apple.</a></p>
+
+Added: 2019-08-15
+Id: 201908150
+RT: www-discuss 2019-08-10 (proprietary-interference.html)
+PubDate: 2019-08-15
+Target: proprietary-interference.html proprietary-interference
+Target: malware-apple.html interference
+Target: proprietary-drm.html proprietary-drm
+Keywords: iPhone batteries
+Blurb: <p>Apple is putting DRM on iPhone
++   batteries, and the system proprietary software <a
++   
href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59nz3k/apple-is-locking-batteries-to-specific-iphones-a-nightmare-for-diy-repair";>turns
++   off certain features when batteries are replaced other than by
++   Apple.</a></p>
+
 Added: 2019-08-06
 Id: 201908020
 RT: 1413918

Index: workshop/targets.rec
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/workshop/targets.rec,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -b -r1.9 -r1.10
--- workshop/targets.rec        1 Jun 2019 17:09:40 -0000       1.9
+++ workshop/targets.rec        15 Aug 2019 15:58:53 -0000      1.10
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 Targets: back-doors surveillance drm echo-back-doors echo-surveillance misc
 
 Page: malware-apple.html
-Targets: back-doors drm incompatibility insecurity jails manipulation 
pressuring sabotage surveillance tyrants
+Targets: back-doors drm incompatibility insecurity interference jails 
manipulation pressuring sabotage surveillance tyrants
 
 Page: malware-appliances.html
 Targets: malware-appliances