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From: |
Therese Godefroy |
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Subject: |
www/proprietary malware-google.html proprietary... |
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Date: |
Wed, 11 Sep 2019 04:01:46 -0400 (EDT) |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Therese Godefroy <th_g> 19/09/11 04:01:46
Modified files:
proprietary : malware-google.html proprietary-back-doors.html
proprietary-obsolescence.html proprietary.html
proprietary/workshop: mal.rec
Log message:
Backdoor in ChromeOS (www-discuss 2019-09-11).
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-google.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.65&r2=1.66
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.94&r2=1.95
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-obsolescence.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.5&r2=1.6
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.165&r2=1.166
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec?cvsroot=www&r1=1.148&r2=1.149
Patches:
Index: malware-google.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-google.html,v
retrieving revision 1.65
retrieving revision 1.66
diff -u -b -r1.65 -r1.66
--- malware-google.html 4 Sep 2019 15:31:24 -0000 1.65
+++ malware-google.html 11 Sep 2019 08:01:46 -0000 1.66
@@ -68,6 +68,17 @@
<h3 id="back-doors">Google Back Doors</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201908220">
+ <p>ChromeBooks are programmed for obsolescence:
+ ChromeOS has a universal back door that is used for updates and <a
+
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/08/22/buying_a_chromebook_dont_forget_to_check_when_it_expires/";>
+ ceases to operate at a predefined date</a>. From then on, there
+ appears to be no support whatsoever for the computer.</p>
+
+ <p>In other words, when you stop getting screwed by the back door,
+ you start getting screwed by the obsolescence.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201809140">
<p>Android has a <a
href="https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2018/9/14/17861150/google-battery-saver-android-9-pie-remote-settings-change";>
@@ -547,7 +558,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/09/04 15:31:24 $
+$Date: 2019/09/11 08:01:46 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary-back-doors.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html,v
retrieving revision 1.94
retrieving revision 1.95
diff -u -b -r1.94 -r1.95
--- proprietary-back-doors.html 16 Jul 2019 20:01:31 -0000 1.94
+++ proprietary-back-doors.html 11 Sep 2019 08:01:46 -0000 1.95
@@ -337,6 +337,17 @@
<h3 id='universal'>Full control</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201908220">
+ <p>ChromeBooks are programmed for obsolescence:
+ ChromeOS has a universal back door that is used for updates and <a
+
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/08/22/buying_a_chromebook_dont_forget_to_check_when_it_expires/";>
+ ceases to operate at a predefined date</a>. From then on, there
+ appears to be no support whatsoever for the computer.</p>
+
+ <p>In other words, when you stop getting screwed by the back door,
+ you start getting screwed by the obsolescence.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201902011">
<p>The FordPass Connect feature of some Ford vehicles has <a
href="https://www.myfordpass.com/content/ford_com/fp_app/en_us/termsprivacy.html";>
@@ -606,7 +617,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/07/16 20:01:31 $
+$Date: 2019/09/11 08:01:46 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary-obsolescence.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-obsolescence.html,v
retrieving revision 1.5
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -b -r1.5 -r1.6
--- proprietary-obsolescence.html 4 Sep 2019 16:27:00 -0000 1.5
+++ proprietary-obsolescence.html 11 Sep 2019 08:01:46 -0000 1.6
@@ -47,6 +47,17 @@
<div class="column-limit" id="proprietary-obsolescence"></div>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201908220">
+ <p>ChromeBooks are programmed for obsolescence:
+ ChromeOS has a universal back door that is used for updates and <a
+
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/08/22/buying_a_chromebook_dont_forget_to_check_when_it_expires/";>
+ ceases to operate at a predefined date</a>. From then on, there
+ appears to be no support whatsoever for the computer.</p>
+
+ <p>In other words, when you stop getting screwed by the back door,
+ you start getting screwed by the obsolescence.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201903250">
<p>The British supermarket Tesco sold tablets which were tethered
to Tesco's server for reinstalling default settings. Tesco <a
@@ -167,7 +178,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/09/04 16:27:00 $
+$Date: 2019/09/11 08:01:46 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary.html,v
retrieving revision 1.165
retrieving revision 1.166
diff -u -b -r1.165 -r1.166
--- proprietary.html 11 Sep 2019 07:51:30 -0000 1.165
+++ proprietary.html 11 Sep 2019 08:01:46 -0000 1.166
@@ -149,6 +149,17 @@
<h3 id="latest">Latest additions</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201908220">
+ <p>ChromeBooks are programmed for obsolescence:
+ ChromeOS has a universal back door that is used for updates and <a
+
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/08/22/buying_a_chromebook_dont_forget_to_check_when_it_expires/";>
+ ceases to operate at a predefined date</a>. From then on, there
+ appears to be no support whatsoever for the computer.</p>
+
+ <p>In other words, when you stop getting screwed by the back door,
+ you start getting screwed by the obsolescence.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201908210">
<p>Microsoft recorded users of Xboxes and had <a
href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43kv4q/microsoft-human-contractors-listened-to-xbox-owners-homes-kinect-cortana";>
@@ -196,13 +207,6 @@
the security of their products, and users can't investigate or fix
them.</p>
</li>
-
- <li id="M201908160">
- <p>A game published on Facebook <a
-
href="https://www.revealnews.org/article/so-your-child-racked-up-unwanted-credit-card-charges-playing-video-games-now-what/";>aimed
- at leading children to spend</a> large amounts of their parents'
- money without explaining it to them.</p>
- </li>
</ul>
@@ -263,7 +267,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/09/11 07:51:30 $
+$Date: 2019/09/11 08:01:46 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: workshop/mal.rec
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec,v
retrieving revision 1.148
retrieving revision 1.149
diff -u -b -r1.148 -r1.149
--- workshop/mal.rec 11 Sep 2019 07:51:30 -0000 1.148
+++ workshop/mal.rec 11 Sep 2019 08:01:46 -0000 1.149
@@ -26,6 +26,23 @@
# ADD NEW BLURB HERE
Added: 2019-09-11
+Id: 201908220
+RT: 2019-09-11 (Universal back door in ChromeOS)
+PubDate: 2019-08-22
+Target: proprietary-obsolescence.html proprietary-obsolescence
+Target: proprietary-back-doors.html universal
+Target: malware-google.html back-doors
+Keywords:
+Blurb: <p>ChromeBooks are programmed for obsolescence:
++ ChromeOS has a universal back door that is used for updates and <a
++
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/08/22/buying_a_chromebook_dont_forget_to_check_when_it_expires/";>
++ ceases to operate at a predefined date</a>. From then on, there
++ appears to be no support whatsoever for the computer.</p>
++
++ <p>In other words, when you stop getting screwed by the back door,
++ you start getting screwed by the obsolescence.</p>
+
+Added: 2019-09-11
Id: 201908210
RT: www-discuss 2019-09-11 (Xbox as listening devices)
PubDate: 2019-08-21