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Fri, 13 Sep 2019 08:12:56 -0400 (EDT) |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Therese Godefroy <th_g> 19/09/13 08:12:56
Modified files:
proprietary : malware-apple.html malware-appliances.html
malware-google.html proprietary-insecurity.html
proprietary-obsolescence.html
proprietary-sabotage.html
proprietary-tethers.html proprietary.html
proprietary/workshop: mal.rec
Log message:
Remove duplicates (www-discuss 2019-09-12).
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-apple.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.103&r2=1.104
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-appliances.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.79&r2=1.80
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-google.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.66&r2=1.67
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-insecurity.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.109&r2=1.110
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-obsolescence.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.6&r2=1.7
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-sabotage.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.92&r2=1.93
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-tethers.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.39&r2=1.40
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.166&r2=1.167
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec?cvsroot=www&r1=1.150&r2=1.151
Patches:
Index: malware-apple.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-apple.html,v
retrieving revision 1.103
retrieving revision 1.104
diff -u -b -r1.103 -r1.104
--- malware-apple.html 10 Sep 2019 23:51:57 -0000 1.103
+++ malware-apple.html 13 Sep 2019 12:12:55 -0000 1.104
@@ -214,11 +214,11 @@
bugs.</p>
<ul class="blurbs">
- <li id="M201909100">
+ <li id="M201908310">
<p>A series of vulnerabilities <a
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2019/08/31/apple-iphone-ipad-security-ios-upgrade-iphone-xs-max-xr-update/";>found
in iOS allowed attackers to gain access to sensitive information
- including private messages, passwords, photos, contacts stored on
+ including private messages, passwords, photos and contacts stored on
the user's iMonster</a>.</p>
<p>The deep insecurity of iMonsters is even more pertinent given that
@@ -227,20 +227,6 @@
not even try to offer security against Apple itself.</p>
</li>
- <li id="M201908300">
- <p>In spite of iPhone's reputation for being
- secure, it does have bad security flaws. Crackers
- exploited 14 bugs of iOS for two and a half years to <a
-
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/aug/30/hackers-monitoring-implants-iphones-google-says";>
- steal users' most private data</a>, and gain access to their
- accounts.</p>
-
- <p>Apple has corrected these bugs, but this shows that <em>any</em>
- developer of nonfree programs is liable to make mistakes affecting
- the security of their products, and users can't investigate or fix
- them.</p>
- </li>
-
<li id="M201607220">
<p>A vulnerability in Apple's Image I/O API allowed an attacker to <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/22/stagefright-flaw-ios-iphone-imessage-apple";>execute
@@ -837,7 +823,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/09/10 23:51:57 $
+$Date: 2019/09/13 12:12:55 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: malware-appliances.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-appliances.html,v
retrieving revision 1.79
retrieving revision 1.80
diff -u -b -r1.79 -r1.80
--- malware-appliances.html 27 Jun 2019 07:06:34 -0000 1.79
+++ malware-appliances.html 13 Sep 2019 12:12:55 -0000 1.80
@@ -510,12 +510,18 @@
</li>
<li id="M201604050">
- <p>Google/Alphabet <a
-
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/nest-reminds-customers-ownership-isnt-what-it-used-be";>
- intentionally broke Revolv home automatic control products that
- depended on a server</a> to function, by shutting down the server.
- The lesson is, reject all such products. Insist on self-contained
- computers that run free software!</p>
+ <p>Revolv is a device that managed “smart home”
+ operations: switching lights, operate motion sensors, regulating
+ temperature, etc. Its proprietary software depends on a remote server
+ to do these tasks. On May 15th, 2016, Google/Alphabet <a
+
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/nest-reminds-customers-ownership-isnt-what-it-used-be";>intentionally
+ broke it by shutting down the server</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>If it were free software, users would have the ability to make it
+ work again, differently, and then have a freedom-respecting home
+ instead of a “smart” home. Don't let proprietary software
+ control your devices and turn them into $300 out-of-warranty
+ bricks. Insist on self-contained computers that run free software!</p>
</li>
<li id="M201603220">
@@ -920,7 +926,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/06/27 07:06:34 $
+$Date: 2019/09/13 12:12:55 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: malware-google.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-google.html,v
retrieving revision 1.66
retrieving revision 1.67
diff -u -b -r1.66 -r1.67
--- malware-google.html 11 Sep 2019 08:01:46 -0000 1.66
+++ malware-google.html 13 Sep 2019 12:12:55 -0000 1.67
@@ -254,28 +254,19 @@
actions that harm the users of specific Google software.</p>
<ul class="blurbs">
- <li id="M201605150">
- <p>Revolv is an device which managed “smart home”
- operations: switching the lights, operate motion sensors, regulating
+ <li id="M201604050">
+ <p>Revolv is a device that managed “smart home”
+ operations: switching lights, operate motion sensors, regulating
temperature, etc. Its proprietary software depends on a remote server
to do these tasks. On May 15th, 2016, Google/Alphabet <a
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/nest-reminds-customers-ownership-isnt-what-it-used-be";>intentionally
broke it by shutting down the server</a>.</p>
- <p>If it was free software, users would have the ability to make it
+ <p>If it were free software, users would have the ability to make it
work again, differently, and then have a freedom-respecting home
instead of a “smart” home. Don't let proprietary software
control your devices and turn them into $300 out-of-warranty
- bricks.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li id="M201604050">
- <p>Google/Alphabet <a
-
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/nest-reminds-customers-ownership-isnt-what-it-used-be";>
- intentionally broke Revolv home automatic control products that
- depended on a server</a> to function, by shutting down the server.
- The lesson is, reject all such products. Insist on self-contained
- computers that run free software!</p>
+ bricks. Insist on self-contained computers that run free software!</p>
</li>
<li id="M201511244">
@@ -558,7 +549,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/09/11 08:01:46 $
+$Date: 2019/09/13 12:12:55 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary-insecurity.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-insecurity.html,v
retrieving revision 1.109
retrieving revision 1.110
diff -u -b -r1.109 -r1.110
--- proprietary-insecurity.html 10 Sep 2019 23:51:57 -0000 1.109
+++ proprietary-insecurity.html 13 Sep 2019 12:12:55 -0000 1.110
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@
<div class="column-limit" id="proprietary-insecurity"></div>
<ul class="blurbs">
- <li id="M201909100">
+ <li id="M201908310">
<p>A series of vulnerabilities <a
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2019/08/31/apple-iphone-ipad-security-ios-upgrade-iphone-xs-max-xr-update/";>found
in iOS allowed attackers to gain access to sensitive information
- including private messages, passwords, photos, contacts stored on
+ including private messages, passwords, photos and contacts stored on
the user's iMonster</a>.</p>
<p>The deep insecurity of iMonsters is even more pertinent given that
@@ -66,20 +66,6 @@
not even try to offer security against Apple itself.</p>
</li>
- <li id="M201908300">
- <p>In spite of iPhone's reputation for being
- secure, it does have bad security flaws. Crackers
- exploited 14 bugs of iOS for two and a half years to <a
-
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/aug/30/hackers-monitoring-implants-iphones-google-says";>
- steal users' most private data</a>, and gain access to their
- accounts.</p>
-
- <p>Apple has corrected these bugs, but this shows that <em>any</em>
- developer of nonfree programs is liable to make mistakes affecting
- the security of their products, and users can't investigate or fix
- them.</p>
- </li>
-
<li id="M201908020">
<p>Out of 21 gratis Android antivirus apps
that were tested by security researchers, eight <a
@@ -728,7 +714,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/09/10 23:51:57 $
+$Date: 2019/09/13 12:12:55 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary-obsolescence.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-obsolescence.html,v
retrieving revision 1.6
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -b -r1.6 -r1.7
--- proprietary-obsolescence.html 11 Sep 2019 08:01:46 -0000 1.6
+++ proprietary-obsolescence.html 13 Sep 2019 12:12:55 -0000 1.7
@@ -82,19 +82,19 @@
that's the nature of proprietary software.</p>
</li>
- <li id="M201605150">
- <p>Revolv is an device which managed “smart home”
- operations: switching the lights, operate motion sensors, regulating
+ <li id="M201604050">
+ <p>Revolv is a device that managed “smart home”
+ operations: switching lights, operate motion sensors, regulating
temperature, etc. Its proprietary software depends on a remote server
to do these tasks. On May 15th, 2016, Google/Alphabet <a
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/nest-reminds-customers-ownership-isnt-what-it-used-be";>intentionally
broke it by shutting down the server</a>.</p>
- <p>If it was free software, users would have the ability to make it
+ <p>If it were free software, users would have the ability to make it
work again, differently, and then have a freedom-respecting home
instead of a “smart” home. Don't let proprietary software
control your devices and turn them into $300 out-of-warranty
- bricks.</p>
+ bricks. Insist on self-contained computers that run free software!</p>
</li>
<li id="M201601100">
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/09/11 08:01:46 $
+$Date: 2019/09/13 12:12:55 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary-sabotage.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-sabotage.html,v
retrieving revision 1.92
retrieving revision 1.93
diff -u -b -r1.92 -r1.93
--- proprietary-sabotage.html 7 Sep 2019 13:03:42 -0000 1.92
+++ proprietary-sabotage.html 13 Sep 2019 12:12:55 -0000 1.93
@@ -329,21 +329,6 @@
to get screwed sooner or later.</p>
</li>
- <li id="M201605150">
- <p>Revolv is an device which managed “smart home”
- operations: switching the lights, operate motion sensors, regulating
- temperature, etc. Its proprietary software depends on a remote server
- to do these tasks. On May 15th, 2016, Google/Alphabet <a
-
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/nest-reminds-customers-ownership-isnt-what-it-used-be";>intentionally
- broke it by shutting down the server</a>.</p>
-
- <p>If it was free software, users would have the ability to make it
- work again, differently, and then have a freedom-respecting home
- instead of a “smart” home. Don't let proprietary software
- control your devices and turn them into $300 out-of-warranty
- bricks.</p>
- </li>
-
<li id="M201605040">
<p>The Apple Music client program <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170520213355/https://blog.vellumatlanta.com/2016/05/04/apple-stole-my-music-no-seriously/";>scans
@@ -352,12 +337,18 @@
</li>
<li id="M201604050">
- <p>Google/Alphabet <a
-
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/nest-reminds-customers-ownership-isnt-what-it-used-be";>
- intentionally broke Revolv home automatic control products that
- depended on a server</a> to function, by shutting down the server.
- The lesson is, reject all such products. Insist on self-contained
- computers that run free software!</p>
+ <p>Revolv is a device that managed “smart home”
+ operations: switching lights, operate motion sensors, regulating
+ temperature, etc. Its proprietary software depends on a remote server
+ to do these tasks. On May 15th, 2016, Google/Alphabet <a
+
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/nest-reminds-customers-ownership-isnt-what-it-used-be";>intentionally
+ broke it by shutting down the server</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>If it were free software, users would have the ability to make it
+ work again, differently, and then have a freedom-respecting home
+ instead of a “smart” home. Don't let proprietary software
+ control your devices and turn them into $300 out-of-warranty
+ bricks. Insist on self-contained computers that run free software!</p>
</li>
<li id="M201602050">
@@ -622,7 +613,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/09/07 13:03:42 $
+$Date: 2019/09/13 12:12:55 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary-tethers.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-tethers.html,v
retrieving revision 1.39
retrieving revision 1.40
diff -u -b -r1.39 -r1.40
--- proprietary-tethers.html 8 May 2019 14:38:33 -0000 1.39
+++ proprietary-tethers.html 13 Sep 2019 12:12:55 -0000 1.40
@@ -179,12 +179,18 @@
</li>
<li id="M201604050">
- <p>Google/Alphabet <a
-
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/nest-reminds-customers-ownership-isnt-what-it-used-be";>
- intentionally broke Revolv home automatic control products that
- depended on a server</a> to function, by shutting down the server.
- The lesson is, reject all such products. Insist on self-contained
- computers that run free software!</p>
+ <p>Revolv is a device that managed “smart home”
+ operations: switching lights, operate motion sensors, regulating
+ temperature, etc. Its proprietary software depends on a remote server
+ to do these tasks. On May 15th, 2016, Google/Alphabet <a
+
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/nest-reminds-customers-ownership-isnt-what-it-used-be";>intentionally
+ broke it by shutting down the server</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>If it were free software, users would have the ability to make it
+ work again, differently, and then have a freedom-respecting home
+ instead of a “smart” home. Don't let proprietary software
+ control your devices and turn them into $300 out-of-warranty
+ bricks. Insist on self-contained computers that run free software!</p>
</li>
<li id="M201305100">
@@ -252,7 +258,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/05/08 14:38:33 $
+$Date: 2019/09/13 12:12:55 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary.html,v
retrieving revision 1.166
retrieving revision 1.167
diff -u -b -r1.166 -r1.167
--- proprietary.html 11 Sep 2019 08:01:46 -0000 1.166
+++ proprietary.html 13 Sep 2019 12:12:55 -0000 1.167
@@ -169,19 +169,6 @@
having speech-recognition systems listen. Both intrude on privacy.</p>
</li>
- <li id="M201909100">
- <p>A series of vulnerabilities <a
-
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2019/08/31/apple-iphone-ipad-security-ios-upgrade-iphone-xs-max-xr-update/";>found
- in iOS allowed attackers to gain access to sensitive information
- including private messages, passwords, photos, contacts stored on
- the user's iMonster</a>.</p>
-
- <p>The deep insecurity of iMonsters is even more pertinent given that
- Apple's proprietary software makes users totally dependent on Apple
- for even a modicum of security. It also means that the devices do
- not even try to offer security against Apple itself.</p>
- </li>
-
<li id="M201909060">
<p>Keeping track of who downloads a proprietary
program is a form of surveillance. There is a
@@ -194,18 +181,24 @@
it.</p>
</li>
- <li id="M201908300">
- <p>In spite of iPhone's reputation for being
- secure, it does have bad security flaws. Crackers
- exploited 14 bugs of iOS for two and a half years to <a
-
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/aug/30/hackers-monitoring-implants-iphones-google-says";>
- steal users' most private data</a>, and gain access to their
- accounts.</p>
-
- <p>Apple has corrected these bugs, but this shows that <em>any</em>
- developer of nonfree programs is liable to make mistakes affecting
- the security of their products, and users can't investigate or fix
- them.</p>
+ <li id="M201908310">
+ <p>A series of vulnerabilities <a
+
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2019/08/31/apple-iphone-ipad-security-ios-upgrade-iphone-xs-max-xr-update/";>found
+ in iOS allowed attackers to gain access to sensitive information
+ including private messages, passwords, photos and contacts stored on
+ the user's iMonster</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The deep insecurity of iMonsters is even more pertinent given that
+ Apple's proprietary software makes users totally dependent on Apple
+ for even a modicum of security. It also means that the devices do
+ not even try to offer security against Apple itself.</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>
@@ -267,7 +260,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/09/11 08:01:46 $
+$Date: 2019/09/13 12:12:55 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: workshop/mal.rec
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec,v
retrieving revision 1.150
retrieving revision 1.151
diff -u -b -r1.150 -r1.151
--- workshop/mal.rec 11 Sep 2019 08:07:12 -0000 1.150
+++ workshop/mal.rec 13 Sep 2019 12:12:56 -0000 1.151
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
+ having speech-recognition systems listen. Both intrude on privacy.</p>
Added: 2019-09-10
-Id: 201909100
+Id: 201908310
RT: www-discuss 2019-09-08 (Apple insecurity)
PubDate: 2019-08-31
Target: malware-apple.html insecurity
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
Blurb: <p>A series of vulnerabilities <a
+
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2019/08/31/apple-iphone-ipad-security-ios-upgrade-iphone-xs-max-xr-update/";>found
+ in iOS allowed attackers to gain access to sensitive information
-+ including private messages, passwords, photos, contacts stored on
++ including private messages, passwords, photos and contacts stored on
+ the user's iMonster</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The deep insecurity of iMonsters is even more pertinent given that
@@ -92,25 +92,6 @@
+ <p>With a free program there would not be a list of who has installed
+ it.</p>
-Added: 2019-09-07
-Id: 201908300
-RT: www-discuss 2019-09-07 (Should we put this in proprietary-insecuriy?)
-PubDate: 2019-08-30
-Target: proprietary-insecurity.html proprietary-insecurity
-Target: malware-apple.html insecurity
-Keywords: iOS
-Blurb: <p>In spite of iPhone's reputation for being
-+ secure, it does have bad security flaws. Crackers
-+ exploited 14 bugs of iOS for two and a half years to <a
-+
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/aug/30/hackers-monitoring-implants-iphones-google-says";>
-+ steal users' most private data</a>, and gain access to their
-+ accounts.</p>
-+
-+ <p>Apple has corrected these bugs, but this shows that <em>any</em>
-+ developer of nonfree programs is liable to make mistakes affecting
-+ the security of their products, and users can't investigate or fix
-+ them.</p>
-
Added: 2019-08-31
Id: 201908160
RT: www-discuss 2019-08-07
@@ -3646,25 +3627,6 @@
+ political points they suggest. Some political points are apparently
+ considered acceptable.</p>
-Id: 201605150
-Target: malware-google.html sabotage
-Target: proprietary-sabotage.html proprietary-sabotage
-Target: proprietary-obsolescence.html proprietary-obsolescence
-PubDate: 2016-05-15
-Keywords: revolv
-Blurb: <p>Revolv is an device which managed “smart home”
-+ operations: switching the lights, operate motion sensors, regulating
-+ temperature, etc. Its proprietary software depends on a remote server
-+ to do these tasks. On May 15th, 2016, Google/Alphabet <a
-+
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/nest-reminds-customers-ownership-isnt-what-it-used-be";>intentionally
-+ broke it by shutting down the server</a>.</p>
-+
-+ <p>If it was free software, users would have the ability to make it
-+ work again, differently, and then have a freedom-respecting home
-+ instead of a “smart” home. Don't let proprietary software
-+ control your devices and turn them into $300 out-of-warranty
-+ bricks.</p>
-
Id: 201605044
Target: malware-apple.html incompatibility
Target: proprietary-incompatibility.html proprietary-incompatibility
@@ -3748,17 +3710,25 @@
Id: 201604050
Target: malware-google.html sabotage
-Target: proprietary-sabotage.html proprietary-sabotage
Target: malware-appliances.html malware-appliances
+Target: proprietary-sabotage.html proprietary-sabotage
+Target: proprietary-obsolescence.html proprietary-obsolescence
Target: proprietary-tethers.html proprietary-tethers
PubDate: 2016-04-05
Keywords: revolv
-Blurb: <p>Google/Alphabet <a
-+
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/nest-reminds-customers-ownership-isnt-what-it-used-be";>
-+ intentionally broke Revolv home automatic control products that
-+ depended on a server</a> to function, by shutting down the server.
-+ The lesson is, reject all such products. Insist on self-contained
-+ computers that run free software!</p>
+Blurb: <p>Revolv is a device that managed “smart home”
++ operations: switching lights, operate motion sensors, regulating
++ temperature, etc. Its proprietary software depends on a remote server
++ to do these tasks. On May 15th, 2016, Google/Alphabet <a
++
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/nest-reminds-customers-ownership-isnt-what-it-used-be";>intentionally
++ broke it by shutting down the server</a>.</p>
++
++ <p>If it were free software, users would have the ability to make it
++ work again, differently, and then have a freedom-respecting home
++ instead of a “smart” home. Don't let proprietary software
++ control your devices and turn them into $300 out-of-warranty
++ bricks. Insist on self-contained computers that run free software!</p>
+
Id: 201603220
Target: proprietary-surveillance.html SpywareInCameras
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