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Fri, 4 Oct 2019 04:00:50 -0400 (EDT) |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: GNUN <gnun> 19/10/04 04:00:49
Modified files:
proprietary/po : de.po es.po fr.po it.po ja.po
malware-mobiles.de-diff.html
malware-mobiles.de.po malware-mobiles.es.po
malware-mobiles.fr.po
malware-mobiles.it-diff.html
malware-mobiles.it.po
malware-mobiles.ja-diff.html
malware-mobiles.ja.po malware-mobiles.pot
malware-mobiles.ru.po nl.po pl.po pot
proprietary-back-doors.de-diff.html
proprietary-back-doors.de.po
proprietary-back-doors.es.po
proprietary-back-doors.fr.po
proprietary-back-doors.it-diff.html
proprietary-back-doors.it.po
proprietary-back-doors.ja-diff.html
proprietary-back-doors.ja.po
proprietary-back-doors.pot
proprietary-back-doors.ru.po
proprietary.de-diff.html proprietary.de.po
proprietary.es.po proprietary.fr.po
proprietary.it-diff.html proprietary.it.po
proprietary.ja-diff.html proprietary.ja.po
proprietary.nl-diff.html proprietary.nl.po
proprietary.pl-diff.html proprietary.pl.po
proprietary.pot proprietary.pt-br.po
proprietary.ru.po proprietary.zh-tw-diff.html
proprietary.zh-tw.po pt-br.po ru.po zh-tw.po
Log message:
Automatic update by GNUnited Nations.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/de.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.144&r2=1.145
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/es.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.202&r2=1.203
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/fr.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.250&r2=1.251
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/it.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.144&r2=1.145
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/ja.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.151&r2=1.152
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-mobiles.de-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.67&r2=1.68
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-mobiles.de.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.124&r2=1.125
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-mobiles.es.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.150&r2=1.151
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-mobiles.fr.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.176&r2=1.177
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-mobiles.it-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.72&r2=1.73
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-mobiles.it.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.124&r2=1.125
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-mobiles.ja-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.88&r2=1.89
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-mobiles.ja.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.114&r2=1.115
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-mobiles.pot?cvsroot=www&r1=1.90&r2=1.91
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-mobiles.ru.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.210&r2=1.211
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/nl.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.145&r2=1.146
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/pl.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.144&r2=1.145
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/pot?cvsroot=www&r1=1.143&r2=1.144
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-back-doors.de-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.31&r2=1.32
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-back-doors.de.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.130&r2=1.131
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-back-doors.es.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.21&r2=1.22
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-back-doors.fr.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.140&r2=1.141
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-back-doors.it-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.58&r2=1.59
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-back-doors.it.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.123&r2=1.124
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-back-doors.ja-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.56&r2=1.57
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-back-doors.ja.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.104&r2=1.105
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-back-doors.pot?cvsroot=www&r1=1.72&r2=1.73
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-back-doors.ru.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.189&r2=1.190
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.de-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.127&r2=1.128
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.de.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.169&r2=1.170
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.es.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.222&r2=1.223
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.fr.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.269&r2=1.270
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.it-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.139&r2=1.140
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.it.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.178&r2=1.179
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.ja-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.142&r2=1.143
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.ja.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.162&r2=1.163
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.nl-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.140&r2=1.141
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.nl.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.152&r2=1.153
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.pl-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.157&r2=1.158
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.pl.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.145&r2=1.146
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.pot?cvsroot=www&r1=1.142&r2=1.143
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.pt-br.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.230&r2=1.231
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.ru.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.302&r2=1.303
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.zh-tw-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.119&r2=1.120
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.zh-tw.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.130&r2=1.131
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/pt-br.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.186&r2=1.187
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/ru.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.308&r2=1.309
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/zh-tw.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.144&r2=1.145
Patches:
Index: de.po
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/de.po,v
retrieving revision 1.144
retrieving revision 1.145
diff -u -b -r1.144 -r1.145
--- de.po 3 Oct 2019 10:32:22 -0000 1.144
+++ de.po 4 Oct 2019 08:00:44 -0000 1.145
@@ -7618,6 +7618,22 @@
"ermöglicht, sie in Vollzeit-Abhörgeräte umzuschalten."
#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"A very popular app found in the Google Play store contained a module that "
+"was designed to <a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/information-";
+"technology/2019/08/google-play-app-with-100-million-downloads-executed-"
+"secret-payloads/\">secretly install malware on the user's computer</a>. The "
+"app developers regularly used it to make the computer download and execute "
+"any code they wanted."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"This is a concrete example of what users are exposed to when they run "
+"nonfree apps. They can never be completely sure that a nonfree app is safe."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
# | Xiaomi phones come with <a
# |
[-href=\"https://www.thijsbroenink.com/2016/09/xiaomis-analytics-app-reverse-engineered\";>-]
# |
{+href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20190424082647/http://blog.thijsbroenink.com/2016/09/xiaomis-analytics-app-reverse-engineered/\";>+}
Index: es.po
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/es.po,v
retrieving revision 1.202
retrieving revision 1.203
diff -u -b -r1.202 -r1.203
--- es.po 3 Oct 2019 10:32:22 -0000 1.202
+++ es.po 4 Oct 2019 08:00:44 -0000 1.203
@@ -7006,6 +7006,22 @@
"lo que permite convertirlos en dispositivos de escucha a tiempo completo."
#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"A very popular app found in the Google Play store contained a module that "
+"was designed to <a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/information-";
+"technology/2019/08/google-play-app-with-100-million-downloads-executed-"
+"secret-payloads/\">secretly install malware on the user's computer</a>. The "
+"app developers regularly used it to make the computer download and execute "
+"any code they wanted."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"This is a concrete example of what users are exposed to when they run "
+"nonfree apps. They can never be completely sure that a nonfree app is safe."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
# | Xiaomi phones come with <a
# |
[-href=\"https://www.thijsbroenink.com/2016/09/xiaomis-analytics-app-reverse-engineered\";>-]
# |
{+href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20190424082647/http://blog.thijsbroenink.com/2016/09/xiaomis-analytics-app-reverse-engineered/\";>+}
Index: fr.po
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/fr.po,v
retrieving revision 1.250
retrieving revision 1.251
diff -u -b -r1.250 -r1.251
--- fr.po 3 Oct 2019 11:13:15 -0000 1.250
+++ fr.po 4 Oct 2019 08:00:44 -0000 1.251
@@ -6375,6 +6375,22 @@
#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"A very popular app found in the Google Play store contained a module that "
+"was designed to <a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/information-";
+"technology/2019/08/google-play-app-with-100-million-downloads-executed-"
+"secret-payloads/\">secretly install malware on the user's computer</a>. The "
+"app developers regularly used it to make the computer download and execute "
+"any code they wanted."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"This is a concrete example of what users are exposed to when they run "
+"nonfree apps. They can never be completely sure that a nonfree app is safe."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"Xiaomi phones come with <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20190424082647/";
"http://blog.thijsbroenink.com/2016/09/xiaomis-analytics-app-reverse-";
"engineered/\"> a universal back door in the application processor, for "
Index: it.po
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/it.po,v
retrieving revision 1.144
retrieving revision 1.145
diff -u -b -r1.144 -r1.145
--- it.po 3 Oct 2019 10:32:22 -0000 1.144
+++ it.po 4 Oct 2019 08:00:44 -0000 1.145
@@ -7189,6 +7189,22 @@
"dalla compagnia telefonica locale."
#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"A very popular app found in the Google Play store contained a module that "
+"was designed to <a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/information-";
+"technology/2019/08/google-play-app-with-100-million-downloads-executed-"
+"secret-payloads/\">secretly install malware on the user's computer</a>. The "
+"app developers regularly used it to make the computer download and execute "
+"any code they wanted."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"This is a concrete example of what users are exposed to when they run "
+"nonfree apps. They can never be completely sure that a nonfree app is safe."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
# | Xiaomi phones come with <a
# |
[-href=\"https://www.thijsbroenink.com/2016/09/xiaomis-analytics-app-reverse-engineered\";>a-]
# |
{+href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20190424082647/http://blog.thijsbroenink.com/2016/09/xiaomis-analytics-app-reverse-engineered/\";>
Index: ja.po
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/ja.po,v
retrieving revision 1.151
retrieving revision 1.152
diff -u -b -r1.151 -r1.152
--- ja.po 3 Oct 2019 10:32:22 -0000 1.151
+++ ja.po 4 Oct 2019 08:00:44 -0000 1.152
@@ -5516,6 +5516,22 @@
#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"A very popular app found in the Google Play store contained a module that "
+"was designed to <a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/information-";
+"technology/2019/08/google-play-app-with-100-million-downloads-executed-"
+"secret-payloads/\">secretly install malware on the user's computer</a>. The "
+"app developers regularly used it to make the computer download and execute "
+"any code they wanted."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"This is a concrete example of what users are exposed to when they run "
+"nonfree apps. They can never be completely sure that a nonfree app is safe."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"Xiaomi phones come with <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20190424082647/";
"http://blog.thijsbroenink.com/2016/09/xiaomis-analytics-app-reverse-";
"engineered/\"> a universal back door in the application processor, for "
Index: malware-mobiles.de-diff.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/malware-mobiles.de-diff.html,v
retrieving revision 1.67
retrieving revision 1.68
diff -u -b -r1.67 -r1.68
--- malware-mobiles.de-diff.html 3 Oct 2019 10:32:23 -0000 1.67
+++ malware-mobiles.de-diff.html 4 Oct 2019 08:00:44 -0000 1.68
@@ -164,7 +164,20 @@
<span
class="removed"><del><strong><li><p><a</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201609130">
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201908270">
+ <p>A very popular app found in the
+ Google Play store contained a module that was designed to <a
+
href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/08/google-play-app-with-100-million-downloads-executed-secret-payloads/">secretly
+ install malware on the user's computer</a>. The app developers
+ regularly used it to make the computer download and execute any code
+ they wanted.</p>
+
+ <p>This is a concrete example of what users are exposed to when they
+ run nonfree apps. They can never be completely sure that a nonfree
+ app is safe.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201609130">
<p>Xiaomi phones come with <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424082647/http://blog.thijsbroenink.com/2016/09/xiaomis-analytics-app-reverse-engineered/">
a universal back door in the application processor, for Xiaomi's
@@ -382,19 +395,20 @@
<span class="removed"><del><strong><li></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201607190"></em></ins></span>
- <p>A <span class="inserted"><ins><em>bug in a proprietary ASN.1
library, used
- in cell phone towers as well as cell phones and routers,</em></ins></span>
<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://research.csiro.au/ng/wp-content/uploads/sites/106/2016/08/paper-1.pdf">
- research paper</a> that investigated</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/07/software-flaw-puts-mobile-phones-and-networks-at-risk-of-complete-takeover">allows
- taking control of those systems</a>.</p>
+ <p>A
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="https://research.csiro.au/ng/wp-content/uploads/sites/106/2016/08/paper-1.pdf">
+ research paper</a> that investigated the
privacy</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>bug in a
proprietary ASN.1 library, used
+ in cell phone towers as well as cell phones</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>security</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>routers, <a
+
href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/07/software-flaw-puts-mobile-phones-and-networks-at-risk-of-complete-takeover">allows
+ taking control</em></ins></span> of <span class="removed"><del><strong>283
Android VPN</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>those
systems</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201603100">
- <p>Many proprietary payment apps <a
+ <p>Many proprietary payment</em></ins></span> apps <span
class="removed"><del><strong>concluded that “in spite of the
+ promises for privacy, security, and</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-10/many-mobile-payments-startups-aren-t-properly-securing-user-data">transmit
- personal data in an insecure way</a>. However,</em></ins></span>
- the <span class="removed"><del><strong>privacy and
security</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>worse
aspect</em></ins></span> of <span class="removed"><del><strong>283 Android
VPN</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>these</em></ins></span> apps <span
class="removed"><del><strong>concluded</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>is</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>“in spite of the
- promises for privacy, security,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+ personal data in an insecure way</a>. However,
+ the worse aspect of these apps is that <a
href="/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html">payment is not
anonymous</a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -404,10 +418,9 @@
href="http://phys.org/news/2015-05-app-vulnerability-threatens-millions-users.html">
Many smartphone apps use insecure authentication methods when storing
your personal data on remote servers</a>. This leaves personal
- information like email addresses, passwords,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>anonymity given by the
- majority of VPN apps—millions</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>health information
- vulnerable. Because many</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>users may be unawarely
subject</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>these apps are
proprietary it makes it
- hard</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>poor security
guarantees and</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>impossible
to know which apps are at risk.</p>
+ information like email addresses, passwords, and health information
+ vulnerable. Because many of these apps are proprietary it makes it
+ hard to impossible to know which apps are at risk.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201405190">
@@ -917,9 +930,9 @@
href="https://research.csiro.au/ng/wp-content/uploads/sites/106/2016/08/paper-1.pdf">
research paper</a> that investigated the privacy and security of
283 Android VPN apps concluded that “in spite of the promises
- for privacy, security, and anonymity given by the majority of VPN
+ for privacy, security, and</em></ins></span> anonymity given by the
majority of VPN
apps—millions of users may be unawarely subject to poor security
- guarantees and</em></ins></span> abusive practices inflicted by VPN
apps.”</p>
+ guarantees and abusive practices inflicted by VPN apps.”</p>
<p>Following is a non-exhaustive <span
class="removed"><del><strong>list</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>list, taken from the research paper,</em></ins></span>
of <span class="inserted"><ins><em>some</em></ins></span> proprietary VPN
apps <span class="removed"><del><strong>from
@@ -1431,7 +1444,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/10/03 10:32:23 $
+$Date: 2019/10/04 08:00:44 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: malware-mobiles.de.po
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/malware-mobiles.de.po,v
retrieving revision 1.124
retrieving revision 1.125
diff -u -b -r1.124 -r1.125
--- malware-mobiles.de.po 3 Oct 2019 10:32:23 -0000 1.124
+++ malware-mobiles.de.po 4 Oct 2019 08:00:44 -0000 1.125
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: malware-mobiles.html\n"
"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: Webmasters <address@hidden>\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2019-10-03 10:26+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2019-10-04 07:55+0000\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: 2018-07-20 22:00+0200\n"
"Last-Translator: Jоегg Kоhпе <joeko (AT) online [PUNKT] de>\n"
"Language-Team: German <address@hidden>\n"
@@ -316,6 +316,22 @@
"ermöglicht, sie in Vollzeit-Abhörgeräte umzuschalten."
#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"A very popular app found in the Google Play store contained a module that "
+"was designed to <a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/information-";
+"technology/2019/08/google-play-app-with-100-million-downloads-executed-"
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+"app developers regularly used it to make the computer download and execute "
+"any code they wanted."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"nonfree apps. They can never be completely sure that a nonfree app is safe."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
# | Xiaomi phones come with <a
# |
[-href=\"https://www.thijsbroenink.com/2016/09/xiaomis-analytics-app-reverse-engineered\";>-]
# |
{+href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20190424082647/http://blog.thijsbroenink.com/2016/09/xiaomis-analytics-app-reverse-engineered/\";>+}
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<ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M209900001">
- <p>See above for</em></ins></span> the <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
href="#universal-back-door-phone-modem">general</em></ins></span> universal
back <span class="removed"><del><strong>door that we know
nearly</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>door</a> in
essentially</em></ins></span> all
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>portable</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>mobile phones, which permits converting
- them into full-time listening devices.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li id="M201609130">
- <p>Xiaomi</em></ins></span> phones <span
class="removed"><del><strong>have. It may involve exploiting various bugs.
There are</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>come
with</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.osnews.com/story/27416/The_second_operating_system_hiding_in_every_mobile_phone">
+ <p>See above for</em></ins></span> the <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
href="#universal-back-door-phone-modem">general</em></ins></span> universal
back <span class="removed"><del><strong>door that we know nearly all
+ portable phones have. It may involve exploiting various bugs. There are
+ <a
href="http://www.osnews.com/story/27416/The_second_operating_system_hiding_in_every_mobile_phone">
lots of bugs</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424082647/http://blog.thijsbroenink.com/2016/09/xiaomis-analytics-app-reverse-engineered/">
- a universal back door</em></ins></span> in the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>phones' radio software</a>.</p>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>door</a></em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the phones' radio
software</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>essentially all mobile phones, which permits
converting
+ them into full-time listening devices.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
-</ul>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
<h3 id="surveillance">Mobile Surveillance</h3>
<ul>
- <li><p>The Sarahah app</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>application processor, for Xiaomi's
- use</a>.</p>
+ <li><p>The Sarahah</strong></del></span>
- <p>This is separate from</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://theintercept.com/2017/08/27/hit-app-sarahah-quietly-uploads-your-address-book/">
- uploads all phone numbers and email
addresses</a></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="#universal-back-door-phone-modem">the
- universal back door</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>user's address
- book to developer's server. Note</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the modem processor</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>this article misuses</strong></del></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>words
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201908270">
+ <p>A very popular</em></ins></span> app
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="https://theintercept.com/2017/08/27/hit-app-sarahah-quietly-uploads-your-address-book/">
+ uploads all phone numbers and email
addresses</a></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>found</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>user's address
+ book to developer's server. Note that this article
misuses</strong></del></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>words
“<a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free
software</a>”
- referring to zero price.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>local phone
- company can use</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ referring</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Google Play store contained a module that
was designed</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>zero
price.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>Some portable phones</strong></del></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kryptowire-discovered-mobile-phone-firmware-that-transmitted-personally-identifiable-information-pii-without-user-consent-or-disclosure-300362844.html">are
+ sold with spyware sending lots of data to
China</a>.</p></li>
+
+<li>
+ <p>Facebook's</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/08/google-play-app-with-100-million-downloads-executed-secret-payloads/">secretly
+ install malware on the user's computer</a>. The</em></ins></span>
app <span class="removed"><del><strong>listens all</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>developers
+ regularly used it to make</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>time, <a
href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-using-people-s-phones-to-listen-in-on-what-they-re-saying-claims-professor-a7057526.html">to
snoop
+ on</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>computer download
and execute any code
+ they wanted.</p>
+
+ <p>This is a concrete example of</em></ins></span> what <span
class="removed"><del><strong>people</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>users</em></ins></span> are <span
class="removed"><del><strong>listening</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>exposed</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>or watching</a>. In addition, it
may</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>when they
+ run nonfree apps. They can never</em></ins></span> be <span
class="removed"><del><strong>analyzing people's conversations to serve them
with targeted
+ advertisements.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>completely sure that a nonfree
+ app is safe.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Some portable
phones</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201511090">
- <p>Baidu's proprietary Android library, Moplus, has a back door
that</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kryptowire-discovered-mobile-phone-firmware-that-transmitted-personally-identifiable-information-pii-without-user-consent-or-disclosure-300362844.html">are
- sold with spyware sending lots</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/11/millions-android-devices-vulnerable-remote-hijacking-baidu-wrote-code-google-made">
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+ <p>A</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201609130">
+ <p>Xiaomi phones come with</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://research.csiro.au/ng/wp-content/uploads/sites/106/2016/08/paper-1.pdf">
+ research paper</a></strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424082647/http://blog.thijsbroenink.com/2016/09/xiaomis-analytics-app-reverse-engineered/">
+ a universal back door in the application processor, for Xiaomi's
+ use</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>This is separate from <a
href="#universal-back-door-phone-modem">the
+ universal back door in the modem processor</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>investigated</strong></del></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>privacy and security
+ of 283</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>local phone
+ company can use</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201511090">
+ <p>Baidu's proprietary</em></ins></span> Android <span
class="removed"><del><strong>VPN apps concluded</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>library, Moplus, has a back door</em></ins></span>
that <span class="removed"><del><strong>“in spite</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/11/millions-android-devices-vulnerable-remote-hijacking-baidu-wrote-code-google-made">
can “upload files” as well as forcibly install
apps</a>.</p>
@@ -293,21 +319,19 @@
<li id="M201412180">
<p><a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/18/chinese-android-phones-coolpad-hacker-backdoor">
- A Chinese version</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>data to China</a>.</p></li>
-
-<li>
- <p>Facebook's app listens</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Android has a universal back door</a>.
Nearly</em></ins></span>
- all <span class="removed"><del><strong>the time,</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>models of mobile phones have
a</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-using-people-s-phones-to-listen-in-on-what-they-re-saying-claims-professor-a7057526.html">to
snoop
- on what people are listening</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="#universal-back-door-phone-modem">
- universal back door in the modem chip</a>. So why did Coolpad bother
- to introduce another? Because this one is controlled by Coolpad.</p>
+ A Chinese version</em></ins></span> of <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Android has a universal back door</a>. Nearly
+ all models of mobile phones have a <a
href="#universal-back-door-phone-modem">
+ universal back door in</em></ins></span> the
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>promises for privacy, security, and
anonymity given</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>modem
chip</a>. So why did Coolpad bother
+ to introduce another? Because this one is controlled</em></ins></span> by
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>Coolpad.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201403120.1">
<p id="samsung"><a
href="https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/replicant-developers-find-and-close-samsung-galaxy-backdoor">
Samsung Galaxy devices running proprietary Android versions come with
- a back door</a> that provides remote access to the files stored on
+ a back door</a> that provides remote access to</em></ins></span> the
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>majority</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>files stored on
the device.</p>
</li>
</ul>
@@ -319,8 +343,11 @@
<li id="M201501030">
<p id="netflix-app-geolocation-drm">The Netflix Android app <a
href="http://torrentfreak.com/netflix-cracks-down-on-vpn-and-proxy-pirates-150103/">
- forces the use of Google DNS</a>. This is one of the methods that
- Netflix uses to enforce the geolocation restrictions dictated by the
+ forces the use</em></ins></span> of <span class="removed"><del><strong>VPN
apps—millions</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Google DNS</a>. This is one</em></ins></span>
of <span class="removed"><del><strong>users may be unawarely
subject</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>the methods that
+ Netflix uses</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>poor
security guarantees and abusive practices inflicted</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>enforce the geolocation restrictions
dictated</em></ins></span> by
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>VPN apps.”</p>
+
+ <p>Following is a non-exhaustive list</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the
movie studios.</p>
</li>
</ul>
@@ -328,22 +355,28 @@
<h3 id="insecurity">Mobile Insecurity</h3>
-<p>These bugs are/were not intentional, so unlike the rest of the file
+<p>These bugs are/were not intentional, so unlike the
rest</em></ins></span> of <span class="inserted"><ins><em>the file
they do not count as malware. We mention them to refute the
- supposition that prestigious proprietary software doesn't have grave
+ supposition that prestigious</em></ins></span> proprietary <span
class="removed"><del><strong>VPN</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>software doesn't have grave
bugs.</p>
<ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M201908020">
- <p>Out of 21 gratis Android antivirus apps
- that were tested by security researchers, eight <a
+ <p>Out of 21 gratis Android antivirus</em></ins></span> apps <span
class="removed"><del><strong>from
+ the research paper</strong></del></span>
+ that <span class="removed"><del><strong>tracks and
infringes</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>were tested by
security researchers, eight <a
href="https://www.comparitech.com/antivirus/android-antivirus-vulnerabilities/">
failed to detect a test virus</a>. All of them asked for dangerous
permissions or contained advertising trackers, with seven being more
- risky than the average of the 100 most popular Android apps.</p>
+ risky than</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>privacy</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>average</em></ins></span> of
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>users:</p>
+
+ <dl>
+ <dt>SurfEasy</dt>
+ <dd>Includes tracking libraries such</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the 100 most popular Android apps.</p>
- <p>Note that the article refers to these proprietary apps as
- “free”. It should have said “gratis”
+ <p>Note that the article refers to these proprietary
apps</em></ins></span> as <span
class="removed"><del><strong>NativeX</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>“free”. It should have said
“gratis”
instead.</p>
</li>
@@ -886,10 +919,9 @@
</li>
<li id="M201704260">
- <p>Faceapp appears</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>or watching</a>. In
addition,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>do lots of
surveillance, judging by <a
+ <p>Faceapp appears to do lots of surveillance, judging by <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170426191242/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2017/04/26/everything-thats-wrong-with-faceapp-the-latest-creepy-photo-app-for-your-face/">
- how much access</em></ins></span> it <span class="removed"><del><strong>may
- be analyzing people's conversations</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>demands</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>serve them</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>personal data in the device</a>.</p>
+ how much access it demands to personal data in the
device</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201704190">
@@ -897,8 +929,7 @@
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170423010030/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/04/19/bose-headphones-have-been-spying-on-their-customers-lawsuit-claims/">
distributing a spyware app for its headphones</a>. Specifically,
the app would record the names of the audio files users listen to
- along</em></ins></span> with <span class="removed"><del><strong>targeted
- advertisements.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the headphone's unique serial number.</p>
+ along with the headphone's unique serial number.</p>
<p>The suit accuses that this was done without the users' consent.
If the fine print of the app said that users gave consent for this,
@@ -943,13 +974,10 @@
<p>This example illustrates how “getting the user's
consent” for surveillance is inadequate as a protection against
- massive surveillance.</p></em></ins></span>
+ massive surveillance.</p>
</li>
-
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li></strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201611160"></em></ins></span>
+ <li id="M201611160">
<p>A <a
href="https://research.csiro.au/ng/wp-content/uploads/sites/106/2016/08/paper-1.pdf">
research paper</a> that investigated the privacy and security of
@@ -958,17 +986,13 @@
apps—millions of users may be unawarely subject to poor security
guarantees and abusive practices inflicted by VPN apps.”</p>
- <p>Following is a non-exhaustive <span
class="removed"><del><strong>list</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>list, taken from the research paper,</em></ins></span>
- of <span class="inserted"><ins><em>some</em></ins></span> proprietary VPN
apps <span class="removed"><del><strong>from
- the research paper</strong></del></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>tracks</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>track users</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>infringes the privacy of
- users:</p>
-
- <dl></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>infringe
their
+ <p>Following is a non-exhaustive list, taken from the research paper,
+ of some proprietary VPN apps that track users and infringe their
privacy:</p>
- <dl class="compact"></em></ins></span>
+ <dl class="compact">
<dt>SurfEasy</dt>
- <dd>Includes tracking libraries such as NativeX and Appflood,
+ <dd>Includes tracking libraries such as NativeX</em></ins></span>
and Appflood,
meant to track users and show them targeted ads.</dd>
<dt>sFly Network Booster</dt>
@@ -1469,7 +1493,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/10/03 10:32:23 $
+$Date: 2019/10/04 08:00:44 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
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"Language-Team: Italian <address@hidden>\n"
@@ -293,6 +293,22 @@
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+
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+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
# | Xiaomi phones come with <a
# |
[-href=\"https://www.thijsbroenink.com/2016/09/xiaomis-analytics-app-reverse-engineered\";>a-]
# |
{+href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20190424082647/http://blog.thijsbroenink.com/2016/09/xiaomis-analytics-app-reverse-engineered/\";>
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@@ -234,6 +234,19 @@
them into full-time listening devices.</p>
</li>
+ <li id="M201908270">
+ <p>A very popular app found in the
+ Google Play store contained a module that was designed to <a
+
href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/08/google-play-app-with-100-million-downloads-executed-secret-payloads/">secretly
+ install malware on the user's computer</a>. The app developers
+ regularly used it to make the computer download and execute any code
+ they wanted.</p>
+
+ <p>This is a concrete example of what users are exposed to when they
+ run nonfree apps. They can never be completely sure that a nonfree
+ app is safe.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201609130">
<p>Xiaomi phones come with <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424082647/http://blog.thijsbroenink.com/2016/09/xiaomis-analytics-app-reverse-engineered/">
@@ -1312,7 +1325,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/10/03 10:32:23 $
+$Date: 2019/10/04 08:00:44 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
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<span class="removed"><del><strong><ul>
<li><p>Some “Smart” TVs
automatically <a
href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16727319">load
- downgrades</strong></del></span>
+ downgrades that install</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><ul class="blurbs">
- <li id="M201907100">
- <p>Apple appears to say</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>install</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
- href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/10/apple-silent-update-zoom-app/">
- there is</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>surveillance app</a>.</p>
+ <li id="M201908270">
+ <p>A very popular app found in the
+ Google Play store contained</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>surveillance app</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>We link</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>module that was designed</em></ins></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+
href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/08/google-play-app-with-100-million-downloads-executed-secret-payloads/">secretly
+ install malware on</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>article for the facts</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>user's computer</a>. The app developers
+ regularly used</em></ins></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>presents. It is too bad
+ that the article finishes by advocating</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>to make</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>moral weakness</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>computer download and execute any code
+ they wanted.</p>
+
+ <p>This is a concrete example</em></ins></span> of
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>surrendering</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>what users are exposed</em></ins></span> to
<span class="removed"><del><strong>Netflix. The Netflix</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>when they
+ run nonfree apps. They can never be completely sure that a
nonfree</em></ins></span>
+ app <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="/proprietary/malware-google.html#netflix-app-geolocation-drm">is
+ malware too</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>is safe.</p></em></ins></span>
+ </li>
+
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+ <p>Baidu's proprietary Android library, Moplus,
has</strong></del></span>
- <p>We link to the article</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>back door in MacOS</a></em></ins></span> for
<span class="removed"><del><strong>the facts it presents. It is too bad
- that</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>automatically
updating some
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201907100">
+ <p>Apple appears to say that <a
+ href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/10/apple-silent-update-zoom-app/">
+ there is</em></ins></span> a back door <span class="inserted"><ins><em>in
MacOS</a> for automatically updating some
(all?) apps.</p>
- <p>The specific change described in</em></ins></span> the article
<span class="removed"><del><strong>finishes</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>was not
- malicious—it protected users from surveillance</em></ins></span> by
<span class="removed"><del><strong>advocating the moral weakness of
- surrendering to Netflix. The Netflix
- app <a
href="/proprietary/malware-google.html#netflix-app-geolocation-drm">is
- malware too</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>third
- parties—but that is a separate question.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <p>The specific change described in the article was not
+ malicious—it protected users from surveillance by third
+ parties—but</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong><a
+
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/11/millions-android-devices-vulnerable-remote-hijacking-baidu-wrote-code-google-made">
+ can “upload files” as well as forcibly install
apps</a>.</p>
+ <p>It</strong></del></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>used by 14,000 Android
applications.</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>a
separate question.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
- <p>Baidu's proprietary Android library, Moplus,</strong></del></span>
+ <p>In Android, <a
+
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2506557/security0/google-throws--kill-switch--on-android-phones.html">
+ Google</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201811100">
<p>Corel Paintshop Pro</em></ins></span> has a <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
href="https://torrentfreak.com/corel-wrongly-accuses-licensed-user-of-piracy-disables-software-remotely-181110/"></em></ins></span>
- back door that <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
-
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/11/millions-android-devices-vulnerable-remote-hijacking-baidu-wrote-code-google-made"></strong></del></span>
can <span class="removed"><del><strong>“upload files” as well as
forcibly install apps</a>.</p>
- <p>It</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>make it
cease to function</a>.</p>
+ back door <span class="inserted"><ins><em>that can make it
cease</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>remotely delete
apps.</a> (It was</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>function</a>.</p>
- <p>The article</em></ins></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>used by 14,000 Android applications.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li>
- <p>In Android, <a
-
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2506557/security0/google-throws--kill-switch--on-android-phones.html">
- Google has a back door</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>full of confusions, errors and biases that we have
- an obligation</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>remotely delete apps.</a> (It was
in</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>expose, given that we
are making</em></ins></span> a
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>program called GTalkService, which
seems since then</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>link</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>have been
- merged into Google Play.)</p>
- <p>Google can also <a
-
href="https://jon.oberheide.org/blog/2010/06/25/remote-kill-and-install-on-google-android/">
- forcibly and remotely install apps</a> through GTalkService.
- This is</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>them.</p>
+ <p>The article is full of confusions, errors and biases that we have
+ an obligation to expose, given that we are making a link to them.</p>
<ul>
- <li>Getting a patent does</em></ins></span> not <span
class="removed"><del><strong>equivalent to</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>“enable” a company to do
+ <li>Getting a patent does not “enable” a company to do
any particular thing in its products. What it does enable the company
to do is sue other companies if they do some particular thing in
their products.</li>
- <li>A company's policies about when to attack users
through</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>universal</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>back
+ <li>A company's policies about when to attack users through a back
door are beside the point. Inserting the back door is wrong in the
first place, and using the back door is always wrong too. No software
developer should have that power over users.</li>
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href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/2506557/google-throws--kill-switch--on-android-phones.html">
- Google has a back door to remotely delete apps</a>. (It was in a
+ Google has a back door to remotely delete apps</a>. (It
was</em></ins></span> in a
program called GTalkService, which seems since then to have been
merged into Google Play.)</p>
<p>Google can also <a
href="https://jon.oberheide.org/blog/2010/06/25/remote-kill-and-install-on-google-android/">
forcibly and remotely install apps</a> through GTalkService. This is
- not equivalent to a universal</em></ins></span> back door, but permits
various dirty
+ not equivalent to a universal back door, but permits various dirty
tricks.</p>
<p>Although Google's <em>exercise</em> of this power has
not been
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+$Date: 2019/10/04 08:00:46 $
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@@ -128,107 +128,107 @@
href="https://www.denverpost.com/2014/09/17/apple-will-no-longer-unlock-most-iphones-ipads-for-police/">
iOS 8 security improvements</a>; but <a
href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/09/22/apple-data/"></em></ins></span>
- not <span class="removed"><del><strong>come</strong></del></span> as <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>much as Apple claims</a>.</p>
+ not <span class="removed"><del><strong>come</strong></del></span> as <span
class="removed"><del><strong>a surprise. Nonfree software for
+ encryption is never trustworthy.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>much as Apple
claims</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
-</ul>
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>A pregnancy test
controller application not only
+ can <a
href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/25/11503718/first-response-pregnancy-pro-test-bluetooth-app-security">spy
+ on many sorts of</strong></del></span>
+<span class="inserted"><ins><em></ul>
+
+
+<h3 id='alter-data'>Altering user's</em></ins></span> data <span
class="removed"><del><strong>in the phone, and in server accounts, it can
+ alter them too</a>.</p>
+ </li>
-<h3 id='alter-data'>Altering user's data or settings</h3>
+ <li>
+ <p>Xiaomi phones come with</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>or settings</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M201905060">
- <p>BlizzCon 2019 imposed</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>surprise. Nonfree software for
- encryption</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
-
href="https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/05/blizzcon-2019-tickets-revolve-around-invasive-poorly-reviewed-smartphone-app/">
- requirement to run a proprietary phone app</a> to be allowed into
- the event.</p>
-
- <p>This app</em></ins></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>never trustworthy.</p>
+ <p>BlizzCon 2019 imposed a</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.thijsbroenink.com/2016/09/xiaomis-analytics-app-reverse-engineered">a
+ universal back door in</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/05/blizzcon-2019-tickets-revolve-around-invasive-poorly-reviewed-smartphone-app/">
+ requirement to run a proprietary phone app</a> to be allowed
into</em></ins></span>
+ the <span class="removed"><del><strong>application processor, for
+ Xiaomi's use</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>event.</p></em></ins></span>
+
+ <p>This <span class="inserted"><ins><em>app</em></ins></span> is
<span class="removed"><del><strong>separate from <a
href="#universal-back-door-phone-modem">the
+ universal back door in the modem processor</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>a spyware</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the local
+ phone company</strong></del></span> can <span
class="removed"><del><strong>use</a>.</p>
</li>
- <li><p>A pregnancy test controller application not
only</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>a spyware that can
snoop on a lot of
- sensitive data, including user's location and contact list, and has <a
-
href="https://old.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/bkd5ew/you_need_to_have_a_phone_to_attend_blizzcon_this/emg38xv/">
+ <li><p>Capcom's Street Fighter V update</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>snoop on a lot of
+ sensitive data, including user's location and contact list, and
has</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160930051146/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/23/capcom_street_fighter_v/">installed</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://old.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/bkd5ew/you_need_to_have_a_phone_to_attend_blizzcon_this/emg38xv/">
near-complete control</a> over the phone.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201809140">
- <p>Android has a <a
+ <p>Android has</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>driver that can</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
href="https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2018/9/14/17861150/google-battery-saver-android-9-pie-remote-settings-change">
back door for remotely changing “user”
settings</a>.</p>
- <p>The article suggests it might be a universal back door, but this
- isn't clear.</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/">
- takes control of user interface items after luring the user into
- entering an admin password</a>.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li id="M201604250">
- <p>A pregnancy test controller application not
only</em></ins></span> can <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/25/11503718/first-response-pregnancy-pro-test-bluetooth-app-security">spy</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/25/11503718/first-response-pregnancy-pro-test-bluetooth-app-security">
- spy</em></ins></span> on many sorts of data in the phone, and in server
accounts,
+ <p>The article suggests it might</em></ins></span> be <span
class="removed"><del><strong>used as a backdoor by any application
+ installed on</strong></del></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Windows
computer</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>universal back door, but this
+ isn't clear.</p></em></ins></span>
+ </li>
+
+ <span
class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>The</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201607284">
+ <p>The</em></ins></span> Dropbox app for Macintosh <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://applehelpwriter.com/2016/07/28/revealing-dropboxs-dirty-little-security-hack/">takes
+ total</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://applehelpwriter.com/2016/07/28/revealing-dropboxs-dirty-little-security-hack/">
+ takes</em></ins></span> control of <span class="removed"><del><strong>the
machine by repeatedly nagging</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>user interface items after luring</em></ins></span>
the user
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>for</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>into
+ entering</em></ins></span> an <span
class="removed"><del><strong>admini</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>admin</em></ins></span> password</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li <span
class="removed"><del><strong>id="universal-back-door-phone-modem"><p>The
universal</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="M201604250">
+ <p>A pregnancy test controller application not only can <a
+
href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/25/11503718/first-response-pregnancy-pro-test-bluetooth-app-security">
+ spy on many sorts of data in the phone, and in server accounts,
it can alter them too</a>.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
- <p>Xiaomi phones come with <a
href="https://www.thijsbroenink.com/2016/09/xiaomis-analytics-app-reverse-engineered">a
- universal</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201512074">
+ <li id="M201512074">
<p><a
href="http://www.itworld.com/article/2705284/backdoor-found-in-d-link-router-firmware-code.html">
- Some D-Link routers</a> have a</em></ins></span> back door <span
class="removed"><del><strong>in the application
processor,</strong></del></span> for
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>Xiaomi's use</a>.</p>
-
- <p>This is separate from <a
href="#universal-back-door-phone-modem">the
- universal back door</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>changing settings</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the modem processor that the local
- phone company can use</a>.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li><p>Capcom's Street Fighter V update <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160930051146/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/23/capcom_street_fighter_v/">installed
- a driver that can be used as</strong></del></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>backdoor by any application
- installed on</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>dlink of an eye.</p>
+ Some D-Link routers</a> have a</em></ins></span> back door <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>for changing settings</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>portable phones <a
+
href="https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/12/remotely_eavesd_1.html">is
+ employed to listen through their microphones</a>.</p>
+ <p>More about <a
href="http://www.osnews.com/story/27416/The_second_operating_system_hiding_in_every_mobile_phone">the
nature</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>a
+ dlink</em></ins></span> of <span class="removed"><del><strong>this
problem</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>an eye.</p>
<p><a href="http://sekurak.pl/tp-link-httptftp-backdoor/"> The
TP-Link
- router has</em></ins></span> a <span class="removed"><del><strong>Windows
computer</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>back door</a>.</p>
+ router has a back door</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://github.com/elvanderb/TCP-32764">Many
models of
routers have back doors</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>The Dropbox app for
Macintosh</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p><a
href="https://theintercept.com/2015/12/28/recently-bought-a-windows-computer-microsoft-probably-has-your-encryption-key/">
+ Microsoft</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201511244">
- <p>Google has long had</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://applehelpwriter.com/2016/07/28/revealing-dropboxs-dirty-little-security-hack/">takes
- total control of the machine by repeatedly nagging the user
- for</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/nov/24/google-can-unlock-android-devices-remotely-if-phone-unencrypted">a
- back door to remotely unlock</em></ins></span> an <span
class="removed"><del><strong>admini
password</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Android device</a>, unless its disk
- is encrypted (possible since Android 5.0 Lollipop, but still not
- quite the default).</p></em></ins></span>
+ <p>Google</em></ins></span> has <span
class="removed"><del><strong>already backdoored</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>long had <a
+
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/nov/24/google-can-unlock-android-devices-remotely-if-phone-unencrypted">a
+ back door to remotely unlock an Android device</a>,
unless</em></ins></span> its disk <span
class="removed"><del><strong>encryption</a>.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Modern</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>is encrypted (possible since Android 5.0
Lollipop, but still not
+ quite the default).</p>
</li>
- <li <span
class="removed"><del><strong>id="universal-back-door-phone-modem"><p>The
universal</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="M201511194">
+ <li id="M201511194">
<p>Caterpillar vehicles come with <a
href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-11-19/caterpillar-depression-has-never-been-worse-it-has-cunning-plan-how-deal-it">
- a</em></ins></span> back door <span class="removed"><del><strong>in
portable phones <a
-
href="https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/12/remotely_eavesd_1.html">is
- employed</strong></del></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>listen through their
microphones</a>.</p>
- <p>More about <a
href="http://www.osnews.com/story/27416/The_second_operating_system_hiding_in_every_mobile_phone">the
nature of this problem</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>shutoff the engine</a>
remotely.</p></em></ins></span>
+ a back door to shutoff the engine</a> remotely.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p><a
href="https://theintercept.com/2015/12/28/recently-bought-a-windows-computer-microsoft-probably-has-your-encryption-key/">
- Microsoft has already backdoored its disk
encryption</a>.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>Modern</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201509160">
+ <li id="M201509160">
<p>Modern</em></ins></span> gratis game cr…apps <a
href="http://toucharcade.com/2015/09/16/we-own-you-confessions-of-a-free-to-play-producer/">
collect a wide range of data about their users and their users'
@@ -267,10 +267,10 @@
Kindle-Swindle</em></ins></span> has a back door that <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>has been used to</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/11/millions-android-devices-vulnerable-remote-hijacking-baidu-wrote-code-google-made">can
“upload files” as well as forcibly install
apps</a>.</p>
- <p>It is used</strong></del></span>
+ <p>It</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/some-e-books-are-more-equal-than-others/">
remotely erase books</a>. One of the books erased was
- <cite>1984</cite>,</em></ins></span> by <span
class="removed"><del><strong>14,000 Android
applications.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>George Orwell.</p>
+ <cite>1984</cite>, by George Orwell.</p>
<p>Amazon responded to criticism by saying it
would delete books only following orders from the
@@ -280,249 +280,214 @@
offered her kafkaesque “explanations.”</p>
<p>Do other ebook readers have back doors in their nonfree software?
We
- don't know, and we have no way to find out. There is no reason to
- assume that they don't.</p></em></ins></span>
+ don't know, and we have no way to find out. There</em></ins></span> is
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>no reason to
+ assume that they don't.</p>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>ARRIS cable
modem</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201011220">
- <p>The iPhone</em></ins></span> has a <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>back door for</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://w00tsec.blogspot.de/2015/11/arris-cable-modem-has-backdoor-in.html?m=1">
- backdoor in the backdoor</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.npr.org/2010/11/22/131511381/wipeout-when-your-company-kills-your-iphone">
+ <li id="M201011220">
+ <p>The iPhone has a back door for <a
+
href="http://www.npr.org/2010/11/22/131511381/wipeout-when-your-company-kills-your-iphone">
remote wipe</a>. It's not always enabled, but users are led into
- enabling it without understanding.</p></em></ins></span>
+ enabling it without understanding.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Caterpillar vehicles
come with
- <a
href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-11-19/caterpillar-depression-has-never-been-worse-it-has-cunning-plan-how-deal-it">a
back-door</strong></del></span>
-<span class="inserted"><ins><em></ul>
+</ul>
<h3 id='install-delete'>Installing, deleting or disabling
programs</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
- <li id="M201907100">
- <p>Apple appears</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>shutoff the engine</a>
- remotely.</p>
+ <li id="M201908270">
+ <p>A very popular app found in the
+ Google Play store contained a module that was designed to <a
+
href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/08/google-play-app-with-100-million-downloads-executed-secret-payloads/">secretly
+ install malware on the user's computer</a>. The app developers
+ regularly</em></ins></span> used <span class="inserted"><ins><em>it to
make the computer download and execute any code
+ they wanted.</p>
+
+ <p>This is a concrete example of what users are exposed to when they
+ run nonfree apps. They can never be completely sure that a nonfree
+ app is safe.</p>
</li>
-<li><p>
-Mac OS X had an</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>say
that</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://truesecdev.wordpress.com/2015/04/09/hidden-backdoor-api-to-root-privileges-in-apple-os-x/">
-intentional local</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/10/apple-silent-update-zoom-app/">
- there is a</em></ins></span> back door <span class="inserted"><ins><em>in
MacOS</a></em></ins></span> for <span class="removed"><del><strong>4
years</a>.
-</p></li>
-<li><p>Users reported</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>automatically updating some
+ <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</em></ins></span> that <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>is a separate question.</p>
+ malicious—it protected users from surveillance</em></ins></span> by
<span class="removed"><del><strong>14,000 Android
applications.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>third
+ parties—but that is a separate question.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201811100">
- <p>Corel Paintshop Pro has a</em></ins></span> <a
- <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2993490/windows/windows-10-upgrades-reportedly-appearing-as-mandatory-for-some-users.html#tk.rss_all">
- Microsoft was forcing them</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://torrentfreak.com/corel-wrongly-accuses-licensed-user-of-piracy-disables-software-remotely-181110/">
- back door that can make it cease</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>replace Windows 7</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>function</a>.</p>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>ARRIS cable
modem</strong></del></span>
- <p>The article is full of confusions, errors</em></ins></span> and
<span class="removed"><del><strong>8 with all-spying
- Windows 10</a>.</p>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201811100">
+ <p>Corel Paintshop Pro</em></ins></span> has a <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://w00tsec.blogspot.de/2015/11/arris-cable-modem-has-backdoor-in.html?m=1">
+ backdoor</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://torrentfreak.com/corel-wrongly-accuses-licensed-user-of-piracy-disables-software-remotely-181110/">
+ back door that can make it cease to function</a>.</p>
- <p>Microsoft was in fact <a
-
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/3012278/microsoft-windows/microsoft-sets-stage-for-massive-windows-10-upgrade-strategy.html">
- attacking computers</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>biases</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>run Windows 7 and 8</a>, switching on a
flag</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>we have
- an obligation to expose, given</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>said whether</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>we are making a link</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>“upgrade”</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>them.</p>
+ <p>The article is full of confusions, errors and biases that we have
+ an obligation to expose, given that we are making a link to them.</p>
<ul>
- <li>Getting a patent does not “enable” a
company</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>Windows 10 when
users
- had turned</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>do
- any particular thing in its products. What</em></ins></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>off.</p>
-
- <p>Later on, Microsoft published instructions on <a
-
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/01/microsoft-finally-has-a-proper-way-to-opt-out-of-windows-78-to-windows-10-upgrades/">
- how to permanently reject</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>does enable</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>downgrade</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>company</em></ins></span>
- to <span class="removed"><del><strong>Windows 10</a>.</p>
-
- <p>This seems</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>do is sue other companies if they do some particular
thing in
- their products.</li>
-
- <li>A company's policies about when</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>involve use of</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>attack users through</em></ins></span> a back
- door <span class="inserted"><ins><em>are beside the point. Inserting the
back door is wrong</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Windows 7</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the
- first place,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>8.</p>
-</li>
-
-<li>
-<p>Most mobile phones have a universal</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>using the</em></ins></span> back <span
class="removed"><del><strong>door, which has been used to
-<a
href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/07/22/nsa_can_reportedly_track_cellphones_even_when_they_re_turned_off.html">
-turn them malicious</a>.
-</p>
+ <li>Getting a patent does not “enable” a company to do
+ any particular thing</em></ins></span> in <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>its products. What it does enable</em></ins></span>
the <span class="removed"><del><strong>backdoor</a>.</p>
</li>
+ <li><p>Caterpillar vehicles come with</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>company
+ to do is sue other companies if they do some particular thing in
+ their products.</li>
-<li>
-<p><a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/18/chinese-android-phones-coolpad-hacker-backdoor">
-A Chinese version of Android has</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>door is always wrong too. No software
+ <li>A company's policies about when to attack users through a back
+ door are beside the point. Inserting the back door is wrong in the
+ first place, and using the back door is always wrong too. No software
developer should have that power over users.</li>
<li>“<a
href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Piracy">Piracy</a>”
means
- attacking ships. Using that word to refer to sharing copies
is</em></ins></span> a <span class="removed"><del><strong>universal back
door</a>. Nearly all
-models</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>smear;
+ attacking ships. Using that word to refer to sharing copies is a smear;
please don't smear sharing.</li>
- <li><p>The idea</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>mobile phones have</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>“protecting our IP” is
- total confusion. The term “IP” itself is</em></ins></span> a
<span class="removed"><del><strong>universal back door</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><a
- href="/philosophy/not-ipr.html">bogus generalization about things
- that have nothing</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the modem chip. So
-why did Coolpad bother</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>common</a>.</p>
+ <li><p>The idea of “protecting our IP” is
+ total confusion. The term “IP” itself is a</em></ins></span>
<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-11-19/caterpillar-depression-has-never-been-worse-it-has-cunning-plan-how-deal-it">a
back-door</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/philosophy/not-ipr.html">bogus
generalization about things
+ that have nothing in common</a>.</p>
- <p>In addition,</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>introduce another? Because this
one</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>speak of
“protecting” that bogus
- generalization</em></ins></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>controlled
-by Coolpad.
-</p>
-</li>
+ <p>In addition,</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>shutoff</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>speak of “protecting” that bogus
+ generalization is a separate absurdity. It's like
calling</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>engine</a>
+ remotely.</p>
+ </li>
+<li><p>
+Mac OS X had</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>cops
+ because neighbors' kids are playing on your front yard, and saying
+ that you're “protecting the boundary line”. The kids can't do
harm
+ to the boundary line, not even with a jackhammer, because it
is</em></ins></span> an
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>abstraction and can't be affected by
physical action.</p></li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
-<li>
-<p>Microsoft Windows has</strong></del></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>universal back door through which
-<a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071011010707/http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201806263">
-any change whatsoever can be imposed on</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>separate absurdity. It's like
calling</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>users</a>.
-</p>
-<p>More information</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>cops
- because neighbors' kids are playing</em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>when
-<a href="http://slated.org/windows_by_stealth_the_updates_you_dont_want">
-this was used</a>.
-</p>
-<p>In Windows 10,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>your front yard, and saying
- that you're “protecting</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>universal back door</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>boundary line”. The kids can't do harm
- to the boundary line, not even with a jackhammer, because
it</em></ins></span> is <span class="removed"><del><strong>no longer hidden; all
-“upgrades” will
-be <a
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/07/windows-10-updates-to-be-automatic-and-mandatory-for-home-users/">forcibly</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>an
- abstraction</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>immediately imposed</a>.
-</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>can't be
affected by physical action.</p></li>
- </ul></em></ins></span>
- </li>
-
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>German
government</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201804010">
- <p>Some “Smart” TVs automatically</em></ins></span>
<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160310201616/http://drleonardcoldwell.com/2013/08/23/leaked-german-government-warns-key-entities-not-to-use-windows-8-linked-to-nsa/">veers
-away from Windows 8 computers with TPM 2.0 due</strong></del></span>
+ <li id="M201804010">
+ <p>Some “Smart” TVs automatically</em></ins></span>
<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://truesecdev.wordpress.com/2015/04/09/hidden-backdoor-api-to-root-privileges-in-apple-os-x/">
+intentional local</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180405014828/https:/twitter.com/buro9/status/980349887006076928">
load downgrades that install a surveillance app</a>.</p>
- <p>We link</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>potential back
-door capabilities of</strong></del></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>TPM 2.0
chip</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>article for the facts it presents. It
+ <p>We link to the article for the facts it presents. It
is too bad that the article finishes by advocating the
moral weakness of surrendering to Netflix. The Netflix app <a
href="/proprietary/malware-google.html#netflix-app-geolocation-drm">is
- malware too</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ malware too</a>.</p>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
-<p>The iPhone</strong></del></span>
+ <li id="M201511090">
+ <p>Baidu's proprietary Android library, Moplus, has
a</em></ins></span> back door <span class="removed"><del><strong>for 4
years</a>.
+</p></li>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201511090">
- <p>Baidu's proprietary Android library, Moplus,</em></ins></span>
has a back door
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/3358134/Apples-Jobs-confirms-iPhone-kill-switch.html"></strong></del></span>
that <span class="removed"><del><strong>allows Apple to remotely delete
apps</a> which Apple considers
-“inappropriate”. Jobs said it's ok for Apple to have this power
-because of course we</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
-
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/11/millions-android-devices-vulnerable-remote-hijacking-baidu-wrote-code-google-made"></em></ins></span>
- can <span class="removed"><del><strong>trust Apple.
-</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>“upload
files” as well as forcibly install
+<li><p>Users reported</strong></del></span> that <a
+ <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2993490/windows/windows-10-upgrades-reportedly-appearing-as-mandatory-for-some-users.html#tk.rss_all">
+ Microsoft was forcing them</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/11/millions-android-devices-vulnerable-remote-hijacking-baidu-wrote-code-google-made">
+ can “upload files” as well as forcibly install
apps</a>.</p>
- <p>It is used by 14,000 Android
applications.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <p>It is used by 14,000 Android applications.</p>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
-<p>The iPhone</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201112080">
- <p> In addition to its <a href="#windows-update">universal back
- door</a>, Windows 8</em></ins></span> has a back door for <a
<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.npr.org/2010/11/22/131511381/wipeout-when-your-company-kills-your-iphone">
-remote wipe</a>. It's not always enabled, but users are led into
enabling
-it without understanding.
-</p>
-</li>
-
-<li>
- <p>Apple can, and regularly does,
- <a
href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/05/new-guidelines-outline-what-iphone-data-apple-can-give-to-police/">
- remotely extract some data from iPhones for the state</a>.
- </p>
- <p>This may have improved with
- <a
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/2014/09/17/2612af58-3ed2-11e4-b03f-de718edeb92f_story.html">
- iOS 8 security improvements</a>; but
- <a href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/09/22/apple-data/">
- not as much as Apple claims</a>.</p>
- </li>
-
-
-<li>
-<p><a
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2500036/desktop-apps/microsoft--we-can-remotely-delete-windows-8-apps.html">
-Windows 8 also has a back door for</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/2500036/microsoft--we-can-remotely-delete-windows-8-apps.html"></em></ins></span>
- remotely deleting <span class="removed"><del><strong>apps</a>.
-</p>
+ <li id="M201112080">
+ <p> In addition</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>replace</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>its <a href="#windows-update">universal back
+ door</a>,</em></ins></span> Windows <span
class="removed"><del><strong>7 and</strong></del></span> 8 <span
class="removed"><del><strong>with all-spying
+ Windows 10</a>.</p>
-<p>
-You</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>apps</a>.</p>
+ <p>Microsoft was in fact</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>has a back door for</em></ins></span> <a
+ <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/3012278/microsoft-windows/microsoft-sets-stage-for-massive-windows-10-upgrade-strategy.html">
+ attacking computers that run Windows 7 and 8</a>, switching
on</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/2500036/microsoft--we-can-remotely-delete-windows-8-apps.html">
+ remotely deleting apps</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>You might well decide to let</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>flag</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>security service that you trust
+ remotely <em>deactivate</em> programs</em></ins></span> that
<span class="removed"><del><strong>said whether to “upgrade” to
Windows 10 when users
+ had turned</strong></del></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>off.</p>
- <p>You</em></ins></span> might well decide to let a security service
that you trust
- remotely <em>deactivate</em> programs that it considers
malicious.
+ <p>Later on, Microsoft published instructions on <a
+
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/01/microsoft-finally-has-a-proper-way-to-opt-out-of-windows-78-to-windows-10-upgrades/">
+ how to permanently reject</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>considers malicious.
But there is no excuse for <em>deleting</em> the programs, and
you
- should have the right to decide <span
class="removed"><del><strong>who</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>whom</em></ins></span> (if anyone) to trust in this
<span class="removed"><del><strong>way.
-</p>
+ should have</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>downgrade</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>right</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Windows 10</a>.</p>
-<p>
-As these pages show, if you do want to clean your computer of malware,
-the first software to delete is Windows or iOS.
-</p></strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>way.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <p>This seems</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>decide whom (if anyone)</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>involve use of a back door</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>trust</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Windows 7 and 8.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>this
+ way.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li></strong></del></span>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+<p>Most mobile phones have a universal back door, which has been used
to</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201103070"></em></ins></span>
- <p>In Android, <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2506557/security0/google-throws--kill-switch--on-android-phones.html"></strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/2506557/google-throws--kill-switch--on-android-phones.html"></em></ins></span>
- Google has a back door to remotely delete <span
class="removed"><del><strong>apps.</a></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>apps</a>.</em></ins></span> (It <span
class="removed"><del><strong>is</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>was</em></ins></span> in a
- program called <span class="removed"><del><strong>GTalkService).
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201103070">
+ <p>In Android,</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/07/22/nsa_can_reportedly_track_cellphones_even_when_they_re_turned_off.html">
+turn them malicious</a>.
</p>
+</li>
-<p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>GTalkService,
which seems since then to have been
- merged into</em></ins></span> Google <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Play.)</p>
+<li>
+<p><a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/18/chinese-android-phones-coolpad-hacker-backdoor">
+A Chinese version of Android</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/2506557/google-throws--kill-switch--on-android-phones.html">
+ Google</em></ins></span> has a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>universal back door</a>. Nearly all
+models of mobile phones have a universal</strong></del></span> back door <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>to remotely delete apps</a>. (It
was</em></ins></span> in <span class="removed"><del><strong>the modem chip. So
+why did Coolpad bother</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>a
+ program called GTalkService, which seems since then</em></ins></span> to
<span class="removed"><del><strong>introduce another? Because this
one</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>have been
+ merged into Google Play.)</p>
- <p>Google</em></ins></span> can also <a
+ <p>Google can also <a
href="https://jon.oberheide.org/blog/2010/06/25/remote-kill-and-install-on-google-android/">
- forcibly and remotely install apps</a> through <span
class="removed"><del><strong>GTalkService (which
-seems, since that article, to have been merged into Google
Play).</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>GTalkService.</em></ins></span> This is
- not equivalent to a universal back <span
class="removed"><del><strong>door, but permits various
-dirty tricks.
+ forcibly and remotely install apps</a> through GTalkService.
This</em></ins></span> is <span class="removed"><del><strong>controlled
+by Coolpad.
</p>
+</li>
-<p>
-Although Google's <em>exercise</em></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>door, but permits various dirty
+<li>
+<p>Microsoft Windows has</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>not equivalent to</em></ins></span> a
universal back <span class="removed"><del><strong>door through which
+<a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071011010707/http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201806263">
+any change whatsoever can be imposed on the users</a>.
+</p>
+<p>More information on when
+<a
href="http://slated.org/windows_by_stealth_the_updates_you_dont_want"></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>door, but permits various dirty
tricks.</p>
- <p>Although Google's <em>exercise</em> of this power has
not been
- malicious so far, the point is that nobody should have such power,
- which could also be used maliciously. You might well decide to
+ <p>Although Google's <em>exercise</em>
of</em></ins></span> this <span class="removed"><del><strong>was used</a>.
+</p>
+<p>In Windows 10,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>power has not been
+ malicious so far,</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>universal back door</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>point</em></ins></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>no longer hidden; all
+“upgrades” will</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>that nobody should have such power,
+ which could also</em></ins></span> be <span
class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/07/windows-10-updates-to-be-automatic-and-mandatory-for-home-users/">forcibly
+and immediately imposed</a>.
+</p>
+</li>
+
+<li><p>German government <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160310201616/http://drleonardcoldwell.com/2013/08/23/leaked-german-government-warns-key-entities-not-to-use-windows-8-linked-to-nsa/">veers
+away from Windows 8 computers with TPM 2.0 due</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>used maliciously. You might well decide to
let a security service remotely <em>deactivate</em> programs
that
- it considers malicious. But there is no excuse for allowing it to
- <em>delete</em> the programs, and you should have the right to
decide
- who (if anyone) to trust in this way.</p>
+ it considers malicious. But there is no excuse for allowing
it</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>potential back
+door capabilities of</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><em>delete</em></em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>TPM 2.0
chip</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>programs, and you should have the right to decide
+ who (if anyone) to trust in this way.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M200808110">
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li></strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M200808110"></em></ins></span>
<p>The iPhone has a back door <a
href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/3358134/Apples-Jobs-confirms-iPhone-kill-switch.html">
that allows Apple to remotely delete apps</a> which Apple considers
- “inappropriate”. Jobs said it's OK for Apple to have
- this power because of course we can trust Apple.</p>
+ “inappropriate”. Jobs said it's <span
class="removed"><del><strong>ok</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>OK</em></ins></span> for Apple to have
+ this power because of course we can trust <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Apple.
+</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Apple.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
-</ul>
+
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+<p>The iPhone</strong></del></span>
+<span class="inserted"><ins><em></ul>
<h3 id='universal'>Full control</h3>
@@ -530,8 +495,9 @@
<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/">
+ ChromeOS</em></ins></span> has a <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>universal</em></ins></span> back door <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>that is used</em></ins></span> for <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>updates and</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.npr.org/2010/11/22/131511381/wipeout-when-your-company-kills-your-iphone">
+remote wipe</a>. It's not always enabled, but</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>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>
@@ -545,7 +511,7 @@
near-complete access to the internal car network</a>. It is
constantly
connected to the cellular phone network and sends Ford a lot of data,
including car location. This feature operates even when the ignition
- key is removed, and users report that they can't disable it.</p>
+ key is removed, and</em></ins></span> users <span
class="removed"><del><strong>are led into enabling</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>report that they can't disable it.</p>
<p>If you own one of these cars, have you succeeded in breaking the
connectivity by disconnecting the cellular modem, or wrapping the
@@ -566,11 +532,15 @@
<p>The Furby Connect has a <a
href="https://www.contextis.com/blog/dont-feed-them-after-midnight-reverse-engineering-the-furby-connect">
universal back door</a>. If the product as shipped doesn't act as a
- listening device, remote changes to the code could surely convert it
- into one.</p>
+ listening device, remote changes to the code could surely
convert</em></ins></span> it <span class="removed"><del><strong>without
understanding.
+</p></strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>into one.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201711010">
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+ <p>Apple can,</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201711010">
<p>Sony has brought back its robotic pet Aibo, this time <a
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bj778v/sony-wants-to-sell-you-a-subscription-to-a-robot-dog-aibo-90s-pet">
with a universal back door, and tethered to a server that requires
@@ -579,68 +549,105 @@
<li id="M201709090.1">
<p>Tesla used software to limit the part of the battery
- that was available to customers in some cars, and <a
-
href="https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/09/tesla-flips-a-switch-to-increase-the-range-of-some-cars-in-florida-to-help-people-evacuate/">
+ that was available to customers in some cars,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>regularly does,</strong></del></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/05/new-guidelines-outline-what-iphone-data-apple-can-give-to-police/"></strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/09/tesla-flips-a-switch-to-increase-the-range-of-some-cars-in-florida-to-help-people-evacuate/">
a universal back door in the software</a> to temporarily increase
this limit.</p>
- <p>While remotely allowing car “owners” to use the
+ <p>While</em></ins></span> remotely <span
class="removed"><del><strong>extract</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>allowing car “owners” to use the
whole battery capacity did not do them any harm, the same back
- door would permit Tesla (perhaps under the command of some
- government) to remotely order the car to use none of its battery. Or
+ door would permit Tesla (perhaps under the command of</em></ins></span>
some <span class="removed"><del><strong>data from iPhones
for</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>government) to remotely
order</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>state</a>.
+ </p>
+ <p>This may</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>car
to use none of its battery. Or
perhaps to drive its passenger to a torture prison.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201702060.1">
<p>Vizio “smart” TVs <a
-
href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2017/02/what-vizio-was-doing-behind-tv-screen">
- have a universal back door</a>.</p>
+
href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2017/02/what-vizio-was-doing-behind-tv-screen"></em></ins></span>
+ have <span class="removed"><del><strong>improved</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>a universal back door</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201609130">
- <p>Xiaomi phones come with <a
-
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424082647/http://blog.thijsbroenink.com/2016/09/xiaomis-analytics-app-reverse-engineered/">
+ <p>Xiaomi phones come</em></ins></span> with <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/2014/09/17/2612af58-3ed2-11e4-b03f-de718edeb92f_story.html">
+ iOS 8 security improvements</a>; but</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424082647/http://blog.thijsbroenink.com/2016/09/xiaomis-analytics-app-reverse-engineered/">
a universal back door in the application processor, for Xiaomi's
use</a>.</p>
- <p>This is separate from <a
href="#universal-back-door-phone-modem">the
+ <p>This is separate from</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/09/22/apple-data/">
+ not as much as Apple claims</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="#universal-back-door-phone-modem">the
universal back door in the modem processor that the local phone
- company can use</a>.</p>
+ company can use</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201608171">
- <p id="windows-update">Microsoft
- Windows has a universal back door through which <a
+
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+<p><a
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2500036/desktop-apps/microsoft--we-can-remotely-delete-windows-8-apps.html"></strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201608171">
+ <p id="windows-update">Microsoft</em></ins></span>
+ Windows <span class="removed"><del><strong>8 also</strong></del></span>
has a <span class="inserted"><ins><em>universal</em></ins></span> back door
<span class="removed"><del><strong>for remotely deleting apps</a>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+You might well decide to let a security service that you trust
+remotely <em>deactivate</em> programs that it considers malicious.
+But there is no excuse for <em>deleting</em></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>through which <a
href="http://www.informationweek.com/microsoft-updates-windows-without-user-permission-apologizes/d/d-id/1059183">
- any change whatsoever can be imposed on the users</a>.</p>
+ any change whatsoever can be imposed on</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>programs,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>users</a>.</p>
<p>This was <a
href="http://slated.org/windows_by_stealth_the_updates_you_dont_want">
- reported in 2007</a> for XP and Vista, and it seems
- that Microsoft used the same method to push the <a
+ reported in 2007</a> for XP</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>you
+should have</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Vista, and
it seems
+ that Microsoft used</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>right to decide who (if anyone) to trust in this
way.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+As these pages show, if you do want</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>same method</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>clean your computer of
malware,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>push</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>first software</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html#windows10-forcing">
- Windows 10 downgrade</a> to computers running Windows 7 and
8.</p>
+ Windows 10 downgrade</a></em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>delete is</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>computers running</em></ins></span> Windows <span
class="removed"><del><strong>or iOS.
+</p>
+</li>
- <p>In Windows 10, the universal back door
- is no longer hidden; all “upgrades” will be <a
-
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/07/windows-10-updates-to-be-automatic-and-mandatory-for-home-users/">
- forcibly and immediately imposed</a>.</p>
+<li></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>7 and
8.</p></em></ins></span>
+
+ <p>In <span class="removed"><del><strong>Android,
+<a
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2506557/security0/google-throws--kill-switch--on-android-phones.html">
+Google has a</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Windows 10,
the universal</em></ins></span> back door <span class="removed"><del><strong>to
remotely delete apps.</a> (It</strong></del></span>
+ is <span class="removed"><del><strong>in a program
+called GTalkService).
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Google can also</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>no
longer hidden; all “upgrades” will be</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://jon.oberheide.org/blog/2010/06/25/remote-kill-and-install-on-google-android/"></strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/07/windows-10-updates-to-be-automatic-and-mandatory-for-home-users/"></em></ins></span>
+ forcibly and <span class="removed"><del><strong>remotely install
apps</a> through GTalkService (which
+seems, since that article,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>immediately imposed</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201606060">
- <p>The Amazon Echo appears to have a universal back door, since <a
+ <p>The Amazon Echo appears</em></ins></span> to have <span
class="removed"><del><strong>been merged into Google Play).
+This is not equivalent</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>a
universal back door, since <a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Echo#Software_updates">
it installs “updates” automatically</a>.</p>
<p>We have found nothing explicitly documenting the lack of any way
- to disable remote changes to the software, so we are not completely
+ to disable remote changes</em></ins></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the software, so we are not completely
sure there isn't one, but this seems pretty clear.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201412180">
<p><a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/18/chinese-android-phones-coolpad-hacker-backdoor">
- A Chinese version of Android has a universal back door</a>. Nearly
+ A Chinese version of Android has</em></ins></span> a universal back <span
class="removed"><del><strong>door, but permits various
+dirty tricks.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Although Google's <em>exercise</em></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>door</a>. Nearly
all models</em></ins></span> of <span class="removed"><del><strong>this
power has not been
malicious so far, the point is that nobody should</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>mobile phones</em></ins></span> have <span
class="removed"><del><strong>such power,
which could also be used maliciously. You might well decide to
let</strong></del></span> a
@@ -881,7 +888,7 @@
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-$Date: 2019/09/11 08:31:54 $
+$Date: 2019/10/04 08:00:46 $
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+"A very popular app found in the Google Play store contained a module that "
+"was designed to <a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/information-";
+"technology/2019/08/google-play-app-with-100-million-downloads-executed-"
+"secret-payloads/\">secretly install malware on the user's computer</a>. The "
+"app developers regularly used it to make the computer download and execute "
+"any code they wanted."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"This is a concrete example of what users are exposed to when they run "
+"nonfree apps. They can never be completely sure that a nonfree app is safe."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"Apple appears to say that <a href=\"https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/10/apple-";
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@@ -241,12 +241,10 @@
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201210220">
<p id="swindle-eraser">The Amazon
Kindle-Swindle</em></ins></span> has a back door that <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>has been used to</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/11/millions-android-devices-vulnerable-remote-hijacking-baidu-wrote-code-google-made">can
- “upload files” as well as forcibly install
- apps</a>.</p>
- <p>It is used</strong></del></span>
+ “upload</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/some-e-books-are-more-equal-than-others/">
remotely erase books</a>. One of the books erased was
- <cite>1984</cite>,</em></ins></span> by <span
class="removed"><del><strong>14,000 Android
applications.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>George Orwell.</p>
+ <cite>1984</cite>, by George Orwell.</p>
<p>Amazon responded to criticism by saying it
would delete books only following orders from the
@@ -257,248 +255,218 @@
<p>Do other ebook readers have back doors in their nonfree software?
We
don't know, and we have no way to find out. There is no reason to
- assume that they don't.</p></em></ins></span>
+ assume that they don't.</p>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>ARRIS cable
modem</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201011220">
- <p>The iPhone</em></ins></span> has a <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>back door for</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://w00tsec.blogspot.de/2015/11/arris-cable-modem-has-backdoor-in.html?m=1">
- backdoor in the backdoor</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.npr.org/2010/11/22/131511381/wipeout-when-your-company-kills-your-iphone">
+ <li id="M201011220">
+ <p>The iPhone has a back door for <a
+
href="http://www.npr.org/2010/11/22/131511381/wipeout-when-your-company-kills-your-iphone">
remote wipe</a>. It's not always enabled, but users are led into
- enabling it without understanding.</p></em></ins></span>
+ enabling it without understanding.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Caterpillar vehicles
come with
- <a
href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-11-19/caterpillar-depression-has-never-been-worse-it-has-cunning-plan-how-deal-it">a
back-door</strong></del></span>
-<span class="inserted"><ins><em></ul>
+</ul>
<h3 id='install-delete'>Installing, deleting or disabling
programs</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
- <li id="M201907100">
- <p>Apple appears</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>shutoff the engine</a>
- remotely.</p>
+ <li id="M201908270">
+ <p>A very popular app found in the
+ Google Play store contained a module that was designed to <a
+
href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/08/google-play-app-with-100-million-downloads-executed-secret-payloads/">secretly
+ install malware on the user's computer</a>. The app developers
+ regularly used it to make the computer download and execute any code
+ they wanted.</p>
+
+ <p>This is a concrete example of what users are exposed to when they
+ run nonfree apps. They can never be completely sure that a nonfree
+ app is safe.</p>
</li>
-<li><p>
-Mac OS X had an</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>say
that</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://truesecdev.wordpress.com/2015/04/09/hidden-backdoor-api-to-root-privileges-in-apple-os-x/">
-intentional local</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/10/apple-silent-update-zoom-app/">
- there is a</em></ins></span> back door <span class="inserted"><ins><em>in
MacOS</a></em></ins></span> for <span class="removed"><del><strong>4
years</a>.
-</p></li>
-<li><p>Users reported</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>automatically updating some
+ <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</em></ins></span> that <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>is a separate question.</p>
+ parties—but that is a separate question.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201811100">
- <p>Corel Paintshop Pro has a</em></ins></span> <a
- <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2993490/windows/windows-10-upgrades-reportedly-appearing-as-mandatory-for-some-users.html#tk.rss_all">
- Microsoft was forcing them</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://torrentfreak.com/corel-wrongly-accuses-licensed-user-of-piracy-disables-software-remotely-181110/">
- back door that can make it cease</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>replace Windows 7</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>function</a>.</p>
+ <p>Corel Paintshop Pro has a <a
+
href="https://torrentfreak.com/corel-wrongly-accuses-licensed-user-of-piracy-disables-software-remotely-181110/">
+ back door that can make it cease to function</a>.</p>
- <p>The article is full of confusions, errors</em></ins></span> and
<span class="removed"><del><strong>8 with all-spying
- Windows 10</a>.</p>
-
- <p>Microsoft was in fact <a
-
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/3012278/microsoft-windows/microsoft-sets-stage-for-massive-windows-10-upgrade-strategy.html">
- attacking computers</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>biases</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>run Windows 7 and 8</a>, switching on a
flag</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>we have
- an obligation to expose, given</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>said whether</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>we are making a link</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>“upgrade”</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>them.</p>
+ <p>The article is full of confusions, errors and biases that we have
+ an obligation to expose, given that we are making a link to them.</p>
<ul>
- <li>Getting a patent does not “enable” a
company</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>Windows 10 when
users
- had turned</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>do
- any particular thing in its products. What</em></ins></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>off.</p>
-
- <p>Later on, Microsoft published instructions on <a
-
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/01/microsoft-finally-has-a-proper-way-to-opt-out-of-windows-78-to-windows-10-upgrades/">
- how to permanently reject</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>does enable</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>downgrade</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>company</em></ins></span>
- to <span class="removed"><del><strong>Windows 10</a>.</p>
-
- <p>This seems</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>do is sue other companies if they do some particular
thing in
+ <li>Getting a patent does not “enable” a company to do
+ any particular thing in its products. What it does enable the company
+ to do is sue other companies if they do some particular thing in
their products.</li>
- <li>A company's policies about when</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>involve use of</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>attack users through</em></ins></span> a back
- door <span class="inserted"><ins><em>are beside the point. Inserting the
back door is wrong</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Windows 7</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the
- first place,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>8.</p>
-</li>
-
-<li>
-<p>Most mobile phones have a universal</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>using the</em></ins></span> back <span
class="removed"><del><strong>door, which has been used</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>door is always wrong too. No software
+ <li>A company's policies about when to attack users through a back
+ door are beside the point. Inserting the back door is wrong in the
+ first place, and using the back door is always wrong too. No software
developer should have that power over users.</li>
<li>“<a
href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Piracy">Piracy</a>”
means
- attacking ships. Using that word</em></ins></span> to
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/07/22/nsa_can_reportedly_track_cellphones_even_when_they_re_turned_off.html">
-turn them malicious</a>.
-</p>
-</li>
-
-<li>
-<p><a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/18/chinese-android-phones-coolpad-hacker-backdoor">
-A Chinese version of Android has</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>refer to sharing copies is</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>universal back door</a>. Nearly all
-models</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>smear;
+ attacking ships. Using that word to refer to sharing copies is a smear;
please don't smear sharing.</li>
- <li><p>The idea</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>mobile phones have</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>“protecting our IP” is
- total confusion. The term “IP” itself is</em></ins></span> a
<span class="removed"><del><strong>universal back door</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+ <li><p>The idea of “protecting our IP” is
+ total confusion. The term “IP” itself is a <a
href="/philosophy/not-ipr.html">bogus generalization about things
- that have nothing</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the modem chip. So
-why did Coolpad bother</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>common</a>.</p>
-
- <p>In addition,</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>introduce another? Because this
one</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>speak of
“protecting” that bogus
- generalization</em></ins></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>controlled
-by Coolpad.
-</p>
-</li>
+ that have nothing in common</a>.</p>
-<li>
-<p>Microsoft Windows has</strong></del></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>universal back door through which
-<a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071011010707/http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201806263">
-any change whatsoever can be imposed on</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>separate absurdity. It's like
calling</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>users</a>.
-</p>
-<p>More information</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>cops
- because neighbors' kids are playing</em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>when
-<a href="http://slated.org/windows_by_stealth_the_updates_you_dont_want">
-this was used</a>.
-</p>
-<p>In Windows 10,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>your front yard, and saying
- that you're “protecting</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>universal back door</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>boundary line”. The kids can't do harm
- to the boundary line, not even with a jackhammer, because
it</em></ins></span> is <span class="removed"><del><strong>no longer hidden; all
-“upgrades” will
-be <a
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/07/windows-10-updates-to-be-automatic-and-mandatory-for-home-users/">forcibly</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>an
- abstraction</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>immediately imposed</a>.
-</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>can't be
affected by physical action.</p></li>
- </ul></em></ins></span>
+ <p>In addition, to speak of “protecting” that bogus
+ generalization is a separate absurdity. It's like calling the cops
+ because neighbors' kids are playing on your front yard, and saying
+ that you're “protecting the boundary line”. The kids can't do
harm
+ to the boundary line, not even with a jackhammer, because it is an
+ abstraction and can't be affected by physical action.</p></li>
+ </ul>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
-<p>Windows 8's back doors are so gaping</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201804010">
+ <li id="M201804010">
<p>Some “Smart” TVs automatically <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180405014828/https:/twitter.com/buro9/status/980349887006076928">
- load downgrades</em></ins></span> that
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160310201616/http://drleonardcoldwell.com/2013/08/23/leaked-german-government-warns-key-entities-not-to-use-windows-8-linked-to-nsa/"></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>install a surveillance app</a>.</p>
+ load downgrades that install a surveillance app</a>.</p>
- <p>We link to</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>German government has
decided</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>article for the
facts</em></ins></span> it <span class="removed"><del><strong>can't be
trusted</a>.
-</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>presents. It
+ <p>We link to the article for the facts it presents. It
is too bad that the article finishes by advocating the
moral weakness of surrendering to Netflix. The Netflix app <a
href="/proprietary/malware-google.html#netflix-app-geolocation-drm">is
- malware too</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ malware too</a>.</p>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
-<p>The iPhone</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201511090">
- <p>Baidu's proprietary Android library, Moplus,</em></ins></span>
has a back door
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/3358134/Apples-Jobs-confirms-iPhone-kill-switch.html"></strong></del></span>
that <span class="removed"><del><strong>allows Apple to remotely delete
apps</a> which Apple considers
-“inappropriate”. Jobs said it's ok for Apple to have this power
-because of course we</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
-
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/11/millions-android-devices-vulnerable-remote-hijacking-baidu-wrote-code-google-made"></em></ins></span>
- can <span class="removed"><del><strong>trust Apple.
-</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>“upload
files” as well as forcibly install
+ <li id="M201511090">
+ <p>Baidu's proprietary Android library, Moplus, has a back door that
<a
+
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/11/millions-android-devices-vulnerable-remote-hijacking-baidu-wrote-code-google-made">
+ can “upload</em></ins></span> files” as well as forcibly
install
apps</a>.</p>
- <p>It is used by 14,000 Android
applications.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <p>It is used by 14,000 Android applications.</p>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
-<p>The iPhone</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201112080">
- <p> In addition to its <a href="#windows-update">universal back
- door</a>, Windows 8</em></ins></span> has a back door for <a
<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.npr.org/2010/11/22/131511381/wipeout-when-your-company-kills-your-iphone">
-remote wipe</a>. It's not always enabled, but users are led into
enabling
-it without understanding.
-</p>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>ARRIS cable modem has a
+ <a
href="https://w00tsec.blogspot.de/2015/11/arris-cable-modem-has-backdoor-in.html?m=1">
+ backdoor in the backdoor</a>.</p>
</li>
+ <li><p>Caterpillar vehicles come with
+ <a
href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-11-19/caterpillar-depression-has-never-been-worse-it-has-cunning-plan-how-deal-it">a
back-door</strong></del></span>
-<li>
- <p>Apple can, and regularly does,
- <a
href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/05/new-guidelines-outline-what-iphone-data-apple-can-give-to-police/">
- remotely extract some data from iPhones for the state</a>.
- </p>
- <p>This may have improved with
- <a
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/2014/09/17/2612af58-3ed2-11e4-b03f-de718edeb92f_story.html">
- iOS 8 security improvements</a>; but
- <a href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/09/22/apple-data/">
- not as much as Apple claims</a>.</p>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201112080">
+ <p> In addition</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>shutoff the engine</a>
+ remotely.</p>
</li>
+<li><p>
+Mac OS X had an</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>its</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://truesecdev.wordpress.com/2015/04/09/hidden-backdoor-api-to-root-privileges-in-apple-os-x/">
+intentional local</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="#windows-update">universal back
+ door</a>, Windows 8 has a</em></ins></span> back door for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>4 years</a>.
+</p></li>
+<li><p>Users reported that</strong></del></span> <a
+ <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2993490/windows/windows-10-upgrades-reportedly-appearing-as-mandatory-for-some-users.html#tk.rss_all">
+ Microsoft was forcing them</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/2500036/microsoft--we-can-remotely-delete-windows-8-apps.html">
+ remotely deleting apps</a>.</p>
-<li>
-<p><a
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2500036/desktop-apps/microsoft--we-can-remotely-delete-windows-8-apps.html">
-Windows 8 also has a back door for</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/2500036/microsoft--we-can-remotely-delete-windows-8-apps.html"></em></ins></span>
- remotely deleting <span class="removed"><del><strong>apps</a>.
-</p>
+ <p>You might well decide</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>replace Windows 7 and 8 with all-spying
+ Windows 10</a>.</p>
-<p>
-You</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>apps</a>.</p>
+ <p>Microsoft was in fact <a
+
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/3012278/microsoft-windows/microsoft-sets-stage-for-massive-windows-10-upgrade-strategy.html">
+ attacking computers that run Windows 7 and 8</a>, switching
on</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>let</em></ins></span>
a <span class="removed"><del><strong>flag</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>security service that you trust
+ remotely <em>deactivate</em> programs</em></ins></span> that
<span class="removed"><del><strong>said whether to “upgrade” to
Windows 10 when users
+ had turned</strong></del></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>off.</p>
- <p>You</em></ins></span> might well decide to let a security service
that you trust
- remotely <em>deactivate</em> programs that it considers
malicious.
- But there is no excuse for <em>deleting</em> the programs, and
you
- should have the right to decide <span
class="removed"><del><strong>who</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>whom</em></ins></span> (if anyone) to trust in this
<span class="removed"><del><strong>way.
-</p>
+ <p>Later on, Microsoft published instructions on <a
+
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/01/microsoft-finally-has-a-proper-way-to-opt-out-of-windows-78-to-windows-10-upgrades/">
+ how to permanently reject</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>considers malicious.
+ But there is no excuse for <em>deleting</em></em></ins></span>
the <span class="removed"><del><strong>downgrade</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>programs, and you
+ should have the right</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Windows 10</a>.</p>
-<p>
-As these pages show, if you do want to clean your computer of malware,
-the first software to delete is Windows or iOS.
-</p></strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>way.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <p>This seems</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>decide whom (if anyone)</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>involve use of a back door</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>trust</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Windows 7 and 8.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>this
+ way.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li></strong></del></span>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+<p>Most mobile phones have a universal back door, which has been used
to</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201103070"></em></ins></span>
- <p>In Android, <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2506557/security0/google-throws--kill-switch--on-android-phones.html"></strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/2506557/google-throws--kill-switch--on-android-phones.html"></em></ins></span>
- Google has a back door to remotely delete <span
class="removed"><del><strong>apps.</a></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>apps</a>.</em></ins></span> (It <span
class="removed"><del><strong>is</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>was</em></ins></span> in a
- program called <span class="removed"><del><strong>GTalkService).
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201103070">
+ <p>In Android,</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/07/22/nsa_can_reportedly_track_cellphones_even_when_they_re_turned_off.html">
+turn them malicious</a>.
</p>
+</li>
-<p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>GTalkService,
which seems since then to have been
- merged into</em></ins></span> Google <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Play.)</p>
+<li>
+<p><a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/18/chinese-android-phones-coolpad-hacker-backdoor">
+A Chinese version of Android</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/2506557/google-throws--kill-switch--on-android-phones.html">
+ Google</em></ins></span> has a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>universal back door</a>. Nearly all
+models of mobile phones have a universal</strong></del></span> back door <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>to remotely delete apps</a>. (It
was</em></ins></span> in <span class="removed"><del><strong>the modem chip. So
+why did Coolpad bother</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>a
+ program called GTalkService, which seems since then</em></ins></span> to
<span class="removed"><del><strong>introduce another? Because this
one</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>have been
+ merged into Google Play.)</p>
- <p>Google</em></ins></span> can also <a
+ <p>Google can also <a
href="https://jon.oberheide.org/blog/2010/06/25/remote-kill-and-install-on-google-android/">
- forcibly and remotely install apps</a> through <span
class="removed"><del><strong>GTalkService (which
-seems, since that article, to have been merged into Google
Play).</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>GTalkService.</em></ins></span> This is
- not equivalent to a universal back door, but permits various dirty <span
class="removed"><del><strong>tricks.
+ forcibly and remotely install apps</a> through GTalkService.
This</em></ins></span> is <span class="removed"><del><strong>controlled
+by Coolpad.
</p>
+</li>
-<p>
-Although</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>tricks.</p>
+<li>
+<p>Microsoft Windows has</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>not equivalent to</em></ins></span> a
universal back <span class="removed"><del><strong>door through which
+<a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071011010707/http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201806263">
+any change whatsoever can be imposed on the users</a>.
+</p>
+<p>More information on when
+<a href="http://slated.org/windows_by_stealth_the_updates_you_dont_want">
+this was used</a>.
+</p>
+<p>In Windows 10,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>door, but permits various dirty
+ tricks.</p>
- <p>Although</em></ins></span> Google's <em>exercise</em>
of this power has not been
- malicious so far, the point is that nobody should have such power,
- which could also be used maliciously. You might well decide to
- let a security service remotely <em>deactivate</em> programs
that
- it considers malicious. But there is no excuse for allowing it to <span
class="removed"><del><strong><em>delete</em></strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><em>delete</em> the programs,
and you should have the right to decide
- who (if anyone) to trust in this way.</p>
+ <p>Although Google's <em>exercise</em> of this power has
not been
+ malicious so far,</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>universal back door</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>point</em></ins></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>no longer hidden; all
+“upgrades” will</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>that nobody should have such power,
+ which could also</em></ins></span> be <span
class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/07/windows-10-updates-to-be-automatic-and-mandatory-for-home-users/">forcibly
+and immediately imposed</a>.
+</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p>Windows 8's back doors are so gaping</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>used maliciously. You might well decide to
+ let a security service remotely <em>deactivate</em>
programs</em></ins></span> that
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160310201616/http://drleonardcoldwell.com/2013/08/23/leaked-german-government-warns-key-entities-not-to-use-windows-8-linked-to-nsa/">
+the German government has decided</strong></del></span>
+ it <span class="removed"><del><strong>can't be trusted</a>.
+</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>considers
malicious. But there is no excuse for allowing it to
+ <em>delete</em> the programs, and you should have the right to
decide
+ who (if anyone) to trust in this way.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M200808110">
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li></strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M200808110"></em></ins></span>
<p>The iPhone has a back door <a
href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/3358134/Apples-Jobs-confirms-iPhone-kill-switch.html">
that allows Apple to remotely delete apps</a> which Apple considers
- “inappropriate”. Jobs said it's OK for Apple to have
- this power because of course we can trust Apple.</p>
+ “inappropriate”. Jobs said it's <span
class="removed"><del><strong>ok</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>OK</em></ins></span> for Apple to have
+ this power because of course we can trust <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Apple.
+</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Apple.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
-</ul>
+
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+<p>The iPhone</strong></del></span>
+<span class="inserted"><ins><em></ul>
<h3 id='universal'>Full control</h3>
@@ -506,10 +474,21 @@
<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/">
+ ChromeOS</em></ins></span> has a <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>universal</em></ins></span> back door <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>that is used</em></ins></span> for
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="http://www.npr.org/2010/11/22/131511381/wipeout-when-your-company-kills-your-iphone">
+remote wipe</a>. It's not always enabled, but users are led into
enabling
+it without understanding.
+</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+ <p>Apple can,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>updates</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>regularly does,</strong></del></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/05/new-guidelines-outline-what-iphone-data-apple-can-give-to-police/">
+ remotely extract some data from iPhones</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>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>
+ appears to be no support whatsoever</em></ins></span> for the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>state</a>.
+ </p>
+ <p>This may</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>computer.</p>
<p>In other words, when you stop getting screwed by the back door,
you start getting screwed by the obsolescence.</p>
@@ -523,79 +502,120 @@
including car location. This feature operates even when the ignition
key is removed, and users report that they can't disable it.</p>
- <p>If you own one of these cars, have you succeeded in breaking the
+ <p>If you own one of these cars,</em></ins></span> have <span
class="removed"><del><strong>improved with</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>you succeeded in breaking the
connectivity by disconnecting the cellular modem, or wrapping the
antenna in aluminum foil?</p>
</li>
<li id="M201812300">
- <p>New GM cars <a
- href="https://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gmc/vehicles/canyon/2019.html">
+ <p>New GM cars</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/2014/09/17/2612af58-3ed2-11e4-b03f-de718edeb92f_story.html">
+ iOS 8</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gmc/vehicles/canyon/2019.html">
offer the feature of a universal back door</a>.</p>
- <p>Every nonfree program offers the user zero security against its
+ <p>Every nonfree program offers the user zero</em></ins></span>
security <span class="removed"><del><strong>improvements</a>;
but</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>against its
developer. With this malfeature, GM has explicitly made things even
worse.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201711244">
- <p>The Furby Connect has a <a
-
href="https://www.contextis.com/blog/dont-feed-them-after-midnight-reverse-engineering-the-furby-connect">
- universal back door</a>. If the product as shipped doesn't act as a
+ <p>The Furby Connect has a</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/09/22/apple-data/">
+ not</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.contextis.com/blog/dont-feed-them-after-midnight-reverse-engineering-the-furby-connect">
+ universal back door</a>. If the product</em></ins></span> as <span
class="removed"><del><strong>much</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>shipped doesn't act</em></ins></span> as <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Apple
claims</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>a
listening device, remote changes to the code could surely convert it
- into one.</p>
+ into one.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201711010">
- <p>Sony has brought back its robotic pet Aibo, this time <a
+
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+<p><a
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2500036/desktop-apps/microsoft--we-can-remotely-delete-windows-8-apps.html">
+Windows 8 also</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201711010">
+ <p>Sony</em></ins></span> has <span
class="removed"><del><strong>a</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>brought</em></ins></span> back <span
class="removed"><del><strong>door for remotely deleting apps</a>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+You might well decide</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>its robotic pet Aibo, this time <a
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bj778v/sony-wants-to-sell-you-a-subscription-to-a-robot-dog-aibo-90s-pet">
- with a universal back door, and tethered to a server that requires
+ with a universal back door, and tethered</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>let</strong></del></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>security service that you trust
+remotely <em>deactivate</em> programs</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>server</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>it considers malicious.
+But there is no excuse for <em>deleting</em></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>requires
a subscription</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201709090.1">
- <p>Tesla used software to limit the part of the battery
- that was available to customers in some cars, and <a
+ <p>Tesla used software to limit</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>programs, and you
+should have</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>part
of</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>right to decide who
(if anyone)</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>battery
+ that was available</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>trust</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>customers in some cars, and <a
href="https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/09/tesla-flips-a-switch-to-increase-the-range-of-some-cars-in-florida-to-help-people-evacuate/">
- a universal back door in the software</a> to temporarily increase
- this limit.</p>
+ a universal back door</em></ins></span> in <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the software</a> to temporarily
increase</em></ins></span>
+ this <span class="removed"><del><strong>way.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+As these pages show, if you do want</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>limit.</p>
+
+ <p>While remotely allowing car
“owners”</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>clean your computer of
malware,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>use</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>first software to delete is Windows or iOS.
+</p>
+</li>
- <p>While remotely allowing car “owners” to use the
- whole battery capacity did not do them any harm, the same back
- door would permit Tesla (perhaps under the command of some
- government) to remotely order the car to use none of its battery. Or
- perhaps to drive its passenger to a torture prison.</p>
+<li>
+<p>In Android,
+<a
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2506557/security0/google-throws--kill-switch--on-android-phones.html">
+Google has a</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>whole battery capacity did not do them any
harm, the same</em></ins></span> back
+ door <span class="inserted"><ins><em>would permit Tesla (perhaps under the
command of some
+ government)</em></ins></span> to remotely <span
class="removed"><del><strong>delete apps.</a> (It is
in</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>order the car to use
none of its battery. Or
+ perhaps to drive its passenger to</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>program
+called GTalkService).
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Google can also</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>torture
prison.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201702060.1">
- <p>Vizio “smart” TVs <a
-
href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2017/02/what-vizio-was-doing-behind-tv-screen">
- have a universal back door</a>.</p>
+ <p>Vizio “smart” TVs</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://jon.oberheide.org/blog/2010/06/25/remote-kill-and-install-on-google-android/">
+forcibly and remotely install apps</a> through GTalkService (which
+seems, since that article, to</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2017/02/what-vizio-was-doing-behind-tv-screen"></em></ins></span>
+ have <span class="removed"><del><strong>been merged into Google Play).
+This is not equivalent to</strong></del></span> a universal back <span
class="removed"><del><strong>door, but permits various
+dirty tricks.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Although Google's <em>exercise</em> of this power has not been
+malicious so far,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>door</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201609130">
<p>Xiaomi phones come with <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424082647/http://blog.thijsbroenink.com/2016/09/xiaomis-analytics-app-reverse-engineered/">
- a universal back door in the application processor, for Xiaomi's
+ a universal back door in</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>point</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>application processor, for Xiaomi's
use</a>.</p>
- <p>This is separate from <a
href="#universal-back-door-phone-modem">the
- universal back door in the modem processor that the local phone
+ <p>This</em></ins></span> is <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>separate from <a
href="#universal-back-door-phone-modem">the
+ universal back door in the modem processor</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>nobody should have such
power,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>the local phone
company can use</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201608171">
<p id="windows-update">Microsoft
- Windows has a universal back door through which <a
+ Windows has a universal back door through</em></ins></span> which <span
class="removed"><del><strong>could also</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
href="http://www.informationweek.com/microsoft-updates-windows-without-user-permission-apologizes/d/d-id/1059183">
- any change whatsoever can be imposed on the users</a>.</p>
+ any change whatsoever can</em></ins></span> be <span
class="removed"><del><strong>used maliciously. You might well decide to let a
+security service remotely <em>deactivate</em> programs that it
+considers malicious. But there is no excuse</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>imposed on the users</a>.</p>
<p>This was <a
href="http://slated.org/windows_by_stealth_the_updates_you_dont_want">
- reported in 2007</a> for XP and Vista, and it seems
+ reported in 2007</a></em></ins></span> for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>allowing</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>XP and Vista, and</em></ins></span> it <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>seems
that Microsoft used the same method to push the <a
href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html#windows10-forcing">
- Windows 10 downgrade</a> to computers running Windows 7 and
8.</p>
+ Windows 10 downgrade</a></em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong><em>delete</em></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>computers running Windows 7 and 8.</p>
<p>In Windows 10,</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>programs,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>universal back door
is no longer hidden; all “upgrades” will be <a
@@ -852,7 +872,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/09/11 08:31:54 $
+$Date: 2019/10/04 08:00:47 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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<h2>Proprietary Software Is Often Malware</h2>
@@ -101,17 +101,17 @@
<tr>
<td></em></ins></span>
<ul>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-apple.html">Apple
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-addictions.html">Addictions</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html">Microsoft
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html">Back
doors</a> (<a
href="#f1">1</a>)</li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-google.html">Google
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-censorship.html">Censorship</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-adobe.html">Adobe
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-coverups.html">Coverups</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-amazon.html">Amazon
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-deception.html">Deception</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-webpages.html">Malware
in webpages</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-drm.html">DRM</a> (<a
href="#f2">2</a>)</li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html">Malware
in mobile devices</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-fraud.html">Fraud</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-games.html">Malware
in games</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-incompatibility.html">Incompatibility</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-appliances.html">Malware
in appliances</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-insecurity.html">Insecurity</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-cars.html">Malware
in cars</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-interference.html">Interference</a></li>
- <li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-jails.html">Jails</a> (<a
href="#f3">3</a>)</li>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-apple.html">Apple
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-addictions.html">Addictions</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html">Back
doors</a> (<a
href="#f1">1</a>)</li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html">Microsoft
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-censorship.html">Censorship</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-google.html">Google
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-coverups.html">Coverups</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-adobe.html">Adobe
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-deception.html">Deception</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-amazon.html">Amazon
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-drm.html">DRM</a> (<a
href="#f2">2</a>)</li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-webpages.html">Malware
in webpages</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-fraud.html">Fraud</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html">Malware
in mobile devices</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-incompatibility.html">Incompatibility</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-games.html">Malware
in games</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-insecurity.html">Insecurity</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-appliances.html">Malware
in appliances</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-interference.html">Interference</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-cars.html">Malware
in cars</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-jails.html">Jails</a> (<a
href="#f3">3</a>)</li>
<li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-manipulation.html">Manipulation</a></li>
<li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-obsolescence.html">Obsolescence</a></li>
<li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-sabotage.html">Sabotage</a></li>
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<td></em></ins></span>
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doors</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-appliances.html">Appliances</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/proprietary-censorship.html">Censorship</a></li></strong></del></span>
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- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/proprietary-coverups.html">Coverups</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
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- <li><a <span
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<span
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class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/proprietary-incompatibility.html">Incompatibility</a></li>
-<li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-insecurity.html">Insecurity</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
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+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html">Back
doors</a></li>
+<li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-censorship.html">Censorship</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-appliances.html">Appliances</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
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<span class="inserted"><ins><em><h3 id="latest">Latest
additions</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201908270">
+ <p>A very popular app found in the
+ Google Play store contained a module that was designed to <a
+
href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/08/google-play-app-with-100-million-downloads-executed-secret-payloads/">secretly
+ install malware on the user's computer</a>. The app developers
+ regularly used it to make the computer download and execute any code
+ they wanted.</p>
+
+ <p>This is a concrete example of what users are exposed to when they
+ run nonfree apps. They can never be completely sure that a nonfree
+ app is safe.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201909091">
<p>The Facebook app <a
href="https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2019/09/09/facebook-app-social-network-tracking-your-every-move/2270305001/">
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<p>This means that proprietary software can potentially be a way to
commit perjury with impunity.</p>
</li>
-
- <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>
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</ul></em></ins></span>
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+$Date: 2019/10/04 08:00:48 $
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--- proprietary.de.po 3 Oct 2019 10:32:24 -0000 1.169
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+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"This is a concrete example of what users are exposed to when they run "
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+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
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"The Facebook app <a href=\"https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/";
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+ <p>A very popular app found in the
+ Google Play store contained a module that was designed to <a
+
href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/08/google-play-app-with-100-million-downloads-executed-secret-payloads/">secretly
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+
<li id="M201909091">
<p>The Facebook app <a
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<p class="unprintable">Updated:
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+
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"The Facebook app <a href=\"https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/";
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<li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-appliances.html">Appliances</a></li>
<li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-cars.html">Cars</a></li>
<li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-games.html">Games</a></li>
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href="/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html">Mobiles</a></li></em></ins></span>
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<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-webpages.html">Webpages</a></li>
+ <li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html">Mobiles</a></li>
+ <li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-webpages.html">Webpages</a></li>
</ul>
<ul>
- <li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-adobe.html">Adobe</a></li>
- <li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-amazon.html">Amazon</a></li>
+ <li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-adobe.html">Adobe</a></li></em></ins></span>
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<span
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<li><a
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<li><a
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@@ -185,6 +185,19 @@
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><h3 id="latest">Latest
additions</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201908270">
+ <p>A very popular app found in the
+ Google Play store contained a module that was designed to <a
+
href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/08/google-play-app-with-100-million-downloads-executed-secret-payloads/">secretly
+ install malware on the user's computer</a>. The app developers
+ regularly used it to make the computer download and execute any code
+ they wanted.</p>
+
+ <p>This is a concrete example of what users are exposed to when they
+ run nonfree apps. They can never be completely sure that a nonfree
+ app is safe.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201909091">
<p>The Facebook app <a
href="https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2019/09/09/facebook-app-social-network-tracking-your-every-move/2270305001/">
@@ -217,17 +230,6 @@
<p>This means that proprietary software can potentially be a way to
commit perjury with impunity.</p>
</li>
-
- <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>
</ul></em></ins></span>
@@ -289,7 +291,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
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-$Date: 2019/10/03 10:32:24 $
+$Date: 2019/10/04 08:00:48 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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msgid ""
msgstr ""
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"PO-Revision-Date: 2017-01-11 11:25+0900\n"
"Last-Translator: NIIBE Yutaka <address@hidden>\n"
"Language-Team: Japanese <address@hidden>\n"
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+msgstr ""
+
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+msgid ""
+"This is a concrete example of what users are exposed to when they run "
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+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"The Facebook app <a href=\"https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/";
"talkingtech/2019/09/09/facebook-app-social-network-tracking-your-every-"
"move/2270305001/\"> tracks users even when it is turned off</a>, after "
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<h2>Proprietary Software Is Often Malware</h2>
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id="f4"><em>Tether:</em> functionality</em></ins></span>
that <span class="removed"><del><strong>reject</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>requires
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li
id="f4"><em>Tether:</em> functionality that requires
permanent (or very frequent) connection to a server.</li>
- <li id="f5"><em>Tyrant:</em> system that
rejects</em></ins></span> any operating
+ <li id="f5"><em>Tyrant:</em>
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<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><a
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Malware</a></li>
</ul>
@@ -187,6 +187,19 @@
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><h3 id="latest">Latest
additions</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201908270">
+ <p>A very popular app found in the
+ Google Play store contained a module that was designed to <a
+
href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/08/google-play-app-with-100-million-downloads-executed-secret-payloads/">secretly
+ install malware on the user's computer</a>. The app developers
+ regularly used it to make the computer download and execute any code
+ they wanted.</p>
+
+ <p>This is a concrete example of what users are exposed to when they
+ run nonfree apps. They can never be completely sure that a nonfree
+ app is safe.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201909091">
<p>The Facebook app <a
href="https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2019/09/09/facebook-app-social-network-tracking-your-every-move/2270305001/">
@@ -219,17 +232,6 @@
<p>This means that proprietary software can potentially be a way to
commit perjury with impunity.</p>
</li>
-
- <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>
</ul></em></ins></span>
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<p class="unprintable">Updated:
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-$Date: 2019/10/03 10:32:24 $
+$Date: 2019/10/04 08:00:48 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
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"The Facebook app <a href=\"https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/";
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<span class="inserted"><ins><em>April, 2019, the pages in this directory list
around 400
-instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 450 references to
+<p>As of April, 2019, the pages in this directory list around 400
+instances</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>product</strong></li></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>malicious functionalities (with more than 450
references to
back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know
about.</p>
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<ul>
<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><strong>Type of
malware</strong></li></strong></del></span>
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doors</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
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- <li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-games.html">Games</a></li>
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<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-webpages.html">Webpages</a></li>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-back-doors.html">Back
doors</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-appliances.html">Appliances</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary/proprietary-censorship.html">Censorship</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-cars.html">Cars</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-insecurity.html">Insecurity</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-games.html">Games</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-sabotage.html">Sabotage</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html">Mobiles</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-interference.html">Interference</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-webpages.html">Webpages</a></li>
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<span
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<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html">Microsoft</a></li>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-adobe.html">Adobe</a></li>
+ <li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-amazon.html">Amazon</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-surveillance.html">Surveillance</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-apple.html">Apple</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-drm.html">Digital</strong></del></span>
<span
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@@ -185,6 +185,19 @@
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><h3 id="latest">Latest
additions</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201908270">
+ <p>A very popular app found in the
+ Google Play store contained a module that was designed to <a
+
href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/08/google-play-app-with-100-million-downloads-executed-secret-payloads/">secretly
+ install malware on the user's computer</a>. The app developers
+ regularly used it to make the computer download and execute any code
+ they wanted.</p>
+
+ <p>This is a concrete example of what users are exposed to when they
+ run nonfree apps. They can never be completely sure that a nonfree
+ app is safe.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201909091">
<p>The Facebook app <a
href="https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2019/09/09/facebook-app-social-network-tracking-your-every-move/2270305001/">
@@ -217,17 +230,6 @@
<p>This means that proprietary software can potentially be a way to
commit perjury with impunity.</p>
</li>
-
- <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>
</ul></em></ins></span>
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<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/10/03 10:32:24 $
+$Date: 2019/10/04 08:00:48 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
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+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"The Facebook app <a href=\"https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/";
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+
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<h2>Proprietary Software Is Often Malware</h2>
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in mobile devices</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
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class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-games.html">Malware
in games</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-incompatibility.html">Incompatibility</a></li></em></ins></span>
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class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-appliances.html">Malware
in appliances</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-insecurity.html">Insecurity</a></li></em></ins></span>
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class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-cars.html">Malware
in cars</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-interference.html">Interference</a></li>
- <li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-jails.html">Jails</a> (<a
href="#f3">3</a>)</li>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-apple.html">Apple
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-addictions.html">Addictions</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html">Back
doors</a> (<a
href="#f1">1</a>)</li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html">Microsoft
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-censorship.html">Censorship</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-google.html">Google
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-coverups.html">Coverups</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-adobe.html">Adobe
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-deception.html">Deception</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-amazon.html">Amazon
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-drm.html">DRM</a> (<a
href="#f2">2</a>)</li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-webpages.html">Malware
in webpages</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-fraud.html">Fraud</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html">Malware
in mobile devices</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-incompatibility.html">Incompatibility</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-games.html">Malware
in games</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-insecurity.html">Insecurity</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-appliances.html">Malware
in appliances</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-interference.html">Interference</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-cars.html">Malware
in cars</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-jails.html">Jails</a> (<a
href="#f3">3</a>)</li>
<li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-manipulation.html">Manipulation</a></li>
<li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-obsolescence.html">Obsolescence</a></li>
<li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-sabotage.html">Sabotage</a></li>
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doors</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-appliances.html">Appliances</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/proprietary-censorship.html">Censorship</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-cars.html">Cars</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/proprietary-coverups.html">Coverups</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
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<span
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class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/proprietary-incompatibility.html">Incompatibility</a></li>
-<li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-insecurity.html">Insecurity</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-webpages.html">Webpages</a></li>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html">Back
doors</a></li>
+<li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-censorship.html">Censorship</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-appliances.html">Appliances</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/proprietary-coverups.html">Coverups</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-cars.html">Cars</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/proprietary-deception.html">Deception</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-games.html">Games</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/proprietary-incompatibility.html">Incompatibility</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html">Mobiles</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/proprietary-insecurity.html">Insecurity</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-webpages.html">Webpages</a></li>
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<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-adobe.html">Adobe</a></li></em></ins></span>
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application programs.</li>
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href="/proprietary/proprietary-tyrants.html">Tyrants</a>—systems</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li
id="f4"><em>Tether:</em> functionality</em></ins></span>
that <span class="removed"><del><strong>reject</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>requires
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li
id="f4"><em>Tether:</em> functionality that requires
permanent (or very frequent) connection to a server.</li>
- <li id="f5"><em>Tyrant:</em> system that
rejects</em></ins></span> any operating
+ <li id="f5"><em>Tyrant:</em>
system</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>reject</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>rejects</em></ins></span> any operating
system not “authorized” by the manufacturer.</li>
<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><a
href="/proprietary/potential-malware.html">Potential
Malware</a></li>
</ul>
@@ -188,6 +188,19 @@
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><h3 id="latest">Latest
additions</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201908270">
+ <p>A very popular app found in the
+ Google Play store contained a module that was designed to <a
+
href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/08/google-play-app-with-100-million-downloads-executed-secret-payloads/">secretly
+ install malware on the user's computer</a>. The app developers
+ regularly used it to make the computer download and execute any code
+ they wanted.</p>
+
+ <p>This is a concrete example of what users are exposed to when they
+ run nonfree apps. They can never be completely sure that a nonfree
+ app is safe.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201909091">
<p>The Facebook app <a
href="https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2019/09/09/facebook-app-social-network-tracking-your-every-move/2270305001/">
@@ -220,17 +233,6 @@
<p>This means that proprietary software can potentially be a way to
commit perjury with impunity.</p>
</li>
-
- <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>
</ul></em></ins></span>
@@ -292,7 +294,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/10/03 10:32:24 $
+$Date: 2019/10/04 08:00:49 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
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+
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