www/proprietary malware-apple.html proprietary-...

[Therese Godefroy]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Therese Godefroy <th_g> 19/10/16 02:56:48

Modified files:
        proprietary    : malware-apple.html proprietary-jails.html 
                         proprietary.html 
        proprietary/workshop: mal.rec 

Log message:
        Apple censors Taiwan flag (www-discuss 2019-10-15).

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-apple.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.109&r2=1.110
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-jails.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.43&r2=1.44
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.179&r2=1.180
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec?cvsroot=www&r1=1.164&r2=1.165

Patches:
Index: malware-apple.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-apple.html,v
retrieving revision 1.109
retrieving revision 1.110
diff -u -b -r1.109 -r1.110
--- malware-apple.html  15 Oct 2019 09:05:08 -0000      1.109
+++ malware-apple.html  16 Oct 2019 06:56:45 -0000      1.110
@@ -305,6 +305,20 @@
     software is no excuse for censoring what software people can use.</p>
   </li>
 
+  <li id="M201910070">
+    <p>Apple <a
+    
href="https://boingboing.net/2019/10/07/apple-ios-13-1-2-for-hong-kong.html";>
+    censors the Taiwan flag in iOS</a> on behalf of the Chinese
+    government. When the region is set to Hong Kong, this flag is not
+    visible in the emoji selection widget but is still accessible. When the
+    region is set to mainland China, all attempts to display it will result
+    in the &ldquo;empty emoji&rdquo; icon as if the flag never existed.</p>
+
+    <p>Thus, not only does Apple use the App Store as an instrument
+    of censorship, it also uses the iThing operating system for that
+    purpose.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201905150">
     <p>Users caught in the jail of an iMonster are <a
     href="https://boingboing.net/2019/05/15/brittle-security.html";> sitting
@@ -832,7 +846,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/10/15 09:05:08 $
+$Date: 2019/10/16 06:56:45 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: proprietary-jails.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-jails.html,v
retrieving revision 1.43
retrieving revision 1.44
diff -u -b -r1.43 -r1.44
--- proprietary-jails.html      15 Oct 2019 09:05:08 -0000      1.43
+++ proprietary-jails.html      16 Oct 2019 06:56:46 -0000      1.44
@@ -80,6 +80,20 @@
     software is no excuse for censoring what software people can use.</p>
   </li>
 
+  <li id="M201910070">
+    <p>Apple <a
+    
href="https://boingboing.net/2019/10/07/apple-ios-13-1-2-for-hong-kong.html";>
+    censors the Taiwan flag in iOS</a> on behalf of the Chinese
+    government. When the region is set to Hong Kong, this flag is not
+    visible in the emoji selection widget but is still accessible. When the
+    region is set to mainland China, all attempts to display it will result
+    in the &ldquo;empty emoji&rdquo; icon as if the flag never existed.</p>
+
+    <p>Thus, not only does Apple use the App Store as an instrument
+    of censorship, it also uses the iThing operating system for that
+    purpose.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201905150">
     <p>Users caught in the jail of an iMonster are <a
     href="https://boingboing.net/2019/05/15/brittle-security.html";> sitting
@@ -285,7 +299,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/10/15 09:05:08 $
+$Date: 2019/10/16 06:56:46 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: proprietary.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary.html,v
retrieving revision 1.179
retrieving revision 1.180
diff -u -b -r1.179 -r1.180
--- proprietary.html    15 Oct 2019 09:05:08 -0000      1.179
+++ proprietary.html    16 Oct 2019 06:56:46 -0000      1.180
@@ -149,6 +149,20 @@
 <h3 id="latest">Latest additions</h3>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M201910070">
+    <p>Apple <a
+    
href="https://boingboing.net/2019/10/07/apple-ios-13-1-2-for-hong-kong.html";>
+    censors the Taiwan flag in iOS</a> on behalf of the Chinese
+    government. When the region is set to Hong Kong, this flag is not
+    visible in the emoji selection widget but is still accessible. When the
+    region is set to mainland China, all attempts to display it will result
+    in the &ldquo;empty emoji&rdquo; icon as if the flag never existed.</p>
+
+    <p>Thus, not only does Apple use the App Store as an instrument
+    of censorship, it also uses the iThing operating system for that
+    purpose.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201910100">
     <p>Apple has <a
     
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/10/hong-kong-protests-apple-pulls-tracking-app-after-china-criticism";>
@@ -186,14 +200,6 @@
     into giving the app broad permissions in order to use one of its
     functionalities.</p>
   </li>
-
-  <li id="M201708310">
-    <p>The recent versions of Microsoft Office require the user to <a
-    
href="https://products.office.com/en-us/microsoft-office-for-home-and-school-faq?legRedir=true&amp;CorrelationId=c9c5b549-11ad-4f71-bf81-b7e069fdb372";>
-    connect to Microsoft servers at least every thirty-one
-    days</a>. Otherwise, the software will refuse to edit any documents
-    or create new ones. It will be restricted to viewing and printing.</p>
-  </li>
 </ul>
 
 
@@ -254,7 +260,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/10/15 09:05:08 $
+$Date: 2019/10/16 06:56:46 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: workshop/mal.rec
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec,v
retrieving revision 1.164
retrieving revision 1.165
diff -u -b -r1.164 -r1.165
--- workshop/mal.rec    15 Oct 2019 09:05:09 -0000      1.164
+++ workshop/mal.rec    16 Oct 2019 06:56:48 -0000      1.165
@@ -25,6 +25,25 @@
 ####    Please don't remove the blank line after this marker!    ####
 # ADD NEW BLURB HERE
 
+Added: 2019-10-16
+Id: 201910070
+RT: www-discuss 2019-10-15 (censorship)
+PubDate: 2019-10-07
+Target: proprietary-jails.html apple
+Target: malware-apple.html jails
+Keywords:
+Blurb: <p>Apple <a
++   
href="https://boingboing.net/2019/10/07/apple-ios-13-1-2-for-hong-kong.html";>
++   censors the Taiwan flag in iOS</a> on behalf of the Chinese
++   government. When the region is set to Hong Kong, this flag is not
++   visible in the emoji selection widget but is still accessible. When the
++   region is set to mainland China, all attempts to display it will result
++   in the &ldquo;empty emoji&rdquo; icon as if the flag never existed.</p>
++
++   <p>Thus, not only does Apple use the App Store as an instrument
++   of censorship, it also uses the iThing operating system for that
++   purpose.</p>
+
 Added: 2019-10-15
 Id: 201910100
 RT: www-discuss 2019-10-10