www/proprietary workshop/mal.rec proprietary.ht...

[Therese Godefroy]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Therese Godefroy <th_g> 20/02/17 03:11:51

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

Log message:
        TocToc app spying for UAE government (www-discuss 2020-02-16);
        Avast/AVG extensions snooping on browsing habits (www-discuss 
2020-02-15).

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec?cvsroot=www&r1=1.187&r2=1.188
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.201&r2=1.202
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.311&r2=1.312
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.119&r2=1.120

Patches:
Index: workshop/mal.rec
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec,v
retrieving revision 1.187
retrieving revision 1.188
diff -u -b -r1.187 -r1.188
--- workshop/mal.rec    15 Feb 2020 17:13:53 -0000      1.187
+++ workshop/mal.rec    17 Feb 2020 08:11:51 -0000      1.188
@@ -25,8 +25,42 @@
 ####    Please don't remove the blank line after this marker!    ####
 # ADD NEW BLURB HERE
 
+Added: 2020-02-17
+Id: 201912190
+RT: www-discuss 2020-02-15 (malware)
+RT: www-discuss 2019-12-27 (More surveillance)
+PubDate: 2019-12-19
+Target: proprietary-surveillance.html SpywareInDesktopApps
+Keywords:
+Blurb: <p>Some Avast and AVG extensions
++   for Firefox and Chrome were found to <a
++   
href="https://www.itpro.co.uk/security/internet-security/354417/avast-and-avg-extensions-pulled-from-chrome";>
++   snoop on users' detailed browsing habits</a>. Mozilla and Google
++   removed the problematic extensions from their stores, but this shows
++   once more how unsafe nonfree software can be. Tools that are supposed
++   to protect a proprietary system are, instead, infecting it with
++   additional malware (the system itself being the original malware).</p>
+
+Added: 2020-02-17
+Id: 201912220
+RT: www-discuss 2020-02-16 (malware)
+RT: www-discuss 2019-12-24 (...totok-popular-chat-app...)
+PubDate: 2019-12-22
+Target: proprietary-surveillance.html SpywareInMobileApps
+Target: malware-mobiles.html surveillance
+Keywords: malware-mobiles.html surveillance
+Blurb: <p>The ToToc messaging app seems to be a <a
++   href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/us/politics/totok-app-uae.html";>
++   spying tool for the government of the United Arab Emirates</a>.
++   Any nonfree program could be doing this, and that is a good
++   reason to use free software instead.</p>
++
++   <p><small>Note: this article uses the word &ldquo;free&rdquo; in
++   the sense of &ldquo;gratis.&rdquo;</small></p>
+
 Added: 2020-02-15
 Id: 201912090
+RT: www-discuss 2020-02-15 (malware)
 RT: www-discuss 2019-12-17 (iMonsters and Android phones)
 PubDate: 2019-12-09
 Target: proprietary-surveillance.html SpywareInMobileApps
@@ -43,7 +77,8 @@
 
 Added: 2020-02-15
 Id: 202002020
-RT: www-discuss 2020-02-02 (malware)
+RT: www-discuss 2020-02-15 (malware)
+RT: www-discuss 2019-12-30 (...android-apps-sidestepping...)
 PubDate: 2019-07-10
 Target: proprietary-deception.html proprietary-deception
 Target: malware-mobiles.html deception
@@ -60,6 +95,7 @@
 
 Added: 2020-02-15
 Id: 201912171
+RT: www-discuss 2019-12-21 (...cars-now-run-on-the-new-oil...)
 RT: www-discuss 2020-02-02 (malware)
 PubDate: 2019-12-17
 Target: proprietary-surveillance.html SpywareInVehicles

Index: proprietary.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary.html,v
retrieving revision 1.201
retrieving revision 1.202
diff -u -b -r1.201 -r1.202
--- proprietary.html    15 Feb 2020 14:25:46 -0000      1.201
+++ proprietary.html    17 Feb 2020 08:11:51 -0000      1.202
@@ -185,6 +185,28 @@
     them from doing so, since both the system and the apps are nonfree.</p>
   </li>
 
+  <li id="M201912220">
+    <p>The ToToc messaging app seems to be a <a
+    href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/us/politics/totok-app-uae.html";>
+    spying tool for the government of the United Arab Emirates</a>.
+    Any nonfree program could be doing this, and that is a good
+    reason to use free software instead.</p>
+
+    <p><small>Note: this article uses the word &ldquo;free&rdquo; in
+    the sense of &ldquo;gratis.&rdquo;</small></p>
+  </li>
+
+  <li id="M201912190">
+    <p>Some Avast and AVG extensions
+    for Firefox and Chrome were found to <a
+    
href="https://www.itpro.co.uk/security/internet-security/354417/avast-and-avg-extensions-pulled-from-chrome";>
+    snoop on users' detailed browsing habits</a>. Mozilla and Google
+    removed the problematic extensions from their stores, but this shows
+    once more how unsafe nonfree software can be. Tools that are supposed
+    to protect a proprietary system are, instead, infecting it with
+    additional malware (the system itself being the original malware).</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201912171">
     <p>Most modern cars now <a
     href="https://boingboing.net/2019/12/17/cars-now-run-on-the-new-oil.html";>
@@ -203,29 +225,6 @@
     employee, this is simply nonfree software, as fundamentally unjust
     and as dangerous as any other nonfree software.</p>
   </li>
-
-  <li id="M202001290">
-    <p>The Amazon Ring app does <a
-    
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/29/ring-smart-doorbell-company-surveillance-eff-report";>
-    surveillance for other companies as well as for Amazon</a>.</p>
-  </li>
-
-  <li id="M202001090">
-    <p>Android phones subsidized by the US government come with <a
-    
href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/01/us-government-funded-android-phones-come-preinstalled-with-unremovable-malware/";>
-    preinstalled adware and a back door for forcing installation of
-    apps</a>.</p>
-
-    <p>The adware is in a modified version of an
-    essential system configuration app. The back door is a
-    surreptitious addition to a program whose stated purpose is to be a <a
-    
href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/unremovable-malware-found-preinstalled-on-low-end-smartphone-sold-in-the-us/";>
-    universal back door for firmware</a>.</p>
-
-    <p>In other words, a program whose raison d'être is malicious has
-    a secret secondary malicious purpose. All this is in addition to the
-    malware of Android itself.</p>
-  </li>
 </ul>
 
 </div>
@@ -287,7 +286,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/02/15 14:25:46 $
+$Date: 2020/02/17 08:11:51 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: proprietary-surveillance.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html,v
retrieving revision 1.311
retrieving revision 1.312
diff -u -b -r1.311 -r1.312
--- proprietary-surveillance.html       15 Feb 2020 14:25:46 -0000      1.311
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html       17 Feb 2020 08:11:51 -0000      1.312
@@ -795,6 +795,17 @@
 </div>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M201912190">
+    <p>Some Avast and AVG extensions
+    for Firefox and Chrome were found to <a
+    
href="https://www.itpro.co.uk/security/internet-security/354417/avast-and-avg-extensions-pulled-from-chrome";>
+    snoop on users' detailed browsing habits</a>. Mozilla and Google
+    removed the problematic extensions from their stores, but this shows
+    once more how unsafe nonfree software can be. Tools that are supposed
+    to protect a proprietary system are, instead, infecting it with
+    additional malware (the system itself being the original malware).</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201811020">
     <p>Foundry's graphics software <a
     
href="https://torrentfreak.com/software-company-fines-pirates-after-monitoring-their-computers-181102/";>
@@ -822,6 +833,17 @@
     surveillance for other companies as well as for Amazon</a>.</p>
   </li>
 
+  <li id="M201912220">
+    <p>The ToToc messaging app seems to be a <a
+    href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/us/politics/totok-app-uae.html";>
+    spying tool for the government of the United Arab Emirates</a>.
+    Any nonfree program could be doing this, and that is a good
+    reason to use free software instead.</p>
+
+    <p><small>Note: this article uses the word &ldquo;free&rdquo; in
+    the sense of &ldquo;gratis.&rdquo;</small></p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201912090">
     <p>iMonsters and Android phones,
     when used for work, give employers powerful <a
@@ -2561,7 +2583,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/02/15 14:25:46 $
+$Date: 2020/02/17 08:11:51 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: malware-mobiles.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html,v
retrieving revision 1.119
retrieving revision 1.120
diff -u -b -r1.119 -r1.120
--- malware-mobiles.html        15 Feb 2020 16:09:18 -0000      1.119
+++ malware-mobiles.html        17 Feb 2020 08:11:51 -0000      1.120
@@ -462,6 +462,17 @@
     full-time listening devices</a>.</p>
   </li>
 
+  <li id="M201912220">
+    <p>The ToToc messaging app seems to be a <a
+    href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/us/politics/totok-app-uae.html";>
+    spying tool for the government of the United Arab Emirates</a>.
+    Any nonfree program could be doing this, and that is a good
+    reason to use free software instead.</p>
+
+    <p><small>Note: this article uses the word &ldquo;free&rdquo; in
+    the sense of &ldquo;gratis.&rdquo;</small></p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201912090">
     <p>iMonsters and Android phones,
     when used for work, give employers powerful <a
@@ -1214,7 +1225,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/02/15 16:09:18 $
+$Date: 2020/02/17 08:11:51 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>