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From: |
Therese Godefroy |
Subject: |
www/proprietary malware-mobiles.html proprietar... |
Date: |
Sun, 3 May 2020 04:10:37 -0400 (EDT) |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Therese Godefroy <th_g> 20/05/03 04:10:37
Modified files:
proprietary : malware-mobiles.html
proprietary-surveillance.html proprietary.html
proprietary/workshop: mal.rec
Log message:
Xiaomi phones snoop on everything.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.122&r2=1.123
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.316&r2=1.317
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.208&r2=1.209
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec?cvsroot=www&r1=1.197&r2=1.198
Patches:
Index: malware-mobiles.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html,v
retrieving revision 1.122
retrieving revision 1.123
diff -u -b -r1.122 -r1.123
--- malware-mobiles.html 25 Mar 2020 09:58:54 -0000 1.122
+++ malware-mobiles.html 3 May 2020 08:10:36 -0000 1.123
@@ -471,6 +471,22 @@
full-time listening devices</a>.</p>
</li>
+ <li id="M202004300">
+ <p>Xiaomi phones <a
+
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2020/04/30/exclusive-warning-over-chinese-mobile-giant-xiaomi-recording-millions-of-peoples-private-web-and-phone-use/">report
+ many actions the user takes</a>: starting an app, looking at a folder,
+ visiting a website, listening to a song. They send device identifying
+ information too.</p>
+
+ <p>Other nonfree programs snoop too. For instance, Spotify and
+ other streaming dis-services make a dossier about each user, and <a
+ href="/malware/proprietary-surveillance.html#M201508210"> they make
+ users identify themselves to pay</a>. Out, out, damned Spotify!</p>
+
+ <p>Forbes exonerates the same wrongs when the culprits are not Chinese,
+ but we condemn this no matter who does it.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202003010">
<p>The Alipay Health Code app
estimates whether the user has Covid-19 and <a
@@ -1241,7 +1257,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/03/25 09:58:54 $
+$Date: 2020/05/03 08:10:36 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary-surveillance.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html,v
retrieving revision 1.316
retrieving revision 1.317
diff -u -b -r1.316 -r1.317
--- proprietary-surveillance.html 4 Mar 2020 09:01:36 -0000 1.316
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html 3 May 2020 08:10:36 -0000 1.317
@@ -652,6 +652,22 @@
</div>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202004300">
+ <p>Xiaomi phones <a
+
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2020/04/30/exclusive-warning-over-chinese-mobile-giant-xiaomi-recording-millions-of-peoples-private-web-and-phone-use/">report
+ many actions the user takes</a>: starting an app, looking at a folder,
+ visiting a website, listening to a song. They send device identifying
+ information too.</p>
+
+ <p>Other nonfree programs snoop too. For instance, Spotify and
+ other streaming dis-services make a dossier about each user, and <a
+ href="/malware/proprietary-surveillance.html#M201508210"> they make
+ users identify themselves to pay</a>. Out, out, damned Spotify!</p>
+
+ <p>Forbes exonerates the same wrongs when the culprits are not Chinese,
+ but we condemn this no matter who does it.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201812060">
<p>Facebook's app got “consent” to <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/06/facebook-emails-reveal-discussions-over-call-log-consent">
@@ -2604,7 +2620,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/03/04 09:01:36 $
+$Date: 2020/05/03 08:10:36 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary.html,v
retrieving revision 1.208
retrieving revision 1.209
diff -u -b -r1.208 -r1.209
--- proprietary.html 14 Apr 2020 07:48:57 -0000 1.208
+++ proprietary.html 3 May 2020 08:10:36 -0000 1.209
@@ -173,6 +173,22 @@
<h3 id="latest">Latest additions</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202004300">
+ <p>Xiaomi phones <a
+
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2020/04/30/exclusive-warning-over-chinese-mobile-giant-xiaomi-recording-millions-of-peoples-private-web-and-phone-use/">report
+ many actions the user takes</a>: starting an app, looking at a folder,
+ visiting a website, listening to a song. They send device identifying
+ information too.</p>
+
+ <p>Other nonfree programs snoop too. For instance, Spotify and
+ other streaming dis-services make a dossier about each user, and <a
+ href="/malware/proprietary-surveillance.html#M201508210"> they make
+ users identify themselves to pay</a>. Out, out, damned Spotify!</p>
+
+ <p>Forbes exonerates the same wrongs when the culprits are not Chinese,
+ but we condemn this no matter who does it.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202004130">
<p>The <a href="https://www.google.com/mobile/android/market-tos.html">
Google Play Terms of Service</a> insist that the user of Android accept
@@ -214,17 +230,6 @@
software lack this. Of course, they are also used by their
manufacturers for snooping.</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 “free” in
- the sense of “gratis.”</small></p>
- </li>
</ul>
</div>
@@ -286,7 +291,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/04/14 07:48:57 $
+$Date: 2020/05/03 08:10:36 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: workshop/mal.rec
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec,v
retrieving revision 1.197
retrieving revision 1.198
diff -u -b -r1.197 -r1.198
--- workshop/mal.rec 14 Apr 2020 07:48:57 -0000 1.197
+++ workshop/mal.rec 3 May 2020 08:10:36 -0000 1.198
@@ -25,6 +25,27 @@
#### Please don't remove the blank line after this marker! ####
# ADD NEW BLURB HERE
+Added: 2020-05-03
+Id: 202004300
+RT: www-discuss 2020-05-02 (Xiaomi phones snoop on everything)
+PubDate: 2020-04-30
+Target: proprietary-surveillance.html SpywareInAndroid
+Target: malware-mobiles.html surveillance
+Keywords:
+Blurb: <p>Xiaomi phones <a
++
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2020/04/30/exclusive-warning-over-chinese-mobile-giant-xiaomi-recording-millions-of-peoples-private-web-and-phone-use/">report
++ many actions the user takes</a>: starting an app, looking at a folder,
++ visiting a website, listening to a song. They send device identifying
++ information too.</p>
++
++ <p>Other nonfree programs snoop too. For instance, Spotify and
++ other streaming dis-services make a dossier about each user, and <a
++ href="/malware/proprietary-surveillance.html#M201508210"> they make
++ users identify themselves to pay</a>. Out, out, damned Spotify!</p>
++
++ <p>Forbes exonerates the same wrongs when the culprits are not Chinese,
++ but we condemn this no matter who does it.</p>
+
Added: 2020-04-14
Id: 202004130
RT: www-discuss 2020-04-13 (Google Android apps have univ. back doors)
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