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www/proprietary malware-mobiles.html proprietar...


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 &ldquo;consent&rdquo; 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 &ldquo;free&rdquo; in
-    the sense of &ldquo;gratis.&rdquo;</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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