www/proprietary malware-appliances.html proprie...

[Therese Godefroy]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Therese Godefroy <th_g> 20/06/07 02:37:02

Modified files:
        proprietary    : malware-appliances.html 
                         proprietary-tethers.html proprietary.html 
        proprietary/workshop: mal.rec 

Log message:
        Wink makes purchasers pay monthly fee (www-discuss 2020-06-06).

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-appliances.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.89&r2=1.90
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-tethers.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.45&r2=1.46
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.210&r2=1.211
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec?cvsroot=www&r1=1.201&r2=1.202

Patches:
Index: malware-appliances.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-appliances.html,v
retrieving revision 1.89
retrieving revision 1.90
diff -u -b -r1.89 -r1.90
--- malware-appliances.html     25 Mar 2020 09:58:54 -0000      1.89
+++ malware-appliances.html     7 Jun 2020 06:37:01 -0000       1.90
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@
 <div class="column-limit" id="malware-appliances"></div>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202005070">
+    <p>Wink sells a &ldquo;smart&rdquo; home hub that is tethered
+    to a server. In May 2020, it ordered the purchasers to start <a
+    
href="https://www.techhive.com/article/3542631/wink-users-revolt-following-its-sudden-shift-to-a-subscription-model.html";>
+    paying a monthly fee for the use of that server</a>.  Because of the
+    tethering, the hub is useless without that.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201912170">
     <p>Some security breakers (wrongly referred in this article as <a
     
href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Hacker";>&ldquo;hackers&rdquo;</a>)
@@ -963,7 +971,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/03/25 09:58:54 $
+$Date: 2020/06/07 06:37:01 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: proprietary-tethers.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-tethers.html,v
retrieving revision 1.45
retrieving revision 1.46
diff -u -b -r1.45 -r1.46
--- proprietary-tethers.html    18 Nov 2019 10:27:57 -0000      1.45
+++ proprietary-tethers.html    7 Jun 2020 06:37:01 -0000       1.46
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@
 <div class="column-limit" id="proprietary-tethers"></div>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202005070">
+    <p>Wink sells a &ldquo;smart&rdquo; home hub that is tethered
+    to a server. In May 2020, it ordered the purchasers to start <a
+    
href="https://www.techhive.com/article/3542631/wink-users-revolt-following-its-sudden-shift-to-a-subscription-model.html";>
+    paying a monthly fee for the use of that server</a>.  Because of the
+    tethering, the hub is useless without that.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201904260">
     <p>The Jibo robot toys were tethered to the manufacturer's server,
     and <a href="https://www.apnews.com/99c9ec8ebad242ca88178e22c7642648";>
@@ -292,7 +300,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/11/18 10:27:57 $
+$Date: 2020/06/07 06:37:01 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: proprietary.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary.html,v
retrieving revision 1.210
retrieving revision 1.211
diff -u -b -r1.210 -r1.211
--- proprietary.html    25 May 2020 08:20:30 -0000      1.210
+++ proprietary.html    7 Jun 2020 06:37:01 -0000       1.211
@@ -173,6 +173,14 @@
 <h3 id="latest">Latest additions</h3>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202005070">
+    <p>Wink sells a &ldquo;smart&rdquo; home hub that is tethered
+    to a server. In May 2020, it ordered the purchasers to start <a
+    
href="https://www.techhive.com/article/3542631/wink-users-revolt-following-its-sudden-shift-to-a-subscription-model.html";>
+    paying a monthly fee for the use of that server</a>.  Because of the
+    tethering, the hub is useless without that.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202005250">
     <p>Tesla's cars have a <a
     href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#M201709090.1">
@@ -222,13 +230,6 @@
     to be turned off</a>. Since the spyware sniffs signals, it bypasses
     encryption.</p>
   </li>
-
-  <li id="M202003010">
-    <p>The Alipay Health Code app
-    estimates whether the user has Covid-19 and <a
-    
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/01/business/china-coronavirus-surveillance.html";>
-    tells the cops directly</a>.</p>
-  </li>
 </ul>
 
 </div>
@@ -290,7 +291,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/05/25 08:20:30 $
+$Date: 2020/06/07 06:37:01 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: workshop/mal.rec
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec,v
retrieving revision 1.201
retrieving revision 1.202
diff -u -b -r1.201 -r1.202
--- workshop/mal.rec    1 Jun 2020 10:19:52 -0000       1.201
+++ workshop/mal.rec    7 Jun 2020 06:37:02 -0000       1.202
@@ -24,6 +24,19 @@
 ####    Please don't remove the blank line after this marker!    ####
 # ADD NEW BLURB HERE
 
+Added: 2020-06-07
+Id: 202005070
+RT: www-discuss 2020-06-06 (Wink Stink)
+PubDate: 2020-05-07
+Target: proprietary-tethers.html proprietary-tethers
+Target: malware-appliances.html malware-appliances
+Keywords:
+Blurb: <p>Wink sells a &ldquo;smart&rdquo; home hub that is tethered
++   to a server. In May 2020, it ordered the purchasers to start <a
++   
href="https://www.techhive.com/article/3542631/wink-users-revolt-following-its-sudden-shift-to-a-subscription-model.html";>
++   paying a monthly fee for the use of that server</a>.  Because of the
++   tethering, the hub is useless without that.</p>
+
 Added: 2020-05-25
 Id: 202005250
 RT: www-discuss 2020-05-23 (proprietary-sabotage by Tesla)