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

[rsiddharth]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     rsiddharth <rsd>        20/06/26 19:18:24

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

Log message:
        Add Trump's campaign app surveillance

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.124&r2=1.125
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.320&r2=1.321
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.216&r2=1.217
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec?cvsroot=www&r1=1.207&r2=1.208

Patches:
Index: malware-mobiles.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html,v
retrieving revision 1.124
retrieving revision 1.125
diff -u -b -r1.124 -r1.125
--- malware-mobiles.html        24 Jun 2020 05:01:10 -0000      1.124
+++ malware-mobiles.html        26 Jun 2020 23:18:23 -0000      1.125
@@ -484,6 +484,19 @@
     full-time listening devices</a>.</p>
   </li>
 
+  <li id="M202006260">
+    <p>Most apps are malware, but
+    Trump's campaign app, like Modi's campaign app, is <a
+    
href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/06/21/1004228/trumps-data-hungry-invasive-app-is-a-voter-surveillance-tool-of-extraordinary-scope/
+    ">especially nasty malware, helping companies snoop on users as well
+    as snooping on them itself</a>.</p>
+
+    <p>The article says that Biden's app has a less manipulative overall
+    approach, but that does not tell us whether it has functionalities we
+    consider malicious, such as sending data the user has not explicitly
+    asked to send.</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
@@ -1270,7 +1283,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/06/24 05:01:10 $
+$Date: 2020/06/26 23:18:23 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: proprietary-surveillance.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html,v
retrieving revision 1.320
retrieving revision 1.321
diff -u -b -r1.320 -r1.321
--- proprietary-surveillance.html       25 Jun 2020 22:42:12 -0000      1.320
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html       26 Jun 2020 23:18:23 -0000      1.321
@@ -460,6 +460,19 @@
 </div>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202006260">
+    <p>Most apps are malware, but
+    Trump's campaign app, like Modi's campaign app, is <a
+    
href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/06/21/1004228/trumps-data-hungry-invasive-app-is-a-voter-surveillance-tool-of-extraordinary-scope/
+    ">especially nasty malware, helping companies snoop on users as well
+    as snooping on them itself</a>.</p>
+
+    <p>The article says that Biden's app has a less manipulative overall
+    approach, but that does not tell us whether it has functionalities we
+    consider malicious, such as sending data the user has not explicitly
+    asked to send.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201601110">
     <p>The natural extension of monitoring
     people through &ldquo;their&rdquo; phones is <a
@@ -2641,7 +2654,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/06/25 22:42:12 $
+$Date: 2020/06/26 23:18:23 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: proprietary.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary.html,v
retrieving revision 1.216
retrieving revision 1.217
diff -u -b -r1.216 -r1.217
--- proprietary.html    25 Jun 2020 22:42:12 -0000      1.216
+++ proprietary.html    26 Jun 2020 23:18:23 -0000      1.217
@@ -173,6 +173,19 @@
 <h3 id="latest">Latest additions</h3>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202006260">
+    <p>Most apps are malware, but
+    Trump's campaign app, like Modi's campaign app, is <a
+    
href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/06/21/1004228/trumps-data-hungry-invasive-app-is-a-voter-surveillance-tool-of-extraordinary-scope/
+    ">especially nasty malware, helping companies snoop on users as well
+    as snooping on them itself</a>.</p>
+
+    <p>The article says that Biden's app has a less manipulative overall
+    approach, but that does not tell us whether it has functionalities we
+    consider malicious, such as sending data the user has not explicitly
+    asked to send.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202006250">
     <p>TV manufacturers are able to <a
     
href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/fbi-warns-about-snoopy-smart-tvs-spying-on-you/";>snoop
@@ -210,19 +223,6 @@
     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">
-    universal remote back door</a>.  Tesla used it to <a
-    
href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/6/21127243/tesla-model-s-autopilot-disabled-remotely-used-car-update";>
-    disable the autopilot features</a> on people's cars to make them pay
-    extra for re-enabling the features.</p>
-
-    <p>This kind of malfeature is only possible with proprietary
-    software&mdash;free software is controlled by its users who wouldn't
-    let do such things to them.</p>
-  </li>
 </ul>
 
 </div>
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/06/25 22:42:12 $
+$Date: 2020/06/26 23:18:23 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: workshop/mal.rec
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec,v
retrieving revision 1.207
retrieving revision 1.208
diff -u -b -r1.207 -r1.208
--- workshop/mal.rec    25 Jun 2020 22:42:13 -0000      1.207
+++ workshop/mal.rec    26 Jun 2020 23:18:24 -0000      1.208
@@ -24,6 +24,24 @@
 ####    Please don't remove the blank line after this marker!    ####
 # ADD NEW BLURB HERE
 
+Added: 2020-06-26
+Id: 202006260
+RT: www-discuss 2020-06-25 (proprietary-surveillance)
+PubDate: 2020-06-26
+Target: proprietary-surveillance.html SpywareInTelephones
+Target: malware-mobiles.html surveillance
+Keywords:
+Blurb: <p>Most apps are malware, but
++   Trump's campaign app, like Modi's campaign app, is <a
++   
href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/06/21/1004228/trumps-data-hungry-invasive-app-is-a-voter-surveillance-tool-of-extraordinary-scope/
++   ">especially nasty malware, helping companies snoop on users as well
++   as snooping on them itself</a>.</p>
++
++   <p>The article says that Biden's app has a less manipulative overall
++   approach, but that does not tell us whether it has functionalities we
++   consider malicious, such as sending data the user has not explicitly
++   asked to send.</p>
+
 Added: 2020-06-25
 Id: 202006250
 RT: www-discuss 2020-06-23 (https://www.zdnet.com/article/fbi-warns...)