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Therese Godefroy |
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www/proprietary malware-apple.html malware-appl... |
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Date: |
Sat, 17 Oct 2020 03:26:25 -0400 (EDT) |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Therese Godefroy <th_g> 20/10/17 03:26:24
Modified files:
proprietary : malware-apple.html malware-appliances.html
malware-cars.html malware-games.html
malware-microsoft.html malware-mobiles.html
proprietary-back-doors.html
proprietary-drm.html
proprietary-insecurity.html
proprietary-interference.html
proprietary-sabotage.html
proprietary-subscriptions.html
proprietary-surveillance.html
proprietary-tethers.html
proprietary/workshop: mal.rec
Log message:
Fix forward loops.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-apple.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.125&r2=1.126
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-appliances.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.98&r2=1.99
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-cars.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.35&r2=1.36
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-games.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.60&r2=1.61
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.111&r2=1.112
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.129&r2=1.130
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.114&r2=1.115
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-drm.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.51&r2=1.52
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-insecurity.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.123&r2=1.124
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-interference.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.60&r2=1.61
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-sabotage.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.108&r2=1.109
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-subscriptions.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.35&r2=1.36
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.340&r2=1.341
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-tethers.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.51&r2=1.52
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec?cvsroot=www&r1=1.238&r2=1.239
Patches:
Index: malware-apple.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-apple.html,v
retrieving revision 1.125
retrieving revision 1.126
diff -u -b -r1.125 -r1.126
--- malware-apple.html 2 Sep 2020 09:02:53 -0000 1.125
+++ malware-apple.html 17 Oct 2020 07:26:23 -0000 1.126
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
<li id="M201512260">
<p><a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bmvxp4/switzerland-wants-a-single-universal-phone-charger-by-2017";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/bmvxp4/switzerland-wants-a-single-universal-phone-charger-by-2017";>
Apple uses DRM software to prevent people from charging an iThing
with a generic USB cable</a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
<li id="M201908150">
<p>Apple is putting DRM on iPhone
batteries, and the system proprietary software <a
-
href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59nz3k/apple-is-locking-batteries-to-specific-iphones-a-nightmare-for-diy-repair";>turns
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/59nz3k/apple-is-locking-batteries-to-specific-iphones-a-nightmare-for-diy-repair";>turns
off certain features when batteries are replaced other than by
Apple.</a></p>
</li>
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@
<li id="M201704070">
<p id="iphone7-sabotage">The
iPhone 7 contains DRM specifically designed to <a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kbjm8e/iphone-7-home-button-unreplaceable-repair-software-lock";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/kbjm8e/iphone-7-home-button-unreplaceable-repair-software-lock";>
brick it if an “unauthorized” repair shop fixes it</a>.
“Unauthorized” essentially means anyone besides Apple.</p>
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@
<li id="M201809070">
<p>Adware Doctor, an ad blocker for MacOS, <a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wjye8x/mac-anti-adware-doctor-app-steals-browsing-history";>reports
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/wjye8x/mac-anti-adware-doctor-app-steals-browsing-history";>reports
the user's browsing history</a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/09/02 09:02:53 $
+$Date: 2020/10/17 07:26:23 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: malware-appliances.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-appliances.html,v
retrieving revision 1.98
retrieving revision 1.99
diff -u -b -r1.98 -r1.99
--- malware-appliances.html 30 Sep 2020 09:03:30 -0000 1.98
+++ malware-appliances.html 17 Oct 2020 07:26:23 -0000 1.99
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
<p>Printer manufacturers are very innovative—at blocking the
use of independent replacement ink cartridges. Their “security
upgrades” occasionally impose new forms of cartridge DRM. <a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pa98ab/printer-makers-are-crippling-cheap-ink-cartridges-via-bogus-security-updates";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/pa98ab/printer-makers-are-crippling-cheap-ink-cartridges-via-bogus-security-updates";>
HP and Epson have done this</a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@
<li id="M201703270">
<p>When Miele's Internet of
Stings hospital disinfectant dishwasher is <a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pg9qkv/a-hackable-dishwasher-is-connecting-hospitals-to-the-internet-of-shit";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/pg9qkv/a-hackable-dishwasher-is-connecting-hospitals-to-the-internet-of-shit";>
connected to the Internet, its security is crap</a>.</p>
<p>For example, a cracker can gain access to the dishwasher's
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@
<p>“CloudPets” toys with microphones <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/28/cloudpets-data-breach-leaks-details-of-500000-children-and-adults";>
leak childrens' conversations to the manufacturer</a>. Guess what? <a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pgwean/internet-of-things-teddy-bear-leaked-2-million-parent-and-kids-message-recordings";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/pgwean/internet-of-things-teddy-bear-leaked-2-million-parent-and-kids-message-recordings";>
Crackers found a way to access the data</a> collected by the
manufacturer's snooping.</p>
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@
<p>“Self-encrypting” disk drives
do the encryption with proprietary firmware so you
can't trust it. Western Digital's “My Passport” drives <a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mgbmma/some-popular-self-encrypting-hard-drives-have-really-bad-encryption";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/mgbmma/some-popular-self-encrypting-hard-drives-have-really-bad-encryption";>
have a back door</a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/09/30 09:03:30 $
+$Date: 2020/10/17 07:26:23 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: malware-cars.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-cars.html,v
retrieving revision 1.35
retrieving revision 1.36
diff -u -b -r1.35 -r1.36
--- malware-cars.html 21 Aug 2020 06:06:10 -0000 1.35
+++ malware-cars.html 17 Oct 2020 07:26:23 -0000 1.36
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
<li id="M201711230">
<p>AI-powered driving apps can <a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/43nz9p/ai-powered-driving-apps-can-track-your-every-move";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/43nz9p/ai-powered-driving-apps-can-track-your-every-move";>
track your every move</a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/08/21 06:06:10 $
+$Date: 2020/10/17 07:26:23 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: malware-games.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-games.html,v
retrieving revision 1.60
retrieving revision 1.61
diff -u -b -r1.60 -r1.61
--- malware-games.html 6 Oct 2020 16:00:37 -0000 1.60
+++ malware-games.html 17 Oct 2020 07:26:23 -0000 1.61
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
<li id="M201908210">
<p>Microsoft recorded users of Xboxes and had <a
-
href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43kv4q/microsoft-human-contractors-listened-to-xbox-owners-homes-kinect-cortana";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/43kv4q/microsoft-human-contractors-listened-to-xbox-owners-homes-kinect-cortana";>
human workers listen to the recordings</a>.</p>
<p>Morally, we see no difference between having human workers listen and
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
<li id="M201605200">
<p>Oculus Rift games now have <a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vv77ea/new-oculus-drm-cross-platform";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/vv77ea/new-oculus-drm-cross-platform";>
DRM meant to prevent running them on other systems</a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/10/06 16:00:37 $
+$Date: 2020/10/17 07:26:23 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: malware-microsoft.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html,v
retrieving revision 1.111
retrieving revision 1.112
diff -u -b -r1.111 -r1.112
--- malware-microsoft.html 3 Oct 2020 09:20:41 -0000 1.111
+++ malware-microsoft.html 17 Oct 2020 07:26:23 -0000 1.112
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@
<ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M201908210">
<p>Microsoft recorded users of Xboxes and had <a
-
href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43kv4q/microsoft-human-contractors-listened-to-xbox-owners-homes-kinect-cortana";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/43kv4q/microsoft-human-contractors-listened-to-xbox-owners-homes-kinect-cortana";>
human workers listen to the recordings</a>.</p>
<p>Morally, we see no difference between having human workers listen and
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/10/03 09:20:41 $
+$Date: 2020/10/17 07:26:23 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: malware-mobiles.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html,v
retrieving revision 1.129
retrieving revision 1.130
diff -u -b -r1.129 -r1.130
--- malware-mobiles.html 3 Oct 2020 09:20:41 -0000 1.129
+++ malware-mobiles.html 17 Oct 2020 07:26:23 -0000 1.130
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@
<li id="M201903201">
<p>A study of 24 “health” apps found that 19 of them <a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pan9e8/health-apps-can-share-your-data-everywhere-new-study-shows";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/pan9e8/health-apps-can-share-your-data-everywhere-new-study-shows";>
send sensitive personal data to third parties</a>, which can use it
for invasive advertising or discriminating against people in poor
medical condition.</p>
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@
the company gets that data at all.</p>
<p><a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/gy77wy/stop-using-third-party-weather-apps";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/gy77wy/stop-using-third-party-weather-apps";>
Other weather apps</a>, including Accuweather and WeatherBug, are
tracking people's locations.</p>
</li>
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@
<li id="M201711230">
<p>AI-powered driving apps can <a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/43nz9p/ai-powered-driving-apps-can-track-your-every-move";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/43nz9p/ai-powered-driving-apps-can-track-your-every-move";>
track your every move</a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@
<li id="M201605310">
<p>Facebook's app listens all the time, <a
-
href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-using-people-s-phones-to-listen-in-on-what-they-re-saying-claims-professor-a7057526.html";>to
+
href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-using-people-s-phones-listen-what-they-re-saying-claims-professor-a7057526.html";>to
snoop on what people are listening to or watching</a>. In addition,
it may be analyzing people's conversations to serve them with targeted
advertisements.</p>
@@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/10/03 09:20:41 $
+$Date: 2020/10/17 07:26:23 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary-back-doors.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html,v
retrieving revision 1.114
retrieving revision 1.115
diff -u -b -r1.114 -r1.115
--- proprietary-back-doors.html 6 Oct 2020 08:09:30 -0000 1.114
+++ proprietary-back-doors.html 17 Oct 2020 07:26:23 -0000 1.115
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@
<li id="M201711010">
<p>Sony has brought back its robotic pet Aibo, this time <a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bj778v/sony-wants-to-sell-you-a-subscription-to-a-robot-dog-aibo-90s-pet";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/bj778v/sony-wants-to-sell-you-a-subscription-to-a-robot-dog-aibo-90s-pet";>
with a universal back door, and tethered to a server that requires
a subscription</a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@
<p>“Self-encrypting” disk drives
do the encryption with proprietary firmware so you
can't trust it. Western Digital's “My Passport” drives <a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mgbmma/some-popular-self-encrypting-hard-drives-have-really-bad-encryption";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/mgbmma/some-popular-self-encrypting-hard-drives-have-really-bad-encryption";>
have a back door</a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/10/06 08:09:30 $
+$Date: 2020/10/17 07:26:23 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary-drm.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-drm.html,v
retrieving revision 1.51
retrieving revision 1.52
diff -u -b -r1.51 -r1.52
--- proprietary-drm.html 24 Jun 2020 05:01:12 -0000 1.51
+++ proprietary-drm.html 17 Oct 2020 07:26:23 -0000 1.52
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
<li id="M201908150">
<p>Apple is putting DRM on iPhone
batteries, and the system proprietary software <a
-
href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59nz3k/apple-is-locking-batteries-to-specific-iphones-a-nightmare-for-diy-repair";>turns
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/59nz3k/apple-is-locking-batteries-to-specific-iphones-a-nightmare-for-diy-repair";>turns
off certain features when batteries are replaced other than by
Apple.</a></p>
</li>
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
<p>Printer manufacturers are very innovative—at blocking the
use of independent replacement ink cartridges. Their “security
upgrades” occasionally impose new forms of cartridge DRM. <a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pa98ab/printer-makers-are-crippling-cheap-ink-cartridges-via-bogus-security-updates";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/pa98ab/printer-makers-are-crippling-cheap-ink-cartridges-via-bogus-security-updates";>
HP and Epson have done this</a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
<li id="M201704070">
<p id="iphone7-sabotage">The
iPhone 7 contains DRM specifically designed to <a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kbjm8e/iphone-7-home-button-unreplaceable-repair-software-lock";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/kbjm8e/iphone-7-home-button-unreplaceable-repair-software-lock";>
brick it if an “unauthorized” repair shop fixes it</a>.
“Unauthorized” essentially means anyone besides Apple.</p>
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
<li id="M201605200">
<p>Oculus Rift games now have <a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vv77ea/new-oculus-drm-cross-platform";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/vv77ea/new-oculus-drm-cross-platform";>
DRM meant to prevent running them on other systems</a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
<li id="M201512260">
<p><a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bmvxp4/switzerland-wants-a-single-universal-phone-charger-by-2017";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/bmvxp4/switzerland-wants-a-single-universal-phone-charger-by-2017";>
Apple uses DRM software to prevent people from charging an iThing
with a generic USB cable</a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/06/24 05:01:12 $
+$Date: 2020/10/17 07:26:23 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary-insecurity.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-insecurity.html,v
retrieving revision 1.123
retrieving revision 1.124
diff -u -b -r1.123 -r1.124
--- proprietary-insecurity.html 20 Aug 2020 07:27:59 -0000 1.123
+++ proprietary-insecurity.html 17 Oct 2020 07:26:23 -0000 1.124
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
<li id="M201703270">
<p>When Miele's Internet of
Stings hospital disinfectant dishwasher is <a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pg9qkv/a-hackable-dishwasher-is-connecting-hospitals-to-the-internet-of-shit";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/pg9qkv/a-hackable-dishwasher-is-connecting-hospitals-to-the-internet-of-shit";>
connected to the Internet, its security is crap</a>.</p>
<p>For example, a cracker can gain access to the dishwasher's
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@
<p>“Self-encrypting” disk drives
do the encryption with proprietary firmware so you
can't trust it. Western Digital's “My Passport” drives <a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mgbmma/some-popular-self-encrypting-hard-drives-have-really-bad-encryption";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/mgbmma/some-popular-self-encrypting-hard-drives-have-really-bad-encryption";>
have a back door</a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/08/20 07:27:59 $
+$Date: 2020/10/17 07:26:23 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary-interference.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-interference.html,v
retrieving revision 1.60
retrieving revision 1.61
diff -u -b -r1.60 -r1.61
--- proprietary-interference.html 24 Jun 2020 05:01:12 -0000 1.60
+++ proprietary-interference.html 17 Oct 2020 07:26:24 -0000 1.61
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
<li id="M201908150">
<p>Apple is putting DRM on iPhone
batteries, and the system proprietary software <a
-
href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59nz3k/apple-is-locking-batteries-to-specific-iphones-a-nightmare-for-diy-repair";>turns
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/59nz3k/apple-is-locking-batteries-to-specific-iphones-a-nightmare-for-diy-repair";>turns
off certain features when batteries are replaced other than by
Apple.</a></p>
</li>
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/06/24 05:01:12 $
+$Date: 2020/10/17 07:26:24 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary-sabotage.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-sabotage.html,v
retrieving revision 1.108
retrieving revision 1.109
diff -u -b -r1.108 -r1.109
--- proprietary-sabotage.html 7 Oct 2020 16:33:56 -0000 1.108
+++ proprietary-sabotage.html 17 Oct 2020 07:26:24 -0000 1.109
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
<p>Printer manufacturers are very innovative—at blocking the
use of independent replacement ink cartridges. Their “security
upgrades” occasionally impose new forms of cartridge DRM. <a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pa98ab/printer-makers-are-crippling-cheap-ink-cartridges-via-bogus-security-updates";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/pa98ab/printer-makers-are-crippling-cheap-ink-cartridges-via-bogus-security-updates";>
HP and Epson have done this</a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@
<li id="M201704070">
<p id="iphone7-sabotage">The
iPhone 7 contains DRM specifically designed to <a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kbjm8e/iphone-7-home-button-unreplaceable-repair-software-lock";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/kbjm8e/iphone-7-home-button-unreplaceable-repair-software-lock";>
brick it if an “unauthorized” repair shop fixes it</a>.
“Unauthorized” essentially means anyone besides Apple.</p>
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/10/07 16:33:56 $
+$Date: 2020/10/17 07:26:24 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary-subscriptions.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-subscriptions.html,v
retrieving revision 1.35
retrieving revision 1.36
diff -u -b -r1.35 -r1.36
--- proprietary-subscriptions.html 21 Aug 2020 05:36:10 -0000 1.35
+++ proprietary-subscriptions.html 17 Oct 2020 07:26:24 -0000 1.36
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
<li id="M201711010">
<p>Sony has brought back its robotic pet Aibo, this time <a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bj778v/sony-wants-to-sell-you-a-subscription-to-a-robot-dog-aibo-90s-pet";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/bj778v/sony-wants-to-sell-you-a-subscription-to-a-robot-dog-aibo-90s-pet";>
with a universal back door, and tethered to a server that requires
a subscription</a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/08/21 05:36:10 $
+$Date: 2020/10/17 07:26:24 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary-surveillance.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html,v
retrieving revision 1.340
retrieving revision 1.341
diff -u -b -r1.340 -r1.341
--- proprietary-surveillance.html 16 Oct 2020 18:00:37 -0000 1.340
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html 17 Oct 2020 07:26:24 -0000 1.341
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@
<ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M201809070">
<p>Adware Doctor, an ad blocker for MacOS, <a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wjye8x/mac-anti-adware-doctor-app-steals-browsing-history";>reports
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/wjye8x/mac-anti-adware-doctor-app-steals-browsing-history";>reports
the user's browsing history</a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@
<li id="M201903201">
<p>A study of 24 “health” apps found that 19 of them <a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pan9e8/health-apps-can-share-your-data-everywhere-new-study-shows";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/pan9e8/health-apps-can-share-your-data-everywhere-new-study-shows";>
send sensitive personal data to third parties</a>, which can use it
for invasive advertising or discriminating against people in poor
medical condition.</p>
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@
the company gets that data at all.</p>
<p><a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/gy77wy/stop-using-third-party-weather-apps";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/gy77wy/stop-using-third-party-weather-apps";>
Other weather apps</a>, including Accuweather and WeatherBug, are
tracking people's locations.</p>
</li>
@@ -1437,7 +1437,7 @@
<li id="M201605310">
<p>Facebook's app listens all the time, <a
-
href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-using-people-s-phones-to-listen-in-on-what-they-re-saying-claims-professor-a7057526.html";>to
+
href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-using-people-s-phones-listen-what-they-re-saying-claims-professor-a7057526.html";>to
snoop on what people are listening to or watching</a>. In addition,
it may be analyzing people's conversations to serve them with targeted
advertisements.</p>
@@ -1606,7 +1606,7 @@
<ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M201908210">
<p>Microsoft recorded users of Xboxes and had <a
-
href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43kv4q/microsoft-human-contractors-listened-to-xbox-owners-homes-kinect-cortana";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/43kv4q/microsoft-human-contractors-listened-to-xbox-owners-homes-kinect-cortana";>
human workers listen to the recordings</a>.</p>
<p>Morally, we see no difference between having human workers listen and
@@ -1998,7 +1998,7 @@
<p>“CloudPets” toys with microphones <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/28/cloudpets-data-breach-leaks-details-of-500000-children-and-adults";>
leak childrens' conversations to the manufacturer</a>. Guess what? <a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pgwean/internet-of-things-teddy-bear-leaked-2-million-parent-and-kids-message-recordings";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/pgwean/internet-of-things-teddy-bear-leaked-2-million-parent-and-kids-message-recordings";>
Crackers found a way to access the data</a> collected by the
manufacturer's snooping.</p>
@@ -2343,7 +2343,7 @@
<li id="M201711230">
<p>AI-powered driving apps can <a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/43nz9p/ai-powered-driving-apps-can-track-your-every-move";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/43nz9p/ai-powered-driving-apps-can-track-your-every-move";>
track your every move</a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -2747,7 +2747,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/10/16 18:00:37 $
+$Date: 2020/10/17 07:26:24 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary-tethers.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-tethers.html,v
retrieving revision 1.51
retrieving revision 1.52
diff -u -b -r1.51 -r1.52
--- proprietary-tethers.html 30 Sep 2020 09:03:30 -0000 1.51
+++ proprietary-tethers.html 17 Oct 2020 07:26:24 -0000 1.52
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
<li id="M201711010">
<p>Sony has brought back its robotic pet Aibo, this time <a
-
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bj778v/sony-wants-to-sell-you-a-subscription-to-a-robot-dog-aibo-90s-pet";>
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/bj778v/sony-wants-to-sell-you-a-subscription-to-a-robot-dog-aibo-90s-pet";>
with a universal back door, and tethered to a server that requires
a subscription</a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/09/30 09:03:30 $
+$Date: 2020/10/17 07:26:24 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: workshop/mal.rec
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec,v
retrieving revision 1.238
retrieving revision 1.239
diff -u -b -r1.238 -r1.239
--- workshop/mal.rec 16 Oct 2020 18:00:41 -0000 1.238
+++ workshop/mal.rec 17 Oct 2020 07:26:24 -0000 1.239
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@
Target: malware-microsoft.html surveillance
Keywords: cortana
Blurb: <p>Microsoft recorded users of Xboxes and had <a
-+
href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43kv4q/microsoft-human-contractors-listened-to-xbox-owners-homes-kinect-cortana";>
++
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/43kv4q/microsoft-human-contractors-listened-to-xbox-owners-homes-kinect-cortana";>
+ human workers listen to the recordings</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>Morally, we see no difference between having human workers listen and
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@
Keywords: iPhone batteries
Blurb: <p>Apple is putting DRM on iPhone
+ batteries, and the system proprietary software <a
-+
href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59nz3k/apple-is-locking-batteries-to-specific-iphones-a-nightmare-for-diy-repair";>turns
++
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/59nz3k/apple-is-locking-batteries-to-specific-iphones-a-nightmare-for-diy-repair";>turns
+ off certain features when batteries are replaced other than by
+ Apple.</a></p>
@@ -1514,7 +1514,7 @@
Target: malware-mobiles.html surveillance
Keywords: health medical
Blurb: <p>A study of 24 “health” apps found that 19 of them <a
-+
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pan9e8/health-apps-can-share-your-data-everywhere-new-study-shows";>
++
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/pan9e8/health-apps-can-share-your-data-everywhere-new-study-shows";>
+ send sensitive personal data to third parties</a>, which can use it
+ for invasive advertising or discriminating against people in poor
+ medical condition.</p>
@@ -2026,7 +2026,7 @@
+ the company gets that data at all.</p>
+
+ <p><a
-+
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/gy77wy/stop-using-third-party-weather-apps";>
++
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/gy77wy/stop-using-third-party-weather-apps";>
+ Other weather apps</a>, including Accuweather and WeatherBug, are
+ tracking people's locations.</p>
@@ -2177,7 +2177,7 @@
Blurb: <p>Printer manufacturers are very innovative—at blocking the
+ use of independent replacement ink cartridges. Their “security
+ upgrades” occasionally impose new forms of cartridge DRM. <a
-+
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pa98ab/printer-makers-are-crippling-cheap-ink-cartridges-via-bogus-security-updates";>
++
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/pa98ab/printer-makers-are-crippling-cheap-ink-cartridges-via-bogus-security-updates";>
+ HP and Epson have done this</a>.</p>
Id: 201502100
@@ -2325,7 +2325,7 @@
PubDate: 2018-09-07
Keywords:
Blurb: <p>Adware Doctor, an ad blocker for MacOS, <a
-+
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wjye8x/mac-anti-adware-doctor-app-steals-browsing-history";>reports
++
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/wjye8x/mac-anti-adware-doctor-app-steals-browsing-history";>reports
+ the user's browsing history</a>.</p>
Id: 201808120
@@ -2740,7 +2740,7 @@
PubDate: 2017-11-23
Keywords: ai
Blurb: <p>AI-powered driving apps can <a
-+
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/43nz9p/ai-powered-driving-apps-can-track-your-every-move";>
++
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/43nz9p/ai-powered-driving-apps-can-track-your-every-move";>
+ track your every move</a>.</p>
Id: 201711210
@@ -2827,7 +2827,7 @@
PubDate: 2017-11-01
Keywords: sony aibo
Blurb: <p>Sony has brought back its robotic pet Aibo, this time <a
-+
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bj778v/sony-wants-to-sell-you-a-subscription-to-a-robot-dog-aibo-90s-pet";>
++
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/bj778v/sony-wants-to-sell-you-a-subscription-to-a-robot-dog-aibo-90s-pet";>
+ with a universal back door, and tethered to a server that requires
+ a subscription</a>.</p>
@@ -3386,7 +3386,7 @@
Keywords: drm
Blurb: <p id="iphone7-sabotage">The
+ iPhone 7 contains DRM specifically designed to <a
-+
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kbjm8e/iphone-7-home-button-unreplaceable-repair-software-lock";>
++
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/kbjm8e/iphone-7-home-button-unreplaceable-repair-software-lock";>
+ brick it if an “unauthorized” repair shop fixes it</a>.
+ “Unauthorized” essentially means anyone besides Apple.</p>
+
@@ -3431,7 +3431,7 @@
Keywords: miele
Blurb: <p>When Miele's Internet of
+ Stings hospital disinfectant dishwasher is <a
-+
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pg9qkv/a-hackable-dishwasher-is-connecting-hospitals-to-the-internet-of-shit";>
++
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/pg9qkv/a-hackable-dishwasher-is-connecting-hospitals-to-the-internet-of-shit";>
+ connected to the Internet, its security is crap</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>For example, a cracker can gain access to the dishwasher's
@@ -3508,7 +3508,7 @@
Blurb: <p>“CloudPets” toys with microphones <a
+
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/28/cloudpets-data-breach-leaks-details-of-500000-children-and-adults";>
+ leak childrens' conversations to the manufacturer</a>. Guess what? <a
-+
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pgwean/internet-of-things-teddy-bear-leaked-2-million-parent-and-kids-message-recordings";>
++
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/pgwean/internet-of-things-teddy-bear-leaked-2-million-parent-and-kids-message-recordings";>
+ Crackers found a way to access the data</a> collected by the
+ manufacturer's snooping.</p>
+
@@ -4285,7 +4285,7 @@
PubDate: 2016-05-31
Keywords: facebook
Blurb: <p>Facebook's app listens all the time, <a
-+
href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-using-people-s-phones-to-listen-in-on-what-they-re-saying-claims-professor-a7057526.html";>to
++
href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-using-people-s-phones-listen-what-they-re-saying-claims-professor-a7057526.html";>to
+ snoop on what people are listening to or watching</a>. In addition,
+ it may be analyzing people's conversations to serve them with targeted
+ advertisements.</p>
@@ -4296,7 +4296,7 @@
PubDate: 2016-05-20
Keywords: oculus virtual-reality
Blurb: <p>Oculus Rift games now have <a
-+
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vv77ea/new-oculus-drm-cross-platform";>
++
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/vv77ea/new-oculus-drm-cross-platform";>
+ DRM meant to prevent running them on other systems</a>.</p>
Id: 201605190
@@ -4655,7 +4655,7 @@
PubDate: 2015-12-26
Keywords: ithings
Blurb: <p><a
-+
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bmvxp4/switzerland-wants-a-single-universal-phone-charger-by-2017";>
++
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/bmvxp4/switzerland-wants-a-single-universal-phone-charger-by-2017";>
+ Apple uses DRM software to prevent people from charging an iThing
+ with a generic USB cable</a>.</p>
@@ -4898,7 +4898,7 @@
Blurb: <p>“Self-encrypting” disk drives
+ do the encryption with proprietary firmware so you
+ can't trust it. Western Digital's “My Passport” drives <a
-+
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mgbmma/some-popular-self-encrypting-hard-drives-have-really-bad-encryption";>
++
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/mgbmma/some-popular-self-encrypting-hard-drives-have-really-bad-encryption";>
+ have a back door</a>.</p>
Id: 201510050
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