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Therese Godefroy |
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www/proprietary malware-games.html malware-mobi... |
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Fri, 8 Jan 2021 09:51:14 -0500 (EST) |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Therese Godefroy <th_g> 21/01/08 09:51:14
Modified files:
proprietary : malware-games.html malware-mobiles.html
proprietary-addictions.html proprietary.html
proprietary/workshop: mal.rec targets.rec
Log message:
Add an item about gacha games (RT #1663728);
add the Addictions section to malware-mobiles.html;
mention gacha in proprietary-addictions#addictiveness.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-games.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.71&r2=1.72
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.134&r2=1.135
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-addictions.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.44&r2=1.45
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.282&r2=1.283
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec?cvsroot=www&r1=1.281&r2=1.282
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/workshop/targets.rec?cvsroot=www&r1=1.23&r2=1.24
Patches:
Index: malware-games.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-games.html,v
retrieving revision 1.71
retrieving revision 1.72
diff -u -b -r1.71 -r1.72
--- malware-games.html 5 Jan 2021 10:58:41 -0000 1.71
+++ malware-games.html 8 Jan 2021 14:51:13 -0000 1.72
@@ -246,6 +246,15 @@
DRM meant to prevent running them on other systems</a>.</p>
</li>
+ <li id="M201604040">
+ <p>Many popular mobile games are based on the
+ gacha system, which has been turning phones into
+ slot machines ever since 2010. The “complete
+ gacha” variant was declared illegal in Japan in 2012, but <a
+
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2016/04/04/japanese-mobile-gaming-still-cant-shake-off-the-spectre-of-exploitation/";>
+ the legal variants are still exploiting users</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201512290">
<p>Many <a
href="http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/12/29/how-much-data-are-video-games-collecting-about-you.html/";>
@@ -420,7 +429,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/01/05 10:58:41 $
+$Date: 2021/01/08 14:51:13 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: malware-mobiles.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html,v
retrieving revision 1.134
retrieving revision 1.135
diff -u -b -r1.134 -r1.135
--- malware-mobiles.html 22 Dec 2020 08:56:44 -0000 1.134
+++ malware-mobiles.html 8 Jan 2021 14:51:14 -0000 1.135
@@ -123,20 +123,35 @@
<div id="TOC">
<h3>Types of malware in mobiles</h3>
<ul>
+ <li><a href="#addictions">Addictions</a></li>
<li><a href="#back-doors">Back doors</a></li>
<!--<li><a href="#censorship">Censorship</a></li>-->
<li><a href="#deception">Deception</a></li>
<li><a href="#drm">DRM</a></li>
<li><a href="#insecurity">Insecurity</a></li>
<li><a href="#interference">Interference</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#jails">Jails</a></li>
<li><a href="#manipulation">Manipulation</a></li>
<li><a href="#sabotage">Sabotage</a></li>
<li><a href="#surveillance">Surveillance</a></li>
- <li><a href="#jails">Jails</a></li>
<li><a href="#tyrants">Tyrants</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
+<h3 id="addictions">Addictions</h3>
+
+<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201604040">
+ <p>Many popular mobile games are based on the
+ gacha system, which has been turning phones into
+ slot machines ever since 2010. The “complete
+ gacha” variant was declared illegal in Japan in 2012, but <a
+
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2016/04/04/japanese-mobile-gaming-still-cant-shake-off-the-spectre-of-exploitation/";>
+ the legal variants are still exploiting users</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+</ul>
+
+
<h3 id="back-doors">Back Doors</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
@@ -1299,7 +1314,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/12/22 08:56:44 $
+$Date: 2021/01/08 14:51:14 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary-addictions.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-addictions.html,v
retrieving revision 1.44
retrieving revision 1.45
diff -u -b -r1.44 -r1.45
--- proprietary-addictions.html 7 Jan 2021 14:08:21 -0000 1.44
+++ proprietary-addictions.html 8 Jan 2021 14:51:14 -0000 1.45
@@ -114,7 +114,10 @@
application of the random reward mechanism, and their addictiveness
is enhanced by seductive animation. They are <a
href="https://www.pcgamer.com/behind-the-addictive-psychology-and-seductive-art-of-loot-boxes/";>
- akin to gambling</a>.</li>
+ akin to gambling</a>, and so are the <a
+ href="https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Gacha_game";>gacha games</a>,
+ very popular in Asia, which may be considered the ancestors of
+ loot boxes.</li>
<li>The developers of gratis
mobile games apply the techniques described above to <a
@@ -291,6 +294,15 @@
and it can develop into a costly habit.</p>
</li>
+ <li id="M201604040">
+ <p>Many popular mobile games are based on the
+ gacha system, which has been turning phones into
+ slot machines ever since 2010. The “complete
+ gacha” variant was declared illegal in Japan in 2012, but <a
+
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2016/04/04/japanese-mobile-gaming-still-cant-shake-off-the-spectre-of-exploitation/";>
+ the legal variants are still exploiting users</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201507290">
<p>Game Of War: Fire Age is an iPhone game with <a
href="http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-1762-5-reasons-i-lost-249000-iphone-game.html";>
@@ -379,7 +391,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/01/07 14:08:21 $
+$Date: 2021/01/08 14:51:14 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary.html,v
retrieving revision 1.282
retrieving revision 1.283
diff -u -b -r1.282 -r1.283
--- proprietary.html 6 Jan 2021 10:02:22 -0000 1.282
+++ proprietary.html 8 Jan 2021 14:51:14 -0000 1.283
@@ -174,6 +174,15 @@
<h3 id="latest">Latest additions</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M201604040">
+ <p>Many popular mobile games are based on the
+ gacha system, which has been turning phones into
+ slot machines ever since 2010. The “complete
+ gacha” variant was declared illegal in Japan in 2012, but <a
+
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2016/04/04/japanese-mobile-gaming-still-cant-shake-off-the-spectre-of-exploitation/";>
+ the legal variants are still exploiting users</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202101050">
<p>Most Internet connected devices in Mozilla's <a
href="https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded";>“Privacy
@@ -225,14 +234,6 @@
instead. Minetest is free software and respects the user's computer
freedom.</p>
</li>
-
- <li id="M202009070">
- <p>While the world is still
- struggling with COVID-19 coronavirus, many <a
-
href="https://mashable.com/article/privacy-in-the-age-of-coronavirus/";>people
- are in danger of surveillance</a> and their computers are infected
- with malware as a result of installing proprietary software.</p>
- </li>
</ul>
</div>
@@ -295,7 +296,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/01/06 10:02:22 $
+$Date: 2021/01/08 14:51:14 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: workshop/mal.rec
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec,v
retrieving revision 1.281
retrieving revision 1.282
diff -u -b -r1.281 -r1.282
--- workshop/mal.rec 6 Jan 2021 10:02:21 -0000 1.281
+++ workshop/mal.rec 8 Jan 2021 14:51:14 -0000 1.282
@@ -24,6 +24,21 @@
#### Please don't remove the blank line after this marker! ####
# ADD NEW BLURB HERE
+Added: 2021-01-08
+Id: 201604040
+RT: 1663728
+PubDate: 2016-04-04
+Target: proprietary-addictions.html proprietary-addictions
+Target: malware-games.html malware-games
+Target: malware-mobiles.html addictions
+Keywords: loot boxes gacha
+Blurb: <p>Many popular mobile games are based on the
++ gacha system, which has been turning phones into
++ slot machines ever since 2010. The “complete
++ gacha” variant was declared illegal in Japan in 2012, but <a
++
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2016/04/04/japanese-mobile-gaming-still-cant-shake-off-the-spectre-of-exploitation/";>
++ the legal variants are still exploiting users</a>.</p>
+
Added: 2021-01-05
Id: 202101050
RT: RT#1668813 and www-discuss (Backlog of malware suggestions on RT
Index: workshop/targets.rec
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/workshop/targets.rec,v
retrieving revision 1.23
retrieving revision 1.24
diff -u -b -r1.23 -r1.24
--- workshop/targets.rec 24 Nov 2020 12:45:33 -0000 1.23
+++ workshop/targets.rec 8 Jan 2021 14:51:14 -0000 1.24
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
Targets: back-doors drm insecurity interference sabotage subscriptions
surveillance tethers jails tyrants
Page: malware-mobiles.html
-Targets: phone-communications back-doors deception drm insecurity interference
manipulation sabotage surveillance jails tyrants
+Targets: phone-communications addictions back-doors deception drm insecurity
interference manipulation sabotage surveillance jails tyrants
Page: malware-webpages.html
Targets: malware-webpages
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