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Therese Godefroy |
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www/server/staging/proprietary malware-microsof... |
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Sat, 16 Jan 2021 04:08:36 -0500 (EST) |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Therese Godefroy <th_g> 21/01/16 04:08:36
Modified files:
server/staging/proprietary: malware-microsoft.html
Log message:
Replace brackets around dates with unbreakablespaces.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/server/staging/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.20&r2=1.21
Patches:
Index: malware-microsoft.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/server/staging/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html,v
retrieving revision 1.20
retrieving revision 1.21
diff -u -b -r1.20 -r1.21
--- malware-microsoft.html 15 Jan 2021 11:12:12 -0000 1.20
+++ malware-microsoft.html 16 Jan 2021 09:08:35 -0000 1.21
@@ -12,13 +12,20 @@
- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/side-menu.css"
media="screen,print" />
<style type="text/css" media="print,screen"><!--
- .date-tag {
- background-color: #f3f3f3;
- border-radius: .25em;
- color: #505050;
- line-height: 1.5em;
+ ul.blurbs > li {
+ list-style: none;
+ }
+ .blurbs .date-tag {
+ position: relative; right: 2em;
padding: .2em .5em;
- white-space: nowrap;
+ color: #505050;
+ background: #f3f3f3;
+ border-radius: .25em;
+ }
+ @media (max-width:30em) {
+ .blurbs .date-tag {
+ right: 1.5em;
+ }
}
--></style>
<!--#include virtual="/proprietary/po/malware-microsoft.translist" -->
@@ -92,18 +99,10 @@
<ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M201608171">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2007-09-13]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2007-08-26]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2016-08-17]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2015-07-17]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2007-09-13 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2007-08-26 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2016-08-17 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2015-07-17 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p id="windows-update">Microsoft
Windows has a universal back door through which <a
href="http://www.informationweek.com/microsoft-updates-windows-without-user-permission-apologizes/d/d-id/1059183";>
@@ -123,18 +122,14 @@
</li>
<li id="M201512280">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2015-12-28]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2015-12-28 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>Microsoft has <a
href="https://theintercept.com/2015/12/28/recently-bought-a-windows-computer-microsoft-probably-has-your-encryption-key/";>
backdoored its disk encryption</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201308230">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2013-08-23]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2013-08-23 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>The German government <a
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/23/nsa_germany_windows_8/";>veers
away from Windows 8 computers with TPM 2.0</a> (<a
@@ -144,9 +139,7 @@
</li>
<li id="M201307300">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2013-07-30]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2013-07-30 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>Here is a suspicion that
we can't prove, but is worth thinking about: <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150206003913/http://www.afr.com/p/technology/intel_chips_could_be_nsa_key_to_ymrhS1HS1633gCWKt5tFtI";>
@@ -156,9 +149,7 @@
</li>
<li id="M201112080.1">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2011-12-08]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2011-12-08 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>Windows 8 also has a back door for <a
href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/2500036/microsoft--we-can-remotely-delete-windows-8-apps.html";>
remotely deleting apps</a>.</p>
@@ -180,9 +171,7 @@
<ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M201904040">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2019-04-04]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2019-04-04 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>Ebooks “bought” from Microsoft's store check that
their DRM is valid by connecting to the store every time their
“owner” wants to read them. Microsoft is going to close
@@ -196,9 +185,7 @@
</li>
<li id="M200708130.1">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2007-08-13]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2007-08-13 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/2007/08/aacs-tentacles/";>DRM
in Windows</a>, introduced to cater to <a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-drm.html#bluray">Bluray</a> disks.
@@ -218,9 +205,7 @@
<ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M201705120">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2017-05-12]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2017-05-12 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>Exploits of bugs in Windows, which were developed by the NSA
and then leaked by the Shadowbrokers group, are now being used to <a
href="https://theintercept.com/2017/05/12/the-nsas-lost-digital-weapon-is-helping-hijack-computers-around-the-world/";>attack
@@ -228,9 +213,7 @@
</li>
<li id="M201608020">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2016-08-02]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2016-08-02 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>A <a
href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-attack-can-steal-your-username-password-and-other-logins/";>flaw
in Internet Explorer and Edge</a> allows an attacker to retrieve
@@ -239,9 +222,7 @@
</li>
<li id="M201312040">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2013-12-04]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2013-12-04 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p><a
href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/12/credit-card-fraud-comes-of-age-with-first-known-point-of-sale-botnet/";>
Point-of-sale terminals running Windows were taken over</a> and
@@ -259,18 +240,14 @@
<ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M201809120">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2018-09-12]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2018-09-12 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>One version of Windows 10 <a
href="https://www.ghacks.net/2018/09/12/microsoft-intercepting-firefox-chrome-installation-on-windows-10/";>
harangues users if they try to install Firefox (or Chrome)</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201803190">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2018-03-19]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2018-03-19 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>Microsoft is planning to make Windows <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/19/windows-10-microsoft-force-people-edge-browser-windows-mail-chrome-firefox";>
impose use of its browser, Edge, in certain circumstances</a>.</p>
@@ -280,9 +257,7 @@
</li>
<li id="M201703170">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2017-03-17]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2017-03-17 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>Windows displays <a
href="http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/17/14956540/microsoft-windows-10-ads-taskbar-file-explorer";>
intrusive ads for Microsoft products and its partners'
@@ -294,9 +269,7 @@
</li>
<li id="M201612140">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2016-12-14]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2016-12-14 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>The Microsoft Telemetry Compatibility service <a
href="https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-performance/microsoft-telemetry-compatibility/cefa7c8e-49c9-4965-aef6-2d5f01bb38f2?tab=AllReplies#tabs";>
drastically reduces the performances of machines running
@@ -304,15 +277,9 @@
</li>
<li id="M201608170">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2015-12-07]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2016-03-17]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2016-08-17]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2015-12-07 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2016-03-17 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2016-08-17 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p> After <a
href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html#windows10-forcing">forcing the
download of Windows 10</a>
on computers that were running Windows 7 and 8, Microsoft <a
href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/3012278/microsoft-sets-stage-for-massive-windows-10-upgrade-strategy.html";>
@@ -330,9 +297,7 @@
</li>
<li id="M201603090">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2016-03-09]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2016-03-09 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>Microsoft has made companies'
Windows machines managed by the company's sysadmins <a
href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/3042397/microsoft-windows/admins-beware-domain-attached-pcs-are-sprouting-get-windows-10-ads.html";>harangue
@@ -341,9 +306,7 @@
</li>
<li id="M201601160">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2016-01-16]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2016-01-16 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>Microsoft has <a
href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/16/10780876/microsoft-windows-support-policy-new-processors-skylake";>desupported
all future Intel CPUs for Windows 7 and 8</a>. Those
@@ -373,15 +336,9 @@
<ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M201904041">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2019-01-17]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2019-04-04]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2018-10-06]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2019-01-17 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2019-04-04 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2018-10-06 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>Microsoft has been <a
href="https://borncity.com/win/2019/01/17/windows-10-update-kb4023057-re-released-1-16-2019/";>
force-installing a “remediation”
@@ -408,9 +365,7 @@
</li>
<li id="M201704194">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2017-04-19]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2017-04-19 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>Microsoft has made Windows 7
and 8 cease to function on certain new computers, <a
href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4012982/the-processor-is-not-supported-together-with-the-windows-version-that";>effectively
@@ -418,9 +373,7 @@
</li>
<li id="M201704134">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2017-04-13]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2017-04-13 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>Microsoft <a
href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/new-processors-are-now-blocked-from-receiving-updates-on-old-windows/";>
has dropped support for Windows 7 and 8 on recent processors</a>
@@ -432,15 +385,9 @@
</li>
<li id="M201606270">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2015-09-11]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2016-06-03]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2016-06-27]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2015-09-11 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2016-06-03 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2016-06-27 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p id="windows10-forcing">In its efforts to trick users of Windows
7 and 8 into installing all-spying Windows 10 against their
will, Microsoft forced their computers to <a
@@ -458,9 +405,7 @@
</li>
<li id="M201606010">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2016-06-01]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2016-06-01 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>Once Microsoft has tricked a user
into accepting installation of Windows 10, <a
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/windows_10_nagware_no_way_out/";>they
@@ -473,12 +418,8 @@
</li>
<li id="M201601310">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2014-10-23]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2016-01-31]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2014-10-23 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2016-01-31 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>FTDI's proprietary driver
for its USB-to-serial chips has been designed to <a
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/10/windows-update-drivers-bricking-usb-serial-chips-beloved-of-hardware-hackers/";>sabotage
@@ -489,21 +430,15 @@
</li>
<li id="M201511240">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2015-11-24]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2015-11-24 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>Windows 10 “upgrades” <a
href="http://www.ghacks.net/2015/11/24/beware-latest-windows-10-update-may-remove-programs-automatically/";>
delete applications</a> without asking permission.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201503260">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2014-04-10]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2015-03-26]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2014-04-10 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2015-03-26 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p><a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191205010621/https://www.computerworld.com/article/3423768/windows-xp--end-of-an-era--end-of-an-error.html";>Microsoft
cut off security fixes for Windows XP, except to some big users that
@@ -521,9 +456,7 @@
</li>
<li id="M201306220">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2013-06-17]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2013-06-17 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p><a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130622044225/http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2013/06/how-can-any-company-ever-trust-microsoft-again/index.htm";>Microsoft
informs the NSA of bugs in Windows before fixing them</a>.</p>
@@ -535,9 +468,7 @@
<ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M201507150">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2015-07-15]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2015-07-15 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>Microsoft Office forces users <a
href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/2948755/office-for-windows-10-will-require-office-365-subscription-on-pcs-larger-tablets.html";>to
subscribe to Office 365 to be able to create/edit documents</a>.</p>
@@ -549,9 +480,7 @@
<ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M202011260">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2020-11-26]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2020-11-26 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>Microsoft's Office 365 suite enables employers <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/nov/26/microsoft-productivity-score-feature-criticised-workplace-surveillance";>to
snoop on each employee</a>. After
@@ -561,9 +490,7 @@
</li>
<li id="M202010221">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2020-10-22]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2020-10-22 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>Microsoft is imposing its
surveillance on the game of Minecraft by <a
href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/22/21527647/minecraft-microsoft-account-mojang-java";>requiring
@@ -579,9 +506,7 @@
</li>
<li id="M202010210">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2020-10-21]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2020-10-21 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>As of 2019-2020, Minecraft players are <a
href="https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/java-edition-moving-house";>being
forced to move to Microsoft servers</a>, which results in
@@ -597,9 +522,7 @@
</li>
<li id="M201912160">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2019-12-16]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2019-12-16 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>Microsoft is <a
href="https://www.howtogeek.com/442609/confirmed-windows-10-setup-now-prevents-local-account-creation/";>tricking
users to create an account on their network</a> to be able to install
@@ -609,9 +532,7 @@
</li>
<li id="M201908210">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2019-08-21]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2019-08-21 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>Microsoft recorded users of Xboxes and had <a
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>
@@ -621,9 +542,7 @@
</li>
<li id="M201908151">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2019-08-15]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2019-08-15 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>Skype refuses to say whether it can <a
href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/07/20/skype_won_t_comment_on_whether_it_can_now_eavesdrop_on_conversations_.html";>eavesdrop
on calls</a>.</p>
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- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2019-05-28]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2019-05-28 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>Microsoft <a
href="https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/all/why-does-my-new-e-mail-account-need-a-phone-number/70049eaf-3b66-4d02-87cc-79dc73c2ea08";>forces
people to give their phone number</a> in order to be able to create an
account on
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<li id="M201710134">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2017-10-13]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2017-10-13 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>Windows 10 telemetry program sends information to Microsoft about
the user's computer and their use of the computer.</p>
@@ -666,9 +581,7 @@
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<li id="M201702020">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2017-02-02]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2017-02-02 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>DRM-restricted files can be used to <a
href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/02/02/231229/windows-drm-protected-files-used-to-decloak-tor-browser-users";>
identify people browsing through Tor</a>. The vulnerability exists
@@ -676,9 +589,7 @@
</li>
<li id="M201611240">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2016-11-24]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2016-11-24 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>By default, Windows 10 <a
href="http://betanews.com/2016/11/24/microsoft-shares-windows-10-telemetry-data-with-third-parties";>sends
debugging information to Microsoft, including core dumps</a>. Microsoft
@@ -686,18 +597,14 @@
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<li id="M201608170.1">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2016-08-17]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2016-08-17 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>In order to increase Windows 10's install base, Microsoft <a
class="not-a-duplicate"
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/08/windows-10-microsoft-blatantly-disregards-user-choice-and-privacy-deep-dive";>
blatantly disregards user choice and privacy</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201603170">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2016-03-17]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2016-03-17 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p><a
href="https://duo.com/blog/bring-your-own-dilemma-oem-laptops-and-windows-10-security";>
Windows 10 comes with 13 screens of snooping options</a>, all enabled
@@ -705,9 +612,7 @@
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<li id="M201601050">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2016-01-05]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2016-01-05 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>It appears <a
href="http://www.ghacks.net/2016/01/05/microsoft-may-be-collecting-more-data-than-initially-thought/";>
Windows 10 sends data to Microsoft about what applications are
@@ -715,9 +620,7 @@
</li>
<li id="M201511264">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2015-11-26]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2015-11-26 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>A downgrade to Windows 10 deleted surveillance-detection
applications. Then another downgrade inserted a general spying
program. Users noticed this and complained, so Microsoft renamed it <a
@@ -728,9 +631,7 @@
</li>
<li id="M201508130">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2015-08-13]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2015-08-13 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p><a
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/even-when-told-not-to-windows-10-just-cant-stop-talking-to-microsoft/";>
Windows 10 sends identifiable information to Microsoft</a>, even if
@@ -739,9 +640,7 @@
</li>
<li id="M201507300">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2015-07-30]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2015-07-30 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>Windows 10 <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180923125732/https://jonathan.porta.codes/2015/07/30/windows-10-seems-to-have-some-scary-privacy-defaults/";>
ships with default settings that show no regard for the privacy of
@@ -757,9 +656,7 @@
</li>
<li id="M201506170">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2015-06-17]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2015-06-17 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>Microsoft uses Windows 10's “privacy policy”
to overtly impose a “right” to look at
users' files at any time. Windows 10 full disk encryption <a
@@ -783,9 +680,7 @@
</li>
<li id="M201410040">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2014-10-04]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2014-10-04 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>It only gets worse with time. <a
href="http://www.techworm.net/2014/10/microsofts-windows-10-permission-watch-every-move.html";>
Windows 10 requires users to give permission for total snooping</a>,
@@ -794,9 +689,7 @@
</li>
<li id="M201405140">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2014-05-14]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2014-05-14 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p><a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190421070310/https://www.itproportal.com/2014/05/14/microsoft-openly-offered-cloud-data-fbi-and-nsa/";>
Microsoft SkyDrive allows the NSA to directly examine users'
@@ -804,12 +697,8 @@
</li>
<li id="M201307110">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2013-06-20]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2013-07-11]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2013-06-20 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2013-07-11 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>Skype contains <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130928235637/http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2013/06/20/project-chess-how-u-s-snoops-on-your-skype/";>spyware</a>.
Microsoft changed Skype <a
@@ -818,15 +707,9 @@
</li>
<li id="M201307080">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2003-02-28]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2013-07-08]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2013-06-10]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2003-02-28 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2013-07-08 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2013-06-10 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>Spyware in older versions of Windows: <a
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/02/28/windows_update_keeps_tabs/";>
Windows Update snoops on the user</a>. <a
@@ -845,9 +728,7 @@
<ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M201708310">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2017-08-31]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2017-08-31 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>The recent versions of Microsoft Office require the user to <a
href="https://products.office.com/en-us/microsoft-office-for-home-and-school-faq?legRedir=true&CorrelationId=c9c5b549-11ad-4f71-bf81-b7e069fdb372";>
connect to Microsoft servers at least every thirty-one
@@ -863,12 +744,8 @@
<ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M201706130">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2017-05-03]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2017-06-13]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2017-05-03 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2017-06-13 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>Windows 10 S was a jail: <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/03/windows-10-s-microsoft-faster-pc-comparison";>
only programs from the Windows Store could be
@@ -882,9 +759,7 @@
</li>
<li id="M201210080">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2012-10-08]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2012-10-08 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p><a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190917162027/https://www.itworld.com/article/2832657/microsoft-metro-app-store-lock-down.html";>
Windows 8 on “mobile devices” (now defunct) was a
@@ -899,9 +774,7 @@
<ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M201607150">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2016-07-15]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2016-07-15 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p>Microsoft accidentally left a way for users
to install GNU/Linux on Windows RT tablets, but now it has <a
href="http://www.securitynewspaper.com/2016/07/15/microsoft-silently-kills-dev-backdoor-boots-linux-locked-windows-rt-slabs/";>
@@ -912,9 +785,7 @@
</li>
<li id="M201110110">
- <!--#set
-var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">[2011-10-11]</small>' --><!--#echo
-encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag"> 2011-10-11 </small>' --><!--#echo encoding="none"
var="DATE" -->
<p><a href="https://fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/";>
Mobile devices that come with Windows 8 are tyrants</a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -983,7 +854,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
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-$Date: 2021/01/15 11:12:12 $
+$Date: 2021/01/16 09:08:35 $
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</p>
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