www/proprietary proprietary-surveillance.html p...

[Ali Reza Hayati]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Ali Reza Hayati <arh>   21/02/22 05:24:34

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

Log message:
        Added item about HonorLock surveillance [RT #1687178] (www-discuss 
2021-02-18)

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.376&r2=1.377
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.296&r2=1.297
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec?cvsroot=www&r1=1.300&r2=1.301

Patches:
Index: proprietary-surveillance.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html,v
retrieving revision 1.376
retrieving revision 1.377
diff -u -b -r1.376 -r1.377
--- proprietary-surveillance.html       6 Feb 2021 15:36:33 -0000       1.376
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html       22 Feb 2021 10:24:33 -0000      1.377
@@ -3201,6 +3201,23 @@
 <div style="clear: left;"></div>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202012250">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2020-12</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>The HonorLock online exam
+    proctoring program is a surveillance tool that <a
+    
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/students-are-pushing-back-against-proctoring-surveillance-apps";>tracks
+    students and collects data</a> such as face, driving license, and
+    network information, among others, in blatant violation of students'
+    privacy.</p>
+
+    <p>Preventing students from cheating should not be an excuse for
+    running malware/spyware on their computers, and it's good that students
+    are protesting. But their petitions overlook a crucial issue, namely,
+    the injustice of being forced to run nonfree software in order to
+    get an education.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202009070">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2020-09</small>'
     --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -3316,7 +3333,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/02/06 15:36:33 $
+$Date: 2021/02/22 10:24:33 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: proprietary.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary.html,v
retrieving revision 1.296
retrieving revision 1.297
diff -u -b -r1.296 -r1.297
--- proprietary.html    6 Feb 2021 13:44:42 -0000       1.296
+++ proprietary.html    22 Feb 2021 10:24:33 -0000      1.297
@@ -186,6 +186,23 @@
 <h3 id="latest">Latest additions</h3>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202012250">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2020-12</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>The HonorLock online exam
+    proctoring program is a surveillance tool that <a
+    
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/students-are-pushing-back-against-proctoring-surveillance-apps";>tracks
+    students and collects data</a> such as face, driving license, and
+    network information, among others, in blatant violation of students'
+    privacy.</p>
+
+    <p>Preventing students from cheating should not be an excuse for
+    running malware/spyware on their computers, and it's good that students
+    are protesting. But their petitions overlook a crucial issue, namely,
+    the injustice of being forced to run nonfree software in order to
+    get an education.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202102010">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
     --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -235,20 +252,6 @@
     wrongly refers to crackers as "<a
     href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Hacker">hackers</a>".)</small></p>
   </li>
-
-  <li id="M202101080">
-    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-01</small>'
-    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
-    <p>As of 2021, WhatsApp (one of Facebook's subsidiaries) is <a
-    
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlypage/2021/01/08/whatsapp-tells-users-share-your-data-with-facebook-or-well-deactivate-your-account/";>forcing
-    its users to hand over sensitive personal data</a> to its parent
-    company. This increases Facebook's power over users, and further
-    jeopardizes people's privacy and security.</p>
-
-    <p>Instead of WhatsApp you can use <a
-    href="https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Jami";>GNU Jami</a>, which is
-    free software and will not collect your data.</p>
-  </li>
 </ul>
 
 </div>
@@ -311,7 +314,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/02/06 13:44:42 $
+$Date: 2021/02/22 10:24:33 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: workshop/mal.rec
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec,v
retrieving revision 1.300
retrieving revision 1.301
diff -u -b -r1.300 -r1.301
--- workshop/mal.rec    6 Feb 2021 15:36:33 -0000       1.300
+++ workshop/mal.rec    22 Feb 2021 10:24:34 -0000      1.301
@@ -24,6 +24,25 @@
 ####    Please don't remove the blank line after this marker!    ####
 # ADD NEW BLURB HERE
 
+Added: 2021-02-22
+Id: 202012250
+RT: 1687178 www-discuss 2021-02-18
+PubDate: 2020-12-25
+Target: proprietary-surveillance.html SpywareInNetworks
+Keywords: HonorLock, Students, Surveillance, Exam, Proctoring, Schools
+Blurb: <p>The HonorLock online exam
++   proctoring program is a surveillance tool that <a
++   
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/students-are-pushing-back-against-proctoring-surveillance-apps";>tracks
++   students and collects data</a> such as face, driving license, and
++   network information, among others, in blatant violation of students'
++   privacy.</p>
++
++   <p>Preventing students from cheating should not be an excuse for
++   running malware/spyware on their computers, and it's good that students
++   are protesting. But their petitions overlook a crucial issue, namely,
++   the injustice of being forced to run nonfree software in order to
++   get an education.</p>
+
 Added: 2021-02-06
 Id: 202102010
 RT: www-discuss 2021-02-05 (surveillance in many phone cr...apps)