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

[Ali Reza Hayati]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Ali Reza Hayati <arh>   21/02/25 04:05:37

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

Log message:
        Added item about proprietary program Clubhouse being malware 
(www-discuss 2021-02-21)

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.377&r2=1.378
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.300&r2=1.301
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec?cvsroot=www&r1=1.304&r2=1.305

Patches:
Index: proprietary-surveillance.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html,v
retrieving revision 1.377
retrieving revision 1.378
diff -u -b -r1.377 -r1.378
--- proprietary-surveillance.html       22 Feb 2021 10:24:33 -0000      1.377
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html       25 Feb 2021 09:05:36 -0000      1.378
@@ -524,6 +524,25 @@
 </div>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202102200">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>The proprietary program Clubhouse
+    is malware and a privacy disaster. Cloubhouse <a
+    
href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/20/why-hot-new-social-app-clubhouse-spells-nothing-but-trouble";>collects
+    people's personal data such as recordings of people's
+    conversations</a>, and, as a secondary problem, does not encrypt them,
+    which shows a bad security part of the issue.</p>
+
+    <p>A user's unique Clubhouse ID number and chatroom ID are transmitted
+    in plaintext, and Agora (the company behind the app) would likely
+    have access to users’ raw audio, potentially providing access to
+    the Chinese government.</p>
+
+    <p>Even with good security of data transmission, collecting personal
+    data of people is wrong and a violation of people's privacy rights.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202101080">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-01</small>'
     --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -3333,7 +3352,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/02/22 10:24:33 $
+$Date: 2021/02/25 09:05:36 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: proprietary.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary.html,v
retrieving revision 1.300
retrieving revision 1.301
diff -u -b -r1.300 -r1.301
--- proprietary.html    25 Feb 2021 09:01:17 -0000      1.300
+++ proprietary.html    25 Feb 2021 09:05:36 -0000      1.301
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@
 <hr class="thin" />
 </div>
 
-<p>As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500
-instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to
+<p>As of February, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500
+instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 580 references to
 back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about.</p>
 
 <p>If you want to be notified when we add new items or make other changes,
@@ -186,6 +186,25 @@
 <h3 id="latest">Latest additions</h3>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202102200">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>The proprietary program Clubhouse
+    is malware and a privacy disaster. Cloubhouse <a
+    
href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/20/why-hot-new-social-app-clubhouse-spells-nothing-but-trouble";>collects
+    people's personal data such as recordings of people's
+    conversations</a>, and, as a secondary problem, does not encrypt them,
+    which shows a bad security part of the issue.</p>
+
+    <p>A user's unique Clubhouse ID number and chatroom ID are transmitted
+    in plaintext, and Agora (the company behind the app) would likely
+    have access to users’ raw audio, potentially providing access to
+    the Chinese government.</p>
+
+    <p>Even with good security of data transmission, collecting personal
+    data of people is wrong and a violation of people's privacy rights.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202102180">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
     --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -250,15 +269,6 @@
     proprietary software developers B1 &hellip; B50 into making platforms for
     A to mistreat the end user.</p>
   </li>
-
-  <li id="M202010120">
-    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2020-10</small>'
-    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
-    <p>Samsung is forcing its smartphone users in Hong Kong (and Macau) <a
-    
href="https://blog.headuck.com/2020/10/12/samsung-phones-force-mainland-china-dns-service-upon-hong-kong-wifi-users/";>to
-    use a public DNS in Mainland China</a>, using software update released
-    in September 2020, which causes many unease and privacy concerns.</p>
-  </li>
 </ul>
 
 </div>
@@ -321,7 +331,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/02/25 09:01:17 $
+$Date: 2021/02/25 09:05:36 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: workshop/mal.rec
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec,v
retrieving revision 1.304
retrieving revision 1.305
diff -u -b -r1.304 -r1.305
--- workshop/mal.rec    25 Feb 2021 09:01:19 -0000      1.304
+++ workshop/mal.rec    25 Feb 2021 09:05:36 -0000      1.305
@@ -25,6 +25,27 @@
 # ADD NEW BLURB HERE
 
 Added: 2021-02-25
+Id: 202102200
+RT: www-discuss 2021-02-21
+PubDate: 2021-02-20
+Target: proprietary-surveillance.html SpywareInTelephones
+Keywords: Clubhouse, Malware
+Blurb: <p>The proprietary program Clubhouse
++   is malware and a privacy disaster. Cloubhouse <a
++   
href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/20/why-hot-new-social-app-clubhouse-spells-nothing-but-trouble";>collects
++   people's personal data such as recordings of people's
++   conversations</a>, and, as a secondary problem, does not encrypt them,
++   which shows a bad security part of the issue.</p>
++
++   <p>A user's unique Clubhouse ID number and chatroom ID are transmitted
++   in plaintext, and Agora (the company behind the app) would likely
++   have access to users’ raw audio, potentially providing access to
++   the Chinese government.</p>
++
++   <p>Even with good security of data transmission, collecting personal
++   data of people is wrong and a violation of people's privacy rights.</p>
+
+Added: 2021-02-25
 Id: 202102180
 RT: 1692166 www-discuss 2021-02-18
 PubDate: 2021-02-18