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Thu, 25 Feb 2021 04:34:51 -0500 (EST) |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: GNUN <gnun> 21/02/25 04:34:50
Modified files:
proprietary/po : de.po es.po fr.po it.po ja.po
malware-microsoft.de-diff.html
malware-microsoft.de.po malware-microsoft.es.po
malware-microsoft.fr.po
malware-microsoft.it-diff.html
malware-microsoft.it.po
malware-microsoft.ja-diff.html
malware-microsoft.ja.po malware-microsoft.pot
malware-microsoft.ru.po nl.po pl.po pot
proprietary-back-doors.de-diff.html
proprietary-back-doors.de.po
proprietary-back-doors.es.po
proprietary-back-doors.fr.po
proprietary-back-doors.it-diff.html
proprietary-back-doors.it.po
proprietary-back-doors.ja-diff.html
proprietary-back-doors.ja.po
proprietary-back-doors.pot
proprietary-back-doors.ru.po
proprietary-interference.de-diff.html
proprietary-interference.de.po
proprietary-interference.es.po
proprietary-interference.fr.po
proprietary-interference.ja-diff.html
proprietary-interference.ja.po
proprietary-interference.pot
proprietary-interference.ru.po
proprietary-surveillance.de-diff.html
proprietary-surveillance.de.po
proprietary-surveillance.es.po
proprietary-surveillance.fr.po
proprietary-surveillance.it-diff.html
proprietary-surveillance.it.po
proprietary-surveillance.ja-diff.html
proprietary-surveillance.ja.po
proprietary-surveillance.pot
proprietary-surveillance.ru.po
proprietary.de-diff.html proprietary.de.po
proprietary.es.po proprietary.fr.po
proprietary.it-diff.html proprietary.it.po
proprietary.ja-diff.html proprietary.ja.po
proprietary.nl-diff.html proprietary.nl.po
proprietary.pl-diff.html proprietary.pl.po
proprietary.pot proprietary.pt-br.po
proprietary.ru.po proprietary.tr.po
proprietary.zh-cn.po
proprietary.zh-tw-diff.html
proprietary.zh-tw.po pt-br.po ru.po tr.po
zh-cn.po zh-tw.po
Log message:
Automatic update by GNUnited Nations.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/de.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.288&r2=1.289
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/es.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.410&r2=1.411
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/fr.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.507&r2=1.508
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/it.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.288&r2=1.289
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/ja.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.296&r2=1.297
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-microsoft.de-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.70&r2=1.71
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-microsoft.de.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.164&r2=1.165
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-microsoft.es.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.211&r2=1.212
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-microsoft.fr.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.221&r2=1.222
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-microsoft.it-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.69&r2=1.70
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-microsoft.it.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.169&r2=1.170
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-microsoft.ja-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.84&r2=1.85
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-microsoft.ja.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.149&r2=1.150
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-microsoft.pot?cvsroot=www&r1=1.107&r2=1.108
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-microsoft.ru.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.256&r2=1.257
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/nl.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.289&r2=1.290
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/pl.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.288&r2=1.289
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/pot?cvsroot=www&r1=1.287&r2=1.288
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-back-doors.de-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.56&r2=1.57
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-back-doors.de.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.151&r2=1.152
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-back-doors.es.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.57&r2=1.58
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-back-doors.fr.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.180&r2=1.181
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-back-doors.it-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.82&r2=1.83
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-back-doors.it.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.143&r2=1.144
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-back-doors.ja-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.83&r2=1.84
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-back-doors.ja.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.127&r2=1.128
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-back-doors.pot?cvsroot=www&r1=1.92&r2=1.93
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-back-doors.ru.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.224&r2=1.225
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-interference.de-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.37&r2=1.38
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-interference.de.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.75&r2=1.76
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-interference.es.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.34&r2=1.35
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-interference.fr.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.105&r2=1.106
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-interference.ja-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.49&r2=1.50
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-interference.ja.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.72&r2=1.73
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-interference.pot?cvsroot=www&r1=1.50&r2=1.51
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-interference.ru.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.121&r2=1.122
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.de-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.168&r2=1.169
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.de.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.379&r2=1.380
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.es.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.160&r2=1.161
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.fr.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.609&r2=1.610
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.it-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.234&r2=1.235
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.it.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.391&r2=1.392
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.ja-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.252&r2=1.253
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.ja.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.373&r2=1.374
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.pot?cvsroot=www&r1=1.312&r2=1.313
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.ru.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.691&r2=1.692
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.de-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.230&r2=1.231
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.de.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.266&r2=1.267
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.es.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.404&r2=1.405
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.fr.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.449&r2=1.450
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.it-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.242&r2=1.243
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.it.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.275&r2=1.276
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.ja-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.247&r2=1.248
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.ja.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.259&r2=1.260
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.nl-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.243&r2=1.244
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.nl.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.249&r2=1.250
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.pl-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.260&r2=1.261
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.pl.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.242&r2=1.243
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.pot?cvsroot=www&r1=1.239&r2=1.240
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.pt-br.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.391&r2=1.392
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.ru.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.474&r2=1.475
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.tr.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.125&r2=1.126
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.zh-cn.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.160&r2=1.161
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.zh-tw-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.223&r2=1.224
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.zh-tw.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.229&r2=1.230
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/pt-br.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.359&r2=1.360
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/ru.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.607&r2=1.608
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/tr.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.145&r2=1.146
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/zh-cn.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.148&r2=1.149
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/zh-tw.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.288&r2=1.289
Patches:
Index: de.po
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/de.po,v
retrieving revision 1.288
retrieving revision 1.289
diff -u -b -r1.288 -r1.289
--- de.po 23 Feb 2021 09:01:59 -0000 1.288
+++ de.po 25 Feb 2021 09:34:46 -0000 1.289
@@ -7065,6 +7065,24 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"Microsoft is <a href=\"https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/";
+"microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows\">forcibly "
+"removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
+"backdoor in Windows</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The fact that Flash has been <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
+"html#M202012020\">disabled by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of "
+"power. The nature of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives "
+"the developers power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on "
+"the other hand empowers users to make their own decisions."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"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>."
@@ -12447,9 +12465,9 @@
"übers Ohr gehauen zu werden â¦"
#. type: Content of: <div><p>
-# | As of [-April, 2017,-] {+January, 2021,+} the [-files-] {+pages+} in this
+# | As of [-April, 2017,-] {+February, 2021,+} the [-files-] {+pages+} in this
# | directory list around [-3-]{+5+}00 instances of malicious
-# | [-functionalities,-] {+functionalities (with more than 570 references to
+# | [-functionalities,-] {+functionalities (with more than 580 references to
# | back them up),+} but there are surely thousands more we don't know about.
#, fuzzy
#| msgid ""
@@ -12457,8 +12475,8 @@
#| "of malicious functionalities, but there are surely thousands more we "
#| "don't know about."
msgid ""
-"As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 instances "
-"of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to back them "
+"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."
msgstr ""
"In den Dokumenten sind ungefähr 300 Fälle böswilliger Funktionalitäten "
@@ -12821,6 +12839,29 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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 usersâ raw audio, potentially providing access to the Chinese
government."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Even with good security of data transmission, collecting personal data of "
+"people is wrong and a violation of people's privacy rights."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"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> "
@@ -14639,6 +14680,20 @@
#, fuzzy
#~| msgid ""
+#~| "As of April, 2017, the files in this directory list around 300 instances "
+#~| "of malicious functionalities, but there are surely thousands more we "
+#~| "don't know about."
+#~ msgid ""
+#~ "As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 "
+#~ "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to "
+#~ "back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
+#~ msgstr ""
+#~ "In den Dokumenten sind ungefähr 300 Fälle böswilliger Funktionalitäten
"
+#~ "aufgelistet, es gibt aber sicherlich Tausende, über die nichts bekannt "
+#~ "sind (Stand 2017-04)."
+
+#, fuzzy
+#~| msgid ""
#~| "See above for the <a href=\"#universal-back-door\">general universal "
#~| "back door</a> in essentially all mobile phones, which permits converting "
#~| "them into full-time listening devices."
Index: es.po
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/es.po,v
retrieving revision 1.410
retrieving revision 1.411
diff -u -b -r1.410 -r1.411
--- es.po 23 Feb 2021 11:01:40 -0000 1.410
+++ es.po 25 Feb 2021 09:34:46 -0000 1.411
@@ -7099,6 +7099,24 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"Microsoft is <a href=\"https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/";
+"microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows\">forcibly "
+"removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
+"backdoor in Windows</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The fact that Flash has been <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
+"html#M202012020\">disabled by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of "
+"power. The nature of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives "
+"the developers power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on "
+"the other hand empowers users to make their own decisions."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"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>."
@@ -13018,21 +13036,22 @@
"de ser engañado."
#. type: Content of: <div><p>
-# | As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 instances
-# | of malicious functionalities (with more than 5[-6-]{+7+}0 references to
-# | back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about.
+# | As of [-January,-] {+February,+} 2021, the pages in this directory list
+# | around 500 instances of malicious functionalities (with more than
+# | 5[-7-]{+8+}0 references to back them up), but there are surely thousands
+# | more we don't know about.
#, fuzzy
#| msgid ""
#| "As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 "
-#| "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 560 references to "
+#| "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to "
#| "back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
msgid ""
-"As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 instances "
-"of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to back them "
+"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."
msgstr ""
"Hasta enero de 2021, las páginas de este directorio ofrecÃan una lista de "
-"alrededor de 500 ejemplos de funcionalidades maliciosas (con más de 560 "
+"alrededor de 500 ejemplos de funcionalidades maliciosas (con más de 570 "
"referencias de apoyo), pero seguramente hay miles más que desconocemos."
#. type: Content of: <div><p>
@@ -13284,6 +13303,29 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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 usersâ raw audio, potentially providing access to the Chinese
government."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Even with good security of data transmission, collecting personal data of "
+"people is wrong and a violation of people's privacy rights."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"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> "
@@ -15069,6 +15111,20 @@
#, fuzzy
#~| msgid ""
+#~| "As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 "
+#~| "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 560 references to "
+#~| "back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
+#~ msgid ""
+#~ "As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 "
+#~ "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to "
+#~ "back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
+#~ msgstr ""
+#~ "Hasta enero de 2021, las páginas de este directorio ofrecÃan una lista
de "
+#~ "alrededor de 500 ejemplos de funcionalidades maliciosas (con más de 560 "
+#~ "referencias de apoyo), pero seguramente hay miles más que desconocemos."
+
+#, fuzzy
+#~| msgid ""
#~| "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” program</a> on computers running certain "
Index: fr.po
===================================================================
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diff -u -b -r1.507 -r1.508
--- fr.po 24 Feb 2021 10:07:36 -0000 1.507
+++ fr.po 25 Feb 2021 09:34:46 -0000 1.508
@@ -6088,6 +6088,24 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"Microsoft is <a href=\"https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/";
+"microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows\">forcibly "
+"removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
+"backdoor in Windows</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The fact that Flash has been <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
+"html#M202012020\">disabled by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of "
+"power. The nature of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives "
+"the developers power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on "
+"the other hand empowers users to make their own decisions."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"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>."
@@ -11102,9 +11120,18 @@
"typiquement un moyen de mal se conduire."
#. type: Content of: <div><p>
+# | As of [-January,-] {+February,+} 2021, the pages in this directory list
+# | around 500 instances of malicious functionalities (with more than
+# | 5[-7-]{+8+}0 references to back them up), but there are surely thousands
+# | more we don't know about.
+#, fuzzy
+#| msgid ""
+#| "As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 "
+#| "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to "
+#| "back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
msgid ""
-"As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 instances "
-"of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to back them "
+"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."
msgstr ""
"En janvier 2021, les pages de ce répertoire dénombraient à peu près 500
cas "
@@ -11341,6 +11368,29 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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 usersâ raw audio, potentially providing access to the Chinese
government."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Even with good security of data transmission, collecting personal data of "
+"people is wrong and a violation of people's privacy rights."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"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> "
@@ -12862,3 +12912,12 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><div><dl><dd><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html#content\">Microsoft</a>"
msgstr "<a href=\"/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html#content\">Microsoft</a>"
+
+#~ msgid ""
+#~ "As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 "
+#~ "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to "
+#~ "back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
+#~ msgstr ""
+#~ "En janvier 2021, les pages de ce répertoire dénombraient à peu près
500 "
+#~ "cas de fonctionnalités malveillante (appuyés par plus de 570
références), "
+#~ "mais il y en a sûrement des milliers d'autres dont nous ne savons rien."
Index: it.po
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RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/it.po,v
retrieving revision 1.288
retrieving revision 1.289
diff -u -b -r1.288 -r1.289
--- it.po 23 Feb 2021 09:02:01 -0000 1.288
+++ it.po 25 Feb 2021 09:34:46 -0000 1.289
@@ -6617,6 +6617,24 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"Microsoft is <a href=\"https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/";
+"microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows\">forcibly "
+"removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
+"backdoor in Windows</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The fact that Flash has been <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
+"html#M202012020\">disabled by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of "
+"power. The nature of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives "
+"the developers power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on "
+"the other hand empowers users to make their own decisions."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"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>."
@@ -11561,9 +11579,9 @@
"norma. Il software proprietario moderno è tipicamente una fregatura."
#. type: Content of: <div><p>
-# | As of [-April, 2017,-] {+January, 2021,+} the [-files-] {+pages+} in this
+# | As of [-April, 2017,-] {+February, 2021,+} the [-files-] {+pages+} in this
# | directory list around [-3-]{+5+}00 instances of malicious
-# | [-functionalities,-] {+functionalities (with more than 570 references to
+# | [-functionalities,-] {+functionalities (with more than 580 references to
# | back them up),+} but there are surely thousands more we don't know about.
#, fuzzy
#| msgid ""
@@ -11571,8 +11589,8 @@
#| "of malicious functionalities, but there are surely thousands more we "
#| "don't know about."
msgid ""
-"As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 instances "
-"of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to back them "
+"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."
msgstr ""
"Nel 2017 questo elenco comprende circa 300 esempi di funzionalità malevole, "
@@ -11944,6 +11962,29 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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 usersâ raw audio, potentially providing access to the Chinese
government."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Even with good security of data transmission, collecting personal data of "
+"people is wrong and a violation of people's privacy rights."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"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> "
@@ -13722,6 +13763,20 @@
#, fuzzy
#~| msgid ""
+#~| "As of April, 2017, the files in this directory list around 300 instances "
+#~| "of malicious functionalities, but there are surely thousands more we "
+#~| "don't know about."
+#~ msgid ""
+#~ "As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 "
+#~ "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to "
+#~ "back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
+#~ msgstr ""
+#~ "Nel 2017 questo elenco comprende circa 300 esempi di funzionalità "
+#~ "malevole, ma sicuramente ce ne sono altre migliaia che ancora non "
+#~ "conosciamo."
+
+#, fuzzy
+#~| msgid ""
#~| "This is separate from <a href=\"#universal-back-door-phone-modem\">the "
#~| "universal back door in the modem processor that the local phone company "
#~| "can use</a>."
Index: ja.po
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RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/ja.po,v
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--- ja.po 23 Feb 2021 09:02:02 -0000 1.296
+++ ja.po 25 Feb 2021 09:34:46 -0000 1.297
@@ -5191,6 +5191,24 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"Microsoft is <a href=\"https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/";
+"microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows\">forcibly "
+"removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
+"backdoor in Windows</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The fact that Flash has been <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
+"html#M202012020\">disabled by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of "
+"power. The nature of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives "
+"the developers power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on "
+"the other hand empowers users to make their own decisions."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"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>."
@@ -9176,8 +9194,8 @@
#| "instances of malicious functionalities, but there are surely thousands "
#| "more we don't know about."
msgid ""
-"As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 instances "
-"of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to back them "
+"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."
msgstr ""
"2017å¹´1ææç¹ã§ãããã«ã¯ãç´260ã®ç°ãªãæªæã®ããæ©è½ã®å®ä¾ãæ²è¼ããã¦ãã¾"
@@ -9419,6 +9437,29 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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 usersâ raw audio, potentially providing access to the Chinese
government."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Even with good security of data transmission, collecting personal data of "
+"people is wrong and a violation of people's privacy rights."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"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> "
@@ -10903,6 +10944,19 @@
msgid "<a href=\"/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html#content\">Microsoft</a>"
msgstr "<a
href=\"/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html\">ãã¤ã¯ãã½ãã</a>"
+#, fuzzy
+#~| msgid ""
+#~| "As of January, 2017, the files in this directory list around 260 "
+#~| "instances of malicious functionalities, but there are surely thousands "
+#~| "more we don't know about."
+#~ msgid ""
+#~ "As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 "
+#~ "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to "
+#~ "back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
+#~ msgstr ""
+#~
"2017å¹´1ææç¹ã§ãããã«ã¯ãç´260ã®ç°ãªãæªæã®ããæ©è½ã®å®ä¾ãæ²è¼ããã¦ã"
+#~
"ã¾ããã確å®ã«ããããã¡ãç¥ããªãä½åãã®ä¾ãããã§ãããã"
+
#~ msgid ""
#~ "Vizio goes a step further than other TV manufacturers in spying on their "
#~ "users: their <a href=\"http://www.propublica.org/article/own-a-vizio-";
Index: malware-microsoft.de-diff.html
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diff -u -b -r1.70 -r1.71
--- malware-microsoft.de-diff.html 6 Feb 2021 16:03:04 -0000 1.70
+++ malware-microsoft.de-diff.html 25 Feb 2021 09:34:46 -0000 1.71
@@ -306,9 +306,26 @@
<p>This</em></ins></span> section <span class="inserted"><ins><em>gives
examples of Microsoft software harassing or annoying
the user, or causing trouble for the user. These actions</em></ins></span>
are <span class="removed"><del><strong>not precisely malware, since they do
not involve making</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>like
-sabotage but</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>program
that runs</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>word
“sabotage” is too strong for them.</p>
+sabotage but</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>program</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>word “sabotage” is too strong for
them.</p>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202102180">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Microsoft is <a
+
href="https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows">forcibly
+ removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>,
using
+ <a href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update">a
+ universal backdoor in Windows</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The fact that Flash has been <a
+ href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#M202012020">disabled
+ by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of power. The nature of
+ proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives the developers
+ power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on the other
+ hand empowers users to make their own decisions.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201809120">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2018-09</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -322,10 +339,9 @@
--><!--#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,</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>a way</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>certain circumstances</a>.</p>
+ impose use of its browser, Edge, in certain
circumstances</a>.</p>
- <p>The reason Microsoft can force things on users
is</em></ins></span> that <span class="removed"><del><strong>hurts the user.
-But they are a lot like malware, since they are
technical</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Windows
+ <p>The reason Microsoft can force things on users is that Windows
is nonfree.</p>
</li>
@@ -334,12 +350,11 @@
--><!--#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</em></ins></span> Microsoft
-<span class="removed"><del><strong>actions</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>products and its partners'
+ intrusive ads for Microsoft products and its partners'
products</a>.</p>
- <p>The article's author starts from the premise</em></ins></span>
that <span class="removed"><del><strong>harm</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Microsoft has
- a right to control what Windows does</em></ins></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>users, as long as it doesn't
+ <p>The article's author starts from the premise that Microsoft has
+ a right to control what Windows does to users, as long as it doesn't
go “too far”. We disagree.</p>
</li>
@@ -348,90 +363,58 @@
--><!--#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</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>users</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>performances</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>specific Microsoft software.</p>
-
-<ul>
- <li><p> Microsoft</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>machines running
+ drastically reduces the performances of machines running
Windows 10</a>, and can't be disabled easily.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201608170">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-08</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p> After</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/new-processors-are-now-blocked-from-receiving-updates-on-old-windows/">
- has dropped support for</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html#windows10-forcing">forcing
the download of Windows 10</a>
- on computers that were running</em></ins></span> Windows 7 and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>8</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>8, Microsoft <a
+ <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">
- repeatedly switched</em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>recent processors</a>
- in</strong></del></span> a <span class="removed"><del><strong>big
hurry.</p>
- <p>It makes no difference what legitimate reasons Microsoft might
- have for not doing work</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>flag that urged users</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>support them. If it doesn't
want</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>“upgrade”</em></ins></span> to
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>do this work,</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>Windows 10</a> when they had
turned</em></ins></span>
- it <span class="removed"><del><strong>should let
users</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>off, in the hope
that some day they would fail to say no.
- To</em></ins></span> do <span class="inserted"><ins><em>this, Microsoft
used <a
+ repeatedly switched on a flag that urged users to
+ “upgrade” to Windows 10</a> when they had turned
+ it off, in the hope that some day they would fail to say no.
+ To do this, Microsoft used <a
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/17/microsoft_windows_10_upgrade_gwx_vs_humanity/">
malware techniques</a>.</p>
<p>A detailed <a
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/08/windows-10-microsoft-blatantly-disregards-user-choice-and-privacy-deep-dive">
- analysis of Microsoft's scheme</a> is available on</em></ins></span>
the <span class="removed"><del><strong>work.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>Electronic
- Frontier Foundation's website.</p></em></ins></span>
+ analysis of Microsoft's scheme</a> is available on the Electronic
+ Frontier Foundation's website.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li></strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201603090">
+ <li id="M201603090">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-03</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" --></em></ins></span>
- <p>Microsoft has made <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>companies'</em></ins></span>
- Windows <span class="removed"><del><strong>7 and 8 cease to function on
certain
- new computers,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>machines managed by the company's
sysadmins</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4012982/discusses-an-issue-in-which-you-receive-a-your-pc-uses-a-processor-tha">effectively
- forcing their owners</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/3042397/microsoft-windows/admins-beware-domain-attached-pcs-are-sprouting-get-windows-10-ads.html">harangue
- users</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>switch</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>complain to the sysadmins about not
“upgrading”</em></ins></span>
+ --><!--#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
+ users to complain to the sysadmins about not “upgrading”
to Windows 10</a>.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Once Microsoft has
tricked a user into accepting installation
- of Windows
- 10, <a
href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/windows_10_nagware_no_way_out/">they
- find that they are denied the option to cancel or even postpone the
- imposed date of installation</a>.
- </p>
- <p>This demonstrates what we've said for years: using proprietary
- software means letting someone have power over you, and you're
- going to get screwed sooner or later.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>Microsoft</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201601160">
+ <li id="M201601160">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-01</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Microsoft</em></ins></span> has <a
+ <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
machines will be stuck with the nastier Windows 10. <a
href="http://gizmodo.com/only-the-latest-version-of-windows-will-run-on-some-fut-1753545825">
- AMD and Qualcomm CPUs, <span class="removed"><del><strong>too</a>.
- </p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>too</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ AMD and Qualcomm CPUs, too</a>.</p>
<p>Of course, Windows 7 and 8 are unethical too, because they are
proprietary software. But this example of Microsoft's wielding its
- power demonstrates the power it <span class="removed"><del><strong>holds.
- </p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>holds.</p></em></ins></span>
+ power demonstrates the power it holds.</p>
<p>Free software developers also stop maintaining old versions of
their programs, but this is not unfair to users because the users of
free software have control over it. If it is important enough to you,
you and other users can hire someone to support the old version on
- your future <span class="removed"><del><strong>platforms.
- </p></li>
-
- <li><p>Microsoft
- is <a
href="http://gizmodo.com/woman-wins-10-000-from-microsoft-after-unwanted-window-1782666146">
- forcibly pushing Windows
- update to its version 10</a>, ignoring</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>platforms.</p>
+ your future platforms.</p>
</li>
</ul>
@@ -439,71 +422,46 @@
<h3 id="sabotage">Sabotage</h3>
<p>The wrongs in this section are not precisely malware, since they do
-not involve making</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>flag on Windows 7 or 8</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>program</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>you could set to not upgrade. This
reaffirms</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>runs in a way
that hurts</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>presence
of</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>user.
-But they are</em></ins></span> a <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html">universal
- back door in Windows</a> 7 and 8.</p></li>
+not involve making the program</em></ins></span> that runs in a way that hurts
the user.
+But they are a lot like malware, since they are technical Microsoft
+actions that harm <span class="removed"><del><strong>to</strong></del></span>
the users of specific Microsoft software.</p>
- <li><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>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><ul>
+ <li><p></strong></del></span>
- <li><p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>lot like malware, since they are
technical</em></ins></span> Microsoft <span class="removed"><del><strong>is
<a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/11/microsoft-downloading-windows-1">
- repeatedly nagging many</strong></del></span>
-<span class="inserted"><ins><em>actions that harm the</em></ins></span> users
<span class="removed"><del><strong>to install Windows 10</a>.
- </p></li>
-
-<li><p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>of
specific</em></ins></span> Microsoft <span class="removed"><del><strong>was for
months</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>software.</p>
-
-<ul class="blurbs">
+<span class="inserted"><ins><em><ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M201904041">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-04</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Microsoft has been</em></ins></span> <a
-<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/02/microsoft-downloading-windows-10-automatic-update">
-tricking users into “upgrading” to</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://borncity.com/win/2019/01/17/windows-10-update-kb4023057-re-released-1-16-2019/">
+ <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”
program</a> on computers running certain
- versions of</em></ins></span> Windows <span
class="removed"><del><strong>10</a>, if they
-failed</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>10. Remediation,
in Microsoft's view, means <a
+ versions of Windows 10. Remediation, in Microsoft's view, means <a
href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb4023057-update-for-windows-10-update-service-components-fccad0ca-dc10-2e46-9ed1-7e392450fb3a">
- tampering with users' settings and files</a>,
notably</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>notice</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>“repair” any components of the
updating system that users
- may have intentionally disabled,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>say no.
-</p></li>
-
- <li><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"></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>thus regain full power over
- them.</em></ins></span> Microsoft <span
class="removed"><del><strong>informs the NSA</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>repeatedly pushed faulty versions</em></ins></span>
of <span class="removed"><del><strong>bugs in Windows before fixing
them.</a></p></li>
-
- <li><p><a
href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/windows-xp-end-of-an-era-end-of-an-error-3569489/">
- Microsoft cut off security fixes for Windows XP,
except</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>this
program</em></ins></span> to
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>users' machines, causing numerous
problems,</em></ins></span> some <span class="removed"><del><strong>big users
- that pay exorbitantly.</a></p>
-
- <p>Microsoft is going to</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>of which</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/security/3605515/more-than-half-of-all-ie-users-face-patch-axe-in-10-months/">
- cut off support for some Internet Explorer versions</a> in the same
way.</p>
-
- <p>A person or company has</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.windowsmode.com/microsoft-suspends-windows-10-october-2018-update-rollout-due-to-critical-bugs/">
+ tampering with users' settings and files</a>, notably to
+ “repair” any components of the updating system that users
+ may have intentionally disabled, and thus regain full power over
+ them.</em></ins></span> Microsoft <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>repeatedly pushed faulty versions of this program to
+ users' machines, causing numerous problems, some of which <a
+
href="https://www.windowsmode.com/microsoft-suspends-windows-10-october-2018-update-rollout-due-to-critical-bugs/">
critical</a>.</p>
- <p>This exemplifies</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>right</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>arrogant and manipulative attitude
- that proprietary software developers have learned</em></ins></span> to
<span class="removed"><del><strong>cease</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>adopt
- toward the people they are supposedly serving. Migrate</em></ins></span>
to <span class="removed"><del><strong>work on</strong></del></span> a
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>particular program;</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+ <p>This exemplifies the arrogant and manipulative attitude
+ that proprietary software developers have learned to adopt
+ toward the people they are supposedly serving. Migrate to a <a
href="/distros/free-distros.html">free operating system</a> if you
can!</p>
- <p>If your employer makes you run Windows, tell</em></ins></span>
the <span class="removed"><del><strong>wrong here is Microsoft
does</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>financial
- department how</em></ins></span> this <span
class="removed"><del><strong>after having</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>wastes your time dealing with endless connections
+ <p>If your employer makes you run Windows, tell the financial
+ department how this wastes your time dealing with endless connections
and premature hardware failures.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201704194">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-04</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Microsoft has</em></ins></span> made <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Windows 7
+ <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
forcing their owners to switch to Windows 10</a>.</p>
@@ -512,7 +470,7 @@
<li id="M201704134">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-04</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Microsoft <a
+ <p>Microsoft</em></ins></span> <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>
in a big hurry.</p>
@@ -522,14 +480,20 @@
this work, it should let users do the work.</p>
</li>
- <li id="M201606270">
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+ <p>Microsoft has made</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201606270">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-06</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
+ <p id="windows10-forcing">In its efforts to trick users
of</em></ins></span> Windows
+ 7 and 8 <span class="removed"><del><strong>cease to function on certain
+ new computers,
+ <a
href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4012982/discusses-an-issue-in-which-you-receive-a-your-pc-uses-a-processor-tha">effectively
+ forcing</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>into
installing all-spying Windows 10 against</em></ins></span> their <span
class="removed"><del><strong>owners to switch</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>will, Microsoft forced their
computers</em></ins></span> to <span class="inserted"><ins><em><a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/11/microsoft-downloading-windows-1">
- silently download… the whole of Windows 10</a>! Apparently,
+ silently download… the whole of</em></ins></span> Windows <span
class="removed"><del><strong>10</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>10</a>! Apparently,
this was done through a <a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update">
universal back door</a>. Not only did the unwanted downloads <a
@@ -538,58 +502,106 @@
connectivity</a>, but many of the people who let installation proceed
found out that this “upgrade” was in fact a <a
href="http://gizmodo.com/woman-wins-10-000-from-microsoft-after-unwanted-window-1782666146">
- downgrade</a>.</p>
+ downgrade</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201606010">
+ <span
class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Once</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201606010">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-06</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
+ <p>Once</em></ins></span> Microsoft has tricked a user
+ into accepting installation of Windows 10, <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/windows_10_nagware_no_way_out/">they</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/windows_10_nagware_no_way_out/">they</em></ins></span>
find that they are denied the option to cancel or even postpone the
- imposed date of installation</a>.</p>
+ imposed date of <span class="removed"><del><strong>installation</a>.
+ </p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>installation</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
<p>This demonstrates what we've said for years: using proprietary
software means letting someone have power over you, and you're going
- to get screwed sooner or later.</p>
+ to get screwed sooner or <span
class="removed"><del><strong>later.</p></li>
+
+ <li><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 machines will
+ be stuck with the nastier Windows 10.
+ <a
href="http://gizmodo.com/only-the-latest-version-of-windows-will-run-on-some-fut-1753545825">
+ AMD and Qualcomm CPUs, too</a>.
+ </p>
+ <p>Of course, Windows 7 and 8 are unethical too, because they
are</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>later.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201601310">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-01</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
+ <p>FTDI's</em></ins></span> proprietary <span
class="removed"><del><strong>software. But this example of Microsoft's
wielding</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>driver
+ for</em></ins></span> its
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>power demonstrates the power it holds.
+ </p>
+ <p>Free software developers also stop maintaining old versions of
+ their programs, but this is not unfair to users because the
+ users of free software have control over it. If it is important
+ enough to you, you and other users can hire someone</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>USB-to-serial chips has been
designed</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>support
+ the old version on your future platforms.
+ </p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Microsoft
+ is</strong></del></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://gizmodo.com/woman-wins-10-000-from-microsoft-after-unwanted-window-1782666146">
+ forcibly pushing Windows
+ update to its version 10</a>, ignoring the flag on Windows 7 or
8</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/10/windows-update-drivers-bricking-usb-serial-chips-beloved-of-hardware-hackers/">sabotage
alternative compatible chips</a>
- so that they no longer work. Microsoft is <a
-
href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/16/01/31/1720259/ftdi-driver-breaks-hardware-again">installing
+ so</em></ins></span> that <span class="removed"><del><strong>you could set
to not upgrade. This reaffirms the presence of
+ a</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>they no longer
work. Microsoft is</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html">universal
+ back door in Windows</a> 7 and 8.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Windows</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/16/01/31/1720259/ftdi-driver-breaks-hardware-again">installing
this automatically</a> as an “upgrade”.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201511240">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2015-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Windows 10 “upgrades” <a
+ <p>Windows</em></ins></span> 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>
+ delete applications</a> without asking <span
class="removed"><del><strong>permission.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>
+ Microsoft is <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/11/microsoft-downloading-windows-1">
+ repeatedly nagging many users to install Windows 10</a>.
+ </p></li>
+
+<li><p>
+Microsoft was for months <a
+href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/02/microsoft-downloading-windows-10-automatic-update">
+tricking users into “upgrading” to Windows 10</a>, if they
+failed to notice and say no.
+</p></li>
+
+ <li><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></li>
+
+ <li><p><a
href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/windows-xp-end-of-an-era-end-of-an-error-3569489/">
+ Microsoft</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>permission.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201503260">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2015-03</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
+
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</em></ins></span>
cut off security fixes for Windows XP, except to some big users that
- pay exorbitantly</a>.</p>
+ pay <span
class="removed"><del><strong>exorbitantly.</a></p></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>exorbitantly</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
- <p>Microsoft is going to <a
-
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030194725/https://www.computerworlduk.com/applications/more-than-half-of-all-ie-users-face-patch-axe-in-10-months-3605515/">
+ <p>Microsoft is going to <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/security/3605515/more-than-half-of-all-ie-users-face-patch-axe-in-10-months/"></strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030194725/https://www.computerworlduk.com/applications/more-than-half-of-all-ie-users-face-patch-axe-in-10-months-3605515/"></em></ins></span>
cut off support for some Internet Explorer versions</a> in the same
way.</p>
<p>A person or company has the right to cease to work on a particular
- program; the wrong here is Microsoft does this after having made
the</em></ins></span>
+ program; the wrong here is Microsoft does this after having made the
users dependent on Microsoft, because they are not free to ask anyone
else to work on the <span class="removed"><del><strong>program for
them.</p></li>
</ul>
@@ -1153,7 +1165,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/02/06 16:03:04 $
+$Date: 2021/02/25 09:34:46 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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-"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-02-06 10:55+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-02-25 09:26+0000\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: 2018-07-20 22:00+0200\n"
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msgid ""
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+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
+"backdoor in Windows</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The fact that Flash has been <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
+"html#M202012020\">disabled by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of "
+"power. The nature of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives "
+"the developers power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on "
+"the other hand empowers users to make their own decisions."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"One version of Windows 10 <a href=\"https://www.ghacks.net/2018/09/12/";
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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
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+"Microsoft is <a href=\"https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/";
+"microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows\">forcibly "
+"removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
+"backdoor in Windows</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The fact that Flash has been <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
+"html#M202012020\">disabled by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of "
+"power. The nature of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives "
+"the developers power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on "
+"the other hand empowers users to make their own decisions."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"One version of Windows 10 <a href=\"https://www.ghacks.net/2018/09/12/";
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+"Microsoft is <a href=\"https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/";
+"microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows\">forcibly "
+"removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
+"backdoor in Windows</a>."
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+"The fact that Flash has been <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
+"html#M202012020\">disabled by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of "
+"power. The nature of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives "
+"the developers power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on "
+"the other hand empowers users to make their own decisions."
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+
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"One version of Windows 10 <a href=\"https://www.ghacks.net/2018/09/12/";
"microsoft-intercepting-firefox-chrome-installation-on-windows-10/\"> "
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@@ -307,9 +307,26 @@
<p>This</em></ins></span> section <span class="inserted"><ins><em>gives
examples of Microsoft software harassing or annoying
the user, or causing trouble for the user. These actions</em></ins></span>
are <span class="removed"><del><strong>not precisely malware, since they do
not involve making</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>like
-sabotage but</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>program
that runs</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>word
“sabotage” is too strong for them.</p>
+sabotage but</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>program</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>word “sabotage” is too strong for
them.</p>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202102180">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Microsoft is <a
+
href="https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows">forcibly
+ removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>,
using
+ <a href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update">a
+ universal backdoor in Windows</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The fact that Flash has been <a
+ href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#M202012020">disabled
+ by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of power. The nature of
+ proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives the developers
+ power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on the other
+ hand empowers users to make their own decisions.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201809120">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2018-09</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -323,10 +340,9 @@
--><!--#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,</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>a way</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>certain circumstances</a>.</p>
+ impose use of its browser, Edge, in certain
circumstances</a>.</p>
- <p>The reason Microsoft can force things on users
is</em></ins></span> that <span class="removed"><del><strong>hurts the user.
-But they are a lot like malware, since they are
technical</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Windows
+ <p>The reason Microsoft can force things on users is that Windows
is nonfree.</p>
</li>
@@ -335,12 +351,11 @@
--><!--#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</em></ins></span> Microsoft
-<span class="removed"><del><strong>actions</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>products and its partners'
+ intrusive ads for Microsoft products and its partners'
products</a>.</p>
- <p>The article's author starts from the premise</em></ins></span>
that <span class="removed"><del><strong>harm</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Microsoft has
- a right to control what Windows does</em></ins></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>users, as long as it doesn't
+ <p>The article's author starts from the premise that Microsoft has
+ a right to control what Windows does to users, as long as it doesn't
go “too far”. We disagree.</p>
</li>
@@ -349,90 +364,58 @@
--><!--#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</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>users</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>performances</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>specific Microsoft software.</p>
-
-<ul>
- <li><p> Microsoft</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>machines running
+ drastically reduces the performances of machines running
Windows 10</a>, and can't be disabled easily.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201608170">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-08</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p> After</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/new-processors-are-now-blocked-from-receiving-updates-on-old-windows/">
- has dropped support for</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html#windows10-forcing">forcing
the download of Windows 10</a>
- on computers that were running</em></ins></span> Windows 7 and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>8</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>8, Microsoft <a
+ <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">
- repeatedly switched</em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>recent processors</a>
- in</strong></del></span> a <span class="removed"><del><strong>big
hurry.</p>
- <p>It makes no difference what legitimate reasons Microsoft might
- have for not doing work</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>flag that urged users</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>support them. If it doesn't
want</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>“upgrade”</em></ins></span> to
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>do this work,</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>Windows 10</a> when they had
turned</em></ins></span>
- it <span class="removed"><del><strong>should let
users</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>off, in the hope
that some day they would fail to say no.
- To</em></ins></span> do <span class="inserted"><ins><em>this, Microsoft
used <a
+ repeatedly switched on a flag that urged users to
+ “upgrade” to Windows 10</a> when they had turned
+ it off, in the hope that some day they would fail to say no.
+ To do this, Microsoft used <a
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/17/microsoft_windows_10_upgrade_gwx_vs_humanity/">
malware techniques</a>.</p>
<p>A detailed <a
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/08/windows-10-microsoft-blatantly-disregards-user-choice-and-privacy-deep-dive">
- analysis of Microsoft's scheme</a> is available on</em></ins></span>
the <span class="removed"><del><strong>work.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>Electronic
- Frontier Foundation's website.</p></em></ins></span>
+ analysis of Microsoft's scheme</a> is available on the Electronic
+ Frontier Foundation's website.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li></strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201603090">
+ <li id="M201603090">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-03</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" --></em></ins></span>
- <p>Microsoft has made <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>companies'</em></ins></span>
- Windows <span class="removed"><del><strong>7 and 8 cease to function on
certain
- new computers,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>machines managed by the company's
sysadmins</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4012982/discusses-an-issue-in-which-you-receive-a-your-pc-uses-a-processor-tha">effectively
- forcing their owners</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/3042397/microsoft-windows/admins-beware-domain-attached-pcs-are-sprouting-get-windows-10-ads.html">harangue
- users</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>switch</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>complain to the sysadmins about not
“upgrading”</em></ins></span>
+ --><!--#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
+ users to complain to the sysadmins about not “upgrading”
to Windows 10</a>.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Once Microsoft has
tricked a user into accepting installation
- of Windows
- 10, <a
href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/windows_10_nagware_no_way_out/">they
- find that they are denied the option to cancel or even postpone the
- imposed date of installation</a>.
- </p>
- <p>This demonstrates what we've said for years: using proprietary
- software means letting someone have power over you, and you're
- going to get screwed sooner or later.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>Microsoft</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201601160">
+ <li id="M201601160">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-01</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Microsoft</em></ins></span> has <a
+ <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
machines will be stuck with the nastier Windows 10. <a
href="http://gizmodo.com/only-the-latest-version-of-windows-will-run-on-some-fut-1753545825">
- AMD and Qualcomm CPUs, <span class="removed"><del><strong>too</a>.
- </p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>too</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ AMD and Qualcomm CPUs, too</a>.</p>
<p>Of course, Windows 7 and 8 are unethical too, because they are
proprietary software. But this example of Microsoft's wielding its
- power demonstrates the power it <span class="removed"><del><strong>holds.
- </p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>holds.</p></em></ins></span>
+ power demonstrates the power it holds.</p>
<p>Free software developers also stop maintaining old versions of
their programs, but this is not unfair to users because the users of
free software have control over it. If it is important enough to you,
you and other users can hire someone to support the old version on
- your future <span class="removed"><del><strong>platforms.
- </p></li>
-
- <li><p>Microsoft
- is <a
href="http://gizmodo.com/woman-wins-10-000-from-microsoft-after-unwanted-window-1782666146">
- forcibly pushing Windows
- update to its version 10</a>, ignoring</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>platforms.</p>
+ your future platforms.</p>
</li>
</ul>
@@ -440,65 +423,38 @@
<h3 id="sabotage">Sabotage</h3>
<p>The wrongs in this section are not precisely malware, since they do
-not involve making</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>flag on Windows 7 or 8</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>program</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>you could set to not upgrade. This
reaffirms</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>runs in a way
that hurts</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>presence
of</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>user.
-But they are</em></ins></span> a <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html">universal
- back door in Windows</a> 7 and 8.</p></li>
-
- <li><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><p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>lot like malware, since they are
technical</em></ins></span> Microsoft <span class="removed"><del><strong>is
<a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/11/microsoft-downloading-windows-1">
- repeatedly nagging many</strong></del></span>
-<span class="inserted"><ins><em>actions that harm the</em></ins></span> users
<span class="removed"><del><strong>to install Windows 10</a>.
- </p></li>
+not involve making the program</em></ins></span> that runs in a way that hurts
the user.
+But they are a lot like malware, since they are technical Microsoft
+actions that harm <span class="removed"><del><strong>to</strong></del></span>
the users of specific Microsoft software.</p>
-<li><p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>of
specific</em></ins></span> Microsoft <span class="removed"><del><strong>was for
months</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>software.</p>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><ul>
+ <li><p></strong></del></span>
-<ul class="blurbs">
+<span class="inserted"><ins><em><ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M201904041">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-04</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Microsoft has been</em></ins></span> <a
-<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/02/microsoft-downloading-windows-10-automatic-update">
-tricking users into “upgrading” to</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://borncity.com/win/2019/01/17/windows-10-update-kb4023057-re-released-1-16-2019/">
+ <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”
program</a> on computers running certain
- versions of</em></ins></span> Windows <span
class="removed"><del><strong>10</a>, if they
-failed</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>10. Remediation,
in Microsoft's view, means <a
+ versions of Windows 10. Remediation, in Microsoft's view, means <a
href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb4023057-update-for-windows-10-update-service-components-fccad0ca-dc10-2e46-9ed1-7e392450fb3a">
- tampering with users' settings and files</a>,
notably</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>notice</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>“repair” any components of the
updating system that users
- may have intentionally disabled,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>say no.
-</p></li>
-
- <li><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"></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>thus regain full power over
- them.</em></ins></span> Microsoft <span
class="removed"><del><strong>informs the NSA</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>repeatedly pushed faulty versions</em></ins></span>
of <span class="removed"><del><strong>bugs in Windows before fixing
them.</a></p></li>
-
- <li><p><a
href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/windows-xp-end-of-an-era-end-of-an-error-3569489/">
- Microsoft cut off security fixes for Windows XP,
except</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>this
program</em></ins></span> to
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>users' machines, causing numerous
problems,</em></ins></span> some <span class="removed"><del><strong>big users
- that pay exorbitantly.</a></p>
-
- <p>Microsoft is going to</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>of which</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/security/3605515/more-than-half-of-all-ie-users-face-patch-axe-in-10-months/">
- cut off support for some Internet Explorer versions</a> in the same
way.</p>
-
- <p>A person or company has</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.windowsmode.com/microsoft-suspends-windows-10-october-2018-update-rollout-due-to-critical-bugs/">
+ tampering with users' settings and files</a>, notably to
+ “repair” any components of the updating system that users
+ may have intentionally disabled, and thus regain full power over
+ them.</em></ins></span> Microsoft <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>repeatedly pushed faulty versions of this program to
+ users' machines, causing numerous problems, some of which <a
+
href="https://www.windowsmode.com/microsoft-suspends-windows-10-october-2018-update-rollout-due-to-critical-bugs/">
critical</a>.</p>
- <p>This exemplifies</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>right to cease</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>arrogant and manipulative attitude
- that proprietary software developers have learned</em></ins></span> to
<span class="removed"><del><strong>work on a
- particular program; the wrong here is Microsoft does this after having
- made</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>adopt
- toward</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>users
dependent on Microsoft, because</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>people</em></ins></span> they are <span
class="removed"><del><strong>not free to ask
- anyone else</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>supposedly
serving. Migrate</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>work
on</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>a <a
+ <p>This exemplifies the arrogant and manipulative attitude
+ that proprietary software developers have learned to adopt
+ toward the people they are supposedly serving. Migrate to a <a
href="/distros/free-distros.html">free operating system</a> if you
can!</p>
- <p>If your employer makes you run Windows, tell</em></ins></span>
the <span class="removed"><del><strong>program</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>financial
+ <p>If your employer makes you run Windows, tell the financial
department how this wastes your time dealing with endless connections
and premature hardware failures.</p>
</li>
@@ -515,91 +471,139 @@
<li id="M201704134">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-04</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Microsoft <a
+ <p>Microsoft</em></ins></span> <a
href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/new-processors-are-now-blocked-from-receiving-updates-on-old-windows/">
- has dropped support</em></ins></span> for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>them.</p></li>
-</ul>
-
-<h3 id="interference">Microsoft Interference</h3>
-
-<p>Various proprietary programs often mess up</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>Windows 7 and 8 on recent processors</a>
+ has dropped support for Windows 7 and 8 on recent processors</a>
in a big hurry.</p>
<p>It makes no difference what legitimate reasons Microsoft might
have for not doing work to support them. If it doesn't want to do
- this work, it should let users do</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>user's system. They are like
sabotage,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>work.</p>
+ this work, it should let users do the work.</p>
</li>
- <li id="M201606270">
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+ <p>Microsoft has made</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201606270">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-06</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
-
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/11/microsoft-downloading-windows-1">
+ <p id="windows10-forcing">In its efforts to trick users
of</em></ins></span> Windows
+ 7 and 8 <span class="removed"><del><strong>cease</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>into installing all-spying Windows 10 against
their
+ will, Microsoft forced their computers</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>function on certain
+ new computers,</strong></del></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4012982/discusses-an-issue-in-which-you-receive-a-your-pc-uses-a-processor-tha">effectively
+ forcing their owners to switch to Windows
10</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/11/microsoft-downloading-windows-1">
silently download… the whole of Windows 10</a>! Apparently,
this was done through a <a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update">
universal back door</a>. Not only did the unwanted downloads <a
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/03/windows_10_upgrade_satellite_link/">
jeopardize important operations in regions of the world with poor
- connectivity</a>,</em></ins></span> but <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>many of the people who let installation proceed
+ connectivity</a>, but many of the people who let installation proceed
found out that this “upgrade” was in fact a <a
href="http://gizmodo.com/woman-wins-10-000-from-microsoft-after-unwanted-window-1782666146">
- downgrade</a>.</p>
+ downgrade</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201606010">
+ <span
class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Once</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201606010">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-06</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
+ <p>Once</em></ins></span> Microsoft has tricked a user
+ into accepting installation of Windows 10, <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/windows_10_nagware_no_way_out/">they</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/windows_10_nagware_no_way_out/">they</em></ins></span>
find that they are denied the option to cancel or even postpone the
- imposed date of installation</a>.</p>
+ imposed date of <span class="removed"><del><strong>installation</a>.
+ </p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>installation</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
<p>This demonstrates what we've said for years: using proprietary
software means letting someone have power over you, and you're going
- to get screwed sooner or later.</p>
+ to get screwed sooner or <span
class="removed"><del><strong>later.</p></li>
+
+ <li><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 machines will
+ be stuck with the nastier Windows 10.
+ <a
href="http://gizmodo.com/only-the-latest-version-of-windows-will-run-on-some-fut-1753545825">
+ AMD and Qualcomm CPUs, too</a>.
+ </p>
+ <p>Of course, Windows 7 and 8 are unethical too, because they
are</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>later.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201601310">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-01</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
+ <p>FTDI's</em></ins></span> proprietary <span
class="removed"><del><strong>software. But this example of Microsoft's
wielding</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>driver
+ for</em></ins></span> its
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>power demonstrates the power it holds.
+ </p>
+ <p>Free software developers also stop maintaining old versions of
+ their programs, but this is not unfair to users because the
+ users of free software have control over it. If it is important
+ enough to you, you and other users can hire someone</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>USB-to-serial chips has been
designed</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>support
+ the old version on your future platforms.
+ </p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Microsoft
+ is</strong></del></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://gizmodo.com/woman-wins-10-000-from-microsoft-after-unwanted-window-1782666146">
+ forcibly pushing Windows
+ update to its version 10</a>, ignoring the flag on Windows 7 or
8</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/10/windows-update-drivers-bricking-usb-serial-chips-beloved-of-hardware-hackers/">sabotage
alternative compatible chips</a>
- so that they no longer work. Microsoft is <a
-
href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/16/01/31/1720259/ftdi-driver-breaks-hardware-again">installing
+ so</em></ins></span> that <span class="removed"><del><strong>you could set
to not upgrade. This reaffirms the presence of
+ a</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>they no longer
work. Microsoft is</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html">universal
+ back door in Windows</a> 7 and 8.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Windows</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/16/01/31/1720259/ftdi-driver-breaks-hardware-again">installing
this automatically</a> as an “upgrade”.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201511240">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2015-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Windows 10 “upgrades” <a
+ <p>Windows</em></ins></span> 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>
+ delete applications</a> without asking <span
class="removed"><del><strong>permission.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>
+ Microsoft is <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/11/microsoft-downloading-windows-1">
+ repeatedly nagging many users to install Windows 10</a>.
+ </p></li>
+
+<li><p>
+Microsoft was for months <a
+href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/02/microsoft-downloading-windows-10-automatic-update">
+tricking users into “upgrading” to Windows 10</a>, if they
+failed to notice and say no.
+</p></li>
+
+ <li><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></li>
+
+ <li><p><a
href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/windows-xp-end-of-an-era-end-of-an-error-3569489/">
+ Microsoft</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>permission.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201503260">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2015-03</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
+
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</em></ins></span>
cut off security fixes for Windows XP, except to some big users that
- pay exorbitantly</a>.</p>
+ pay <span
class="removed"><del><strong>exorbitantly.</a></p></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>exorbitantly</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
- <p>Microsoft is going to <a
-
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030194725/https://www.computerworlduk.com/applications/more-than-half-of-all-ie-users-face-patch-axe-in-10-months-3605515/">
+ <p>Microsoft is going to <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/security/3605515/more-than-half-of-all-ie-users-face-patch-axe-in-10-months/"></strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030194725/https://www.computerworlduk.com/applications/more-than-half-of-all-ie-users-face-patch-axe-in-10-months-3605515/"></em></ins></span>
cut off support for some Internet Explorer versions</a> in the same
way.</p>
<p>A person or company has the right to cease to work on a particular
program; the wrong here is Microsoft does this after having made the
- users dependent on Microsoft, because</em></ins></span> they are not <span
class="removed"><del><strong>grave enough</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>free</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>qualify</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>ask anyone
- else to work on the program</em></ins></span> for <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>them.</p>
+ users dependent on Microsoft, because they are not free to ask anyone
+ else to work on the program for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>them.</p></li></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>them.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201306220">
@@ -608,11 +612,13 @@
<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>
- </li>
+ </li></em></ins></span>
</ul>
-<h3 id="subscriptions">Subscriptions</h3>
+<h3 <span class="removed"><del><strong>id="interference">Microsoft
Interference</h3>
+
+<p>Various proprietary programs often mess up the user's system. They
are like sabotage, but they are not grave enough</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="subscriptions">Subscriptions</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M201507150">
@@ -620,7 +626,8 @@
--><!--#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>
+ subscribe</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>qualify
+for</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Office 365 to be
able to create/edit documents</a>.</p>
</li>
</ul>
@@ -1145,7 +1152,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/02/06 16:03:04 $
+$Date: 2021/02/25 09:34:46 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: malware-microsoft.html\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-02-06 10:55+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-02-25 09:26+0000\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: 2017-12-31 13:06+0100\n"
"Last-Translator: Andrea Pescetti <pescetti@gnu.org>\n"
"Language-Team: Italian <www-it-traduzioni@gnu.org>\n"
@@ -505,6 +505,24 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"Microsoft is <a href=\"https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/";
+"microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows\">forcibly "
+"removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
+"backdoor in Windows</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The fact that Flash has been <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
+"html#M202012020\">disabled by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of "
+"power. The nature of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives "
+"the developers power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on "
+"the other hand empowers users to make their own decisions."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"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>."
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@@ -312,18 +312,33 @@
<p>This</em></ins></span> section <span class="removed"><del><strong>are
not precisely malware, since they do
not involve making</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>gives
examples of Microsoft software harassing or annoying</em></ins></span>
-the <span class="removed"><del><strong>program that runs in a way that
hurts</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>user, or causing
trouble for</em></ins></span> the user.
-<span class="removed"><del><strong>But they</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>These actions</em></ins></span> are <span
class="removed"><del><strong>a lot</strong></del></span> like <span
class="removed"><del><strong>malware, since they are technical Microsoft
-actions that harm to</strong></del></span>
-<span class="inserted"><ins><em>sabotage but</em></ins></span> the <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>word “sabotage” is too strong for
them.</p>
+the <span class="removed"><del><strong>program that runs
in</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>user, or causing
trouble for the user. These actions are like
+sabotage but the word “sabotage” is too strong for them.</p>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202102180">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Microsoft is <a
+
href="https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows">forcibly
+ removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>,
using
+ <a href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update">a
+ universal backdoor in Windows</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The fact that Flash has been <a
+ href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#M202012020">disabled
+ by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of power. The nature of
+ proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives the developers
+ power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on the other
+ hand empowers users to make their own decisions.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201809120">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2018-09</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</em></ins></span> users <span class="inserted"><ins><em>if they
try to install Firefox (or Chrome)</a>.</p>
+ harangues users if they try to install Firefox (or
Chrome)</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201803190">
@@ -331,12 +346,9 @@
--><!--#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</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>specific</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>its browser, Edge, in certain
circumstances</a>.</p>
+ impose use of its browser, Edge, in certain
circumstances</a>.</p>
- <p>The reason</em></ins></span> Microsoft <span
class="removed"><del><strong>software.</p>
-
-<ul>
- <li><p>Once</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>can force things on users is that Windows
+ <p>The reason Microsoft can force things on users is that Windows
is nonfree.</p>
</li>
@@ -348,8 +360,8 @@
intrusive ads for Microsoft products and its partners'
products</a>.</p>
- <p>The article's author starts from the premise
that</em></ins></span> Microsoft has <span
class="removed"><del><strong>tricked</strong></del></span>
- a <span class="removed"><del><strong>user into accepting
installation</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>right to
control what Windows does to users, as long as it doesn't
+ <p>The article's author starts from the premise that Microsoft has
+ a right to control what Windows does to users, as long as it doesn't
go “too far”. We disagree.</p>
</li>
@@ -365,26 +377,19 @@
<li id="M201608170">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-08</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p> After <a
href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html#windows10-forcing">forcing the
download</em></ins></span> of Windows
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>10,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>10</a>
- on computers that were running Windows 7 and 8,
Microsoft</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/windows_10_nagware_no_way_out/">they
- find</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/3012278/microsoft-sets-stage-for-massive-windows-10-upgrade-strategy.html">
- repeatedly switched on a flag</em></ins></span> that <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>urged users to
- “upgrade” to Windows 10</a> when</em></ins></span> they
<span class="removed"><del><strong>are denied</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>had turned
- it off, in</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>option</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>hope that some day they would fail</em></ins></span>
to <span class="removed"><del><strong>cancel or even postpone the
- imposed date</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>say no.
+ <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">
+ repeatedly switched on a flag that urged users to
+ “upgrade” to Windows 10</a> when they had turned
+ it off, in the hope that some day they would fail to say no.
To do this, Microsoft used <a
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/17/microsoft_windows_10_upgrade_gwx_vs_humanity/">
malware techniques</a>.</p>
<p>A detailed <a
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/08/windows-10-microsoft-blatantly-disregards-user-choice-and-privacy-deep-dive">
- analysis</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>installation</a>.
- </p>
- <p>This demonstrates what we've said for years: using proprietary
- software means letting someone have power over you, and you're
- going</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Microsoft's
scheme</a> is available on the Electronic
+ analysis of Microsoft's scheme</a> is available on the Electronic
Frontier Foundation's website.</p>
</li>
@@ -394,163 +399,102 @@
<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
- users</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>get screwed
sooner or later.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>Microsoft</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>complain to the sysadmins about not
“upgrading”
+ users to complain to the sysadmins about not “upgrading”
to Windows 10</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201601160">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-01</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Microsoft</em></ins></span> has <a
+ <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
machines will be stuck with the nastier Windows 10. <a
href="http://gizmodo.com/only-the-latest-version-of-windows-will-run-on-some-fut-1753545825">
- AMD and Qualcomm CPUs, <span class="removed"><del><strong>too</a>.
- </p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>too</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ AMD and Qualcomm CPUs, too</a>.</p>
<p>Of course, Windows 7 and 8 are unethical too, because they are
proprietary software. But this example of Microsoft's wielding its
- power demonstrates the power it <span class="removed"><del><strong>holds.
- </p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>holds.</p></em></ins></span>
+ power demonstrates the power it holds.</p>
<p>Free software developers also stop maintaining old versions of
their programs, but this is not unfair to users because the users of
free software have control over it. If it is important enough to you,
you and other users can hire someone to support the old version on
- your future <span class="removed"><del><strong>platforms.
- </p></li>
-
- <li><p>Microsoft
- is <a
href="http://gizmodo.com/woman-wins-10-000-from-microsoft-after-unwanted-window-1782666146">
- forcibly pushing Windows
- update to its version 10</a>, ignoring the flag on Windows 7 or 8
- that you could set to</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>platforms.</p>
+ your future platforms.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="sabotage">Sabotage</h3>
-<p>The wrongs in this section are not precisely malware, since they
do</em></ins></span>
-not <span class="removed"><del><strong>upgrade. This
reaffirms</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>involve
making</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>presence
of</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>program that runs
in</em></ins></span> a <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html">universal
- back door in Windows</a> 7 and 8.</p></li>
-
- <li><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><p>
- Microsoft is <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/11/microsoft-downloading-windows-1">
- repeatedly nagging many users to install Windows 10</a>.
- </p></li>
-
-<li><p>
-Microsoft was for months <a
-href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/02/microsoft-downloading-windows-10-automatic-update">
-tricking users into “upgrading” to Windows 10</a>,
if</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>way that hurts the
user.
-But</em></ins></span> they
-<span class="removed"><del><strong>failed to notice and say no.
-</p></li>
-
- <li><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"></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>are a lot like malware, since they are
technical</em></ins></span> Microsoft <span
class="removed"><del><strong>informs</strong></del></span>
-<span class="inserted"><ins><em>actions that harm</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>NSA</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>users</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>bugs in Windows before fixing
them.</a></p></li>
-
- <li><p><a
href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/windows-xp-end-of-an-era-end-of-an-error-3569489/"></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>specific</em></ins></span> Microsoft <span
class="removed"><del><strong>cut off security fixes for Windows XP, except to
some big users
- that pay exorbitantly.</a></p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>software.</p>
+<p>The wrongs in this section are not precisely malware, since they do
+not involve making the program that runs in</em></ins></span> a way that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>hurts</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>hurts the user.
+But they are a lot like malware, since they are technical Microsoft
+actions that harm the users of specific Microsoft software.</p>
<ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M201904041">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-04</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" --></em></ins></span>
- <p>Microsoft <span class="removed"><del><strong>is going
to</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>has
been</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/security/3605515/more-than-half-of-all-ie-users-face-patch-axe-in-10-months/">
- cut off support for some Internet Explorer
versions</a></strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://borncity.com/win/2019/01/17/windows-10-update-kb4023057-re-released-1-16-2019/">
+ --><!--#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”
program</a> on computers running certain
- versions of Windows 10. Remediation,</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the same way.</p>
-
- <p>A person or company has the right to cease</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>Microsoft's view, means <a
+ versions of Windows 10. Remediation, in Microsoft's view, means <a
href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb4023057-update-for-windows-10-update-service-components-fccad0ca-dc10-2e46-9ed1-7e392450fb3a">
- tampering with users' settings and files</a>,
notably</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>work on a
- particular program;</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>“repair” any components
of</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>wrong here
is</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>updating system that
users
+ tampering with users' settings and files</a>, notably to
+ “repair” any components of the updating system that users
may have intentionally disabled, and thus regain full power over
- them.</em></ins></span> Microsoft <span
class="removed"><del><strong>does</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>repeatedly pushed faulty versions
of</em></ins></span> this <span class="removed"><del><strong>after having
- made the users dependent on Microsoft, because they are not free to ask
- anyone else</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>program</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>work on</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>users' machines, causing numerous
problems, some of which <a
+ them. Microsoft repeatedly pushed faulty versions of this program to
+ users' machines, causing numerous problems, some of which <a
href="https://www.windowsmode.com/microsoft-suspends-windows-10-october-2018-update-rollout-due-to-critical-bugs/">
critical</a>.</p>
- <p>This exemplifies</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>program for them.</p></li>
-</ul>
-
-<h3 id="interference">Microsoft Interference</h3>
-
-<p>Various</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>arrogant and manipulative attitude
- that</em></ins></span> proprietary <span
class="removed"><del><strong>programs often mess up the user's system. They are
like sabotage, but they are not grave enough</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>software developers have learned</em></ins></span> to
<span class="removed"><del><strong>qualify
-for</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>adopt
- toward</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>word
“sabotage”. Nonetheless,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>people</em></ins></span> they are <span
class="removed"><del><strong>nasty and wrong. This section describes examples
of Microsoft committing
-interference.</p>
-
-<ul>
-
-<li>In order</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>supposedly serving. Migrate</em></ins></span> to
<span class="removed"><del><strong>increase Windows 10's install base,
Microsoft</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>a</em></ins></span> <a
-<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/08/windows-10-microsoft-blatantly-disregards-user-choice-and-privacy-deep-dive">
-blatantly disregards user choice</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/distros/free-distros.html">free
operating system</a> if you
+ <p>This exemplifies the arrogant and manipulative attitude
+ that proprietary software developers have learned to adopt
+ toward</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>user.
+But</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>people</em></ins></span> they are <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>supposedly serving. Migrate to</em></ins></span> a
<span class="removed"><del><strong>lot like malware, since they are
technical</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+ href="/distros/free-distros.html">free operating system</a> if you
can!</p>
<p>If your employer makes you run Windows, tell the financial
- department how this wastes your time dealing with endless
connections</em></ins></span>
- and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>privacy</a>.</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>premature hardware
failures.</p></em></ins></span>
+ department how this wastes your time dealing with endless connections
+ and premature hardware failures.</p>
</li>
-<span
class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Microsoft</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201704194">
+ <li id="M201704194">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-04</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Microsoft</em></ins></span> has
-<span class="removed"><del><strong>started <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/04/microsoft-windows-10-full-screen-upgrade-notification-pop-up-reminder">nagging
-users obnoxiously</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>made
Windows 7</em></ins></span>
- and <span class="removed"><del><strong>repeatedly</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>8 cease</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>install Windows 10</a>.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>Microsoft
- <a
href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/windows-10-upgrade-reportedly-starting-automatically-on-windows-7-pcs-501651.shtml">is
- tricking
- users</a></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>function on certain new computers,</em></ins></span>
<a
-<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160522062607/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/17/microsoft_windows_10_upgrade_gwx_vs_humanity/">
-into replacing Windows 7 with</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4012982/the-processor-is-not-supported-together-with-the-windows-version-that">effectively
- forcing their owners to switch to</em></ins></span> Windows <span
class="removed"><del><strong>10</a>.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>Microsoft</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>10</a>.</p>
+ <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
+ forcing their owners to switch to Windows 10</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201704134">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-04</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/"></em></ins></span>
- has <span class="removed"><del><strong>made
companies'</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>dropped
support for</em></ins></span> Windows <span
class="removed"><del><strong>machines managed by</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>7 and 8 on recent processors</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>
in a big hurry.</p>
- <p>It makes no difference what legitimate reasons Microsoft might
- have for not doing work to support them. If it doesn't want to do
- this work, it should let users do the work.</p>
+ <p>It makes no difference what legitimate reasons</em></ins></span>
Microsoft
+<span class="removed"><del><strong>actions that harm</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>might
+ have for not doing work to support them. If it doesn't
want</em></ins></span> to <span class="inserted"><ins><em>do
+ this work, it should let users do</em></ins></span> the <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>work.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201606270">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-06</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p id="windows10-forcing">In its efforts to trick users of Windows
+ <p id="windows10-forcing">In its efforts to trick</em></ins></span>
users of <span class="removed"><del><strong>specific</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>Windows
7 and 8 into installing all-spying Windows 10 against their
- will, Microsoft forced their computers to <a
+ will,</em></ins></span> Microsoft <span
class="removed"><del><strong>software.</p>
+
+<ul>
+ <li><p>Once</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>forced their computers to <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/11/microsoft-downloading-windows-1">
silently download… the whole of Windows 10</a>! Apparently,
this was done through a <a
@@ -567,23 +511,56 @@
<li id="M201606010">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-06</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
- find that they are denied the option to cancel or even postpone the
- imposed date of installation</a>.</p>
-
+ <p>Once</em></ins></span> Microsoft has tricked a user
+ into accepting installation of Windows 10, <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/windows_10_nagware_no_way_out/">they</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/windows_10_nagware_no_way_out/">they</em></ins></span>
+ find that they are denied the option to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>cancel or even postpone the
+ imposed date of installation</a>.
+ </p>
<p>This demonstrates what we've said for years: using proprietary
- software means letting someone have power over you, and you're going
- to get screwed sooner or later.</p>
+ software means letting someone have power over you, and you're
+ going to get screwed sooner or later.</p></li>
+
+ <li><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 machines will
+ be stuck with the nastier Windows 10.
+ <a
href="http://gizmodo.com/only-the-latest-version-of-windows-will-run-on-some-fut-1753545825">
+ AMD and Qualcomm CPUs, too</a>.
+ </p>
+ <p>Of course, Windows 7 and 8 are unethical too, because they are
+ proprietary software. But this example of Microsoft's wielding its
+ power demonstrates the power it holds.
+ </p>
+ <p>Free software developers also stop maintaining old versions of
+ their programs, but this is not unfair to users
because</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>cancel or even
postpone</em></ins></span> the
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>users</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>imposed date</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>free</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>installation</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>This demonstrates what we've said for years: using
proprietary</em></ins></span>
+ software <span class="inserted"><ins><em>means letting
someone</em></ins></span> have <span
class="removed"><del><strong>control</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>power</em></ins></span> over <span
class="removed"><del><strong>it. If it is important
+ enough to</strong></del></span> you, <span
class="removed"><del><strong>you</strong></del></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>other users can hire someone to support
+ the old version on your future platforms.
+ </p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Microsoft
+ is <a
href="http://gizmodo.com/woman-wins-10-000-from-microsoft-after-unwanted-window-1782666146">
+ forcibly pushing Windows
+ update</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>you're
going</em></ins></span>
+ to <span class="removed"><del><strong>its version 10</a>, ignoring
the flag on Windows 7</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>get
screwed sooner</em></ins></span> or <span class="removed"><del><strong>8
+ that you could set</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>later.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201601310">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-01</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
+ for its USB-to-serial chips has been designed</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>not upgrade. This reaffirms the presence of
+ a</strong></del></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html">universal
+ back door in Windows</a> 7 and 8.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Windows</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/10/windows-update-drivers-bricking-usb-serial-chips-beloved-of-hardware-hackers/">sabotage
alternative compatible chips</a>
so that they no longer work. Microsoft is <a
href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/16/01/31/1720259/ftdi-driver-breaks-hardware-again">installing
@@ -593,25 +570,44 @@
<li id="M201511240">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2015-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Windows 10 “upgrades” <a
+ <p>Windows</em></ins></span> 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>
+ delete applications</a> without asking <span
class="removed"><del><strong>permission.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>
+ Microsoft is <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/11/microsoft-downloading-windows-1">
+ repeatedly nagging many users to install Windows 10</a>.
+ </p></li>
+
+<li><p>
+Microsoft was for months <a
+href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/02/microsoft-downloading-windows-10-automatic-update">
+tricking users into “upgrading” to Windows 10</a>, if they
+failed to notice and say no.
+</p></li>
+
+ <li><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></li>
+
+ <li><p><a
href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/windows-xp-end-of-an-era-end-of-an-error-3569489/">
+ Microsoft</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>permission.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201503260">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2015-03</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
+
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</em></ins></span>
cut off security fixes for Windows XP, except to some big users that
- pay exorbitantly</a>.</p>
+ pay <span
class="removed"><del><strong>exorbitantly.</a></p></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>exorbitantly</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
- <p>Microsoft is going to <a
-
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030194725/https://www.computerworlduk.com/applications/more-than-half-of-all-ie-users-face-patch-axe-in-10-months-3605515/">
+ <p>Microsoft is going to <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/security/3605515/more-than-half-of-all-ie-users-face-patch-axe-in-10-months/"></strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030194725/https://www.computerworlduk.com/applications/more-than-half-of-all-ie-users-face-patch-axe-in-10-months-3605515/"></em></ins></span>
cut off support for some Internet Explorer versions</a> in the same
way.</p>
- <p>A person or company has the right to cease to work on a particular
+ <p>A person or company has the right to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>cease</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>cease to work on a particular
program; the wrong here is Microsoft does this after having made the
users dependent on Microsoft, because they are not free to ask anyone
else to work on the program for them.</p>
@@ -658,10 +654,8 @@
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2020-10</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Microsoft is imposing its
- surveillance on</em></ins></span> the
-<span class="removed"><del><strong>company's
-sysadmins</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>game of
Minecraft by</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/3042397/microsoft-windows/admins-beware-domain-attached-pcs-are-sprouting-get-windows-10-ads.html">harangue</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/22/21527647/minecraft-microsoft-account-mojang-java">requiring
+ surveillance on the game of Minecraft by <a
+
href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/22/21527647/minecraft-microsoft-account-mojang-java">requiring
every player to open an account on Microsoft's network</a>. Microsoft
has bought the game and will merge all accounts into its network,
which will give them access to people's data.</p>
@@ -678,15 +672,17 @@
--><!--#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
- privacy violation. Microsoft publishes a program so</em></ins></span>
users <span class="inserted"><ins><em>can run
- their own server, but the program is proprietary and it's another <a
-
href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">injustice</em></ins></span>
- to <span class="removed"><del><strong>complain</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>users</a>.</p>
+ forced to move</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>work on</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Microsoft servers</a>, which results in
+ privacy violation. Microsoft publishes</em></ins></span> a
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>particular program;</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>program so users can run
+ their own server, but</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>wrong here</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>program</em></ins></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Microsoft does this after having
+ made</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>proprietary and
it's another <a
+ href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">injustice
+ to users</a>.</p>
<p>People can play <a
href="https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Minetest">Minetest</a>
- instead. Minetest is free software and respects the user's computer
+ instead. Minetest is free software and respects</em></ins></span> the
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>user's computer
freedom.</p>
</li>
@@ -694,10 +690,16 @@
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-12</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></em></ins></span> to
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>be able to install
- and use</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>sysadmins</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Windows operating system, which is malware. The
account can
- be used for surveillance and/or violating people's rights in many ways,
+
href="https://www.howtogeek.com/442609/confirmed-windows-10-setup-now-prevents-local-account-creation/">tricking</em></ins></span>
+ users <span class="removed"><del><strong>dependent</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>to create an account</em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Microsoft, because they are not
free</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>their
network</a></em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>ask
+ anyone else</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>be
able</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>work
on</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>install
+ and use</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>program</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Windows operating system, which is malware. The
account can
+ be used</em></ins></span> for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>them.</p></li>
+</ul>
+
+<h3 id="interference">Microsoft Interference</h3>
+
+<p>Various proprietary programs often mess up the user's system. They
are like sabotage, but they are not grave enough</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>surveillance and/or violating people's rights in many
ways,
such as turning their purchased software to a subscription
product.</p>
</li>
@@ -706,44 +708,67 @@
--><!--#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>
+ human workers listen</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>qualify
+for</strong></del></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>word
“sabotage”. Nonetheless, they are nasty</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>recordings</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>Morally, we see no difference between having human workers
listen</em></ins></span> and <span class="removed"><del><strong>wrong. This
section describes examples of Microsoft committing
+interference.</p>
+
+<ul>
- <p>Morally, we see no difference between having human workers listen
and
- having speech-recognition systems listen. Both intrude on
privacy.</p>
+<li>In order</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>having speech-recognition systems listen.
Both intrude on privacy.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201908151">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-08</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
+ <p>Skype refuses</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>increase Windows 10's install base,
Microsoft</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>say whether it
can</em></ins></span> <a
+<span
class="removed"><del><strong>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>.</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>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>
- <p>That almost certainly means it can do so.</p>
+ <p>That almost certainly means it can do
so.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201905281">
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Microsoft has
+started</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201905281">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-05</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
+ <p>Microsoft</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/04/microsoft-windows-10-full-screen-upgrade-notification-pop-up-reminder">nagging</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>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
- the company's network. On top of mistreating their users by providing
- nonfree software, Microsoft is tracking their lives outside the computer
and
- violates their privacy.</p>
+ the company's network. On top of mistreating their</em></ins></span> users
<span class="removed"><del><strong>obnoxiously</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>by providing
+ nonfree software, Microsoft is tracking their lives outside the
computer</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>repeatedly</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>violates their privacy.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201710134">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-10</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Windows 10 telemetry program sends information to
Microsoft</em></ins></span> about <span class="removed"><del><strong>not
“upgrading”</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>the user's computer and their use of the
computer.</p>
+ <p>Windows 10 telemetry program sends information</em></ins></span>
to <span class="removed"><del><strong>install Windows
10</a>.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Microsoft
+ <a
href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/windows-10-upgrade-reportedly-starting-automatically-on-windows-7-pcs-501651.shtml">is
+ tricking
+ users</a> <a
+href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160522062607/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/17/microsoft_windows_10_upgrade_gwx_vs_humanity/">
+into replacing Windows 7 with</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Microsoft about
+ the user's computer and their use of the computer.</p>
<p>Furthermore, for users who installed the
- fourth stable build of Windows 10, called the
- “Creators Update,” Windows maximized the surveillance <a
-
href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/10/dutch-privacy-regulator-says-that-windows-10-breaks-the-law">
- by force setting the telemetry mode</em></ins></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>“Full”</a>.</p>
+ fourth stable build of</em></ins></span> Windows <span
class="removed"><del><strong>10</a>.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Microsoft has made companies'</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>10, called the
+ “Creators Update,”</em></ins></span> Windows <span
class="removed"><del><strong>machines managed by</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>maximized</em></ins></span> the
+<span class="removed"><del><strong>company's
+sysadmins</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>surveillance</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/3042397/microsoft-windows/admins-beware-domain-attached-pcs-are-sprouting-get-windows-10-ads.html">harangue
+users to complain to</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/10/dutch-privacy-regulator-says-that-windows-10-breaks-the-law">
+ by force setting</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>sysadmins about not
“upgrading”</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>telemetry mode</em></ins></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>“Full”</a>.</p>
<p>The <a
href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy/configure-windows-diagnostic-data-in-your-organization#full-level">
@@ -1121,7 +1146,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/02/06 16:03:04 $
+$Date: 2021/02/25 09:34:46 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
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--- malware-microsoft.ja.po 6 Feb 2021 11:02:34 -0000 1.149
+++ malware-microsoft.ja.po 25 Feb 2021 09:34:46 -0000 1.150
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
msgid ""
msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: malware-microsoft.html\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-02-06 10:55+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-02-25 09:26+0000\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: 2016-12-20 14:57+0900\n"
"Last-Translator: NIIBE Yutaka <gniibe@fsij.org>\n"
"Language-Team: Japanese <web-translators-ja@gnu.org>\n"
@@ -409,6 +409,24 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"Microsoft is <a href=\"https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/";
+"microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows\">forcibly "
+"removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
+"backdoor in Windows</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The fact that Flash has been <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
+"html#M202012020\">disabled by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of "
+"power. The nature of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives "
+"the developers power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on "
+"the other hand empowers users to make their own decisions."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"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>."
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diff -u -b -r1.107 -r1.108
--- malware-microsoft.pot 6 Feb 2021 11:02:34 -0000 1.107
+++ malware-microsoft.pot 25 Feb 2021 09:34:46 -0000 1.108
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
msgid ""
msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: malware-microsoft.html\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-02-06 10:55+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-02-25 09:26+0000\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -276,6 +276,25 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"Microsoft is <a "
+"href=\"https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows\";>forcibly
"
+"removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
+"backdoor in Windows</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The fact that Flash has been <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#M202012020\">disabled by "
+"Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of power. The nature of proprietary "
+"software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives the developers power to impose "
+"their decisions on users; Free software on the other hand empowers users to "
+"make their own decisions."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"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>."
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--- malware-microsoft.ru.po 9 Feb 2021 05:32:09 -0000 1.256
+++ malware-microsoft.ru.po 25 Feb 2021 09:34:46 -0000 1.257
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
msgid ""
msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: proprietary/\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-02-06 10:55+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-02-25 09:26+0000\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: 2020-05-25 16:59+0000\n"
"Last-Translator: Ineiev <ineiev@gnu.org>\n"
"Language-Team: Russian <www-ru-list@gnu.org>\n"
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"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
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"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"X-Outdated-Since: 2021-02-25 09:26+0000\n"
#. type: Content of: <title>
msgid ""
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#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"Microsoft is <a href=\"https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/";
+"microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows\">forcibly "
+"removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
+"backdoor in Windows</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The fact that Flash has been <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
+"html#M202012020\">disabled by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of "
+"power. The nature of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives "
+"the developers power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on "
+"the other hand empowers users to make their own decisions."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"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>."
Index: nl.po
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diff -u -b -r1.289 -r1.290
--- nl.po 23 Feb 2021 09:02:02 -0000 1.289
+++ nl.po 25 Feb 2021 09:34:46 -0000 1.290
@@ -4804,6 +4804,24 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"Microsoft is <a href=\"https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/";
+"microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows\">forcibly "
+"removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
+"backdoor in Windows</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The fact that Flash has been <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
+"html#M202012020\">disabled by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of "
+"power. The nature of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives "
+"the developers power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on "
+"the other hand empowers users to make their own decisions."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"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>."
@@ -8359,9 +8377,9 @@
"je meestal belazerd."
#. type: Content of: <div><p>
-# | As of [-April, 2019,-] {+January, 2021,+} the [-files-] {+pages+} in this
+# | As of [-April, 2019,-] {+February, 2021,+} the [-files-] {+pages+} in this
# | directory list around [-4-]{+5+}00 instances of malicious
-# | [-functionalities,-] {+functionalities (with more than 570 references to
+# | [-functionalities,-] {+functionalities (with more than 580 references to
# | back them up),+} but there are surely thousands more we don't know about.
#, fuzzy
#| msgid ""
@@ -8369,8 +8387,8 @@
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#| "don't know about."
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-"As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 instances "
-"of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to back them "
+"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."
msgstr ""
"Anno april 2019 staan er in dit overzicht ongeveer 400 gevallen van "
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#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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 usersâ raw audio, potentially providing access to the Chinese
government."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Even with good security of data transmission, collecting personal data of "
+"people is wrong and a violation of people's privacy rights."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"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> "
@@ -10162,6 +10203,20 @@
msgstr "<a href=\"/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html\">Microsoft-malware</a>"
#, fuzzy
+#~| msgid ""
+#~| "As of April, 2019, the files in this directory list around 400 instances "
+#~| "of malicious functionalities, but there are surely thousands more we "
+#~| "don't know about."
+#~ msgid ""
+#~ "As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 "
+#~ "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to "
+#~ "back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
+#~ msgstr ""
+#~ "Anno april 2019 staan er in dit overzicht ongeveer 400 gevallen van "
+#~ "kwaadaardige functionaliteit, maar er zijn zeker weten duizenden andere "
+#~ "gevallen waar we niks van weten."
+
+#, fuzzy
#~| msgid "Copyright © 2015, 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
#~ msgid "Copyright © 2014-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
#~ msgstr "Copyright © 2015, 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
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#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"Microsoft is <a href=\"https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/";
+"microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows\">forcibly "
+"removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
+"backdoor in Windows</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The fact that Flash has been <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
+"html#M202012020\">disabled by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of "
+"power. The nature of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives "
+"the developers power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on "
+"the other hand empowers users to make their own decisions."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"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>."
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-"of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to back them "
+"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."
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#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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 usersâ raw audio, potentially providing access to the Chinese
government."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Even with good security of data transmission, collecting personal data of "
+"people is wrong and a violation of people's privacy rights."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"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> "
Index: pot
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--- pot 23 Feb 2021 09:02:02 -0000 1.287
+++ pot 25 Feb 2021 09:34:47 -0000 1.288
@@ -4031,6 +4031,24 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"Microsoft is <a href=\"https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/";
+"microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows\">forcibly "
+"removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
+"backdoor in Windows</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The fact that Flash has been <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
+"html#M202012020\">disabled by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of "
+"power. The nature of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives "
+"the developers power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on "
+"the other hand empowers users to make their own decisions."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"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>."
@@ -7344,8 +7362,8 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><p>
msgid ""
-"As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 instances "
-"of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to back them "
+"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."
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@@ -7543,6 +7561,29 @@
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msgid ""
+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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 usersâ raw audio, potentially providing access to the Chinese
government."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Even with good security of data transmission, collecting personal data of "
+"people is wrong and a violation of people's privacy rights."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"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> "
Index: proprietary-back-doors.de-diff.html
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+++ proprietary-back-doors.de-diff.html 25 Feb 2021 09:34:47 -0000 1.57
@@ -396,65 +396,87 @@
<p>We link to</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>universal back door</a> which lets Adobe
control</em></ins></span>
the <span class="removed"><del><strong>article</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>software and,</em></ins></span> for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the facts</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>example, disable</em></ins></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>presents. It is too bad
- that the</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>whenever
it
+ that</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>whenever it
wants. Adobe will block Flash content from running in Flash Player
beginning January 12, 2021, which indicates that they have access to
every Flash Player through a back door.</p>
- <p>The back door won't be dangerous in the future, as it'll disable
- a proprietary program and make users delete the software, but it
+ <p>The back door won't be dangerous in</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>article finishes by
advocating</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>future, as
it'll disable
+ a proprietary program and make users delete</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>moral weakness</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>software, but it
was an injustice for many years. Users should have deleted Flash Player
- even before its end of life.</p>
+ even before its end</em></ins></span> of
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>surrendering to Netflix. The
Netflix</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>life.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201908270">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-08</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>A very popular app found in the
- Google Play store contained a module that was designed to <a
-
href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/08/google-play-app-with-100-million-downloads-executed-secret-payloads/">secretly
- install malware on the user's computer</a>. The app developers
+ <p>A very popular</em></ins></span> app <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>found in the
+ Google Play store contained a module that was designed
to</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-google.html#netflix-app-geolocation-drm">is</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/08/google-play-app-with-100-million-downloads-executed-secret-payloads/">secretly
+ install</em></ins></span> malware <span
class="removed"><del><strong>too</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>on the user's computer</a>. The app
developers
regularly used it to make the computer download and execute any code
they wanted.</p>
<p>This is a concrete example of what users are exposed to when they
run nonfree apps. They can never be completely sure that a nonfree
- app is safe.</p>
+ app is safe.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201907100">
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+ <p>Baidu's proprietary Android library, Moplus,
has</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201907100">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-07</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Apple appears to say that <a
href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/10/apple-silent-update-zoom-app/">
- there is a back door in MacOS</a> for automatically updating some
+ there is</em></ins></span> a back door <span class="inserted"><ins><em>in
MacOS</a> for automatically updating some
(all?) apps.</p>
- <p>The specific change described in the</em></ins></span> article
<span class="removed"><del><strong>finishes</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>was not
- malicious—it protected users from surveillance</em></ins></span> by
<span class="removed"><del><strong>advocating</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>third
- parties—but that is a separate question.</p>
+ <p>The specific change described in the article was not
+ malicious—it protected users from surveillance by third
+ parties—but</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong><a
+
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/11/millions-android-devices-vulnerable-remote-hijacking-baidu-wrote-code-google-made">
+ can “upload files” as well as forcibly install
apps</a>.</p>
+ <p>It</strong></del></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>used by 14,000 Android
applications.</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>a
separate question.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201811100">
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+ <p>In Android, <a
+
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2506557/security0/google-throws--kill-switch--on-android-phones.html">
+ Google</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201811100">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2018-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Corel Paintshop Pro has a <a
-
href="https://torrentfreak.com/corel-wrongly-accuses-licensed-user-of-piracy-disables-software-remotely-181110/">
- back door that can make it cease to function</a>.</p>
+ <p>Corel Paintshop Pro</em></ins></span> has a <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+
href="https://torrentfreak.com/corel-wrongly-accuses-licensed-user-of-piracy-disables-software-remotely-181110/"></em></ins></span>
+ back door <span class="inserted"><ins><em>that can make it
cease</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>remotely delete
apps.</a> (It was in</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>function</a>.</p>
<p>The article is full of confusions, errors and biases that we have
- an obligation to expose, given that we are making a link to them.</p>
+ an obligation to expose, given that we are making</em></ins></span> a
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>program called GTalkService, which
seems since then</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>link</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>have been
+ merged into Google Play.)</p>
+ <p>Google can also <a
+
href="https://jon.oberheide.org/blog/2010/06/25/remote-kill-and-install-on-google-android/">
+ forcibly and remotely install apps</a> through GTalkService.
+ This is</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>them.</p>
<ul>
- <li>Getting a patent does not “enable” a company to do
+ <li>Getting a patent does</em></ins></span> not <span
class="removed"><del><strong>equivalent</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>“enable” a company to do
any particular thing in its products. What it does enable the company
to do is sue other companies if they do some particular thing in
their products.</li>
- <li>A company's policies about when to attack users through a back
- door are beside the point. Inserting the back door is wrong in the
+ <li>A company's policies about when</em></ins></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>attack users through</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>universal</strong></del></span> back <span
class="removed"><del><strong>door, but permits various
+ dirty tricks.</p>
+ <p>Although Google's <em>exercise</em> of this power has
not been
+ malicious so far,</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>door are beside</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>point</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>point. Inserting the back door</em></ins></span> is
<span class="removed"><del><strong>that nobody</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>wrong in the
first place, and using the back door is always wrong too. No software
- developer should have that power over users.</li>
+ developer</em></ins></span> should have <span
class="removed"><del><strong>such power,
+ which could also</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>that power over users.</li>
<li>“<a
href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Piracy">Piracy</a>”
means
@@ -471,7 +493,7 @@
because neighbors' kids are playing on your front yard, and saying
that you're “protecting the boundary line”. The kids can't do
harm
to the boundary line, not even with a jackhammer, because it is an
- abstraction and can't be affected by physical action.</p></li>
+ abstraction and can't</em></ins></span> be <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>affected by physical action.</p></li>
</ul>
</li>
@@ -497,7 +519,7 @@
can “upload files” as well as forcibly install
apps</a>.</p>
- <p>It is used by 14,000 Android applications.</p>
+ <p>It is</em></ins></span> used <span
class="removed"><del><strong>maliciously. You</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>by 14,000 Android applications.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201112080">
@@ -508,7 +530,7 @@
href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/2500036/microsoft--we-can-remotely-delete-windows-8-apps.html">
remotely deleting apps</a>.</p>
- <p>You might well decide to let a security service that you trust
+ <p>You</em></ins></span> might well decide to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>let</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>let a security service that you trust
remotely <em>deactivate</em> programs that it considers
malicious.
But there is no excuse for <em>deleting</em> the programs, and
you
should have the right to decide whom (if anyone) to trust in this
@@ -554,68 +576,63 @@
<h3 id='universal'>Full control</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202102180">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Microsoft is <a
+
href="https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows">forcibly
+ removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>,
using
+ <a href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update">a
+ universal backdoor in Windows</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The fact that Flash has been <a
+ href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#M202012020">disabled
+ by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of power. The nature of
+ proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives the developers
+ power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on the other
+ hand empowers users to make their own decisions.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202011230">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2020-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Some Wavelink and JetStream wifi routers have
universal back doors that enable unauthenticated
- users to remotely control not only</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>moral weakness of
- surrendering</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>routers, but
- also any devices connected</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Netflix. The Netflix
- app <a
href="/proprietary/malware-google.html#netflix-app-geolocation-drm">is
- malware too</a>.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li>
- <p>Baidu's proprietary Android library, Moplus, has a back
door</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>the network. There
is evidence</em></ins></span> that <a
- <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/11/millions-android-devices-vulnerable-remote-hijacking-baidu-wrote-code-google-made">
- can “upload files” as well as forcibly install
apps</a>.</p>
- <p>It</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://cybernews.com/security/walmart-exclusive-routers-others-made-in-china-contain-backdoors-to-control-devices/">
- this vulnerability</em></ins></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>used by 14,000 Android applications.</p>
- </li>
+ users to remotely control not only the routers, but
+ also any devices connected to the network. There is evidence that <a
+
href="https://cybernews.com/security/walmart-exclusive-routers-others-made-in-china-contain-backdoors-to-control-devices/">
+ this vulnerability is actively exploited</a>.</p>
- <li>
- <p>In Android, <a
-
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2506557/security0/google-throws--kill-switch--on-android-phones.html">
- Google has</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>actively exploited</a>.</p>
-
- <p>If you consider buying</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>back door</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>router, we encourage you</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>remotely delete apps.</a> (It
was</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>get one
+ <p>If you consider buying a router, we encourage you to get one
that <a href="https://ryf.fsf.org/categories/routers">runs on free
- software</a>. Any attempts at introducing malicious
functionalities</em></ins></span> in
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>it (e.g., through</em></ins></span> a
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>program called GTalkService, which
seems since then</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>firmware
update) will be detected by the community,
+ software</a>. Any attempts at introducing malicious functionalities
in
+ it (e.g., through a firmware update) will be detected by the community,
and soon corrected.</p>
<p>If unfortunately you own a router that runs on
- proprietary software, don't panic! You may be able</em></ins></span> to
<span class="removed"><del><strong>have been
- merged into Google Play.)</p>
- <p>Google</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>replace its firmware with a free operating
system such as <a
+ proprietary software, don't panic! You may be able to
+ replace its firmware with a free operating system such as <a
href="https://librecmc.org">libreCMC</a>. If you don't know how,
- you</em></ins></span> can <span
class="removed"><del><strong>also</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>get help from a nearby GNU/Linux user group.</p>
+ you can get help from a nearby GNU/Linux user group.</p>
</li>
<li id="M202011060">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2020-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>A new app published by Google</em></ins></span> <a
- <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://jon.oberheide.org/blog/2010/06/25/remote-kill-and-install-on-google-android/">
- forcibly</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.xda-developers.com/google-device-lock-controller-banks-payments/">lets
+ <p>A new app published by Google <a
+
href="https://www.xda-developers.com/google-device-lock-controller-banks-payments/">lets
banks and creditors deactivate people's Android devices</a> if they
fail to make payments. If someone's device gets deactivated, it will
- be limited to basic functionality, such as emergency
calling</em></ins></span> and
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>access to settings.</p>
+ be limited to basic functionality, such as emergency calling and
+ access to settings.</p>
</li>
<li id="M202007010">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2020-07</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>BMW will</em></ins></span> remotely <span
class="removed"><del><strong>install apps</a></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+ <p>BMW will remotely <a
href="https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/bmw-vehicle-as-a-platform/">
- enable and disable functionality in cars</a></em></ins></span>
through <span class="removed"><del><strong>GTalkService.
- This is</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>a universal
+ enable and disable functionality in cars</a> through a universal
back door.</p>
</li>
@@ -626,13 +643,9 @@
Google Play Terms of Service</a> insist that the user of Android
accept
the presence of universal back doors in apps released by Google.</p>
- <p>This does</em></ins></span> not <span
class="removed"><del><strong>equivalent to</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>tell us whether any of Google's apps currently
- contains</em></ins></span> a universal back door, but <span
class="removed"><del><strong>permits various
- dirty tricks.</p>
- <p>Although Google's <em>exercise</em> of this power has
not been
- malicious so far, the point</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>that</em></ins></span> is <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>a secondary question.
- In moral terms, demanding</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>nobody should have such power,
- which could also be used maliciously. You might well
decide</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>people accept in
advance certain bad
+ <p>This does not tell us whether any of Google's apps currently
+ contains a universal back door, but that is a secondary question.
+ In moral terms, demanding that people accept in advance certain bad
treatment is equivalent to actually doing it. Whatever condemnation
the latter deserves, the former deserves the same.</p>
</li>
@@ -647,7 +660,7 @@
<p>The adware is in a modified version of an
essential system configuration app. The back door is a
- surreptitious addition</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>let</strong></del></span> a
+ surreptitious addition to</em></ins></span> a
<span class="removed"><del><strong>security service remotely
<em>deactivate</em> programs that it
considers malicious. But there</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>program whose stated purpose</em></ins></span> is
<span class="removed"><del><strong>no excuse</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>to be a <a
href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/unremovable-malware-found-preinstalled-on-low-end-smartphone-sold-in-the-us/">
@@ -1131,7 +1144,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/01/18 13:10:31 $
+$Date: 2021/02/25 09:34:47 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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Microsoft has already backdoored</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>remotely unlock an Android device</a>,
unless</em></ins></span> its disk <span
class="removed"><del><strong>encryption</a>.</p></li>
<li><p>Modern gratis game cr…apps
- <a
href="http://toucharcade.com/2015/09/16/we-own-you-confessions-of-a-free-to-play-producer/">
- collect a</strong></del></span>
+ <a</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>is encrypted (possible since Android 5.0
Lollipop, but still not
quite the default).</p>
</li>
@@ -304,9 +303,9 @@
<li id="M201509160">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2015-09</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Modern gratis game cr…apps <a
+ <p>Modern gratis game cr…apps <a</em></ins></span>
href="http://toucharcade.com/2015/09/16/we-own-you-confessions-of-a-free-to-play-producer/">
- collect a</em></ins></span> wide range of data about their users and their
users'
+ collect a wide range of data about their users and their users'
friends and associates</a>.</p>
<p>Even nastier, they do it through ad networks that merge the data
@@ -573,7 +572,7 @@
<li>“<a
href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Piracy">Piracy</a>”
means
attacking ships. Using that word</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>let</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>refer to sharing copies is</em></ins></span> a
-<span class="removed"><del><strong>security service
remotely</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>smear;
+<span class="removed"><del><strong>security service remotely
<em>deactivate</em></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>smear;
please don't smear sharing.</li>
<li><p>The idea of “protecting our IP” is
@@ -624,7 +623,7 @@
remotely deleting apps</a>.</p>
<p>You might well decide to let a security service that you trust
- remotely</em></ins></span> <em>deactivate</em> programs that
it considers malicious.
+ remotely <em>deactivate</em></em></ins></span> programs that
it considers malicious.
But there is no excuse for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>allowing</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><em>deleting</em> the programs, and you
should have the right to decide whom (if anyone) to trust in this
way.</p>
@@ -669,6 +668,23 @@
<h3 id='universal'>Full control</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202102180">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Microsoft is <a
+
href="https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows">forcibly
+ removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>,
using
+ <a href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update">a
+ universal backdoor in Windows</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The fact that Flash has been <a
+ href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#M202012020">disabled
+ by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of power. The nature of
+ proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives the developers
+ power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on the other
+ hand empowers users to make their own decisions.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202011230">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2020-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -1169,7 +1185,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/01/18 13:10:31 $
+$Date: 2021/02/25 09:34:47 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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-"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-01-04 11:26+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-02-25 09:27+0000\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: 2017-12-31 13:12+0100\n"
"Last-Translator: Andrea Pescetti <pescetti@gnu.org>\n"
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@@ -888,6 +888,24 @@
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msgid ""
+"Microsoft is <a href=\"https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/";
+"microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows\">forcibly "
+"removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
+"backdoor in Windows</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The fact that Flash has been <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
+"html#M202012020\">disabled by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of "
+"power. The nature of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives "
+"the developers power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on "
+"the other hand empowers users to make their own decisions."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"Some Wavelink and JetStream wifi routers have universal back doors that "
"enable unauthenticated users to remotely control not only the routers, but "
"also any devices connected to the network. There is evidence that <a href="
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@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@
<li id="M201512280">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2015-12</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/">
+ <p>Microsoft has</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.osnews.com/story/27416/The_second_operating_system_hiding_in_every_mobile_phone">the
nature</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>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>
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@
<li id="M201905060">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-05</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>BlizzCon 2019 imposed a</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.osnews.com/story/27416/The_second_operating_system_hiding_in_every_mobile_phone">the
nature</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/05/blizzcon-2019-tickets-revolve-around-invasive-poorly-reviewed-smartphone-app/">
+ <p>BlizzCon 2019 imposed a <a
+
href="https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/05/blizzcon-2019-tickets-revolve-around-invasive-poorly-reviewed-smartphone-app/">
requirement to run a proprietary phone app</a> to be allowed into
the event.</p>
@@ -319,17 +319,12 @@
<p>It is used by 14,000 Android applications.</p>
</li>
-<li><p>ARRIS cable modem</strong></del></span> has <span
class="removed"><del><strong>a</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>been used to</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://w00tsec.blogspot.de/2015/11/arris-cable-modem-has-backdoor-in.html?m=1">
- backdoor in</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/some-e-books-are-more-equal-than-others/">
- remotely erase books</a>. One of</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>backdoor</a>.</p>
+<li><p>ARRIS cable modem</strong></del></span> has <span
class="removed"><del><strong>a
+ <a
href="https://w00tsec.blogspot.de/2015/11/arris-cable-modem-has-backdoor-in.html?m=1">
+ backdoor in the backdoor</a>.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Caterpillar vehicles come with
- <a
href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-11-19/caterpillar-depression-has-never-been-worse-it-has-cunning-plan-how-deal-it">a
back-door</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>books erased
was
- <cite>1984</cite>, by George Orwell.</p>
-
- <p>Amazon responded</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>shutoff</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>criticism by saying it
- would delete books only following orders from</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>engine</a>
+ <a
href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-11-19/caterpillar-depression-has-never-been-worse-it-has-cunning-plan-how-deal-it">a
back-door</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>been
used</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>shutoff the
engine</a>
remotely.</p>
</li>
<li><p>
@@ -337,37 +332,56 @@
intentional local back door for 4 years</a>.
</p></li>
-<li><p>Users reported</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>state. However,</em></ins></span> that
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>policy didn't last. In 2012
it</em></ins></span> <a
+<li><p>Users reported that</strong></del></span> <a
<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2993490/windows/windows-10-upgrades-reportedly-appearing-as-mandatory-for-some-users.html#tk.rss_all">
- Microsoft was forcing them to replace Windows 7</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://boingboing.net/2012/10/22/kindle-user-claims-amazon-dele.html">
- wiped a user's Kindle-Swindle</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>8 with all-spying
+ Microsoft</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/some-e-books-are-more-equal-than-others/">
+ remotely erase books</a>. One of the books erased</em></ins></span>
was <span class="removed"><del><strong>forcing them</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><cite>1984</cite>, by George
Orwell.</p>
+
+ <p>Amazon responded</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>replace Windows 7 and 8 with all-spying
Windows 10</a>.</p>
- <p>Microsoft was</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>deleted her account</a>, then
+ <p>Microsoft was in fact <a
+
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/3012278/microsoft-windows/microsoft-sets-stage-for-massive-windows-10-upgrade-strategy.html">
+ attacking computers that run Windows 7 and 8</a>, switching on a
flag</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>criticism by saying
it
+ would delete books only following orders from the
+ state. However,</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>said whether to “upgrade” to Windows
10 when users
+ had turned</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>policy
didn't last. In 2012</em></ins></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>off.</p>
+
+ <p>Later on, Microsoft published instructions
on</strong></del></span> <a
+ <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/01/microsoft-finally-has-a-proper-way-to-opt-out-of-windows-78-to-windows-10-upgrades/">
+ how to permanently reject the downgrade to Windows 10</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>This seems to involve use of</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://boingboing.net/2012/10/22/kindle-user-claims-amazon-dele.html">
+ wiped</em></ins></span> a <span class="inserted"><ins><em>user's
Kindle-Swindle and deleted her account</a>, then
offered her kafkaesque “explanations.”</p>
- <p>Do other ebook readers have back doors</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>fact <a
-
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/3012278/microsoft-windows/microsoft-sets-stage-for-massive-windows-10-upgrade-strategy.html">
- attacking computers that run Windows 7</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>their nonfree software? We
- don't know,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>8</a>, switching on a flag
- that said whether</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>we
have no way</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>“upgrade”</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>find out. There is no reason</em></ins></span> to
<span class="removed"><del><strong>Windows 10 when</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>assume that they don't.</p>
+ <p>Do other ebook readers have</em></ins></span> back <span
class="removed"><del><strong>door</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>doors</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Windows 7</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>their nonfree software? We
+ don't know,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>8.</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p>Most mobile phones</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>we</em></ins></span> have <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>no way to find out. There is no reason to
+ assume that they don't.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201011220">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2010-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The iPhone has a back door for <a
-
href="http://www.npr.org/2010/11/22/131511381/wipeout-when-your-company-kills-your-iphone">
- remote wipe</a>. It's not always enabled, but</em></ins></span>
users
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>had turned</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>are led into
- enabling</em></ins></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>off.</p>
-
- <p>Later on, Microsoft published instructions
on</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>without
understanding.</p>
+ <p>The iPhone has</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>universal</strong></del></span> back <span
class="removed"><del><strong>door, which has been used to</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>door for</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/07/22/nsa_can_reportedly_track_cellphones_even_when_they_re_turned_off.html">
+turn them malicious</a>.
+</p></strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.npr.org/2010/11/22/131511381/wipeout-when-your-company-kills-your-iphone">
+ remote wipe</a>. It's not always enabled, but users are led into
+ enabling it without understanding.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
-</ul>
+
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+<p><a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/18/chinese-android-phones-coolpad-hacker-backdoor">
+A Chinese version of Android</strong></del></span>
+<span class="inserted"><ins><em></ul>
<h3 id='install-delete'>Installing, deleting or disabling
programs</h3>
@@ -376,143 +390,129 @@
<li id="M202012020">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2020-12</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Adobe Flash Player</em></ins></span> <a
- <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/01/microsoft-finally-has-a-proper-way-to-opt-out-of-windows-78-to-windows-10-upgrades/">
- how to permanently reject</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html">
- has a universal back door</a> which lets Adobe
control</em></ins></span>
- the <span class="removed"><del><strong>downgrade to Windows
10</a>.</p>
-
- <p>This seems</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>software and, for example, disable it whenever it
+ <p>Adobe Flash Player <a
+
href="https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html"></em></ins></span>
+ has a universal back <span class="removed"><del><strong>door</a>.
Nearly all
+models of mobile phones</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>door</a> which lets Adobe control
+ the software and, for example, disable it whenever it
wants. Adobe will block Flash content from running in Flash Player
- beginning January 12, 2021, which indicates that they have
access</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>involve use
of</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>every Flash Player
through</em></ins></span> a back <span class="inserted"><ins><em>door.</p>
-
- <p>The back</em></ins></span> door <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>won't be dangerous</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Windows 7</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the future, as it'll disable
- a proprietary program</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>8.</p>
-</li>
+ beginning January 12, 2021, which indicates that they</em></ins></span>
have <span class="inserted"><ins><em>access to
+ every Flash Player through</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>universal</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>back door.</p>
-<li>
-<p>Most mobile phones</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>make users delete the software, but it
- was an injustice for many years. Users should</em></ins></span> have <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>deleted Flash Player
- even before its end of life.</p>
+ <p>The</em></ins></span> back door <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>won't be dangerous</em></ins></span> in the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>modem chip. So
+why did Coolpad bother to introduce another? Because this one is controlled
+by Coolpad.
+</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>future, as
it'll disable
+ a proprietary program and make users delete the software, but it
+ was an injustice for many years. Users should have deleted Flash Player
+ even before its end of life.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201908270">
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+<p>Microsoft Windows has</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201908270">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-08</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>A very popular app found in the
- Google Play store contained</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>universal back door, which has been
used</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>module that was
designed</em></ins></span> to <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/07/22/nsa_can_reportedly_track_cellphones_even_when_they_re_turned_off.html">
-turn them malicious</a>.
-</p>
-</li>
-
-<li>
-<p><a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/18/chinese-android-phones-coolpad-hacker-backdoor">
-A Chinese version of Android has</strong></del></span>
+ Google Play store contained</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>universal back door through
which</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>module that was
designed to</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071011010707/http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201806263">
+any change whatsoever can be imposed</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/08/google-play-app-with-100-million-downloads-executed-secret-payloads/">secretly
- install malware on the user's computer</a>. The app developers
- regularly used it to make the computer download and execute any code
+ install malware</em></ins></span> on the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>users</a>.
+</p>
+<p>More information on when
+<a href="http://slated.org/windows_by_stealth_the_updates_you_dont_want">
+this was used</a>.
+</p>
+<p>In Windows 10,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>user's computer</a>. The app developers
+ regularly used it to make</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>universal back door</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>computer download and execute any code
they wanted.</p>
- <p>This is</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>universal back door</a>. Nearly all
-models</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>concrete
example</em></ins></span> of <span class="removed"><del><strong>mobile phones
have</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>what users are
exposed to when they
- run nonfree apps. They can never be completely sure that a nonfree
- app is safe.</p>
+ <p>This</em></ins></span> is <span class="removed"><del><strong>no
longer hidden; all
+“upgrades” will</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>a concrete example of what users are exposed to when
they
+ run nonfree apps. They can never</em></ins></span> be <span
class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/07/windows-10-updates-to-be-automatic-and-mandatory-for-home-users/">forcibly
+and immediately imposed</a>.
+</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>completely
sure that a nonfree
+ app is safe.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201907100">
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+<p>Windows 8's back doors are so gaping</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201907100">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-07</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Apple appears to say that <a
- href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/10/apple-silent-update-zoom-app/">
- there is</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>universal</strong></del></span> back door in <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>MacOS</a> for automatically updating some
+ <p>Apple appears to say</em></ins></span> that <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160310201616/http://drleonardcoldwell.com/2013/08/23/leaked-german-government-warns-key-entities-not-to-use-windows-8-linked-to-nsa/"></strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/10/apple-silent-update-zoom-app/">
+ there is a back door in MacOS</a> for automatically updating some
(all?) apps.</p>
- <p>The specific change described in</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>modem chip. So
-why did Coolpad bother to introduce another? Because this one is
controlled</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>article was not
- malicious—it protected users from surveillance</em></ins></span> by
<span class="removed"><del><strong>Coolpad.
-</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>third
+ <p>The specific change described in</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>German government has decided it can't be
trusted</a>.
+</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>article was
not
+ malicious—it protected users from surveillance by third
parties—but that is a separate question.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
-<p>Microsoft Windows</strong></del></span>
+<p>The iPhone</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201811100">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2018-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Corel Paintshop Pro</em></ins></span> has a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>universal</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+ <p>Corel Paintshop Pro</em></ins></span> has a <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
href="https://torrentfreak.com/corel-wrongly-accuses-licensed-user-of-piracy-disables-software-remotely-181110/"></em></ins></span>
- back door <span class="removed"><del><strong>through which
-<a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071011010707/http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201806263">
-any change whatsoever</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>that</em></ins></span> can <span
class="removed"><del><strong>be imposed on</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>make it cease to function</a>.</p>
+ back door
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/3358134/Apples-Jobs-confirms-iPhone-kill-switch.html"></strong></del></span>
that <span class="removed"><del><strong>allows Apple to remotely delete
apps</a> which Apple considers
+“inappropriate”. Jobs said it's ok for
Apple</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>can make it
cease</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>have this power
+because</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>function</a>.</p>
- <p>The article is full of confusions, errors and biases that we have
- an obligation to expose, given that we are making a link to them.</p>
-
- <ul>
- <li>Getting a patent does not “enable” a company to do
- any particular thing in its products. What it does
enable</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>users</a>.
-</p>
-<p>More information on</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>company
- to do is sue other companies if they do some particular thing in
- their products.</li>
-
- <li>A company's policies about</em></ins></span> when
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="http://slated.org/windows_by_stealth_the_updates_you_dont_want">
-this was used</a>.
-</p>
-<p>In Windows 10,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>to attack users through a back
- door are beside the point. Inserting</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>universal</strong></del></span> back door is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>no longer hidden; all
-“upgrades” will
-be <a
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/07/windows-10-updates-to-be-automatic-and-mandatory-for-home-users/">forcibly</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>wrong in the
- first place,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>immediately imposed</a>.
+ <p>The article is full</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>course</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>confusions, errors and biases that</em></ins></span>
we <span class="removed"><del><strong>can trust Apple.
</p>
</li>
<li>
-<p>Windows 8's back doors are so gaping that
-<a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160310201616/http://drleonardcoldwell.com/2013/08/23/leaked-german-government-warns-key-entities-not-to-use-windows-8-linked-to-nsa/"></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>using</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>German government has decided it can't be
trusted</a>.
+<p>The iPhone has</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>have
+ an obligation to expose, given that we are making</em></ins></span> a
<span class="removed"><del><strong>back door for
+<a
href="http://www.npr.org/2010/11/22/131511381/wipeout-when-your-company-kills-your-iphone">
+remote wipe</a>. It's</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>link to them.</p>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>Getting a patent does</em></ins></span> not <span
class="removed"><del><strong>always enabled, but users are led into enabling
+it without understanding.
</p>
</li>
<li>
-<p>The iPhone has a</strong></del></span> back door
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/3358134/Apples-Jobs-confirms-iPhone-kill-switch.html"></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>is always wrong too. No software
- developer should have</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>allows Apple</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>power over users.</li>
+ <p>Apple can, and regularly does,
+ <a
href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/05/new-guidelines-outline-what-iphone-data-apple-can-give-to-police/">
+ remotely extract</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>“enable” a company to do
+ any particular thing in its products. What it does enable the company
+ to do is sue other companies if they do</em></ins></span> some <span
class="removed"><del><strong>data from iPhones for</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>particular thing in
+ their products.</li>
+
+ <li>A company's policies about when to attack users through a back
+ door are beside</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>state</a>.
+ </p>
+ <p>This may</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>point. Inserting the back door is wrong in the
+ first place, and using the back door is always wrong too. No software
+ developer should</em></ins></span> have <span
class="removed"><del><strong>improved</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>that power over users.</li>
<li>“<a
href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Piracy">Piracy</a>”
means
- attacking ships. Using that word</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>remotely delete apps</a> which Apple
considers
-“inappropriate”. Jobs said it's ok for
Apple</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>refer</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>have this power
-because</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>sharing copies
is a smear;
+ attacking ships. Using that word to refer to sharing copies is a smear;
please don't smear sharing.</li>
- <li><p>The idea</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>course we can trust Apple.
-</p>
-</li>
-
-<li>
-<p>The iPhone has</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>“protecting our IP” is
- total confusion. The term “IP” itself is</em></ins></span> a
<span class="removed"><del><strong>back door for</strong></del></span> <a
<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.npr.org/2010/11/22/131511381/wipeout-when-your-company-kills-your-iphone">
-remote wipe</a>.</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/philosophy/not-ipr.html">bogus
generalization about things
+ <li><p>The idea of “protecting our IP” is
+ total confusion. The term “IP” itself is a <a
+ href="/philosophy/not-ipr.html">bogus generalization about things
that have nothing in common</a>.</p>
<p>In addition, to speak of “protecting” that bogus
- generalization is a separate absurdity.</em></ins></span> It's <span
class="removed"><del><strong>not always enabled, but
users</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>like calling the
cops
- because neighbors' kids</em></ins></span> are <span
class="removed"><del><strong>led into enabling</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>playing on your front yard, and saying
+ generalization is a separate absurdity. It's like calling the cops
+ because neighbors' kids are playing on your front yard, and saying
that you're “protecting the boundary line”. The kids can't do
harm
- to the boundary line, not even with a jackhammer,
because</em></ins></span> it <span class="removed"><del><strong>without
understanding.
-</p>
-</li>
-
-<li>
- <p>Apple can,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>is
an
- abstraction</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>regularly does,
- <a
href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/05/new-guidelines-outline-what-iphone-data-apple-can-give-to-police/">
- remotely extract some data from iPhones</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>can't be affected by physical
action.</p></li>
+ to the boundary line, not even</em></ins></span> with <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>a jackhammer, because it is an
+ abstraction and can't be affected by physical action.</p></li>
</ul>
</li>
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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180405014828/https:/twitter.com/buro9/status/980349887006076928">
load downgrades that install a surveillance app</a>.</p>
- <p>We link to the article</em></ins></span> for the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>state</a>.
- </p>
- <p>This may have improved with</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>facts it presents. It
+ <p>We link to the article for the facts it presents. It
is too bad that the article finishes by advocating the
moral weakness of surrendering to Netflix. The Netflix
app</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/2014/09/17/2612af58-3ed2-11e4-b03f-de718edeb92f_story.html">
iOS 8 security improvements</a>; but</strong></del></span>
@@ -623,6 +621,23 @@
<h3 id='universal'>Full control</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202102180">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Microsoft is <a
+
href="https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows">forcibly
+ removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>,
using
+ <a href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update">a
+ universal backdoor in Windows</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The fact that Flash has been <a
+ href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#M202012020">disabled
+ by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of power. The nature of
+ proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives the developers
+ power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on the other
+ hand empowers users to make their own decisions.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202011230">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2020-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -1123,7 +1138,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/01/18 13:10:31 $
+$Date: 2021/02/25 09:34:47 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
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@@ -88,6 +88,23 @@
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+ <li id="M202102180">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
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+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Microsoft is <a
+
href="https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows">forcibly
+ removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>,
using
+ <a href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update">a
+ universal backdoor in Windows</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The fact that Flash has been <a
+ href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#M202012020">disabled
+ by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of power. The nature of
+ proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives the developers
+ power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on the other
+ hand empowers users to make their own decisions.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202005250">
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--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
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type of malware hijacks the computer's processor to mine a
cryptocurrency.</p>
- <p><small>(Note that the article refers to</em></ins></span>
the <span class="removed"><del><strong>specifics.</p>
-
-<ul>
-<li><p>Pearson's</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>infected software
+ <p><small>(Note that the article refers to the infected
software
as “content management system”. A better term would be
“<a href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Content">website
revision system</a>”.)</small></p>
- <p>Since the miner was a nonfree JavaScript program,
+ <p>Since</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>specifics.</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li><p>Pearson's</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>miner was a nonfree JavaScript program,
visitors wouldn't have been affected if they had used <a
href="/software/librejs/index.html">LibreJS</a>. Some
browser extensions that <a
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+$Date: 2021/02/25 09:34:47 $
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+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The fact that Flash has been <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
+"html#M202012020\">disabled by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of "
+"power. The nature of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives "
+"the developers power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on "
+"the other hand empowers users to make their own decisions."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"Tesla's cars have a <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
"html#M201709090.1\"> universal remote back door</a>. Tesla used it to <a "
"href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/6/21127243/tesla-model-s-autopilot-";
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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
msgid ""
msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: proprietary-interference.html\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-01-18 12:56+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-02-25 09:27+0000\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: 2020-12-05 12:54+0100\n"
"Last-Translator: Thérèse Godefroy <godef.th AT free.fr>\n"
"Language-Team: French <trad-gnu@april.org>\n"
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
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"Plural-Forms: \n"
#. type: Content of: <title>
@@ -106,6 +107,24 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"Microsoft is <a href=\"https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/";
+"microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows\">forcibly "
+"removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
+"backdoor in Windows</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The fact that Flash has been <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
+"html#M202012020\">disabled by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of "
+"power. The nature of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives "
+"the developers power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on "
+"the other hand empowers users to make their own decisions."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"Tesla's cars have a <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
"html#M201709090.1\"> universal remote back door</a>. Tesla used it to <a "
"href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/6/21127243/tesla-model-s-autopilot-";
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+++ proprietary-interference.ja-diff.html 25 Feb 2021 09:34:47 -0000
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@@ -57,27 +57,25 @@
which puts them in a position of power over the users; <a
href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">that is the
basic injustice</a>. The developers <span class="inserted"><ins><em>and
manufacturers</em></ins></span> often exercise
-that power to the detriment of the users they ought to serve.</p>
+that power to the
+<span class="removed"><del><strong>detriment</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>detriment of the users they ought to serve.</p>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><p></strong></del></span>
-
-<span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>This typically takes the form of
malicious functionalities.</p>
+<p>This typically takes the form of malicious functionalities.</p>
<hr class="full-width" />
</div>
<div class="article">
<p>One kind of malicious functionality mediates developer's interference
-into the use of the software.</em></ins></span> This page describes how
various proprietary
-programs <span class="removed"><del><strong>mess up</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>harass or annoy</em></ins></span> the
-<span class="removed"><del><strong>user's system. They</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>user, or cause trouble for the user. These
-actions</em></ins></span> are like <span
class="removed"><del><strong>sabotage,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
-href="/proprietary/proprietary-sabotage#about-page">sabotage</a>,</em></ins></span>
but <span class="removed"><del><strong>they are not grave
enough</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>the
+into the use of the software. This page describes how various proprietary
+programs harass or annoy the user, or cause trouble for the user. These
+actions are like <a
+href="/proprietary/proprietary-sabotage#about-page">sabotage</a>, but
the
word “sabotage” is too strong for them.
</p>
<div class="important">
<p>If you know of an example that ought to be in this page but isn't
-here, please write</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>qualify</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+here, please write to <a
href="mailto:webmasters@gnu.org"><webmasters@gnu.org></a>
to inform us. Please include the URL of a trustworthy reference or two
to serve as specific substantiation.</p>
@@ -86,6 +84,23 @@
<div class="column-limit" id="proprietary-interference"></div>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202102180">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Microsoft is <a
+
href="https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows">forcibly
+ removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>,
using
+ <a href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update">a
+ universal backdoor in Windows</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The fact that Flash has been <a
+ href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#M202012020">disabled
+ by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of power. The nature of
+ proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives the developers
+ power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on the other
+ hand empowers users to make their own decisions.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202005250">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2020-05</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -94,7 +109,7 @@
universal remote back door</a>. Tesla used it to <a
href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/6/21127243/tesla-model-s-autopilot-disabled-remotely-used-car-update">
disable the autopilot features</a> on people's cars to make them pay
- extra</em></ins></span> for <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>re-enabling</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>word “sabotage”. Nonetheless,
they</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>features.</p>
+ extra for re-enabling the features.</p>
<p>This kind of malfeature is only possible with proprietary
software—free software is controlled by its users who wouldn't
@@ -126,7 +141,7 @@
<p>Apple is putting DRM on iPhone
batteries, and the system proprietary software <a
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</em></ins></span> are <span
class="removed"><del><strong>nasty</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>replaced other than by
+ off certain features when batteries are replaced other than by
Apple.</a></p>
</li>
@@ -137,13 +152,8 @@
href="https://tech.slashdot.org/story/19/01/23/0048202/google-proposes-changes-to-chromium-browser-that-will-break-content-blocking-extensions-including-various-ad-blockers">
extensions won't be able to alter or block whatever the page
contains</a>. Users could conceivably reverse the change in a fork
- of Chromium, but surely Chrome (nonfree) will have the same
change,</em></ins></span>
- and
-<span class="removed"><del><strong>wrong.
-</p>
-
-<ul>
-<li>In order</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>users
can't fix it there.</p>
+ of Chromium, but surely Chrome (nonfree) will have the same change,
+ and users can't fix it there.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201901110">
@@ -154,7 +164,7 @@
a version of the Facebook app that can't be deleted</a>. <a
href="https://www.infopackets.com/news/10484/truth-behind-undeletable-facebook-app">
Facebook claims this is a stub</a> which doesn't do anything, but we
- have</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>increase</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>take their word for it, and there is the permanent
risk that
+ have to take their word for it, and there is the permanent risk that
the app will be activated by an automatic update.</p>
<p>Preloading crapware along with a nonfree operating system is
common
@@ -167,18 +177,16 @@
<li id="M201809120">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2018-09</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>One version of</em></ins></span> Windows <span
class="removed"><del><strong>10's</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>10 <a
+ <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</em></ins></span> install <span
class="removed"><del><strong>base, Microsoft</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Firefox (or Chrome)</a>.</p>
+ harangues users if they try to install Firefox (or
Chrome)</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201807310">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2018-07</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>A nonfree video game, available through the nonfree Steam
client,</em></ins></span> <a
-<span
class="removed"><del><strong>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>.</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/274552-great-now-games-are-hijacking-systems-with-">
+ <p>A nonfree video game, available through the nonfree Steam client,
<a
+
href="https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/274552-great-now-games-are-hijacking-systems-with-">
included a “miner”</a>, i.e. an executable that hijacks
the CPU in users' computers to mine a cryptocurrency.</p>
</li>
@@ -211,36 +219,41 @@
<p>Pearson's proprietary educational software <a
href="https://gizmodo.com/pearson-embedded-a-social-psychological-experiment-in-s-1825367784">
did an experiment on real students</a>, treating students differently
- to observe the results.</p></em></ins></span>
+ to observe the results.</p>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><li></strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201803190">
+ <li id="M201803190">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2018-03</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" --></em></ins></span>
- <p>Microsoft <span class="removed"><del><strong>has
-started</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>is planning to
make Windows</em></ins></span> <a
-<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/04/microsoft-windows-10-full-screen-upgrade-notification-pop-up-reminder">
-nagging</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>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>
+ --><!--#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</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>its browser, Edge, in certain
circumstances</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The reason Microsoft can force things on</em></ins></span> users
<span class="removed"><del><strong>they ought to serve.</p>
- <p>The reason Microsoft can force things on</em></ins></span> users
<span class="removed"><del><strong>obnoxiously</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>is that Windows
+<p>
+This page describes</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>is
that Windows
is nonfree.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201712060">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-12</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Learn how <a
+ <p>Learn</em></ins></span> how <span
class="removed"><del><strong>various proprietary programs mess up the
+user's system. They</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em><a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170319013045/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-farrell/the-fascinating-psycholog_b_6076502.html">
gratis-to-play-and-not-win-much games manipulate their useds
psychologically</a>.</p>
- <p>These manipulative behaviors are malicious
functionalities,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>repeatedly</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>they
- are possible because the game is proprietary. If it were free, people
- could publish a non-manipulative version and play that instead.</p>
+ <p>These manipulative behaviors</em></ins></span> are <span
class="removed"><del><strong>like sabotage, but</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>malicious functionalities, and</em></ins></span> they
+ are <span class="removed"><del><strong>not grave enough
+to qualify for</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>possible
because</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>word
“sabotage”. Nonetheless, they are nasty</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>game is proprietary. If it were free, people
+ could publish a non-manipulative version</em></ins></span> and
+<span class="removed"><del><strong>wrong.
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>In order</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>play
that instead.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201703170">
@@ -252,49 +265,58 @@
products</a>.</p>
<p>The article's author starts from the premise that Microsoft has
- a right</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>install</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>control what</em></ins></span> Windows <span
class="removed"><del><strong>10</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>does to users, as long as it doesn't
- go “too far”. We disagree.</p></em></ins></span>
+ a right</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>increase</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>control what</em></ins></span> Windows <span
class="removed"><del><strong>10's install base,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>does to users, as long as it doesn't
+ go “too far”. We disagree.</p>
</li>
-<span
class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Microsoft</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201701110">
+ <li id="M201701110">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-01</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>An upgrade package for Acrobat Reader</em></ins></span> <a
<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/windows-10-upgrade-reportedly-starting-automatically-on-windows-7-pcs-501651.shtml">is
- tricking users</a></strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/adobe-acrobat-reader-dc-update-installs-chrome-browser-extension/">silently
+ <p>An upgrade package for Acrobat Reader <a
+
href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/adobe-acrobat-reader-dc-update-installs-chrome-browser-extension/">silently
alters Chrome</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201612140">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-12</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The Microsoft Telemetry Compatibility service</em></ins></span>
<a
-<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160522062607/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/17/microsoft_windows_10_upgrade_gwx_vs_humanity/">
-into replacing</strong></del></span>
+ <p>The</em></ins></span> Microsoft <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Telemetry Compatibility service</em></ins></span>
<a
+<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/08/windows-10-microsoft-blatantly-disregards-user-choice-and-privacy-deep-dive">
+blatantly disregards user choice</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>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
- Windows 10</a>, and can't be disabled easily.</p>
+ Windows 10</a>,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>privacy</a>.</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>can't be disabled easily.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201608170">
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><li>
+<p>Microsoft has
+started</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201608170">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-08</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</em></ins></span> Windows 7 <span
class="removed"><del><strong>with</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>and 8, Microsoft <a
-
href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/3012278/microsoft-sets-stage-for-massive-windows-10-upgrade-strategy.html">
- repeatedly switched on a flag that urged users to
- “upgrade” to</em></ins></span> Windows <span
class="removed"><del><strong>10</a>.</p></li>
+ <p> After</em></ins></span> <a
+<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/04/microsoft-windows-10-full-screen-upgrade-notification-pop-up-reminder">
+nagging users obnoxiously</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html#windows10-forcing">forcing
the download of Windows 10</a>
+ on computers that were running Windows 7</em></ins></span> and <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>8, Microsoft <a
+
href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/3012278/microsoft-sets-stage-for-massive-windows-10-upgrade-strategy.html"></em></ins></span>
+ repeatedly <span class="inserted"><ins><em>switched on a flag that urged
users to
+ “upgrade”</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>install</strong></del></span> Windows <span
class="removed"><del><strong>10</a>.</p>
+</li>
<li><p>Microsoft</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>10</a> when they had turned
it off, in the hope that some day they would fail to say no.
- To do this, Microsoft used <a
-
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/17/microsoft_windows_10_upgrade_gwx_vs_humanity/">
+ To do this, Microsoft used</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/windows-10-upgrade-reportedly-starting-automatically-on-windows-7-pcs-501651.shtml">is
+ tricking users</a></strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/17/microsoft_windows_10_upgrade_gwx_vs_humanity/">
malware techniques</a>.</p>
- <p>A detailed <a
-
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/08/windows-10-microsoft-blatantly-disregards-user-choice-and-privacy-deep-dive">
+ <p>A detailed</em></ins></span> <a
+<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160522062607/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/17/microsoft_windows_10_upgrade_gwx_vs_humanity/">
+into replacing Windows 7 with Windows 10</a>.</p></li>
+
+<li><p>Microsoft</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/08/windows-10-microsoft-blatantly-disregards-user-choice-and-privacy-deep-dive">
analysis of Microsoft's scheme</a> is available on the Electronic
Frontier Foundation's website.</p>
</li>
@@ -439,7 +461,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/01/18 13:10:32 $
+$Date: 2021/02/25 09:34:47 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
msgid ""
msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: proprietary-interference.html\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-01-18 12:56+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-02-25 09:27+0000\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: 2016-10-31 12:53+0900\n"
"Last-Translator: NIIBE Yutaka <gniibe@fsij.org>\n"
"Language-Team: Japanese <web-translators-ja@gnu.org>\n"
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msgid ""
+"Microsoft is <a href=\"https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/";
+"microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows\">forcibly "
+"removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
+"backdoor in Windows</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The fact that Flash has been <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
+"html#M202012020\">disabled by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of "
+"power. The nature of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives "
+"the developers power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on "
+"the other hand empowers users to make their own decisions."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"Tesla's cars have a <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
"html#M201709090.1\"> universal remote back door</a>. Tesla used it to <a "
"href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/6/21127243/tesla-model-s-autopilot-";
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+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
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+ <p>The proprietary program Clubhouse
+ is malware and a privacy disaster. Cloubhouse <a
+
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+
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+ in plaintext, and Agora (the company behind the app) would likely
+ have access to usersâ 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
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href="https://theintercept.com/2016/11/17/iphones-secretly-send-call-history-to-apple-security-firm-says">send
- lots</strong></del></span>
+ <li><p>iPhones</strong></del></span>
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+ <li id="M202102200">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
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+ <p>The proprietary program Clubhouse
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+ <span
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+ people's</em></ins></span> personal data <span
class="removed"><del><strong>to Apple's servers</a>. Big Brother can
+ get them from there.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>The iMessage app on iThings <a
href="https://theintercept.com/2016/09/28/apple-logs-your-imessage-contacts-and-may-share-them-with-police/">tells</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>such as recordings of people's
+ conversations</a>, and, as</em></ins></span> a <span
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class="inserted"><ins><em>secondary problem, does not encrypt them,
+ which shows a bad security part of the issue.</p>
+
+ <p>A user's unique Clubhouse ID</em></ins></span> number <span
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class="inserted"><ins><em>and chatroom ID are transmitted
+ in plaintext, and Agora (the company behind</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>user types into it</a>; the server records
these numbers for at least 30
+ days.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>Users cannot make an Apple ID <a
href="http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/49951/how-can-i-download-free-apps-without-registering-an-apple-idcool">(necessary</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>app) would likely
+ have access</em></ins></span> to <span
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+ without giving a valid email address and receiving the code Apple
+ sends</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>usersâ raw
audio, potentially providing access</em></ins></span> to <span
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+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>Around 47% of</strong></del></span>
+ the <span class="removed"><del><strong>most popular iOS apps
+ <a href="http://jots.pub/a/2015103001/index.php">share personal,
+ behavioral</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Chinese
government.</p>
+
+ <p>Even with good security of data transmission, collecting personal
+ data of people is wrong</em></ins></span> and <span
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violation</em></ins></span> of <span class="removed"><del><strong>their users
with third parties.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>people's privacy rights.</p></em></ins></span>
+ </li>
+
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>iThings automatically
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+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M202101080">
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WhatsApp (one of Facebook's subsidiaries) is <a
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href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlypage/2021/01/08/whatsapp-tells-users-share-your-data-with-facebook-or-well-deactivate-your-account/">forcing
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Brother</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>its parent
- company. This increases Facebook's power over users, and further
- jeopardizes people's privacy and security.</p>
+ its users</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>Apple's
servers all the photos</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>hand over sensitive personal data</a> to its
parent
+ company. This increases Facebook's power over users,</em></ins></span> and
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>videos they make.</p>
+
+ <blockquote><p>
+ iCloud Photo Library stores every photo</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>further
+ jeopardizes people's privacy</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>video</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>security.</p>
- <p>Instead of WhatsApp you</em></ins></span> can
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>get them from
there.</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>use <a
+ <p>Instead of WhatsApp</em></ins></span> you <span
class="removed"><del><strong>take,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>can use <a
href="https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Jami">GNU Jami</a>, which is
- free software and will not collect your data.</p></em></ins></span>
+ free software</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>keeps them up to date on all</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>will not collect</em></ins></span> your <span
class="removed"><del><strong>devices.
+ Any edits you make</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>data.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>The iMessage app on
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-
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- <p>Most apps are malware, but
- Trump's campaign app, like Modi's campaign app, is</em></ins></span> <a
<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://theintercept.com/2016/09/28/apple-logs-your-imessage-contacts-and-may-share-them-with-police/">tells
- a server every phone number that the</strong></del></span>
+ <p>Most apps</em></ins></span> are <span
class="removed"><del><strong>automatically updated everywhere. [...]
+ </p></blockquote>
+
+ <p>(From</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>malware, but
+ Trump's campaign app, like Modi's campaign app, is</em></ins></span> <a
<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.apple.com/icloud/photos/">Apple's
iCloud
+ information</a></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/06/21/1004228/trumps-data-hungry-invasive-app-is-a-voter-surveillance-tool-of-extraordinary-scope/">
- especially nasty malware, helping companies snoop on users as well
- as snooping on them itself</a>.</p>
+ especially nasty malware, helping companies snoop on
users</em></ins></span> as <span
class="removed"><del><strong>accessed</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>well
+ as snooping</em></ins></span> on <span class="removed"><del><strong>24 Sep
2015.) The iCloud feature is
+ <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202033">activated by the
+ startup of iOS</a>. The term “cloud” means
+ “please don't ask where.”</p>
+
+ <p>There is</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>them itself</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The article says that Biden's app has</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>way to <a
href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201104">
+ deactivate iCloud</a>,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>less manipulative overall
+ approach,</em></ins></span> but <span class="removed"><del><strong>it's
active by default so</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>that
does not tell us whether</em></ins></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>still counts</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>has functionalities we
+ consider malicious, such</em></ins></span> as <span
class="removed"><del><strong>a
+ surveillance functionality.</p>
- <p>The article says that Biden's app has a less manipulative overall
- approach, but that does not tell us whether it has functionalities we
- consider malicious, such as sending data the user has not explicitly
- asked to send.</p>
+ <p>Unknown people apparently took advantage of
this</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>sending data the
user has not explicitly
+ asked</em></ins></span> to
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/01/naked-celebrity-hack-icloud-backup-jennifer-lawrence">get
+ nude photos</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>send.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201601110">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-01</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The natural extension of monitoring
+ <p>The natural extension</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>many celebrities</a>. They
needed</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>monitoring
people through “their” phones is <a
href="http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2016/01/fool-activity-tracker.html">
- proprietary software to make sure they can't “fool”
- the monitoring</a>.</p>
+ proprietary software</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>break Apple's
+ security to get at them, but NSA can access any of them through
+ <a
href="/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html#digitalcash">PRISM</a>.
+ </p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Spyware in iThings:
+ the <a
href="http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/privacy-advocates-worry-over-new-apple-iphone-tracking-feature-161836223.html">
+ iBeacon</a> lets stores determine exactly where the iThing is,
+ and get other info too.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>There is also a feature for web sites to track users,
which is
+ <a
href="http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/10/17/how-to-disable-apple-ios-user-tracking-ios-6/">
+ enabled by default</a>. (That article talks about iOS 6, but it
+ is still true in iOS 7.)</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>The iThing also
+ <a
+href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160313215042/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/08/ios7_tracking_now_its_a_favourite_feature/">
+ tells Apple its geolocation</a> by default, though that can be
+ turned off.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>Apple can, and regularly does,
+ <a
href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/05/new-guidelines-outline-what-iphone-data-apple-can-give-to-police/">
+ remotely extract some data from iPhones for the
state</a>.</p>
</li>
- <li id="M201510050">
+ <li><p><a
href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-30/how-nsa-hacks-your-iphone-presenting-dropout-jeep">
+ Either Apple helps the NSA snoop on all the data in an iThing,
+ or it is totally incompetent.</a></p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p><a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/23/iphone-backdoors-surveillance-forensic-services">
+ Several “features” of iOS seem to exist for no
+ possible purpose other than surveillance</a>. Here
is</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>make sure they can't
“fool”</em></ins></span>
+ the
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/iOS_Backdoors_Attack_Points_Surveillance_Mechanisms_Moved.pdf">
+ Technical presentation</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>monitoring</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ </li>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
+
+
+<div class="big-subsection">
+ <h4 id="SpywareInTelephones">Spyware in Telephones</h4>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInTelephones">#SpywareInTelephones</a>)</span>
+</div>
+
+<ul>
+ <li><p>According</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201510050">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2015-10</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>According to Edward Snowden, <a
+ <p>According</em></ins></span> to Edward Snowden, <a
href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34444233">agencies can take over
smartphones</a> by sending hidden text messages which enable
them to turn the phones on and off, listen to the microphone,
@@ -751,65 +851,136 @@
from investigation.</p>
</li>
- <li id="M201311120">
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Samsung phones come
with
+ <a
href="http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/07/samsung-sued-for-loading-devices-with-unremovable-crapware-in-china/">apps
that users can't delete</a>,</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201311120">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2013-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p><a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180816030205/http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/privacy-scandal-nsa-can-spy-on-smart-phone-data-a-920971.html">
The NSA can tap data in smart phones, including iPhones,
- Android, and BlackBerry</a>. While there is not much
- detail here, it seems that this does not operate via
- the universal back door that we know nearly all portable
- phones have. It may involve exploiting various bugs. There are <a
-
href="http://www.osnews.com/story/27416/The_second_operating_system_hiding_in_every_mobile_phone">
- lots of bugs in the phones' radio software</a>.</p>
+ Android,</em></ins></span> and <span class="removed"><del><strong>they
send so</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>BlackBerry</a>. While there is
not</em></ins></span> much <span
class="removed"><del><strong>data</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>detail here, it seems</em></ins></span>
that <span class="removed"><del><strong>their transmission is a
+ substantial expense for users. Said transmission,</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>this does</em></ins></span> not <span
class="removed"><del><strong>wanted or
+ requested by</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>operate via</em></ins></span>
+ the <span class="removed"><del><strong>user, clearly must constitute
spying of some
+ kind.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>A Motorola phone
+ <a
href="http://www.itproportal.com/2013/07/25/motorolas-new-x8-arm-chip-underpinning-the-always-on-future-of-android/">
+ listens for voice</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>universal back door that we know
nearly</em></ins></span> all <span class="removed"><del><strong>the
time</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>Spyware in Android</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>portable</em></ins></span>
+ phones <span class="removed"><del><strong>(and Windows? laptops): The Wall
+ Street Journal (in an article blocked from us by a paywall)
+ reports that</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>have.
It may involve exploiting various bugs. There are</em></ins></span> <a
<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/1/4580718/fbi-can-remotely-activate-android-and-laptop-microphones-reports-wsj">
+ the FBI can remotely activate</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.osnews.com/story/27416/The_second_operating_system_hiding_in_every_mobile_phone">
+ lots of bugs in</em></ins></span> the <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>phones' radio software</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201307000">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2013-07</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Portable phones with GPS <a
-
href="http://www.aclu.org/government-location-tracking-cell-phones-gps-devices-and-license-plate-readers">
- will send their GPS location on remote command, and users cannot stop
- them</a>. (The US says it will eventually require all new portable
phones
+ <p>Portable phones with</em></ins></span> GPS <span
class="removed"><del><strong>and microphone in Android
+ phones and laptops</a>.
+ (I suspect this means Windows laptops.) Here is</strong></del></span>
<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://cryptome.org/2013/08/fbi-hackers.htm">more
info</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>Portable phones with GPS</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.aclu.org/government-location-tracking-cell-phones-gps-devices-and-license-plate-readers"></em></ins></span>
+ will send their GPS location on remote <span
class="removed"><del><strong>command</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>command,</em></ins></span> and users cannot stop
<span class="removed"><del><strong>them:
+ <a
href="http://www.aclu.org/government-location-tracking-cell-phones-gps-devices-and-license-plate-readers">
+
http://www.aclu.org/government-location-tracking-cell-phones-gps-devices-and-license-plate-readers</a>.</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>them</a>.</em></ins></span> (The US
says it will eventually require all new portable phones
to have GPS.)</p>
</li>
+
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>The nonfree Snapchat
app's principal purpose is to restrict
+ the use of data on the user's computer, but it does surveillance
+ too: <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/dec/27/snapchat-may-be-exposed-hackers">
+ it tries to get the user's list of other people's phone
+ numbers.</a></p>
+ </li></strong></del></span>
</ul>
<div class="big-subsection">
- <h4 id="SpywareIniThings">iThings</h4>
- <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareIniThings">#SpywareIniThings</a>)</span>
+ <h4 <span
class="removed"><del><strong>id="SpywareInMobileApps">Spyware in Mobile
Applications</h4></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="SpywareIniThings">iThings</h4></em></ins></span>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="#SpywareInMobileApps">#SpywareInMobileApps</a>)</span></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="#SpywareIniThings">#SpywareIniThings</a>)</span></em></ins></span>
</div>
-<ul class="blurbs">
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><ul>
+
+ <li><p>The Uber app tracks <a
href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/28/uber-background-location-data-collection/">clients'
+ movements before and after the ride</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>This example illustrates how “getting the user's
consent”
+ for surveillance is inadequate as a protection against massive
+ surveillance.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>Google's new voice messaging app <a
href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/21/12994362/allo-privacy-message-logs-google">logs
+ all conversations</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>Apps that include</strong></del></span>
+
+<span class="inserted"><ins><em><ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M202009183">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2020-09</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Facebook <a
-
href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8747541/Facebook-accused-watching-Instagram-users-mobile-cameras.html">snoops
- on Instagram</a> users by surreptitously turning on the device's
- camera.</p>
+ <p>Facebook</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://techaeris.com/2016/01/13/symphony-advanced-media-software-tracks-your-digital-life-through-your-smartphone-mic/">
+ Symphony surveillance software snoop on what radio and TV programs
+ are playing nearby</a>. Also</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8747541/Facebook-accused-watching-Instagram-users-mobile-cameras.html">snoops</em></ins></span>
+ on <span class="removed"><del><strong>what</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Instagram</a></em></ins></span> users <span
class="removed"><del><strong>post</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>by surreptitously turning</em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>various sites
+ such as Facebook, Google+ and Twitter.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>the device's
+ camera.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M202004200">
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Facebook's new Magic
Photo app</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M202004200">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2020-04</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Apple whistleblower Thomas Le Bonniec reports that Apple
- made a practice of surreptitiously activating the Siri software to <a
-
href="https://www.politico.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Public-Statement-Siri-recordings-TLB.pdf">
+ made a practice of surreptitiously activating the Siri software
to</em></ins></span> <a
+<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160605165148/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/10/facebook_scans_camera_for_your_friends/">
+scans your mobile phone's photo collections for known faces</a>,
+ and suggests you</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.politico.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Public-Statement-Siri-recordings-TLB.pdf">
record users' conversations when they had not activated Siri</a>.
This was not just occasional, it was systematic practice.</p>
- <p>His job was to listen to these recordings, in a group that made
+ <p>His job was</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>share the picture you take
according</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>listen</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>who
+ is</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>these
recordings,</em></ins></span> in <span class="removed"><del><strong>the
frame.</p>
+
+ <p>This spyware feature seems to require online
access</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>a group that made
transcripts of them. He does not believes that Apple has ceased this
practice.</p>
- <p>The only reliable way to prevent this is, for the program that
- controls access to the microphone to decide when the user has
- “activated” any service, to be free software, and the
- operating system under it free as well. This way, users could make
- sure Apple can't listen to them.</p>
+ <p>The only reliable way</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>some
+ known-faces database, which means</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>prevent this is, for</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>pictures are likely</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>program that
+ controls access</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>be
+ sent across</strong></del></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>wire</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>microphone</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Facebook's servers and face-recognition
+ algorithms.</p>
+
+ <p>If so, none of Facebook users' pictures are private
+ anymore, even if</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>decide when</em></ins></span> the user <span
class="removed"><del><strong>didn't “upload”
them</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>has
+ “activated” any service,</em></ins></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>be free software, and</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>service.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>Like most “music screaming” disservices,
Spotify
+ is based on proprietary malware (DRM and snooping). In August
+ 2015</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>operating system under</em></ins></span>
it <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
+href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/aug/21/spotify-faces-user-backlash-over-new-privacy-policy">
+ demanded</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>free as
well. This way,</em></ins></span> users <span
class="removed"><del><strong>submit</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>could make
+ sure Apple can't listen</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>increased snooping</a>, and some
+ are starting</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>them.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201910131">
@@ -817,80 +988,161 @@
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Safari occasionally <a
href="https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2019/10/13/dear-apple-safe-browsing-might-not-be-that-safe/">
- sends browsing data from Apple devices in China to the Tencent Safe
- Browsing service</a>, to check URLs that possibly correspond to
- “fraudulent” websites. Since Tencent collaborates
- with the Chinese government, its Safe Browsing black list most certainly
- contains the websites of political opponents. By linking the requests
- originating from single IP addresses, the government can identify
- dissenters in China and Hong Kong, thus endangering their lives.</p>
+ sends browsing data from Apple devices in China</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>realize that it is nasty.</p>
+
+ <p>This article shows</strong></del></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong><a
+href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160313214751/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/21/spotify_worse_than_the_nsa/">
+ twisted ways</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Tencent Safe
+ Browsing service</a>, to check URLs</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>they present snooping as a
way</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>possibly
correspond</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>“serve” users
better</a>—never mind
+ whether they want that. This is a typical example
of</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>“fraudulent” websites. Since
Tencent collaborates
+ with</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>attitude</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Chinese government, its Safe Browsing black list most
certainly
+ contains the websites</em></ins></span> of <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>political opponents. By linking</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>proprietary software industry towards
+ those they have subjugated.</p>
+
+ <p>Out, out, damned Spotify!</p>
</li>
+ <li><p>Many proprietary apps for mobile devices report which
other
+ apps</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>requests
+ originating from single IP addresses,</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>user has
+ installed. <a
href="http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/26/twitter-app-graph/">Twitter
+ is doing this</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>government can identify
+ dissenters</em></ins></span> in <span class="removed"><del><strong>a way
that at least is visible</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>China</em></ins></span> and
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>optional</a>. Not as bad as what
the others do.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Hong Kong, thus endangering their
lives.</p></em></ins></span>
+ </li>
+
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>FTC says most
mobile</strong></del></span>
- <li id="M201905280">
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201905280">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-05</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>In spite of Apple's supposed commitment to
- privacy, iPhone apps contain trackers that are busy at night <a
-
href="https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2019/05/its-3-am-do-you-know-who-your-iphone-is-talking-to.html">
- sending users' personal information to third parties</a>.</p>
+ privacy, iPhone</em></ins></span> apps <span
class="removed"><del><strong>for children don't respect privacy:
+ <a
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/ftc-disclosures-severely-lacking-in-kids-mobile-appsand-its-getting-worse/">
+
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/ftc-disclosures-severely-lacking-in-kids-mobile-appsand-its-getting-worse/</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>Widely used</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>contain trackers that are busy at
night</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/kollarssmith/scan-this-or-scan-me-user-privacy-barcode-scanning-applications/">proprietary
+ QR-code scanner apps snoop on the user</a>. This is in
addition</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2019/05/its-3-am-do-you-know-who-your-iphone-is-talking-to.html">
+ sending users' personal information</em></ins></span> to
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>the snooping
done</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>third
parties</a>.</p>
<p>The article mentions specific examples: Microsoft OneDrive,
Intuitâs Mint, Nike, Spotify, The Washington Post, The Weather
- Channel (owned by IBM), the crime-alert service Citizen, Yelp
- and DoorDash. But it is likely that most nonfree apps contain
+ Channel (owned</em></ins></span> by <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>IBM),</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>phone company,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>crime-alert service Citizen, Yelp</em></ins></span>
+ and <span class="removed"><del><strong>perhaps by the OS in the
+ phone.</p>
+
+ <p>Don't be distracted by</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>DoorDash. But it is likely that most nonfree apps
contain
trackers. Some of these send personally identifying data such as phone
fingerprint, exact location, email address, phone number or even
- delivery address (in the case of DoorDash). Once this information
- is collected by the company, there is no telling what it will be
- used for.</p>
+ delivery address (in</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>question</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>case</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>whether</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>DoorDash). Once this information
+ is collected by</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>app developers get
+ users to say “I agree”. That</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>company, there</em></ins></span> is no <span
class="removed"><del><strong>excuse for
malware.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>telling what it will be
+ used for.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201711250">
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>The Brightest
Flashlight app</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201711250">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The DMCA and the EU Copyright Directive make it <a
- href="https://boingboing.net/2017/11/25/la-la-la-cant-hear-you.html">
- illegal to study how iOS cr…apps spy on users</a>, because
- this would require circumventing the iOS DRM.</p>
+ <p>The DMCA and the EU Copyright Directive make it</em></ins></span>
<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/06/android-app-50m-downloads-sent-data-advertisers">
+ sends user data, including geolocation, for use by
companies.</a></p>
+
+ <p>The FTC criticized this app because it asked the user to
+ approve sending personal data</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://boingboing.net/2017/11/25/la-la-la-cant-hear-you.html">
+ illegal</em></ins></span> to <span class="inserted"><ins><em>study how iOS
cr…apps spy on users</a>, because
+ this would require circumventing</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>app developer but did not
+ ask about sending it to other companies. This
shows</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>iOS DRM.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201709210">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-09</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>In the latest iThings system,
- “turning off” WiFi and Bluetooth the obvious way <a
-
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/21/ios-11-apple-toggling-wifi-bluetooth-control-centre-doesnt-turn-them-off">
- doesn't really turn them off</a>. A more advanced way really does
turn
- them off—only until 5am. That's Apple for you—“We
- know you want to be spied on”.</p>
+ <p>In</em></ins></span> the
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>weakness of</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>latest iThings system,
+ “turning off” WiFi and Bluetooth</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>reject-it-if-you-dislike-snooping
+ “solution” to surveillance: why should a flashlight
+ app send any information to anyone? A free software flashlight
+ app would not.</p>
</li>
+</ul>
- <li id="M201702150">
+
+<div class="big-subsection">
+ <h4 id="SpywareInGames">Spyware in Games</h4>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInGames">#SpywareInGames</a>)</span>
+</div>
+
+<ul>
+ <li><p>nVidia's proprietary GeForce
Experience</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>obvious
way</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.gamersnexus.net/industry/2672-geforce-experience-data-transfer-analysis">makes
+ users identify themselves and then sends personal data
about</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/21/ios-11-apple-toggling-wifi-bluetooth-control-centre-doesnt-turn-them-off">
+ doesn't really turn them off</a>. A more advanced way really does
turn</em></ins></span>
+ them <span class="inserted"><ins><em>off—only until 5am. That's
Apple for you—“We
+ know you want</em></ins></span> to
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>nVidia
servers</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>be spied on”.</p></em></ins></span>
+ </li>
+
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Angry
Birds</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201702150">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-02</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Apple proposes <a
-
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/15/apple-removing-iphone-home-button-fingerprint-scanning-screen">a
- fingerprint-scanning touch screen</a>—which would mean no way
- to use it without having your fingerprints taken. Users would have
- no way to tell whether the phone is snooping on them.</p>
+ <p>Apple proposes</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/world/spy-agencies-scour-phone-apps-for-personal-data.html">
+ spies for companies, and the NSA takes advantage</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/15/apple-removing-iphone-home-button-fingerprint-scanning-screen">a
+ fingerprint-scanning touch screen</a>—which would mean no
way</em></ins></span>
+ to <span class="removed"><del><strong>spy through</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>use</em></ins></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>too</a>.
+ Here's information</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>without having your fingerprints taken. Users would
have
+ no way to tell whether the phone is snooping</em></ins></span> on
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2012/11/analysis-of-what-information-angry.html">
+ more spyware apps</a>.</p>
+ <p><a
href="http://www.propublica.org/article/spy-agencies-probe-angry-birds-and-other-apps-for-personal-data">
+ More about NSA app spying</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>them.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
+
+
+<div class="big-subsection">
+ <h4 id="SpywareInToys">Spyware in Toys</h4>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInToys">#SpywareInToys</a>)</span>
+</div>
+
+<ul>
- <li id="M201611170">
+ <li><p>A company that makes internet-controlled
vibrators</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201611170">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>iPhones <a
-
href="https://theintercept.com/2016/11/17/iphones-secretly-send-call-history-to-apple-security-firm-says/">send
- lots of personal data to Apple's servers</a>. Big Brother can get
- them from there.</p>
- </li>
+ <p>iPhones</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/14/wevibe-sex-toy-data-collection-chicago-lawsuit">is
+ being sued for collecting</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://theintercept.com/2016/11/17/iphones-secretly-send-call-history-to-apple-security-firm-says/">send</em></ins></span>
+ lots of personal <span class="removed"><del><strong>information about how
+ people use it</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The company's statement that it anonymizes the data may be
+ true, but it doesn't really matter. If it sells
the</strong></del></span> data to <span class="removed"><del><strong>a
+ data broker, the data broker</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Apple's servers</a>. Big
Brother</em></ins></span> can <span class="removed"><del><strong>figure out who
the user is.</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>get
+ them from there.</p></em></ins></span>
+ </li>
+
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>A computerized
+ vibrator <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/10/vibrator-phone-app-we-vibe-4-plus-bluetooth-hack">snoops
+ on its users through the proprietary control
app</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
- <li id="M201609280">
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201609280">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-09</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The iMessage app on iThings <a
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" --></em></ins></span>
+ <p>The <span class="inserted"><ins><em>iMessage</em></ins></span>
app <span class="removed"><del><strong>reports</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>on iThings <a
href="https://theintercept.com/2016/09/28/apple-logs-your-imessage-contacts-and-may-share-them-with-police/">tells
- a server every phone number that the user types into it</a>; the
- server records these numbers for at least 30 days.</p>
+ a server every phone number that</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>temperature of</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>user types into it</a>;</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>vibrator minute by
+ minute (thus, indirectly,</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>server records these numbers for at least
30 days.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201509240">
@@ -2032,7 +2284,7 @@
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2014-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Many proprietary apps for mobile devices
- report which other apps the</em></ins></span> user <span
class="removed"><del><strong>types</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>has installed. <a
+ report which other apps the user has installed. <a
href="http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/26/twitter-app-graph/">Twitter
is doing this in a way that at least is visible and optional</a>. Not
as bad as what the others do.</p>
@@ -2122,20 +2374,17 @@
surveillance on the game of Minecraft by <a
href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/22/21527647/minecraft-microsoft-account-mojang-java">requiring
every player to open an account on Microsoft's network</a>. Microsoft
- has bought the game and will merge all accounts</em></ins></span> into
<span class="removed"><del><strong>it</a>;</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>its network,
+ has bought the game and will merge all accounts into its network,
which will give them access to people's data.</p>
<p>Minecraft players <a
href="https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Minetest">can play
Minetest</a>
instead. The essential advantage of Minetest is that it is free
- software, meaning it respects</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>server records these numbers for at least 30
- days.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>user's computer freedom. As a bonus,
- it offers more options.</p></em></ins></span>
+ software, meaning it respects the user's computer freedom. As a bonus,
+ it offers more options.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Users cannot
make</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201908210">
+ <li id="M201908210">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-08</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Microsoft recorded users of Xboxes and had <a
@@ -2159,10 +2408,10 @@
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2018-04</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>ArenaNet surreptitiously installed a spyware
- program along with</em></ins></span> an <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Apple ID</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>update to the massive
- multiplayer game Guild Wars 2. The spyware allowed
ArenaNet</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/49951/how-can-i-download-free-apps-without-registering-an-apple-idcool">(necessary</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://techraptor.net/content/arenanet-used-spyware-anti-cheat-for-guild-wars-2-banwave"></em></ins></span>
- to <span class="removed"><del><strong>install even</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>snoop on all open processes running on its
user's computer</a>.</p>
+ program along with an update to the massive
+ multiplayer game Guild Wars 2. The spyware allowed ArenaNet <a
+
href="https://techraptor.net/content/arenanet-used-spyware-anti-cheat-for-guild-wars-2-banwave">
+ to snoop on all open processes running on its user's
computer</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201711070">
@@ -2188,18 +2437,16 @@
<li id="M201509160">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2015-09</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Modern</em></ins></span> gratis <span
class="removed"><del><strong>apps)</a>
- without giving</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>game cr…apps <a
+ <p>Modern gratis game cr…apps <a
href="http://toucharcade.com/2015/09/16/we-own-you-confessions-of-a-free-to-play-producer/">
- collect</em></ins></span> a <span class="removed"><del><strong>valid email
address</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>wide range of
data about their users</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>receiving</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>their users'
+ collect a wide range of data about their users and their users'
friends and associates</a>.</p>
- <p>Even nastier, they do it through ad networks that
merge</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>code Apple
- sends</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>data
+ <p>Even nastier, they do it through ad networks that merge the data
collected by various cr…apps and sites made by different
companies.</p>
- <p>They use this data</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>it.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>manipulate people to buy things, and hunt for
+ <p>They use this data to manipulate people to buy things, and hunt
for
“whales” who can be led to spend a lot of money. They also
use a back door to manipulate the game play for specific players.</p>
@@ -2219,25 +2466,20 @@
<p><a
href="https://www.propublica.org/article/spy-agencies-probe-angry-birds-and-other-apps-for-personal-data">
- More about NSA app spying</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ More about NSA app spying</a>.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Around 47% of the most
popular iOS apps</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M200510200">
+ <li id="M200510200">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2005-10</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Blizzard Warden is a hidden
- “cheating-prevention” program that</em></ins></span> <a
<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://jots.pub/a/2015103001/index.php">share
personal,
- behavioral</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2005/10/new-gaming-feature-spyware">
- spies on every process running on a gamer's computer</em></ins></span> and
<span class="removed"><del><strong>location
information</a></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>sniffs a
- good deal</em></ins></span> of <span class="removed"><del><strong>their
users</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>personal
data</a>, including lots of activities which
- have nothing to do</em></ins></span> with <span
class="removed"><del><strong>third parties.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>cheating.</p></em></ins></span>
+ “cheating-prevention” program that <a
+ href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2005/10/new-gaming-feature-spyware">
+ spies on every process running on a gamer's computer and sniffs a
+ good deal of personal data</a>, including lots of activities which
+ have nothing to do with cheating.</p>
</li>
-
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>iThings automatically
upload</strong></del></span>
-<span class="inserted"><ins><em></ul>
+</ul>
@@ -2255,22 +2497,12 @@
href="https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded">“Privacy
Not Included”</a> list <a
href="https://foundation.mozilla.org/privacynotincluded/arlo-video-doorbell">are
- designed</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>Apple's
servers all the photos and
- videos</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>snoop on
users</a> even if</em></ins></span> they <span
class="removed"><del><strong>make.</p>
-
- <blockquote><p>
- iCloud Photo Library stores every photo and video you take,
- and keeps them up to date</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>meet
+ designed to snoop on users</a> even if they meet
Mozilla's “Minimum Security Standards.” Insecure
- design of the program running</em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>all your devices.
- Any edits you make are automatically updated everywhere. [...]
- </p></blockquote>
-
- <p>(From</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>some
of these devices</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.apple.com/icloud/photos/">Apple's
iCloud
- information</a></strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://foundation.mozilla.org/privacynotincluded/vibratissimo-panty-buster">makes
- the user susceptible to be snooped and exploited by
crackers</em></ins></span> as <span
class="removed"><del><strong>accessed</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>well</a>.</p>
+ design of the program running on some of these devices <a
+
href="https://foundation.mozilla.org/privacynotincluded/vibratissimo-panty-buster">makes
+ the user susceptible to be snooped and exploited by crackers as
+ well</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201708280">
@@ -2278,18 +2510,12 @@
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>The bad security in many Internet of Stings devices allows <a
href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170828/08152938092/iot-devices-provide-comcast-wonderful-new-opportunity-to-spy-you.shtml">ISPs
- to snoop</em></ins></span> on <span class="removed"><del><strong>24 Sep
2015.) The iCloud feature</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the people that use them</a>.</p>
+ to snoop on the people that use them</a>.</p>
<p>Don't be a sucker—reject all the stings.</p>
- <p><small>(It</em></ins></span> is
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202033">activated
by</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>unfortunate that the
article uses</em></ins></span> the
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>startup of iOS</a>.
The</strong></del></span> term <span
class="removed"><del><strong>“cloud” means
- “please don't ask where.”</p>
-
- <p>There is a way to</strong></del></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201104">
- deactivate iCloud</a>, but it's active by default so it still
counts as</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Monetize">“monetize”</a>.)</small></p>
+ <p><small>(It is unfortunate that the article uses the term
<a
+
href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Monetize">“monetize”</a>.)</small></p>
</li>
</ul>
@@ -2299,12 +2525,7 @@
<span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInTVSets">#SpywareInTVSets</a>)</span>
</div>
-<p>Emo Phillips made</em></ins></span> a
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>surveillance functionality.</p>
-
- <p>Unknown people apparently took advantage of
this</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>joke: The other day
a woman came up</em></ins></span> to
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/01/naked-celebrity-hack-icloud-backup-jennifer-lawrence">get
- nude photos of many celebrities</a>. They
needed</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>me and
+<p>Emo Phillips made a joke: The other day a woman came up to me and
said, “Didn't I see you on television?” I said, “I
don't know. You can't see out the other way.” Evidently that was
before Amazon “smart” TVs.</p>
@@ -2313,82 +2534,35 @@
<li id="M202006250">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2020-06</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>TV manufacturers are able</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>break Apple's
- security</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+ <p>TV manufacturers are able to <a
href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/fbi-warns-about-snoopy-smart-tvs-spying-on-you/">snoop
- every second of what the user is watching</a>. This is illegal
due</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>get at them, but
NSA can access any</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>the Video Privacy Protection
Act</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>them</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>1988, but they're circumventing
- it</em></ins></span> through <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>EULAs.</p>
+ every second of what the user is watching</a>. This is illegal due to
+ the Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988, but they're circumventing
+ it through EULAs.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201901070">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-01</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Vizio TVs</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html#digitalcash">PRISM</a>.
- </p></li>
-
- <li><p>Spyware</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172397/airplay-2-homekit-vizio-tv-bill-baxter-interview-vergecast-ces-2019">
- collect “whatever the TV sees,”</a></em></ins></span> in
<span class="removed"><del><strong>iThings:</strong></del></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/privacy-advocates-worry-over-new-apple-iphone-tracking-feature-161836223.html">
- iBeacon</a> lets stores determine exactly
where</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>own words
of</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>iThing
is,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>company's
- CTO,</em></ins></span> and <span class="removed"><del><strong>get other
info too.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li><p>There</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>this data</em></ins></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>also a feature</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>sold to third parties. This is in
return</em></ins></span> for <span class="removed"><del><strong>web
sites</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>“better service” (meaning more
intrusive ads?) and slightly
+ <p>Vizio TVs <a
+
href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172397/airplay-2-homekit-vizio-tv-bill-baxter-interview-vergecast-ces-2019">
+ collect “whatever the TV sees,”</a> in the own words of
the company's
+ CTO, and this data is sold to third parties. This is in return for
+ “better service” (meaning more intrusive ads?) and slightly
lower retail prices.</p>
- <p>What is supposed</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>track users, which</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>make this spying acceptable, according to
him,</em></ins></span>
- is
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/10/17/how-to-disable-apple-ios-user-tracking-ios-6/">
- enabled by default</a>. (That article talks about iOS 6,
but</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>that</em></ins></span> it is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>still true</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>opt-in</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>iOS 7.)</p>
- </li>
-
- <li><p>The iThing also
- <a
-href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160313215042/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/08/ios7_tracking_now_its_a_favourite_feature/">
- tells Apple its geolocation</a> by default, though that can be
- turned off.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li><p>Apple can, and regularly does,
- <a
href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/05/new-guidelines-outline-what-iphone-data-apple-can-give-to-police/">
- remotely extract some data from iPhones for</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>newer models. But since</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>state</a>.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li><p><a
href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-30/how-nsa-hacks-your-iphone-presenting-dropout-jeep">
- Either Apple helps</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Vizio software is
- nonfree, we don't know what is actually happening behind</em></ins></span>
the <span class="removed"><del><strong>NSA snoop on</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>scenes,
- and there is no guarantee that</em></ins></span> all <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>future updates will leave</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>data in an iThing,
- or</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>settings unchanged.</p>
+ <p>What is supposed to make this spying acceptable, according to him,
+ is that it is opt-in in newer models. But since the Vizio software is
+ nonfree, we don't know what is actually happening behind the scenes,
+ and there is no guarantee that all future updates will leave the
+ settings unchanged.</p>
<p>If you already own a Vizio “smart” TV (or any
“smart” TV, for that
- matter), the easiest way to make sure</em></ins></span> it <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>isn't spying on you</em></ins></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>totally incompetent.</a></p>
- </li>
-
- <li><p><a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/23/iphone-backdoors-surveillance-forensic-services">
- Several “features” of iOS seem</strong></del></span>
- to <span class="removed"><del><strong>exist for no
- possible purpose other than surveillance</a>. Here
is</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>disconnect it
from</em></ins></span> the
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/iOS_Backdoors_Attack_Points_Surveillance_Mechanisms_Moved.pdf">
- Technical presentation</a>.</p>
- </li>
-</ul>
-
-
-<div class="big-subsection">
- <h4 id="SpywareInTelephones">Spyware in Telephones</h4>
- <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInTelephones">#SpywareInTelephones</a>)</span>
-</div>
-
-<ul>
- <li><p>According</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Internet, and use a terrestrial antenna
+ matter), the easiest way to make sure it isn't spying on you is
+ to disconnect it from the Internet, and use a terrestrial antenna
instead. Unfortunately, this is not always possible. Another option,
- if you are technically oriented, is</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Edward Snowden,
- <a
href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34444233">agencies</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>get your own router (which</em></ins></span>
can <span class="removed"><del><strong>take over smartphones</a>
- by sending hidden text messages which enable them</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>be an old computer running completely free
software), and set up a
+ if you are technically oriented, is to get your own router (which can
+ be an old computer running completely free software), and set up a
firewall to block connections to Vizio's servers. Or, as a last resort,
you can replace your TV with another model.</p>
</li>
@@ -2400,40 +2574,22 @@
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180405014828/https:/twitter.com/buro9/status/980349887006076928">
load downgrades that install a surveillance app</a>.</p>
- <p>We link</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>turn</strong></del></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>phones
- on and off, listen to</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>article for</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>microphone, retrieve geo-location data
from</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>facts it presents. It
- is too bad that</em></ins></span> the
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>GPS, take photographs, read text
messages, read call, location and web
- browsing history, and read</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>article finishes by advocating</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>contact list. This malware is
designed</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>moral weakness of
surrendering</em></ins></span> to
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>disguise itself from
investigation.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Netflix. The Netflix app <a
+ <p>We link to the article for the facts it presents. It
+ is too bad that the article finishes by advocating the
+ moral weakness of surrendering to Netflix. The Netflix app <a
href="/proprietary/malware-google.html#netflix-app-geolocation-drm">is
- malware too</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ malware too</a>.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Samsung phones come
with</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201702060">
+ <li id="M201702060">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-02</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Vizio “smart”</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/07/samsung-sued-for-loading-devices-with-unremovable-crapware-in-china/">apps
that users can't delete</a>,
- and they send so much data</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2017/02/what-vizio-was-doing-behind-tv-screen">TVs
- report everything</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>their transmission</strong></del></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>a
- substantial expense for users. Said transmission,</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>viewed on them, and</em></ins></span> not <span
class="removed"><del><strong>wanted or
- requested by</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>just
broadcasts and
- cable</a>. Even if</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>user, clearly must constitute
spying</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>image is coming
from the user's own computer,
- the TV reports what it is. The existence</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>some
- kind.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>A Motorola phone
- <a
href="http://www.itproportal.com/2013/07/25/motorolas-new-x8-arm-chip-underpinning-the-always-on-future-of-android/">
- listens for voice all</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>a way to disable</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>time</a>.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li><p>Spyware</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>surveillance, even if it were not hidden
as it was</em></ins></span> in <span class="removed"><del><strong>Android
phones (and Windows? laptops): The Wall
- Street Journal (in an article blocked from us</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>these TVs,
+ <p>Vizio “smart” <a
+
href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2017/02/what-vizio-was-doing-behind-tv-screen">TVs
+ report everything that is viewed on them, and not just broadcasts and
+ cable</a>. Even if the image is coming from the user's own computer,
+ the TV reports what it is. The existence of a way to disable the
+ surveillance, even if it were not hidden as it was in these TVs,
does not legitimize the surveillance.</p>
</li>
@@ -2441,13 +2597,10 @@
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2015-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Some web and TV advertisements play inaudible
- sounds to be picked up</em></ins></span> by <span
class="removed"><del><strong>a paywall)
- reports</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>proprietary malware running
- on other devices in range so as to determine</em></ins></span> that
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/1/4580718/fbi-can-remotely-activate-android-and-laptop-microphones-reports-wsj">
- the FBI</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>they
+ sounds to be picked up by proprietary malware running
+ on other devices in range so as to determine that they
are nearby. Once your Internet devices are paired with
- your TV, advertisers</em></ins></span> can <span
class="removed"><del><strong>remotely activate the GPS</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>correlate ads with Web
activity,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>microphone</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>other <a
+ your TV, advertisers can correlate ads with Web activity, and other <a
href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/11/beware-of-ads-that-use-inaudible-sound-to-link-your-phone-tv-tablet-and-pc/">
cross-device tracking</a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -2456,98 +2609,52 @@
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2015-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Vizio goes a step further than other TV
- manufacturers</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Android
- phones</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>spying on
their users: their <a
+ manufacturers in spying on their users: their <a
href="https://www.propublica.org/article/own-a-vizio-smart-tv-its-watching-you">
- “smart” TVs analyze your viewing habits in
detail</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>laptops</a>.
- (I suspect</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>link them your IP address</a> so
that advertisers can track you
+ “smart” TVs analyze your viewing habits in detail and
+ link them your IP address</a> so that advertisers can track you
across devices.</p>
- <p>It is possible to turn</em></ins></span> this <span
class="removed"><del><strong>means Windows laptops.)
Here</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>off, but having it
enabled by default</em></ins></span>
- is
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="http://cryptome.org/2013/08/fbi-hackers.htm">more
info</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>an injustice already.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <p>It is possible to turn this off, but having it enabled by default
+ is an injustice already.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Portable
phones</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201511020">
+ <li id="M201511020">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2015-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Tivo's alliance</em></ins></span> with <span
class="removed"><del><strong>GPS will send their GPS location on
- remote command and users cannot stop them:
- <a
href="http://www.aclu.org/government-location-tracking-cell-phones-gps-devices-and-license-plate-readers">
-
http://www.aclu.org/government-location-tracking-cell-phones-gps-devices-and-license-plate-readers</a>.
- (The US says it will eventually require all new portable phones
- to have GPS.)</p>
- </li>
-
- <li><p>The nonfree Snapchat app's principal purpose
is</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Viacom adds 2.3
million households</em></ins></span>
- to <span class="removed"><del><strong>restrict</strong></del></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>use of data on</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>600 millions social media profiles</em></ins></span>
the <span class="removed"><del><strong>user's computer, but it does surveillance
- too:</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>company
+ <p>Tivo's alliance with Viacom adds 2.3 million households
+ to the 600 millions social media profiles the company
already monitors. Tivo customers are unaware they're
being watched by advertisers. By combining TV viewing
- information with online social media participation, Tivo can
now</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/dec/27/snapchat-may-be-exposed-hackers">
- it tries</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.reuters.com/article/viacom-tivo-idUSL1N12U1VV20151102">
+ information with online social media participation, Tivo can now <a
+ href="http://www.reuters.com/article/viacom-tivo-idUSL1N12U1VV20151102">
correlate TV advertisement with online purchases</a>, exposing all
- users</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>get the
user's list of other people's phone
- numbers.</a></p>
- </li>
-</ul>
-
-
-<div class="big-subsection">
- <h4 id="SpywareInMobileApps">Spyware in Mobile Applications</h4>
- <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInMobileApps">#SpywareInMobileApps</a>)</span>
-</div>
-
-<ul>
-
- <li><p>The Uber app tracks <a
href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/28/uber-background-location-data-collection/">clients'
- movements before and after the ride</a>.</p>
-
- <p>This example illustrates how “getting the user's
consent”
- for</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>new
combined</em></ins></span> surveillance <span class="removed"><del><strong>is
inadequate as a protection against massive
- surveillance.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>by default.</p></em></ins></span>
+ users to new combined surveillance by default.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Google's new voice
messaging app</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201507240">
+ <li id="M201507240">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2015-07</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Vizio “smart” TVs recognize and</em></ins></span>
<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/21/12994362/allo-privacy-message-logs-google">logs
- all conversations</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/24/vizio-ipo-inscape-acr/">track
- what people are watching</a>, even if it isn't a TV
channel.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <p>Vizio “smart” TVs recognize and <a
+ href="http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/24/vizio-ipo-inscape-acr/">track
+ what people are watching</a>, even if it isn't a TV
channel.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Apps that
include</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201505290">
+ <li id="M201505290">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2015-05</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Verizon cable TV</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://techaeris.com/2016/01/13/symphony-advanced-media-software-tracks-your-digital-life-through-your-smartphone-mic/">
- Symphony surveillance software snoop</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/05/verizon-fios-reps-know-what-tv-channels-you-watch/">
- snoops</em></ins></span> on what <span class="removed"><del><strong>radio
and TV</strong></del></span> programs
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>are playing nearby</a>. Also
on what users post on various sites
- such as Facebook, Google+</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>people watch,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Twitter.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>even what they wanted to
- record</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <p>Verizon cable TV <a
+
href="http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/05/verizon-fios-reps-know-what-tv-channels-you-watch/">
+ snoops on what programs people watch, and even what they wanted to
+ record</a>.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Facebook's new Magic
Photo app</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201504300">
+ <li id="M201504300">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2015-04</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Vizio</em></ins></span> <a
-<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160605165148/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/10/facebook_scans_camera_for_your_friends/">
-scans your mobile phone's photo collections for known faces</a>,
- and suggests you</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://boingboing.net/2015/04/30/telescreen-watch-vizio-adds-s.html">
- used a firmware “upgrade”</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>share</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>make its TVs snoop on what
+ <p>Vizio <a
+
href="http://boingboing.net/2015/04/30/telescreen-watch-vizio-adds-s.html">
+ used a firmware “upgrade” to make its TVs snoop on what
users watch</a>. The TVs did not do that when first sold.</p>
</li>
@@ -2556,24 +2663,16 @@
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>The Samsung “Smart” TV <a
href="http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2015/02/who-s-the-third-party-that-samsung-and-lg-smart-tvs-are-sharing-your-voice-data-with/index.htm">
- transmits users' voice on</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>picture you take according</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>internet</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>who
- is in the frame.</p>
-
- <p>This spyware feature seems</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>another company, Nuance</a>.
- Nuance can save it and would then have</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>require online access</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>give it</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>some
- known-faces database, which means</strong></del></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>pictures are likely</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>US or some
+ transmits users' voice on the internet to another company,
Nuance</a>.
+ Nuance can save it and would then have to give it to the US or some
other government.</p>
- <p>Speech recognition is not</em></ins></span> to be
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>sent across the
wire</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>trusted unless it is
done by free
+ <p>Speech recognition is not to be trusted unless it is done by free
software in your own computer.</p>
<p>In its privacy policy, Samsung explicitly confirms that <a
href="http://theweek.com/speedreads/538379/samsung-warns-customers-not-discuss-personal-information-front-smart-tvs">voice
- data containing sensitive information will be
transmitted</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>Facebook's
servers and face-recognition
- algorithms.</p>
-
- <p>If so, none</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>third
+ data containing sensitive information will be transmitted to third
parties</a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -2592,78 +2691,49 @@
href="http://www.myce.com/news/reseachers-all-smart-tvs-spy-on-you-sony-monitors-all-channel-switches-72851/">spy
on their users</a>.</p>
- <p>The report was as</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Facebook</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>2014, but we don't expect this has got
+ <p>The report was as of 2014, but we don't expect this has got
better.</p>
- <p>This shows that laws requiring products to get</em></ins></span>
users' <span class="removed"><del><strong>pictures</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>formal
- consent before collecting personal data</em></ins></span> are <span
class="removed"><del><strong>private
- anymore, even</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>totally inadequate.
- And what happens</em></ins></span> if <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>a</em></ins></span> user <span
class="removed"><del><strong>didn't “upload”
them</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>declines consent?
Probably the TV will
- say, “Without your consent</em></ins></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>tracking,</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>service.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>TV will not
+ <p>This shows that laws requiring products to get users' formal
+ consent before collecting personal data are totally inadequate.
+ And what happens if a user declines consent? Probably the TV will
+ say, “Without your consent to tracking, the TV will not
work.”</p>
<p>Proper laws would say that TVs are not allowed to report what the
- user watches—no exceptions!</p></em></ins></span>
+ user watches—no exceptions!</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Like most “music
screaming” disservices, Spotify
- is based on proprietary malware (DRM and snooping). In August
- 2015 it</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201405200">
+ <li id="M201405200">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2014-05</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Spyware in LG “smart” TVs</em></ins></span> <a
-<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/aug/21/spotify-faces-user-backlash-over-new-privacy-policy">
- demanded users submit to increased
snooping</a>,</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://doctorbeet.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/lg-smart-tvs-logging-usb-filenames-and.html">
- reports what the user watches,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>some
- are starting</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>the
switch</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>realize</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>turn this off has
+ <p>Spyware in LG “smart” TVs <a
+
href="http://doctorbeet.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/lg-smart-tvs-logging-usb-filenames-and.html">
+ reports what the user watches, and the switch to turn this off has
no effect</a>. (The fact that the transmission reports a 404 error
- really means nothing; the server could save</em></ins></span> that <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>data anyway.)</p>
-
- <p>Even worse,</em></ins></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>is nasty.</p>
+ really means nothing; the server could save that data anyway.)</p>
- <p>This article shows the</strong></del></span> <a
-<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160313214751/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/21/spotify_worse_than_the_nsa/">
- twisted ways that they present snooping as</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://rambles.renney.me/2013/11/lg-tv-logging-filenames-from-network-folders/">
+ <p>Even worse, it <a
+
href="http://rambles.renney.me/2013/11/lg-tv-logging-filenames-from-network-folders/">
snoops on other devices on the user's local network</a>.</p>
- <p>LG later said it had installed</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>way</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>patch</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>“serve” users
better</a>—never mind
- whether they want that. This is a typical example of
- the attitude</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>stop
this, but any
+ <p>LG later said it had installed a patch to stop this, but any
product could spy this way.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, LG TVs <a
href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140511/17430627199/lg-will-take-smart-out-your-smart-tv-if-you-dont-agree-to-share-your-viewing-search-data-with-third-parties.shtml">
- do lots</em></ins></span> of <span class="removed"><del><strong>the
proprietary software industry towards
- those they have subjugated.</p>
-
- <p>Out, out, damned Spotify!</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>spying anyway</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ do lots of spying anyway</a>.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Many proprietary apps
for mobile devices report which other
- apps the user has
- installed. <a
href="http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/26/twitter-app-graph/">Twitter
- is doing this in</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201212170">
+ <li id="M201212170">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2012-12</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p id="break-security-smarttv"><a
href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2249303/Hackers-penetrate-home-Crack-Samsungs-Smart-TV-allows-attacker-seize-control-microphone-cameras.html">
- Crackers found</em></ins></span> a way <span
class="removed"><del><strong>that at least is visible</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>to break security on a “smart”
TV</a></em></ins></span>
- and
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>optional</a>. Not as bad as
what</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>use its camera to
watch</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>others
do.</p>
+ Crackers found a way to break security on a “smart”
TV</a>
+ and use its camera to watch the people who are watching TV.</p>
</li>
-
- <li><p>FTC says most mobile apps for children don't respect
privacy:
- <a
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/ftc-disclosures-severely-lacking-in-kids-mobile-appsand-its-getting-worse/">
-
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/ftc-disclosures-severely-lacking-in-kids-mobile-appsand-its-getting-worse/</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>people who are watching
TV.</p></em></ins></span>
- </li>
-
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Widely
used</strong></del></span>
-<span class="inserted"><ins><em></ul>
+</ul>
<div class="big-subsection">
@@ -2675,30 +2745,18 @@
<li id="M201901100">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-01</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Amazon Ring “security” devices</em></ins></span>
<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/kollarssmith/scan-this-or-scan-me-user-privacy-barcode-scanning-applications/">proprietary
- QR-code scanner apps snoop on</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/10/ring-gave-employees-access-customer-video-feeds/">
- send</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>user</a>. This is in
addition</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>video they
capture</em></ins></span> to <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Amazon
servers</a>, which save it
+ <p>Amazon Ring “security” devices <a
+
href="https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/10/ring-gave-employees-access-customer-video-feeds/">
+ send the video they capture to Amazon servers</a>, which save it
long-term.</p>
- <p>In many cases,</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>snooping done by the phone company, and perhaps
by</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>video shows everyone
that comes near, or merely
- passes by,</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>OS
in</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>user's front
door.</p>
+ <p>In many cases, the video shows everyone that comes near, or merely
+ passes by, the user's front door.</p>
<p>The article focuses on how Ring used to let individual employees
look
- at</em></ins></span> the
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>phone.</p>
-
- <p>Don't be distracted by</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>videos freely. It appears Amazon has tried to
prevent that
- secondary abuse, but</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>question of whether</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>primary abuse—that Amazon
gets</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>app developers get
- users to say “I agree”. That is no excuse for
malware.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li><p>The Brightest Flashlight app
- <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/06/android-app-50m-downloads-sent-data-advertisers">
- sends user data, including geolocation, for use by
companies.</a></p>
-
- <p>The FTC criticized this app because it
asked</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>video—Amazon expects society to
surrender to.</p>
+ at the videos freely. It appears Amazon has tried to prevent that
+ secondary abuse, but the primary abuse—that Amazon gets the
+ video—Amazon expects society to surrender to.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201810300">
@@ -2706,27 +2764,22 @@
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Nearly all “home security cameras” <a
href="https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/d-link-camera-poses-data-security-risk--consumer-reports-finds/">
- give</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>user to
- approve sending personal data</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>manufacturer an unencrypted copy of everything they
+ give the manufacturer an unencrypted copy of everything they
see</a>. “Home insecurity camera” would be a better
name!</p>
<p>When Consumer Reports tested them, it suggested that these
- manufacturers promise not</em></ins></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>look at what's in</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>app developer but did</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>videos. That's</em></ins></span> not
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>ask about sending
it</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>security for your home. Security means
making sure they don't get</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>other companies. This shows the
- weakness</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>see through your camera.</p>
+ manufacturers promise not to look at what's in the videos. That's not
+ security for your home. Security means making sure they don't get to
+ see through your camera.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201603220">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-03</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Over 70 brands</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the reject-it-if-you-dislike-snooping
- “solution”</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>network-connected surveillance cameras have <a
+ <p>Over 70 brands of network-connected surveillance cameras have
<a
href="http://www.kerneronsec.com/2016/02/remote-code-execution-in-cctv-dvrs-of.html">
- security bugs that allow anyone</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>surveillance: why should a flashlight
- app send any information</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>watch through them</a>.</p>
+ security bugs that allow anyone to watch through them</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201511250">
@@ -2736,43 +2789,34 @@
href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34922712">always
watching</a>,
even when the “owner” switches it “off.”</p>
- <p>A “smart” device means the manufacturer is using
it</em></ins></span>
- to <span class="removed"><del><strong>anyone? A free software flashlight
- app would not.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>outsmart you.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <p>A “smart” device means the manufacturer is using it
+ to outsmart you.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<div class="big-subsection">
- <h4 <span class="removed"><del><strong>id="SpywareInGames">Spyware in
Games</h4></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="SpywareInToys">Toys</h4></em></ins></span>
- <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="#SpywareInGames">#SpywareInGames</a>)</span></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="#SpywareInToys">#SpywareInToys</a>)</span></em></ins></span>
+ <h4 id="SpywareInToys">Toys</h4>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInToys">#SpywareInToys</a>)</span>
</div>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><ul>
- <li><p>nVidia's proprietary GeForce
Experience</strong></del></span>
-
-<span class="inserted"><ins><em><ul class="blurbs">
+<ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M201711244">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The Furby Connect has a</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.gamersnexus.net/industry/2672-geforce-experience-data-transfer-analysis">makes
- users identify themselves and then sends personal data about
them</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.contextis.com/blog/dont-feed-them-after-midnight-reverse-engineering-the-furby-connect">
+ <p>The Furby Connect has a <a
+
href="https://www.contextis.com/blog/dont-feed-them-after-midnight-reverse-engineering-the-furby-connect">
universal back door</a>. If the product as shipped doesn't act as a
- listening device, remote changes</em></ins></span> to
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>nVidia
servers</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the code could surely convert it
- into one.</p></em></ins></span>
+ listening device, remote changes to the code could surely convert it
+ into one.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Angry
Birds</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201711100">
+ <li id="M201711100">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>A remote-control sex toy was found to make</em></ins></span>
<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/world/spy-agencies-scour-phone-apps-for-personal-data.html">
- spies for companies, and</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/10/16634442/lovense-sex-toy-spy-survei">audio
- recordings of</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>NSA
takes advantage to spy</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>conversation between two users</a>.</p>
+ <p>A remote-control sex toy was found to make <a
+
href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/10/16634442/lovense-sex-toy-spy-survei">audio
+ recordings of the conversation between two users</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201703140">
@@ -2780,87 +2824,61 @@
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>A computerized vibrator <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/10/vibrator-phone-app-we-vibe-4-plus-bluetooth-hack">
- was snooping on its users</em></ins></span> through <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the proprietary control app</a>.</p>
+ was snooping on its users through the proprietary control
app</a>.</p>
<p>The app was reporting the temperature of the vibrator minute by
- minute (thus, indirectly, whether</em></ins></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>too</a>.
- Here's information on
- <a
href="http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2012/11/analysis-of-what-information-angry.html">
- more spyware apps</a>.</p>
- <p><a
href="http://www.propublica.org/article/spy-agencies-probe-angry-birds-and-other-apps-for-personal-data">
- More</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>was
surrounded by a person's
+ minute (thus, indirectly,</em></ins></span> whether it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>is surrounded by</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>was surrounded by a person's
body), as well as the vibration frequency.</p>
<p>Note the totally inadequate proposed response: a labeling
- standard with which manufacturers would make statements</em></ins></span>
about <span class="removed"><del><strong>NSA app spying</a>.</p>
- </li>
-</ul>
-
-
-<div class="big-subsection">
- <h4 id="SpywareInToys">Spyware in Toys</h4>
- <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInToys">#SpywareInToys</a>)</span>
-</div>
-
-<ul>
-
- <li><p>A</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>their
+ standard with which manufacturers would make statements about their
products, rather than free software which users could have checked
and changed.</p>
- <p>The</em></ins></span> company that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>makes internet-controlled
vibrators</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>made the
vibrator</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/14/wevibe-sex-toy-data-collection-chicago-lawsuit">is
- being</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/14/wevibe-sex-toy-data-collection-chicago-lawsuit">
- was</em></ins></span> sued for collecting lots of personal information
about how people <span class="removed"><del><strong>use</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>used</em></ins></span>
it</a>.</p>
-
- <p>The company's statement that it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>anonymizes</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>was anonymizing</em></ins></span> the data may be
- true, but it doesn't really matter. If it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>sells</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>had sold</em></ins></span> the data to a data
- broker, the data broker <span
class="removed"><del><strong>can</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>would have been able to</em></ins></span> figure out
who the
- user <span class="removed"><del><strong>is.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li><p>A computerized
- vibrator</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>was.</p>
-
- <p>Following this lawsuit,</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/10/vibrator-phone-app-we-vibe-4-plus-bluetooth-hack">snoops
- on its users through the proprietary control app</a>.</p>
-
- <p>The app reports</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/14/we-vibe-vibrator-tracking-users-sexual-habits"></em></ins></span>
- the <span class="removed"><del><strong>temperature</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>company has been ordered to pay a
total</em></ins></span> of <span class="inserted"><ins><em>C$4m</a> to its
+ <p>The company that made the vibrator <a
+
href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/14/wevibe-sex-toy-data-collection-chicago-lawsuit">
+ was sued for collecting lots of personal information about how people
+ used it</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The company's statement that it was anonymizing the data may be
+ true, but it doesn't really matter. If it had sold the data
to</em></ins></span> a <span class="removed"><del><strong>person's
+ body), and</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>data
+ broker,</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>vibration
frequency.</p>
+
+ <p>Note</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>data
broker would have been able to figure out who</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>totally inadequate proposed
response:</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>user was.</p>
+
+ <p>Following this lawsuit, <a
+
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/14/we-vibe-vibrator-tracking-users-sexual-habits">
+ the company has been ordered to pay</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>labeling
+ standard</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>total of
C$4m</a> to its
customers.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201702280">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-02</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>“CloudPets” toys with microphones <a
+ <p>“CloudPets” toys</em></ins></span> with <span
class="removed"><del><strong>which manufacturers</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>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</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>vibrator minute</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>manufacturer</a>. Guess what? <a
+ leak childrens' conversations to the manufacturer</a>. Guess what?
<a
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</em></ins></span> by
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>minute (thus, indirectly, whether it
is surrounded</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>the
+ Crackers found a way to access the data</a> collected by the
manufacturer's snooping.</p>
<p>That the manufacturer and the FBI could listen to these
- conversations was unacceptable</em></ins></span> by <span
class="removed"><del><strong>a person's
- body),</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>itself.</p>
+ conversations was unacceptable by itself.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201612060">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-12</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The “smart” toys My Friend Cayla</em></ins></span>
and <span class="inserted"><ins><em>i-Que transmit <a
+ <p>The “smart” toys My Friend Cayla and i-Que transmit
<a
href="https://www.forbrukerradet.no/siste-nytt/connected-toys-violate-consumer-laws">children's
conversations to Nuance Communications</a>, a speech recognition
- company based in</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>vibration frequency.</p>
-
- <p>Note</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>U.S.</p>
+ company based in the U.S.</p>
<p>Those toys also contain major security vulnerabilities; crackers
- can remotely control</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>totally inadequate proposed response: a labeling
- standard</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>toys</em></ins></span> with <span
class="removed"><del><strong>which manufacturers</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>a mobile phone. This</em></ins></span> would <span
class="removed"><del><strong>make statements about</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>enable
+ can remotely control the toys with a mobile phone. This</em></ins></span>
would <span class="removed"><del><strong>make statements
about</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>enable
crackers to listen in on a child's speech, and even speak into the
toys themselves.</p>
</li>
@@ -4119,7 +4137,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/02/22 10:31:57 $
+$Date: 2021/02/25 09:34:48 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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@@ -895,6 +895,29 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"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."
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@@ -224,6 +224,42 @@
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><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 usersâ 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" -->
+ <p>Microsoft is <a
+
href="https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows">forcibly
+ removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>,
using
+ <a href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update">a
+ universal backdoor in Windows</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The fact that Flash has been <a
+ href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#M202012020">disabled
+ by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of power. The nature of
+ proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives the developers
+ power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on the other
+ hand empowers users to make their own decisions.</p>
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+
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proprietary software developers B1 … B50 into making platforms for
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<a
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href="https://blog.headuck.com/2020/10/12/samsung-phones-force-mainland-china-dns-service-upon-hong-kong-wifi-users/">to
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released
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- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
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- <p>The authorities in Venice track the <a
-
href="https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/venice-control-room-tourism/index.html">
- movements of all tourists</a> using their portable phones. The
article
- says that <em>at present</em> the system is configured to
report only
- aggregated information. But that could be changed. What will that
- system do 10 years from now? What will a similar system in another
- country do? Those are the questions this raises.</p>
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<p class="unprintable">Updated:
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+$Date: 2021/02/25 09:34:48 $
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+# | As of [-April, 2017,-] {+February, 2021,+} the [-files-] {+pages+} in this
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+"and, as a secondary problem, does not encrypt them, which shows a bad "
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+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"plaintext, and Agora (the company behind the app) would likely have access "
+"to usersâ raw audio, potentially providing access to the Chinese
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+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"people is wrong and a violation of people's privacy rights."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+
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-
# !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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+#| "As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 "
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+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+
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"it at home, where <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/";
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msgstr "Ãltima actualización:"
+
+#~ msgid ""
+#~ "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 "
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+#~ "A partir de una actualización del software en septiembre de 2020, Samsung
"
+#~ "obliga a los usuarios de sus <cite>smartphones</cite> en Hong Kong (y "
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+#~ "una DNS pública de China continental</a>, lo que provoca gran inquietud y
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+#~ "travel/article/venice-control-room-tourism/index.html\">los movimientos "
+#~ "de todos los turistas</a> que utilizan teléfonos móviles. El artÃculo "
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--- proprietary.fr.po 24 Feb 2021 10:07:36 -0000 1.449
+++ proprietary.fr.po 25 Feb 2021 09:34:48 -0000 1.450
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
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"typiquement un moyen de mal se conduire."
#. type: Content of: <div><p>
+# | As of [-January,-] {+February,+} 2021, the pages in this directory list
+# | around 500 instances of malicious functionalities (with more than
+# | 5[-7-]{+8+}0 references to back them up), but there are surely thousands
+# | more we don't know about.
+#, fuzzy
+#| msgid ""
+#| "As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 "
+#| "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to "
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+"As of February, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 instances "
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"En janvier 2021, les pages de ce répertoire dénombraient à peu près 500
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+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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 usersâ raw audio, potentially providing access to the Chinese
government."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Even with good security of data transmission, collecting personal data of "
+"people is wrong and a violation of people's privacy rights."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Microsoft is <a href=\"https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/";
+"microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows\">forcibly "
+"removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
+"backdoor in Windows</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"power. The nature of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives "
+"the developers power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on "
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+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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#. type: Content of: <div><p>
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msgstr "Dernière mise à jour :"
+
+#~ msgid ""
+#~ "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-";
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+#~ "The authorities in Venice track the <a href=\"https://edition.cnn.com/";
+#~ "travel/article/venice-control-room-tourism/index.html\"> movements of all "
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+#~ "article dit qu'<em>à présent</em> le système est configuré pour ne "
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+#~ "pays ? Voila les questions que cela pose."
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2017,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>January,
2021,</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>files</strong></del></span> <span
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<span class="removed"><del><strong>300</strong></del></span> <span
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-instances of malicious <span
class="removed"><del><strong>functionalities,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>functionalities (with more than 570 references to
+<p>As of <span class="removed"><del><strong>April,
2017,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>February,
2021,</em></ins></span> the <span
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<span class="removed"><del><strong>300</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>500</em></ins></span>
+instances of malicious <span
class="removed"><del><strong>functionalities,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>functionalities (with more than 580 references to
back them up),</em></ins></span> but there are surely thousands more we don't
know about.</p>
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id="f4"><em>Tether:</em> functionality that requires
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system</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>reject</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>rejects</em></ins></span> any operating
+ <li id="f5"><em>Tyrant:</em> system that
rejects</em></ins></span> any operating
system not “authorized” by the manufacturer.</li>
<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><a
href="/proprietary/potential-malware.html">Potential
Malware</a></li>
</ul>
@@ -223,6 +223,42 @@
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><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 usersâ 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" -->
+ <p>Microsoft is <a
+
href="https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows">forcibly
+ removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>,
using
+ <a href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update">a
+ universal backdoor in Windows</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The fact that Flash has been <a
+ href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#M202012020">disabled
+ by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of power. The nature of
+ proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives the developers
+ power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on the other
+ hand empowers users to make their own decisions.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202102190">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -270,27 +306,6 @@
proprietary software developers B1 … B50 into making platforms for
A to mistreat the end user.</p>
</li>
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- <!--#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>
-
- <li id="M202101130">
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2021-01</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The authorities in Venice track the <a
-
href="https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/venice-control-room-tourism/index.html">
- movements of all tourists</a> using their portable phones. The
article
- says that <em>at present</em> the system is configured to
report only
- aggregated information. But that could be changed. What will that
- system do 10 years from now? What will a similar system in another
- country do? Those are the questions this raises.</p>
- </li>
</ul>
</div></em></ins></span>
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<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/02/23 09:02:03 $
+$Date: 2021/02/25 09:34:48 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
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--- proprietary.it.po 23 Feb 2021 09:02:03 -0000 1.275
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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"Project-Id-Version: proprietary.html\n"
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"PO-Revision-Date: 2018-02-01 21:32+0100\n"
"Last-Translator: Andrea Pescetti <pescetti@gnu.org>\n"
"Language-Team: Italian <www-it-traduzioni@gnu.org>\n"
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@
"norma. Il software proprietario moderno è tipicamente una fregatura."
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-# | As of [-April, 2017,-] {+January, 2021,+} the [-files-] {+pages+} in this
+# | As of [-April, 2017,-] {+February, 2021,+} the [-files-] {+pages+} in this
# | directory list around [-3-]{+5+}00 instances of malicious
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+# | [-functionalities,-] {+functionalities (with more than 580 references to
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+"The proprietary program Clubhouse is malware and a privacy disaster. "
+"Cloubhouse <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/20/";
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+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"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 usersâ raw audio, potentially providing access to the Chinese
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+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Even with good security of data transmission, collecting personal data of "
+"people is wrong and a violation of people's privacy rights."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Microsoft is <a href=\"https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/";
+"microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows\">forcibly "
+"removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
+"backdoor in Windows</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The fact that Flash has been <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
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+"power. The nature of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives "
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+
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+ display: block;</em></ins></span>
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class="removed"><del><strong>2017,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>2021,</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>files</strong></del></span> <span
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<span class="removed"><del><strong>260</strong></del></span> <span
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-instances of malicious <span
class="removed"><del><strong>functionalities,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>functionalities (with more than 570 references to
+<p>As of <span class="removed"><del><strong>January,
2017,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>February,
2021,</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>files</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>pages</em></ins></span> in this directory list around
<span class="removed"><del><strong>260</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>500</em></ins></span>
+instances of malicious <span
class="removed"><del><strong>functionalities,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>functionalities (with more than 580 references to
back them up),</em></ins></span> but there are surely thousands more we don't
know about.</p>
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@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@
<li><a href="/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html">Malware in
mobile devices</a></li>
<li><a href="/proprietary/malware-kindle-swindle.html">Malware
in</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>make other changes,
subscribe to</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>Amazon
- Swindle</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+ Swindle</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/proprietary/malware-games.html">Malware in
games</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
href="https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/www-malware-commits">mailing
list
<www-malware-commits@gnu.org></a>.</p>
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<tr>
<td>
<ul class="columns"></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-games.html">Malware
in games</a></li>
- <li><a href="/proprietary/malware-appliances.html">Malware in
appliances</a></li>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-appliances.html">Malware
in appliances</a></li>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-appliances.html">Appliances</a></li>
<li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-cars.html">Cars</a></li>
- <li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-games.html">Games</a></li>
- <li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html">Mobiles</a></li>
+ <li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-games.html">Games</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/proprietary-drm.html">Digital</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html">Mobiles</a></li>
<li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-webpages.html">Webpages</a></li>
<li><a
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</ul>
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<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-adobe.html">Adobe</a></li>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-adobe.html">Adobe</a></li>
<li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-amazon.html">Amazon</a></li>
<li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-apple.html">Apple</a></li>
<li><a
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<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-tyrants.html">Tyrants</a>—systems</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li
id="f4"><em>Tether:</em> functionality that requires
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li
id="f4"><em>Tether:</em> functionality</em></ins></span>
that <span class="removed"><del><strong>reject</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>requires
permanent (or very frequent) connection to a server.</li>
- <li id="f5"><em>Tyrant:</em>
system</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>reject</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>rejects</em></ins></span> any operating
+ <li id="f5"><em>Tyrant:</em> system that
rejects</em></ins></span> any operating
system not “authorized” by the manufacturer.</li>
<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
</div>
@@ -228,6 +228,42 @@
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><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 usersâ 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" -->
+ <p>Microsoft is <a
+
href="https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows">forcibly
+ removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>,
using
+ <a href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update">a
+ universal backdoor in Windows</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The fact that Flash has been <a
+ href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#M202012020">disabled
+ by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of power. The nature of
+ proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives the developers
+ power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on the other
+ hand empowers users to make their own decisions.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202102190">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -275,27 +311,6 @@
proprietary software developers B1 … 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>
-
- <li id="M202101130">
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2021-01</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The authorities in Venice track the <a
-
href="https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/venice-control-room-tourism/index.html">
- movements of all tourists</a> using their portable phones. The
article
- says that <em>at present</em> the system is configured to
report only
- aggregated information. But that could be changed. What will that
- system do 10 years from now? What will a similar system in another
- country do? Those are the questions this raises.</p>
- </li>
</ul>
</div></em></ins></span>
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<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/02/23 09:02:03 $
+$Date: 2021/02/25 09:34:49 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
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--- proprietary.ja.po 23 Feb 2021 09:02:03 -0000 1.259
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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
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+"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-02-25 09:27+0000\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: 2017-01-11 11:25+0900\n"
"Last-Translator: NIIBE Yutaka <gniibe@fsij.org>\n"
"Language-Team: Japanese <web-translators-ja@gnu.org>\n"
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@
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#| "more we don't know about."
msgid ""
-"As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 instances "
-"of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to back them "
+"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."
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#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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 usersâ raw audio, potentially providing access to the Chinese
government."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Even with good security of data transmission, collecting personal data of "
+"people is wrong and a violation of people's privacy rights."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Microsoft is <a href=\"https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/";
+"microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows\">forcibly "
+"removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
+"backdoor in Windows</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The fact that Flash has been <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
+"html#M202012020\">disabled by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of "
+"power. The nature of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives "
+"the developers power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on "
+"the other hand empowers users to make their own decisions."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"The Prodigy maths game played in schools at no cost entices students to play "
"it at home, where <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/";
"feb/19/maths-app-targeting-uk-schools-is-criticised-over-premium-model\"> "
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"to mistreat the end user."
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-msgstr ""
-
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msgid "*GNUN-SLOT: TRANSLATOR'S NOTES*"
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-instances of malicious <span
class="removed"><del><strong>functionalities,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>functionalities (with more than 570 references to
+<p>As of <span class="removed"><del><strong>April,
2017,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>February,
2021,</em></ins></span> the <span
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<span class="removed"><del><strong>300</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>500</em></ins></span>
+instances of malicious <span
class="removed"><del><strong>functionalities,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>functionalities (with more than 580 references to
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application programs.</li>
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- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li
id="f4"><em>Tether:</em> functionality that requires
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li
id="f4"><em>Tether:</em> functionality</em></ins></span>
that <span class="removed"><del><strong>reject</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>requires
permanent (or very frequent) connection to a server.</li>
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system</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>reject</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>rejects</em></ins></span> any operating
+ <li id="f5"><em>Tyrant:</em> system that
rejects</em></ins></span> any operating
system not “authorized” by the manufacturer.</li>
<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><a
href="/proprietary/potential-malware.html">Potential
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</ul>
@@ -223,6 +223,42 @@
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><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 usersâ 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" -->
+ <p>Microsoft is <a
+
href="https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows">forcibly
+ removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>,
using
+ <a href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update">a
+ universal backdoor in Windows</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The fact that Flash has been <a
+ href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#M202012020">disabled
+ by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of power. The nature of
+ proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives the developers
+ power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on the other
+ hand empowers users to make their own decisions.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202102190">
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class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -270,27 +306,6 @@
proprietary software developers B1 … 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>
-
- <li id="M202101130">
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2021-01</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The authorities in Venice track the <a
-
href="https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/venice-control-room-tourism/index.html">
- movements of all tourists</a> using their portable phones. The
article
- says that <em>at present</em> the system is configured to
report only
- aggregated information. But that could be changed. What will that
- system do 10 years from now? What will a similar system in another
- country do? Those are the questions this raises.</p>
- </li>
</ul>
</div></em></ins></span>
@@ -354,7 +369,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/02/23 09:02:03 $
+$Date: 2021/02/25 09:34:49 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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retrieving revision 1.249
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diff -u -b -r1.249 -r1.250
--- proprietary.nl.po 23 Feb 2021 09:02:03 -0000 1.249
+++ proprietary.nl.po 25 Feb 2021 09:34:49 -0000 1.250
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
msgid ""
msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: proprietary.html\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-02-23 08:55+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-02-25 09:27+0000\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: 2017-11-24 22:20+0100\n"
"Last-Translator: Justin van Steijn <jvs@fsfe.org>\n"
"Language-Team: Dutch <www-nl-translators@gnu.org>\n"
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@
"je meestal belazerd."
#. type: Content of: <div><p>
-# | As of [-April, 2019,-] {+January, 2021,+} the [-files-] {+pages+} in this
+# | As of [-April, 2019,-] {+February, 2021,+} the [-files-] {+pages+} in this
# | directory list around [-4-]{+5+}00 instances of malicious
-# | [-functionalities,-] {+functionalities (with more than 570 references to
+# | [-functionalities,-] {+functionalities (with more than 580 references to
# | back them up),+} but there are surely thousands more we don't know about.
#, fuzzy
#| msgid ""
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@
#| "of malicious functionalities, but there are surely thousands more we "
#| "don't know about."
msgid ""
-"As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 instances "
-"of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to back them "
+"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."
msgstr ""
"Anno april 2019 staan er in dit overzicht ongeveer 400 gevallen van "
@@ -388,6 +388,47 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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 usersâ raw audio, potentially providing access to the Chinese
government."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Even with good security of data transmission, collecting personal data of "
+"people is wrong and a violation of people's privacy rights."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Microsoft is <a href=\"https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/";
+"microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows\">forcibly "
+"removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
+"backdoor in Windows</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The fact that Flash has been <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
+"html#M202012020\">disabled by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of "
+"power. The nature of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives "
+"the developers power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on "
+"the other hand empowers users to make their own decisions."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"The Prodigy maths game played in schools at no cost entices students to play "
"it at home, where <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/";
"feb/19/maths-app-targeting-uk-schools-is-criticised-over-premium-model\"> "
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"to mistreat the end user."
msgstr ""
-#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
-msgid ""
-"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-";
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-"China</a>, using software update released in September 2020, which causes "
-"many unease and privacy concerns."
-msgstr ""
-
-#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
-msgid ""
-"The authorities in Venice track the <a href=\"https://edition.cnn.com/travel/";
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-"a> using their portable phones. The article says that <em>at present</em> "
-"the system is configured to report only aggregated information. But that "
-"could be changed. What will that system do 10 years from now? What will a "
-"similar system in another country do? Those are the questions this raises."
-msgstr ""
-
#. TRANSLATORS: Use space (SPC) as msgstr if you don't have notes.
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msgid "*GNUN-SLOT: TRANSLATOR'S NOTES*"
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retrieving revision 1.261
diff -u -b -r1.260 -r1.261
--- proprietary.pl-diff.html 23 Feb 2021 09:02:03 -0000 1.260
+++ proprietary.pl-diff.html 25 Feb 2021 09:34:49 -0000 1.261
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
#skiplinks .button</em></ins></span> { float: <span
class="removed"><del><strong>right; margin-bottom:</strong></del></span> <span
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<span class="removed"><del><strong>div.malfunctions</strong></del></span>
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1.1em; font-style: italic; }
-table#TOC {
- display: block;</em></ins></span>
+#about-section { font-size: 1.1em; font-style: italic; }
+table#TOC</em></ins></span> {
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>display: block;</em></ins></span>
max-width: <span class="removed"><del><strong>27em;</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>100%;
overflow: auto;
border: .2em solid #e0dfda;
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-#TOC ol li</em></ins></span> { <span class="removed"><del><strong>margin-top:
1em;</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>margin: .5em 5%; }
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- #skiplinks a, #skiplinks a:visited {
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+ #skiplinks a, #skiplinks a:visited</em></ins></span> { <span
class="removed"><del><strong>margin-top: 1em;</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>color: #004caa;
text-decoration: none;
}
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@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@
<hr class="thin" />
</div>
-<p>As</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>product</strong></li></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>January, 2021, the pages in this directory
list around 500
-instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to
+<p>As</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>product</strong></li></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>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,
@@ -168,17 +168,17 @@
<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><strong>Type of
malware</strong></li></strong></del></span>
<li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-back-doors.html">Back
doors</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-appliances.html">Appliances</a></li>
<li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-cars.html">Cars</a></li>
- <li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-games.html">Games</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary/proprietary-censorship.html">Censorship</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html">Mobiles</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-insecurity.html">Insecurity</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-webpages.html">Webpages</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-sabotage.html">Sabotage</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-in-online-conferencing.html">Conferencing</a></li>
+ <li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-games.html">Games</a></li>
+ <li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html">Mobiles</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary/proprietary-censorship.html">Censorship</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-webpages.html">Webpages</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-insecurity.html">Insecurity</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-in-online-conferencing.html">Conferencing</a></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-adobe.html">Adobe</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-interference.html">Interference</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-amazon.html">Amazon</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-surveillance.html">Surveillance</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-apple.html">Apple</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-drm.html">Digital</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-google.html">Google</a></li>
- <li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html">Microsoft</a></li>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-sabotage.html">Sabotage</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-amazon.html">Amazon</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-interference.html">Interference</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-apple.html">Apple</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-surveillance.html">Surveillance</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-google.html">Google</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-drm.html">Digital</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html">Microsoft</a></li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
@@ -222,6 +222,42 @@
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><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 usersâ 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" -->
+ <p>Microsoft is <a
+
href="https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows">forcibly
+ removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>,
using
+ <a href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update">a
+ universal backdoor in Windows</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The fact that Flash has been <a
+ href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#M202012020">disabled
+ by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of power. The nature of
+ proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives the developers
+ power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on the other
+ hand empowers users to make their own decisions.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202102190">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -269,27 +305,6 @@
proprietary software developers B1 … 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>
-
- <li id="M202101130">
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2021-01</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The authorities in Venice track the <a
-
href="https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/venice-control-room-tourism/index.html">
- movements of all tourists</a> using their portable phones. The
article
- says that <em>at present</em> the system is configured to
report only
- aggregated information. But that could be changed. What will that
- system do 10 years from now? What will a similar system in another
- country do? Those are the questions this raises.</p>
- </li>
</ul>
</div></em></ins></span>
@@ -353,7 +368,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/02/23 09:02:03 $
+$Date: 2021/02/25 09:34:49 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary.pl.po
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.pl.po,v
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retrieving revision 1.243
diff -u -b -r1.242 -r1.243
--- proprietary.pl.po 23 Feb 2021 09:02:03 -0000 1.242
+++ proprietary.pl.po 25 Feb 2021 09:34:49 -0000 1.243
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
msgid ""
msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: proprietary.html\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-02-23 08:55+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-02-25 09:27+0000\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: 2015-07-31 20:51-0600\n"
"Last-Translator: Jan Owoc <jsowoc AT gmail.com>\n"
"Language-Team: Polish <www-pl-trans@gnu.org>\n"
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><p>
msgid ""
-"As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 instances "
-"of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to back them "
+"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."
msgstr ""
@@ -569,6 +569,47 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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 usersâ raw audio, potentially providing access to the Chinese
government."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Even with good security of data transmission, collecting personal data of "
+"people is wrong and a violation of people's privacy rights."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Microsoft is <a href=\"https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/";
+"microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows\">forcibly "
+"removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
+"backdoor in Windows</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The fact that Flash has been <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
+"html#M202012020\">disabled by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of "
+"power. The nature of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives "
+"the developers power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on "
+"the other hand empowers users to make their own decisions."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"The Prodigy maths game played in schools at no cost entices students to play "
"it at home, where <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/";
"feb/19/maths-app-targeting-uk-schools-is-criticised-over-premium-model\"> "
@@ -618,25 +659,6 @@
"to mistreat the end user."
msgstr ""
-#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
-msgid ""
-"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."
-msgstr ""
-
-#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
-msgid ""
-"The authorities in Venice track the <a href=\"https://edition.cnn.com/travel/";
-"article/venice-control-room-tourism/index.html\"> movements of all tourists</"
-"a> using their portable phones. The article says that <em>at present</em> "
-"the system is configured to report only aggregated information. But that "
-"could be changed. What will that system do 10 years from now? What will a "
-"similar system in another country do? Those are the questions this raises."
-msgstr ""
-
#. TRANSLATORS: Use space (SPC) as msgstr if you don't have notes.
#. type: Content of: <div>
msgid "*GNUN-SLOT: TRANSLATOR'S NOTES*"
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===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.pot,v
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retrieving revision 1.240
diff -u -b -r1.239 -r1.240
--- proprietary.pot 23 Feb 2021 09:02:03 -0000 1.239
+++ proprietary.pot 25 Feb 2021 09:34:49 -0000 1.240
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
msgid ""
msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: proprietary.html\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-02-23 08:55+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-02-25 09:27+0000\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
"Language: \n"
"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
-"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=CHARSET\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
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#. type: Content of: <div><p>
msgid ""
-"As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 instances "
-"of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to back them "
+"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."
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@@ -280,6 +280,48 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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 usersâ raw audio, potentially providing access to the Chinese
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+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Even with good security of data transmission, collecting personal data of "
+"people is wrong and a violation of people's privacy rights."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Microsoft is <a "
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"
+"removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
+"backdoor in Windows</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The fact that Flash has been <a "
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+"their decisions on users; Free software on the other hand empowers users to "
+"make their own decisions."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"The Prodigy maths game played in schools at no cost entices students to play "
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"to mistreat the end user."
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-
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diff -u -b -r1.391 -r1.392
--- proprietary.pt-br.po 23 Feb 2021 09:02:03 -0000 1.391
+++ proprietary.pt-br.po 25 Feb 2021 09:34:49 -0000 1.392
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
msgid ""
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"Project-Id-Version: proprietary.html\n"
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+"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-02-25 09:27+0000\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: 2021-02-07 15:33-0300\n"
"Last-Translator: Rafael Fontenelle <rafaelff@gnome.org>\n"
"Language-Team: Brazilian Portuguese <www-pt-br-general@gnu.org>\n"
@@ -98,9 +98,14 @@
"de ser mal."
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+#, fuzzy
+#| msgid ""
+#| "As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 "
+#| "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to "
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"Até janeiro de 2021, as páginas neste diretório listam quase 500 exemplos
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+"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 "
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+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"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 usersâ raw audio, potentially providing access to the Chinese
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+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Even with good security of data transmission, collecting personal data of "
+"people is wrong and a violation of people's privacy rights."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Microsoft is <a href=\"https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/";
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+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
+"backdoor in Windows</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"power. The nature of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives "
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+"the other hand empowers users to make their own decisions."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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"The Prodigy maths game played in schools at no cost entices students to play "
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-"As autoridades em Veneza rastreiam os <a href=\"https://edition.cnn.com/";
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msgstr "Ãltima atualização:"
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+#~ msgstr ""
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+
+#~ msgid ""
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diff -u -b -r1.474 -r1.475
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msgid ""
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msgstr "Ðбновлено:"
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+#~ "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-";
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Index: proprietary.tr.po
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.tr.po,v
retrieving revision 1.125
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diff -u -b -r1.125 -r1.126
--- proprietary.tr.po 23 Feb 2021 09:02:03 -0000 1.125
+++ proprietary.tr.po 25 Feb 2021 09:34:49 -0000 1.126
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"Language-Team: Turkish <www-tr-comm@gnu.org>\n"
@@ -99,9 +99,14 @@
"Modern özel mülk yazılımın genellikle sahip olduÄu bir yoldur."
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+#| "As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 "
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<span class="inserted"><ins><em><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 usersâ 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" -->
+ <p>Microsoft is <a
+
href="https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows">forcibly
+ removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>,
using
+ <a href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update">a
+ universal backdoor in Windows</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The fact that Flash has been <a
+ href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#M202012020">disabled
+ by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of power. The nature of
+ proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives the developers
+ power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on the other
+ hand empowers users to make their own decisions.</p>
+ </li>
+
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class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
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proprietary software developers B1 … B50 into making platforms for
A to mistreat the end user.</p>
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- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
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- <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
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released
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- movements of all tourists</a> using their portable phones. The
article
- says that <em>at present</em> the system is configured to
report only
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- system do 10 years from now? What will a similar system in another
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<p class="unprintable">Updated:
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Index: proprietary.zh-tw.po
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.zh-tw.po,v
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retrieving revision 1.230
diff -u -b -r1.229 -r1.230
--- proprietary.zh-tw.po 23 Feb 2021 09:02:03 -0000 1.229
+++ proprietary.zh-tw.po 25 Feb 2021 09:34:49 -0000 1.230
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
msgid ""
msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: proprietary.html\n"
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+"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-02-25 09:27+0000\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: 2020-02-08 17:12+0800\n"
"Last-Translator: Cheng-Chia Tseng <pswo10680@gmail.com>\n"
"Language-Team: Traditional Chinese <www-zh-tw-translators@gnu.org>\n"
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"æ¹å¼çºå°æè»é«ã"
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-# | As of [-April, 2017,-] {+January, 2021,+} the [-files-] {+pages+} in this
+# | As of [-April, 2017,-] {+February, 2021,+} the [-files-] {+pages+} in this
# | directory list around [-3-]{+5+}00 instances of malicious
-# | [-functionalities,-] {+functionalities (with more than 570 references to
+# | [-functionalities,-] {+functionalities (with more than 580 references to
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#, fuzzy
#| msgid ""
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@
#| "of malicious functionalities, but there are surely thousands more we "
#| "don't know about."
msgid ""
-"As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 instances "
-"of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to back them "
+"As of February, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 instances "
+"of malicious functionalities (with more than 580 references to back them "
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msgid ""
+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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 usersâ raw audio, potentially providing access to the Chinese
government."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Even with good security of data transmission, collecting personal data of "
+"people is wrong and a violation of people's privacy rights."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Microsoft is <a href=\"https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/";
+"microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows\">forcibly "
+"removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
+"backdoor in Windows</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The fact that Flash has been <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
+"html#M202012020\">disabled by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of "
+"power. The nature of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives "
+"the developers power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on "
+"the other hand empowers users to make their own decisions."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"The Prodigy maths game played in schools at no cost entices students to play "
"it at home, where <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/";
"feb/19/maths-app-targeting-uk-schools-is-criticised-over-premium-model\"> "
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"to mistreat the end user."
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-msgid ""
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-"China</a>, using software update released in September 2020, which causes "
-"many unease and privacy concerns."
-msgstr ""
-
-#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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-"The authorities in Venice track the <a href=\"https://edition.cnn.com/travel/";
-"article/venice-control-room-tourism/index.html\"> movements of all tourists</"
-"a> using their portable phones. The article says that <em>at present</em> "
-"the system is configured to report only aggregated information. But that "
-"could be changed. What will that system do 10 years from now? What will a "
-"similar system in another country do? Those are the questions this raises."
-msgstr ""
-
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#. type: Content of: <div>
msgid "*GNUN-SLOT: TRANSLATOR'S NOTES*"
Index: pt-br.po
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/pt-br.po,v
retrieving revision 1.359
retrieving revision 1.360
diff -u -b -r1.359 -r1.360
--- pt-br.po 23 Feb 2021 09:02:05 -0000 1.359
+++ pt-br.po 25 Feb 2021 09:34:49 -0000 1.360
@@ -4992,6 +4992,24 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"Microsoft is <a href=\"https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/";
+"microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows\">forcibly "
+"removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
+"backdoor in Windows</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The fact that Flash has been <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
+"html#M202012020\">disabled by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of "
+"power. The nature of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives "
+"the developers power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on "
+"the other hand empowers users to make their own decisions."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"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>."
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#, fuzzy
#| msgid ""
#| "As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 "
-#| "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 560 references to "
+#| "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to "
#| "back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
msgid ""
-"As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 instances "
-"of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to back them "
+"As of February, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 instances "
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msgstr ""
"Até janeiro de 2021, as páginas neste diretório listam quase 500 exemplos
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-"funcionalidades maliciosas (com mais de 560 referências para confirmá-las),
"
+"funcionalidades maliciosas (com mais de 570 referências para confirmá-las),
"
"mas com certeza há mais milhares das quais nós não temos conhecimento."
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#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"The proprietary program Clubhouse is malware and a privacy disaster. "
+"Cloubhouse <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/20/";
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+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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 usersâ raw audio, potentially providing access to the Chinese
government."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Even with good security of data transmission, collecting personal data of "
+"people is wrong and a violation of people's privacy rights."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"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> "
@@ -10762,6 +10803,21 @@
#, fuzzy
#~| msgid ""
+#~| "As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 "
+#~| "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 560 references to "
+#~| "back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
+#~ msgid ""
+#~ "As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 "
+#~ "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to "
+#~ "back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
+#~ msgstr ""
+#~ "Até janeiro de 2021, as páginas neste diretório listam quase 500
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+#~ "las), mas com certeza há mais milhares das quais nós não temos "
+#~ "conhecimento."
+
+#, fuzzy
+#~| msgid ""
#~| "Microsoft has been <a href=\"https://borncity.com/win/2019/01/17/";
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Index: ru.po
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/ru.po,v
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retrieving revision 1.608
diff -u -b -r1.607 -r1.608
--- ru.po 23 Feb 2021 08:49:58 -0000 1.607
+++ ru.po 25 Feb 2021 09:34:50 -0000 1.608
@@ -6056,6 +6056,24 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"Microsoft is <a href=\"https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/";
+"microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows\">forcibly "
+"removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
+"backdoor in Windows</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The fact that Flash has been <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
+"html#M202012020\">disabled by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of "
+"power. The nature of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives "
+"the developers power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on "
+"the other hand empowers users to make their own decisions."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"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>."
@@ -10866,22 +10884,22 @@
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+"СÑÑаÑÐµÐ³Ð¸Ñ <a
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"ÑпоÑоб даÑÑ ÑÐµÐ±Ñ Ð¾Ð´ÑÑаÑиÑÑ."
#. type: Content of: <div><p>
+# | As of [-January,-] {+February,+} 2021, the pages in this directory list
+# | around 500 instances of malicious functionalities (with more than
+# | 5[-7-]{+8+}0 references to back them up), but there are surely thousands
+# | more we don't know about.
+#, fuzzy
+#| msgid ""
+#| "As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 "
+#| "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to "
+#| "back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
msgid ""
-"As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 instances "
-"of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to back them "
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#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
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+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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 usersâ raw audio, potentially providing access to the Chinese
government."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Even with good security of data transmission, collecting personal data of "
+"people is wrong and a violation of people's privacy rights."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"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> "
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msgstr "<a href=\"/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html#content\">Microsoft</a>"
#~ msgid ""
+#~ "As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 "
+#~ "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to "
+#~ "back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
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#~ "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” program</a> on computers running certain "
Index: tr.po
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/tr.po,v
retrieving revision 1.145
retrieving revision 1.146
diff -u -b -r1.145 -r1.146
--- tr.po 23 Feb 2021 09:02:09 -0000 1.145
+++ tr.po 25 Feb 2021 09:34:50 -0000 1.146
@@ -4439,6 +4439,24 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"Microsoft is <a href=\"https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/";
+"microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows\">forcibly "
+"removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
+"backdoor in Windows</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The fact that Flash has been <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
+"html#M202012020\">disabled by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of "
+"power. The nature of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives "
+"the developers power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on "
+"the other hand empowers users to make their own decisions."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"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>."
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#. type: Content of: <div><p>
#, fuzzy
#| msgid ""
-#| "As of November, 2020, the pages in this directory list around 450 "
-#| "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 550 references to "
+#| "As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 "
+#| "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to "
#| "back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
msgid ""
-"As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 instances "
-"of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to back them "
+"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."
msgstr ""
-"Kasım 2020 itibarıyla bu dizindeki sayfalar (destekleyen 550'den fazla "
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listeliyor, "
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#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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 usersâ raw audio, potentially providing access to the Chinese
government."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Even with good security of data transmission, collecting personal data of "
+"people is wrong and a violation of people's privacy rights."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"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> "
@@ -9699,6 +9740,20 @@
msgid "<a href=\"/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html#content\">Microsoft</a>"
msgstr "<a href=\"/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html#content\">Microsoft</a>"
+#, fuzzy
+#~| msgid ""
+#~| "As of November, 2020, the pages in this directory list around 450 "
+#~| "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 550 references to "
+#~| "back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
+#~ msgid ""
+#~ "As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 "
+#~ "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to "
+#~ "back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
+#~ msgstr ""
+#~ "Kasım 2020 itibarıyla bu dizindeki sayfalar (destekleyen 550'den fazla "
+#~ "referansla birlikte) yaklaÅık 450 kötücül iÅlevsellik örneÄini "
+#~ "listeliyor, ancak muhakkak henüz bilmediÄimiz binlercesi vardır."
+
#~ msgid "<a href=\"#content\"><span>BACK TO TOP </span>⮝</a>"
#~ msgstr "<a href=\"#content\"><span>SAYFA BAÅI </span>⮝</a>"
Index: zh-cn.po
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/zh-cn.po,v
retrieving revision 1.148
retrieving revision 1.149
diff -u -b -r1.148 -r1.149
--- zh-cn.po 23 Feb 2021 09:02:09 -0000 1.148
+++ zh-cn.po 25 Feb 2021 09:34:50 -0000 1.149
@@ -4383,6 +4383,24 @@
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+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
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+"The fact that Flash has been <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors."
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+"power. The nature of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives "
+"the developers power to impose their decisions on users; Free software on "
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"One version of Windows 10 <a href=\"https://www.ghacks.net/2018/09/12/";
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#| "back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
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+"The proprietary program Clubhouse is malware and a privacy disaster. "
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+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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 usersâ raw audio, potentially providing access to the Chinese
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+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Even with good security of data transmission, collecting personal data of "
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+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"The HonorLock online exam proctoring program is a surveillance tool that <a "
"href=\"https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/students-are-pushing-back-";
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+#~| "As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 "
+#~| "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 560 references to "
+#~| "back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
+#~ msgid ""
+#~ "As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500 "
+#~ "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to "
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+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">a universal "
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"One version of Windows 10 <a href=\"https://www.ghacks.net/2018/09/12/";
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+#~| "of malicious functionalities, but there are surely thousands more we "
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