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Therese Godefroy |
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www/proprietary/po all.fr.po |
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Date: |
Tue, 27 Apr 2021 10:05:23 -0400 (EDT) |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Therese Godefroy <th_g> 21/04/27 10:05:23
Added files:
proprietary/po : all.fr.po
Log message:
New malware list.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/all.fr.po?cvsroot=www&rev=1.1
Patches:
Index: all.fr.po
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+# French translation of https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/all.html
+# Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the original article.
+# Thérèse Godefroy <godef.th AT free.fr>, 2021.
+#
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: all.html\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-04-27 12:55+0000\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2021-04-26 15:08+0200\n"
+"Last-Translator: Thérèse Godefroy <godef.th AT free.fr>\n"
+"Language-Team: French <trad-gnu@april.org>\n"
+"Language: fr\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+#. type: Content of: <title>
+msgid "Additions to the Malware Section - GNU Project - Free Software
Foundation"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><a>
+msgid "<a id=\"side-menu-button\" class=\"switch\" href=\"#navlinks\">"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Attribute 'title' of: <div><a><img>
+msgid "Section contents"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Attribute 'alt' of: <div><a><img>
+msgid " [Section contents] "
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div>
+msgid "</a>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><p><a>
+msgid "<a href=\"/\">"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Attribute 'title' of: <div><p><a><img>
+msgid "GNU Home"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><p>
+msgid "</a> / <a
href=\"/proprietary/proprietary.html\">Malware</a> /"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><h2>
+msgid "Additions to the Malware Section"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><p>
+msgid ""
+"These are all the malware items that have been added to this directory since "
+"2018, in reverse chronological order. (In some cases, the latest reference "
+"was updated after the item was added.)"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><small>
+msgid "<small class='date-tag'>Added:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><small>
+msgid "— Latest reference:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. #echo encoding='none' var='PUB'
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
+msgid "</small>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"<a "
+"href=\"https://www.wired.com/story/weddings-social-media-apps-photos-memories-miscarriage-problem/\";>WeddingWire
"
+"app saves people's wedding photos forever and hands over data to others</a>, "
+"and gives people no control over their personal information/data. The app "
+"also sometimes shows old photos and memories to the user without user having "
+"control over this."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"A zero-day vulnerability in Zoom which <a "
+"href=\"https://www.zdnet.com/article/critical-zoom-vulnerability-triggers-remote-code-execution-without-user-input/\";>can
"
+"be used to launch remote code execution (RCE) attacks</a> has been disclosed "
+"by researchers. The researchers demonstrated a three-bug attack chain that "
+"caused an RCE on a target machine, and all without any form of user "
+"interaction."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Google <a "
+"href=\"https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/disha-ravi-arrest-puts-privacy-of-all-google-india-users-in-doubt-1769772-2021-02-16\";>handed
"
+"over personal data of Indian protesters and activists to Indian police</a> "
+"which led to their arrest. The cops requested the IP address and the "
+"location where a document was created and with that information, they "
+"identified protesters and activists."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"BMW is trying to <a "
+"href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/2/21311332/bmw-in-car-purchase-heated-seats-software-over-the-air-updates\";>lock
"
+"certain features of its cars, and force people to pay to use part of the car "
+"they already bought</a>. This is done through forced update of the car "
+"software via a radio-operated back door."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Amazon's monopoly and DRM is <a "
+"href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/03/10/amazon-library-ebook-monopoly/\";>stopping
"
+"public libraries from lending e-books and audiobooks</a>. Amazon became "
+"powerful in e-book world by <a "
+"href=\"/philosophy/why-call-it-the-swindle.html\">Swindle</a>, and is now "
+"misusing its power and violates people's rights using <a "
+"href=\"https://www.defectivebydesign.org\";>Digital Restrictions "
+"Management</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The article is written in a way that endorses DRM in general, which is "
+"unacceptable. <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-drm.html\">DRM is an "
+"injustice to people</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"<a "
+"href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-09/hackers-expose-tesla-jails-in-breach-of-150-000-security-cams\";>Over
"
+"150 thousand security cameras that used Verkada company's proprietary "
+"software are cracked</a> by a major security breach. Crackers have had "
+"access to security archives of various gyms, hospitals, jails, schools, and "
+"police stations that have used Verdaka's cameras."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"<a href=\"/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html\">It is injustice to "
+"the public</a> for gyms, stores, hospitals, jails, and schools to hand "
+"“security” footage to a company from which the government can "
+"collect it at any time, without even telling them."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"<small>Please note that the article wrongly refers to crackers as “<a "
+"href=\"/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Hacker\">hackers</a>”.</small>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"TV manufacturers are turning to produce only “Smart” TV sets "
+"(which include spyware) that <a "
+"href=\"https://frame.work/blog/in-defense-of-dumb-tvs\";>it's now very hard "
+"to find a TV that doesn't spy on you</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"It appears that those manufacturers business model is not to produce TV and "
+"sell them for money, but to collect your personal data and (possibly) hand "
+"over them to others for benefit."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Tiny Lab Productions, along with online ad businesses run by Google, Twitter "
+"and three other companies are facing a lawsuit <a "
+"href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/12/technology/kids-apps-data-privacy-google-twitter.html\";>for
"
+"violating people's privacy by collecting their data from mobile games and "
+"handing over these data to other companies/advertisers</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"At least 30 thousand organizations in the United States are newly “<a "
+"href=\"/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Hacker\">cracked</a>” via <a "
+"href=\"https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/03/at-least-30000-u-s-organizations-newly-hacked-via-holes-in-microsofts-email-software/\";>holes
"
+"in Microsoft's proprietary email software, named Microsoft 365</a>. It is "
+"unclear whether there are other holes and vulnerabilities in the program or "
+"not but history and experience tells us it wouldn't be the last disaster "
+"with proprietary programs."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Researchers at the security firm SentinelOne discovered a <a "
+"href=\"https://www.wired.com/story/windows-defender-vulnerability-twelve-years/\";>security
"
+"flaw in proprietary program Microsoft Windows Defender that lurked "
+"undetected for 12 years</a>. If the program was free (as in freedom), more "
+"people would have had a chance to notice the problem, therefore, it could've "
+"been fixed a lot sooner."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Proprietary programs Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and WebEx <a "
+"href=\"https://www.consumerreports.org/video-conferencing-services/videoconferencing-privacy-issues-google-microsoft-webex/\";>are
"
+"collecting user's personal and identifiable data</a> including how long a "
+"call lasts, who's participating in the call, and the IP addresses of "
+"everyone taking part. From experience, this can even harm users physically "
+"if those companies hand over data to governments."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The proprietary program Microsoft Teams' insecurity <a "
+"href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2020/04/27/your-whole-companys-microsoft-teams-data-couldve-been-stolen-with-an-evil-gif\";>could
"
+"have let a malicious GIF steal user data from Microsoft Teams accounts</a>, "
+"possibly across an entire company, and taken control of “an "
+"organization's entire roster of Teams accounts.”"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Microsoft is <a "
+"href=\"https://www.slashgear.com/windows-10-users-are-grumpy-over-forced-updates-and-unwanted-apps-18643135/\";>forcing
"
+"Windows users</a> to <a "
+"href=\"https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/manage-updates-in-windows-10-643e9ea7-3cf6-7da6-a25c-95d4f7f099fe\";>install
"
+"upgrades it pushes</a> using <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update\">its "
+"universal back doors</a>. These upgrades can do various harms to users such "
+"as restricting computers from some functions and/or forcing users to "
+"defenselessly do whatever Microsoft tells them to do."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The proprietary program Clubhouse is malware and a privacy "
+"disaster. Clubhouse <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 users' 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\";>
"
+"the company tries to lure them into paying for a premium subscription</a> in "
+"exchange for mere cosmetic features that, at school, underline the "
+"socioeconomic gap between those who can afford it and those who can't."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The strategy of <a href=\"/education/edu-schools.html\">using schools as a "
+"fishing pool for customers</a> is a common practice traditionally adopted by "
+"nonfree software companies."
+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> such as face, driving license, and network "
+"information, among others, in blatant violation of students' privacy."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Preventing students from cheating should not be an excuse for running "
+"malware/spyware on their computers, and it's good that students are "
+"protesting. But their petitions overlook a crucial issue, namely, the "
+"injustice of being forced to run nonfree software in order to get an "
+"education."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Many cr…apps, developed by various companies for various "
+"organizations, do <a "
+"href=\"https://www.expressvpn.com/digital-security-lab/investigation-xoth\";> "
+"location tracking unknown to those companies and those organizations</a>. "
+"It's actually some widely used libraries that do the tracking."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"What's unusual here is that proprietary software developer A tricks "
+"proprietary software developers B1 … B50 into making platforms for A "
+"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 ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"A cracker <a "
+"href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7apnn/your-cock-is-mine-now-hacker-locks-internet-connected-chastity-cage-demands-ransom\";>took
"
+"control of people's internet-connected chastity cages and demanded "
+"ransom</a>. The chastity cages are being controlled by a proprietary app "
+"(mobile program)."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"<small>(Please note that the article wrongly refers to crackers as \"<a "
+"href=\"/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Hacker\">hackers</a>\".)</small>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"As of 2021, WhatsApp (one of Facebook's subsidiaries) is <a "
+"href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlypage/2021/01/08/whatsapp-tells-users-share-your-data-with-facebook-or-well-deactivate-your-account/\";>forcing
"
+"its users to hand over sensitive personal data</a> to its parent "
+"company. This increases Facebook's power over users, and further jeopardizes "
+"people's privacy and security."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Instead of WhatsApp you can use <a "
+"href=\"https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Jami\";>GNU Jami</a>, which is free "
+"software and will not collect your data."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Many popular mobile games include a random-reward system called <a "
+"href=\"#gacha\"><i>gacha</i></a> which is especially effective on "
+"children. One variant of gacha was declared illegal in Japan in 2012, but "
+"the other variants are still <a "
+"href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2016/04/04/japanese-mobile-gaming-still-cant-shake-off-the-spectre-of-exploitation/\";>
"
+"luring players into compulsively spending</a> inordinate amounts of money on "
+"virtual toys."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Most Internet connected devices in Mozilla's <a "
+"href=\"https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded\";>“Privacy "
+"Not Included”</a> list <a "
+"href=\"https://foundation.mozilla.org/privacynotincluded/arlo-video-doorbell\";>are
"
+"designed to snoop on users</a> even if they meet Mozilla's “Minimum "
+"Security Standards.” Insecure 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>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The personal finance management software “Quicken” <a "
+"href=\"https://www.quicken.com/support/quicken-discontinuation-policy\";> has "
+"a discontinuation policy, a.k.a. planned obsolescence</a>, which is an "
+"injustice to users. A free (as in freedom) program would let users control "
+"the software. But when you use a proprietary software, you won't be in "
+"control."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Adobe Flash Player <a "
+"href=\"https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html\";> has a "
+"universal back 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 to every Flash Player through a back door."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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 was an "
+"injustice for many years. Users should have deleted Flash Player even before "
+"its end of life."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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 users can run their own server, "
+"but the program is proprietary and it's another <a "
+"href=\"/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html\">injustice to "
+"users</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"People can play <a "
+"href=\"https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Minetest\";>Minetest</a> "
+"instead. Minetest is free software and respects the user's computer freedom."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"While the world is still struggling with COVID-19 coronavirus, many <a "
+"href=\"https://mashable.com/article/privacy-in-the-age-of-coronavirus/\";>people
"
+"are in danger of surveillance</a> and their computers are infected with "
+"malware as a result of installing proprietary software."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"HP tricked users into installing a mischievous update in their printers that "
+"<a "
+"href=\"https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/ink-stained-wretches-battle-soul-digital-freedom-taking-place-inside-your-printer\";>made
"
+"the devices reject all third-party ink cartridges</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"United States officials are facing one of biggest crackings against them in "
+"years, when <a "
+"href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/dec/15/orion-hack-solar-winds-explained-us-treasury-commerce-department\";>malicious
"
+"code was sneaked into SolarWinds' proprietary software named "
+"Orion</a>. Crackers got access to networks when users downloaded a tainted "
+"software update. Crackers were able to monitor internal emails at some of "
+"the top agencies in the US."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Commercial crackware can <a "
+"href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/dec/20/iphones-vulnerable-to-hacking-tool-for-months-researchers-say\";>
"
+"get passwords out of an iMonster</a>, use the microphone and camera, and "
+"other things."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"<a "
+"href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/18/zoom-helped-china-surveillance/\";>
"
+"A Zoom executive carried out snooping and censorship for China</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"This abuse of Zoom's power shows how dangerous that power is. The root "
+"problem is not the surveillance and censorship, but rather the power that "
+"Zoom has. It gets that power partly from the use of its server, but also "
+"partly from the nonfree client program."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <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=\"https://cybernews.com/security/walmart-exclusive-routers-others-made-in-china-contain-backdoors-to-control-devices/\";>
"
+"this vulnerability is actively exploited</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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 in it "
+"(e.g., through a firmware update) will be detected by the community, and "
+"soon corrected."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"If unfortunately you own a router that runs on 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 can get help from a nearby GNU/Linux user group."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Baidu apps were <a "
+"href=\"https://www.zdnet.com/article/baidus-android-apps-caught-collecting-sensitive-user-details/\";>
"
+"caught collecting sensitive personal data</a> that can be used for lifetime "
+"tracking of users, and putting them in danger. More than 1.4 billion people "
+"worldwide are affected by these proprietary apps, and users' privacy is "
+"jeopardized by this surveillance tool. Data collected by Baidu may be handed "
+"over to the Chinese government, possibly putting Chinese people in danger."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Microsoft's Office 365 suite enables employers <a "
+"href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/nov/26/microsoft-productivity-score-feature-criticised-workplace-surveillance\";>to
"
+"snoop on each employee</a>. After a public outburst, Microsoft stated that "
+"<a "
+"href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/dec/02/microsoft-apologises-productivity-score-critics-derided-workplace-surveillance\";>it
"
+"would remove this capability</a>. Let's hope so."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Apple has <a "
+"href=\"https://sneak.berlin/20201112/your-computer-isnt-yours\";>implemented "
+"a malware in its computers that imposes surveillance</a> on users and "
+"reports users' computing to Apple."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The reports are even unencrypted and they've been leaking this data for two "
+"years already. This malware is reporting to Apple what user opens what "
+"program at what time. It also gives Apple power to sabotage users' "
+"computing."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"According to FTC, the company behind the Zoom conferencing software <a "
+"href=\"https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/11/zoom-lied-to-users-about-end-to-end-encryption-for-years-ftc-says/\";>has
"
+"lied to users about its end-to-end encryption</a> for years, at least since "
+"2016."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"People can use free (as in freedom) programs such as <a "
+"href=\"https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Jitsi\";>Jitsi</a> or BigBlueButton, "
+"better still if installed in a server controlled by the users."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Riot Games' new anti-cheat is malware; <a "
+"href=\"https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/309320-riot-games-new-anti-cheat-system-runs-at-system-boot-uses-kernel-driver\";>runs
"
+"on system boot at kernel level</a> on Windows. It is insecure software that "
+"increases the attack surface of the operating system."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The Apple iOS version of Zoom <a "
+"href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7e599/zoom-ios-app-sends-data-to-facebook-even-if-you-dont-have-a-facebook-account\";>is
"
+"sending users' data to Facebook</a> even if the user doesn't have a Facebook "
+"account. According to the article, Zoom and Facebook don't even mention this "
+"surveillance on their privacy policy page, making this an obvious violation "
+"of people's privacy even in their own terms."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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 and access to settings."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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
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+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The company behind Zoom does not only deny users' computer freedom by "
+"developing this piece of nonfree software, it also violates users' civil "
+"rights by <a "
+"href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/12/21288995/zoom-blocking-feature-chinese-government-censorship\";>banning
"
+"events and censoring users</a> to serve the agenda of governments."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Freedom respecting programs such as <a "
+"href=\"https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Jitsi\";>Jitsi</a> or BigBlueButton can "
+"be used instead, better still if installed in a server controlled by its "
+"users."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Microsoft is imposing its surveillance on the game of Minecraft by <a "
+"href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/22/21527647/minecraft-microsoft-account-mojang-java\";>requiring
"
+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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 the user's computer freedom. As a bonus, "
+"it offers more options."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Microsoft is <a "
+"href=\"https://www.howtogeek.com/442609/confirmed-windows-10-setup-now-prevents-local-account-creation/\";>tricking
"
+"users to create an account on their network</a> to be able to install and "
+"use the Windows operating system, which is malware. The account can be used "
+"for surveillance and/or violating people's rights in many ways, such as "
+"turning their purchased software to a subscription product."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The addictive Genshin Impact relentlessly <a "
+"href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/games/2020/oct/22/genshin-impact-video-game-slowly-taking-over-the-world\";>coerces
"
+"players to spend money by overwhelming the game play with loot boxes</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Internet-enabled watches with proprietary software are malware, violating "
+"people (specially children's) privacy. In addition, they have a lot of "
+"security flaws. They <a "
+"href=\"https://www.wired.com/story/kid-smartwatch-security-vulnerabilities/\";>
"
+"permit security breakers (and unauthorized people) to access</a> the watch."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Thus, ill-intentioned unauthorized people can intercept communications "
+"between parent and child and spoof messages to and from the watch, possibly "
+"endangering the child."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"<small>(Note that this article misuses the word “<a "
+"href=\"/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Hacker\">hackers</a>” to mean "
+"“crackers.”)</small>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Roblox (among many other games) created anti-features which sucker children "
+"into <a "
+"href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/mar/11/my-kids-spent-600-on-their-ipads-without-my-knowledge\";>
"
+"utilizing third-party payment services without authorization.</a>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The Mellow sous-vide cooker is tethered to a server. The company suddenly <a "
+"href=\"https://www.slashgear.com/mellow-sous-vide-owners-get-unwelcome-subscription-surprise-27630842/\";>
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+"turned this tethering into a subscription</a>, forbidding users from taking "
+"advantage of the “advanced features” of the cooker unless they "
+"pay a monthly fee."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Many employers are using nonfree software, including videoconference "
+"software, to <a "
+"href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/27/shirking-from-home-staff-feel-the-heat-as-bosses-ramp-up-remote-surveillance\";>
"
+"surveil and monitor staff working at home</a>. If the program reports "
+"whether you are “active,” that is in effect a malicious "
+"surveillance feature."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Oculus headsets <a "
+"href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/18/21372435/oculus-facebook-login-change-separate-account-support-end-quest-october\";>require
"
+"users to identify themselves to Facebook</a>. This will give Facebook free "
+"rein to pervasively snoop on Oculus users."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Apple is <a "
+"href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/aug/30/this-isnt-the-1990s-apple-under-pressure-from-app-developers\";>
"
+"putting the squeeze on all business</a> conducted through apps for "
+"iMonsters."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"This is a symptom of a very big injustice: that Apple has the power to "
+"decide what software can be installed on an iMonster. That it is a jail."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"New Toyotas will <a "
+"href=\"https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/18/aws_toyota_alliance/\";> upload "
+"data to AWS to help create custom insurance premiums</a> based on driver "
+"behaviour."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Before you buy a “connected” car, make sure you can disconnect "
+"its cellular antenna and its GPS antenna. If you want GPS navigation, get a "
+"separate navigator which runs free software and works with Open Street Map."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Apple can remotely <a "
+"href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/games/2020/aug/18/apple-sets-deadline-in-feud-with-fortnite-maker-epic-games\";>
"
+"cut off any developer's access to the tools for developing software</a> for "
+"iOS or MacOS."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Epic (Apple's target in this example) makes nonfree games which have their "
+"own <a "
+"href=\"https://ekgaming.com/2019/03/17/is-the-epic-games-store-spying-on-your-computer/\";>
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+"malicious features</a>, but that doesn't make it acceptable for Apple to "
+"have this sort of power."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"TikTok <a "
+"href=\"https://boingboing.net/2020/08/11/tiktok-exploited-android-secur.html\";>
"
+"exploited an Android vulnerability</a> to obtain user MAC addresses."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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\";>
"
+"record users' conversations when they had not activated Siri</a>. This was "
+"not just occasional, it was systematic practice."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"His job was to listen to these recordings, in a group that made transcripts "
+"of them. He does not believes that Apple has ceased this practice."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Google Nest <a "
+"href=\"https://blog.google/products/google-nest/partnership-adt-smarter-home-security/\";>
"
+"is taking over ADT</a>. Google sent out a software update to its speaker "
+"devices using their back door <a "
+"href=\"https://www.protocol.com/google-smart-speaker-alarm-adt\";> that "
+"listens for things like smoke alarms</a> and then notifies your phone that "
+"an alarm is happening. This means the devices now listen for more than just "
+"their wake words. Google says the software update was sent out prematurely "
+"and on accident and Google was planning on disclosing this new feature and "
+"offering it to customers who pay for it."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The Focals eyeglass display, with snooping microphone, has been eliminated. "
+"Google eliminated it by buying the manufacturer and shutting it down. It "
+"also <a "
+"href=\"https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/canadian-smart-glasses-going-offline-weeks-after-company-bought-by-google-1.5042010\";>shut
"
+"down the server these devices depend on</a>, which caused the ones already "
+"sold to cease to function."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"It may be a good thing to wipe out this product—for "
+"“smart,” read “snoop”—but Google didn't do "
+"that for the sake of privacy. Rather, it was eliminating competition for "
+"its own snooping product."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"BMW will remotely <a "
+"href=\"https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/bmw-vehicle-as-a-platform/\";> "
+"enable and disable functionality in cars</a> through a universal back door."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"“Bossware” is malware that bosses <a "
+"href=\"https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/inside-invasive-secretive-bossware-tracking-workers\";>
"
+"coerce workers into installing in their own computers</a>, so the bosses can "
+"spy on them."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"This shows why requiring the user's “consent” is not an adequate "
+"basis for protecting digital privacy. The boss can coerce most workers into "
+"consenting to almost anything, even probable exposure to contagious disease "
+"that can be fatal. Software like this should be illegal and bosses that "
+"demand it should be prosecuted for it."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Runescape is a popular online game with some <a "
+"href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/33cd8g/question_why_is_runescape_so_addicting/\";>
"
+"addictive features</a> derived from <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-addictions.html#addictiveness\"> behavioral "
+"manipulation techniques</a>. Certain repetitive aspects of the game, like <a "
+"href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grinding_(video_games)\"> grinding</a>, "
+"can be minimised by becoming a paying member, and can thus encourage "
+"children and impressionable people to spend money on the game."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Most apps are malware, but Trump's campaign app, like Modi's campaign app, "
+"is <a "
+"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>."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"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 to the "
+"Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988, but they're circumventing it through "
+"EULAs."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"<a "
+"href=\"https://www.wired.com/story/ripple20-iot-vulnerabilities/?bxid=5bd66d4c2ddf9c619437e4b8&cndid=9608804&esrc=Wired_etl_load&source=EDT_WIR_NEWSLETTER_0_DAILY_ZZ&utm_bran%5C\";>
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+"A disasterous security bug</a> touches millions of products in the Internet "
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+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid "As a result, anyone can sting the user, not only the manufacturer."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Best Buy made controllable appliances and <a "
+"href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/6/20853671/best-buy-connect-insignia-smart-plug-wifi-freezer-mobile-app-shutdown-november-6\";>
"
+"shut down the service to control them through</a>."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"While it is laudable that Best Buy recognized it was mistreating the "
+"customers by doing so, this doesn't alter the facts that tethering the "
+"device to a particular server is a path to screwing the users, and that it "
+"is a consequence of having nonfree software in the device."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"Wink sells a “smart” home hub that is tethered to a server. In "
+"May 2020, it ordered the purchasers to start <a "
+"href=\"https://www.techhive.com/article/3542631/wink-users-revolt-following-its-sudden-shift-to-a-subscription-model.html\";>
"
+"paying a monthly fee for the use of that server</a>. Because of the "
+"tethering, the hub is useless without that."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"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-disabled-remotely-used-car-update\";>
"
+"disable the autopilot features</a> on people's cars to make them pay extra "
+"for re-enabling the features."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"This kind of malfeature is only possible with proprietary "
+"software—free software is controlled by its users who wouldn't let do "
+"such things to them."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Xiaomi phones <a "
+"href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2020/04/30/exclusive-warning-over-chinese-mobile-giant-xiaomi-recording-millions-of-peoples-private-web-and-phone-use/\";>report
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+"many actions the user takes</a>: starting an app, looking at a folder, "
+"visiting a website, listening to a song. They send device identifying "
+"information too."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"Other nonfree programs snoop too. For instance, Spotify and other streaming "
+"dis-services make a dossier about each user, and <a "
+"href=\"/malware/proprietary-surveillance.html#M201508210\"> they make users "
+"identify themselves to pay</a>. Out, out, damned Spotify!"
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Forbes exonerates the same wrongs when the culprits are not Chinese, but we "
+"condemn this no matter who does it."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"The <a href=\"https://www.google.com/mobile/android/market-tos.html\";> "
+"Google Play Terms of Service</a> insist that the user of Android accept the "
+"presence of universal back doors in apps released by Google."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The CIA exploited existing vulnerabilities in “smart” TVs and "
+"phones to design a malware that <a "
+"href=\"https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/wikileaks-vault-7-android-iphone-cia-phones-handsets-tv-smart-julian-assange-a7616651.html\";>
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+"spies through their microphones and cameras while making them appear to be "
+"turned off</a>. Since the spyware sniffs signals, it bypasses encryption."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The Alipay Health Code app estimates whether the user has Covid-19 and <a "
+"href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/01/business/china-coronavirus-surveillance.html\";>
"
+"tells the cops directly</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Internet-tethered Amazon Ring had a security vulnerability that enabled "
+"attackers to <a "
+"href=\"https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2019/11/07/amazons-ring-doorbells-leaks-customers-wi-fi-username-and-password\";>
"
+"access the user's wifi password</a>, and snoop on the household through "
+"connected surveillance devices."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"Knowledge of the wifi password would not be sufficient to carry out any "
+"significant surveillance if the devices implemented proper security, "
+"including encryption. But many devices with proprietary software lack "
+"this. Of course, they are also used by their manufacturers for snooping."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/us/politics/totok-app-uae.html\";> "
+"spying tool for the government of the United Arab Emirates</a>. Any nonfree "
+"program could be doing this, and that is a good reason to use free software "
+"instead."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"href=\"https://www.itpro.co.uk/security/internet-security/354417/avast-and-avg-extensions-pulled-from-chrome\";>
"
+"snoop on users' detailed browsing habits</a>. Mozilla and Google removed the "
+"problematic extensions from their stores, but this shows once more how "
+"unsafe nonfree software can be. Tools that are supposed to protect a "
+"proprietary system are, instead, infecting it with additional malware (the "
+"system itself being the original malware)."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"to give the program, and then <a "
+"href=\"https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/07/10/android-apps-sidestepping-permissions-to-access-sensitive-data/\";>
"
+"bypassing these permissions</a>."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"isolated sandboxes, but developers have found ways to access the data by "
+"other means, and there is nothing the user can do to stop them from doing "
+"so, since both the system and the apps are nonfree."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"href=\"https://boingboing.net/2019/12/17/cars-now-run-on-the-new-oil.html\";> "
+"record and send various kinds of data to the manufacturer</a>. For the user, "
+"access to the data is nearly impossible, as it involves cracking the car's "
+"computer, which is always hidden and running with proprietary software."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"snooping and sabotage capabilities</a> if they install their own software on "
+"the device. Many employers demand to do this. For the employee, this is "
+"simply nonfree software, as fundamentally unjust and as dangerous as any "
+"other nonfree software."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/29/ring-smart-doorbell-company-surveillance-eff-report\";>
"
+"surveillance for other companies as well as for Amazon</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Android phones subsidized by the US government come with <a "
+"href=\"https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/01/us-government-funded-android-phones-come-preinstalled-with-unremovable-malware/\";>
"
+"preinstalled adware and a back door for forcing installation of apps</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The adware is in a modified version of an essential system configuration "
+"app. The back door is a surreptitious addition to a program whose stated "
+"purpose is to be a <a "
+"href=\"https://www.zdnet.com/article/unremovable-malware-found-preinstalled-on-low-end-smartphone-sold-in-the-us/\";>
"
+"universal back door for firmware</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"In other words, a program whose raison d'être is malicious has a secret "
+"secondary malicious purpose. All this is in addition to the malware of "
+"Android itself."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Some security breakers (wrongly referred in this article as <a "
+"href=\"/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Hacker\">“hackers”</a>) "
+"managed to interfere the Amazon Ring proprietary system, and <a "
+"href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/dec/13/ring-hackers-reportedly-watching-talking-strangers-in-home-cameras\";>access
"
+"its camera, speakers and microphones</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Apple plans to require that <a "
+"href=\"https://www.macrumors.com/2019/04/08/mac-apps-notarization-macos-10-14-5/\";>
"
+"all application software for MacOS be approved by Apple first</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Offering a checking service as an option could be useful and would not be "
+"wrong. Requiring users to get Apple's approval is tyranny. Apple says the "
+"check will only look for malware (not counting the malware that is <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/malware-apple.html#TOC\">part of the operating "
+"system</a>), but Apple could change that policy step by step. Or perhaps "
+"Apple will define malware to include any app that China does not like."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"For free software, this means users will need to get Apple's approval after "
+"compilation. This amounts to a system of surveilling the use of free "
+"programs."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The Chinese Communist Party's “Study the Great Nation” app "
+"requires users to grant it <a "
+"href=\"https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/chinese-app-allows-officials-access-to-100-million-users-phone-report-2115962\";>
"
+"access to the phone's microphone, photos, text messages, contacts, and "
+"internet history</a>, and the Android version was found to contain a "
+"back-door allowing developers to run any code they wish in the users' phone, "
+"as “superusers.” Downloading and using this app is mandatory at "
+"some workplaces."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Note: The <a "
+"href=\"http://web-old.archive.org/web/20191015005153/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinese-app-on-xis-ideology-allows-data-access-to-100-million-users-phones-report-says/2019/10/11/2d53bbae-eb4d-11e9-bafb-da248f8d5734_story.html\";>
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+"Washington Post version of the article</a> (partly obfuscated, but readable "
+"after copy-pasting in a text editor) includes a clarification saying that "
+"the tests were only performed on the Android version of the app, and that, "
+"according to Apple, “this kind of ‘superuser’ surveillance "
+"could not be conducted on Apple's operating system.”"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Apple <a "
+"href=\"https://boingboing.net/2019/10/07/apple-ios-13-1-2-for-hong-kong.html\";>
"
+"censors the Taiwan flag in iOS</a> on behalf of the Chinese government. When "
+"the region is set to Hong Kong, this flag is not visible in the emoji "
+"selection widget but is still accessible. When the region is set to mainland "
+"China, all attempts to display it will result in the “empty "
+"emoji” icon as if the flag never existed."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Thus, not only does Apple use the App Store as an instrument of censorship, "
+"it also uses the iThing operating system for that purpose."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Apple has <a "
+"href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/10/hong-kong-protests-apple-pulls-tracking-app-after-china-criticism\";>
"
+"banned the app that Hong Kong protesters use to communicate</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Obeying the “local laws” about what people can do with software "
+"is no excuse for censoring what software people can use."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Adobe has <a "
+"href=\"https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/adobe-to-ban-users-from-venezuela-due-to-us-executive-order/\";>
"
+"cancelled the software subscriptions of all users in Venezuela</a>. This "
+"demonstrates how a requirement for subscription can be turned into a tool "
+"for sabotage."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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 regularly "
+"used it to make the computer download and execute any code they wanted."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The Facebook app <a "
+"href=\"https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2019/09/09/facebook-app-social-network-tracking-your-every-move/2270305001/\";>
"
+"tracks users even when it is turned off</a>, after tricking them into giving "
+"the app broad permissions in order to use one of its functionalities."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The recent versions of Microsoft Office require the user to <a "
+"href=\"https://products.office.com/en-us/microsoft-office-for-home-and-school-faq?legRedir=true&CorrelationId=c9c5b549-11ad-4f71-bf81-b7e069fdb372\";>
"
+"connect to Microsoft servers at least every thirty-one days</a>. Otherwise, "
+"the software will refuse to edit any documents or create new ones. It will "
+"be restricted to viewing and printing."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Some nonfree period-tracking apps including MIA Fem and Maya <a "
+"href=\"https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/meghara/period-tracker-apps-facebook-maya-mia-fem\";>
"
+"send intimate details of users' lives to Facebook</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Tesla users claim Tesla <a "
+"href=\"https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-battery/tesla-owner-lawsuit-claims-software-update-fraudulently-cut-battery-capacity-idUSKCN1UY2TW\";>force-installed
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+"software to cut down on battery range</a>, rather than replace the defective "
+"batteries. Tesla did this to avoid having to run their warranty."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"This means that proprietary software can potentially be a way to commit "
+"perjury with impunity."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"ChromeBooks are programmed for obsolescence: ChromeOS has a universal back "
+"door that is used for updates and <a "
+"href=\"https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/08/22/buying_a_chromebook_dont_forget_to_check_when_it_expires/\";>
"
+"ceases to operate at a predefined date</a>. From then on, there appears to "
+"be no support whatsoever for the computer."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"In other words, when you stop getting screwed by the back door, you start "
+"getting screwed by the obsolescence."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Morally, we see no difference between having human workers listen and having "
+"speech-recognition systems listen. Both intrude on privacy."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Keeping track of who downloads a proprietary program is a form of "
+"surveillance. There is a proprietary program for adjusting a certain "
+"telescopic rifle sight. <a "
+"href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2019/09/06/exclusive-feds-demand-apple-and-google-hand-over-names-of-10000-users-of-a-gun-scope-app/\";>
"
+"A US prosecutor has demanded the list of all the 10,000 or more people who "
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid "With a free program there would not be a list of who has installed it."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2019/08/31/apple-iphone-ipad-security-ios-upgrade-iphone-xs-max-xr-update/\";>found
"
+"in iOS allowed attackers to gain access to sensitive information including "
+"private messages, passwords, photos and contacts stored on the user's "
+"iMonster</a>."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The deep insecurity of iMonsters is even more pertinent given that Apple's "
+"proprietary software makes users totally dependent on Apple for even a "
+"modicum of security. It also means that the devices do not even try to "
+"offer security against Apple itself."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"href=\"https://www.revealnews.org/article/so-your-child-racked-up-unwanted-credit-card-charges-playing-video-games-now-what/\";>aimed
"
+"at leading children to spend</a> large amounts of their parents' money "
+"without explaining it to them."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"When Apple suspects a user of fraud, it judges the case secretly and "
+"presents the verdict as a fait accompli. The punishment to a user found "
+"guilty <a "
+"href=\"https://qz.com/1683460/what-happens-to-your-itunes-account-when-apple-says-youve-committed-fraud/\";>is
"
+"being cut off for life, which more-or-less cripples the user's Apple devices "
+"forever</a>. There is no appeal."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"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>."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid "That almost certainly means it can do so."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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 are replaced other than by Apple.</a>"
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"researchers, eight <a "
+"href=\"https://www.comparitech.com/antivirus/android-antivirus-vulnerabilities/\";>
"
+"failed to detect a test virus</a>. All of them asked for dangerous "
+"permissions or contained advertising trackers, with seven being more risky "
+"than the average of the 100 most popular Android apps."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"<small>(Note that the article refers to these proprietary apps as "
+"“free”. It should have said “gratis” "
+"instead.)</small>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Many unscrupulous mobile-app developers keep finding ways to <a "
+"href=\"https://www.cnet.com/news/more-than-1000-android-apps-harvest-your-data-even-after-you-deny-permissions/\";>
"
+"bypass user's settings</a>, regulations, and privacy-enhancing features of "
+"the operating system, in order to gather as much private data as they "
+"possibly can."
+msgstr ""
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+"control over the software we run."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"href=\"https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/07/google-defends-listening-to-ok-google-queries-after-voice-recordings-leak/\";>even
"
+"when it is not supposed to listen</a>. Thus, when one of Google's "
+"subcontractors discloses a thousand confidential voice recordings, users "
+"were easily identified from these recordings."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Since Google “Assistant” uses proprietary software, there is no "
+"way to see or control what it records or sends."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Rather than trying to better control the use of recordings, Google should "
+"not record or listen to the person's voice. It should only get commands "
+"that the user wants to send to some Google service."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"href=\"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-48908766\";> empty their "
+"parents' bank account</a> buying packs of special players for an Electronic "
+"Arts soccer game."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"makes the game <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-addictions#addictiveness\"> strongly "
+"addictive</a>, but the fact that players are pressured to spend more in "
+"order to get ahead of their competitors further qualifies it as "
+"<em>predatory</em>. Note that Belgium <a "
+"href=\"https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/01/29/fifa-ultimate-team-packs-blocked-in-belgium/\";>
"
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+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"it for free software development."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"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."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The specific change described in the article was not malicious—it "
+"protected users from surveillance by third parties—but that is a "
+"separate question."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/8/20686514/android-covert-channel-permissions-data-collection-imei-ssid-location\";>
"
+"not to allow them access to locations</a>."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"intentionally by malicious apps."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"<a href=\"https://gamerant.com/clash-of-clans-addiction/\";> made very "
+"addictive</a> for a large proportion of its users—and turned into a "
+"cash machine for themselves—by using <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-addictions.html#addictiveness\"> "
+"psychological manipulation techniques</a>."
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+"<small>(The article uses “free” to mean “zero "
+"price,” which is a usage we should avoid. We recommend saying "
+"“gratis” instead.)</small>"
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/06/21/google-chrome-has-become-surveillance-software-its-time-to-switch/\";>
"
+"instrument of surveillance</a>. It lets thousands of trackers invade users' "
+"computers and report the sites they visit to advertising and data companies, "
+"first of all to Google. Moreover, if users have a Gmail account, Chrome "
+"automatically logs them in to the browser for more convenient profiling. On "
+"Android, Chrome also reports their location to Google."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The best way to escape surveillance is to switch to <a "
+"href=\"/software/icecat/\">IceCat</a>, a modified version of Firefox with "
+"several changes to protect users' privacy."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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>."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The article mentions specific examples: Microsoft OneDrive, Intuit's 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 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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/30/revealed-womens-fertility-app-is-funded-by-anti-abortion-campaigners\";>
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+"tool for propaganda</a> by natalist Christians. It spreads distrust for "
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"for correct functioning (time, location, recordings made without a "
+"legitimate prompt), and sends it to Amazon's servers, which store it "
+"indefinitely. Even worse, Amazon forwards it to third-party companies. Thus, "
+"even if users request deletion of their data from Amazon's servers, <a "
+"href=\"https://www.ctpost.com/business/article/Alexa-has-been-eavesdropping-on-you-this-whole-13822095.php\";>
"
+"the data remain on other servers</a>, where they can be accessed by "
+"advertising companies and government agencies. In other words, deleting the "
+"collected information doesn't cancel the wrong of collecting it."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"Hue-connected lights, the Chamberlain MyQ garage opener and the Sonos "
+"speakers are likewise stored longer than necessary on the servers the "
+"devices are tethered to. Moreover, they are made available to Alexa. As a "
+"result, Amazon has a very precise picture of users' life at home, not only "
+"in the present, but in the past (and, who knows, in the future too?)"
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+"href=\"https://boingboing.net/2019/05/15/brittle-security.html\";> sitting "
+"ducks for other attackers</a>, and the app censorship prevents security "
+"companies from figuring out how those attacks work."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"even if it didn't lead to security threats as well."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"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."
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"user's location and contact list, and has <a "
+"href=\"https://old.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/bkd5ew/you_need_to_have_a_phone_to_attend_blizzcon_this/emg38xv/\";>
"
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"designed to manipulate people by presenting a phony semblance of emotions, "
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+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"href=\"https://www.myfordpass.com/content/ford_com/fp_app/en_us/termsprivacy.html\";>
"
+"near-complete access to the internal car network</a>. It is constantly "
+"connected to the cellular phone network and sends Ford a lot of data, "
+"including car location. This feature operates even when the ignition key is "
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+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"If you own one of these cars, have you succeeded in breaking the "
+"connectivity by disconnecting the cellular modem, or wrapping the antenna in "
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+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"recorded for Amazon employees to listen to</a>. The Google and Apple voice "
+"assistants do similar things."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"href=\"https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/amazon-s-alexa-reviewers-can-access-customers-home-addresses-1.1248788\";>
"
+"location and other personal data</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Since the client program is nonfree, and data processing is done “<a "
+"href=\"/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#CloudComputing\">in the "
+"cloud</a>” (a soothing way of saying “We won't tell you how and "
+"where it's done”), users have no way to know what happens to the "
+"recordings unless human eavesdroppers <a "
+"href=\"https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/three-cheers-for-amazon-s-human-eavesdroppers-1.1243033\";>
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+"break their non-disclosure agreements</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"href=\"https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/major-browsers-to-prevent-disabling-of-click-tracking-privacy-risk/\";>no
"
+"longer possible to disable an unscrupulous tracking anti-feature</a> that <a "
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+"users when they follow ping links</a> in Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Opera, "
+"Microsoft Edge and also in the upcoming Microsoft Edge that is going to be "
+"based on Chromium."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/13/theres-a-dark-side-to-womens-health-apps-menstrual-surveillance\";>
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+"available to employers and insurance companies</a>. Even though the data is "
+"“anonymized and aggregated,” it can easily be traced back to the "
+"woman who uses the app."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"This has harmful implications for women's rights to equal employment and "
+"freedom to make their own pregnancy choices. Don't use these apps, even if "
+"someone offers you a reward to do so. A free-software app that does more or "
+"less the same thing without spying on you is available from <a "
+"href=\"https://search.f-droid.org/?q=menstr\";>F-Droid</a>, and <a "
+"href=\"https://dcs.megaphone.fm/BLM6228935164.mp3?key=7e4b8f7018d13cdc2b5ea6e5772b6b8f\";>
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+"a new one is being developed</a>."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"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, in Microsoft's view, "
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+"href=\"https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb4023057-update-for-windows-10-update-service-components-fccad0ca-dc10-2e46-9ed1-7e392450fb3a\";>
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+"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. 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>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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!"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"If your employer makes you run Windows, tell the financial department how "
+"this wastes your time dealing with endless connections and premature "
+"hardware failures."
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+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Volkswagen programmed its car engine computers to <a "
+"href=\"https://www.petri.com/volkswagen-used-software-to-cheat-on-emissions\";>
"
+"detect the Environmental Protection Agency's emission tests</a>, and run "
+"dirty the rest of the time. In real driving, the cars exceeded emissions "
+"standards by a factor of up to 35."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Using free software would not have stopped Volkswagen from programming it "
+"this way, but would have made it harder to conceal, and given the users the "
+"possibility of correcting the deception."
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+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Former executives of Volkswagen are being <a "
+"href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/15/former-head-of-volkswagen-could-face-10-years-in-prison\";>
"
+"sued over this fraud</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Google tracks the movements of Android phones and iPhones running Google "
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+"href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/13/us/google-location-tracking-police.html\";>
"
+"saves the data for years</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Nonfree software in the phone has to be responsible for sending the location "
+"data to Google."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"An Android phone was observed to track location even while in airplane "
+"mode. It didn't send the location data while in airplane mode. Instead, <a "
+"href=\"https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/7811918/google-is-tracking-you-even-with-airplane-mode-turned-on/\";>
"
+"it saved up the data, and sent them all later</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Ebooks “bought” from Microsoft's store check that their DRM is "
+"valid by connecting to the store every time their “owner” wants "
+"to read them. Microsoft is going to close this store, <a "
+"href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47810367\";> bricking all DRM'ed "
+"ebooks it has ever “sold”</a>. (The article additionally "
+"highlights the pitfalls of DRM.)"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"This is another proof that a DRM-encumbered product doesn't belong to the "
+"person who bought it. Microsoft said it will refund customers, but this is "
+"no excuse for selling them restricted books."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"OfficeMax cheated customers by <a "
+"href=\"https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/03/office-depot-tricked-people-into-buying-pc-support-with-fake-virus-scans/\";>
"
+"using proprietary “PC Health Check” software</a> rigged to give "
+"false results, deceiving the customer into thinking per computer was "
+"infected and buy unneeded support services from the company."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The Medtronics Conexus Telemetry Protocol has <a "
+"href=\"http://www.startribune.com/750-000-medtronic-defibrillators-vulnerable-to-hacking/507470932/\";>
"
+"two vulnerabilities that affect several models of implantable "
+"defibrillators</a> and the devices they connect to."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"This protocol has been around since 2006, and similar vulnerabilities were "
+"discovered in an earlier Medtronics communication protocol in "
+"2008. Apparently, nothing was done by the company to correct them. This "
+"means you can't rely on proprietary software developers to fix bugs in their "
+"products."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/business/autonomous-cars-technology-privacy.html\";>
"
+"they “have to” put cameras and microphones in the car</a>."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"BMW says its software does not store any driver-monitoring information. If "
+"this means none of the data that come out of the cameras and microphones can "
+"be seen by anyone else, the cameras and microphones are not dangerous. But "
+"should we trust this claim? The only way it can deserve rational trust is if "
+"the software is free."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"href=\"https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/03/22/inenglish/1553244778_819882.html\";>
"
+"preinstalled nonfree apps that have access to sensitive data without users' "
+"knowledge</a>. These hidden apps may either call home with the data, or pass "
+"it on to user-installed apps that have access to the network but no direct "
+"access to the data. This results in massive surveillance on which the user "
+"has absolutely no control."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Tesla cars collect lots of personal data, and <a "
+"href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/29/tesla-model-3-keeps-data-like-crash-videos-location-phone-contacts.html\";>
"
+"when they go to a junkyard the driver's personal data goes with them</a>."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The British supermarket Tesco sold tablets which were tethered to Tesco's "
+"server for reinstalling default settings. Tesco <a "
+"href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/money/2019/mar/25/tesco-hudl-tablet-support-kill-fix\";>
"
+"turned off the server for old models</a>, so now if you try to reinstall the "
+"default settings, it bricks them instead."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"A study of 24 “health” apps found that 19 of them <a "
+"href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/pan9e8/health-apps-can-share-your-data-everywhere-new-study-shows\";>
"
+"send sensitive personal data to third parties</a>, which can use it for "
+"invasive advertising or discriminating against people in poor medical "
+"condition."
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"of service that are difficult to understand. In any case, "
+"“consent” is not sufficient to legitimize snooping."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/20/volvo-to-install-cameras-in-new-cars-to-reduce-road-deaths\";>
"
+"install cameras inside cars</a> to monitor the driver for signs of "
+"impairment that could cause an accident."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"However, there is nothing to prevent these cameras from doing other things, "
+"such as biometrically identifying the driver or passengers, other than "
+"proprietary software which Volvo—or various governments and "
+"criminals—could change at any time."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"collecting far more data on students than is necessary, and store it "
+"indefinitely</a>. Parents and students complain about the lack of "
+"transparency on the part of both the educational services and the schools, "
+"the difficulty of opting out of these services, and the lack of proper "
+"privacy policies, among other things."
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"realize that the software Google uses to spy on students is nonfree, so they "
+"can't verify what it really does. The only remedy is to persuade school "
+"officials to <a href=\"/education/edu-schools.html\"> exclusively use free "
+"software</a> for both education and school administration. If the school is "
+"run locally, parents and teachers can mandate their representatives at the "
+"School Board to refuse the budget unless the school initiates a switch to "
+"free software. If education is run nation-wide, they need to persuade "
+"legislators (e.g., through free software organizations, political parties, "
+"etc.) to migrate the public schools to free software."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"href=\"https://uploadvr.com/hackable-webcam-oculus-sensor-be-aware/\";> turn "
+"the Oculus Rift sensors into spy cameras</a> after breaking into the "
+"computer they are connected to."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"<small>(Unfortunately, the article <a "
+"href=\"/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Hacker\">improperly refers to "
+"crackers as “hackers”</a>.)</small>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"transfers technical data, including car location, to a government-run "
+"platform</a>. In practice, <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html#car-spying\"> "
+"manufacturers collect this data</a> as part of their own spying, then "
+"forward it to the government-run platform."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"href=\"https://yro.slashdot.org/story/19/03/08/1928257/hard-disks-can-be-turned-into-listening-devices-researchers-find\";>
"
+"use the disk itself as a microphone to detect speech</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The article refers to the “Linux operating system” but seems to "
+"mean <a href=\"/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html\">GNU/Linux</a>. That hack would not "
+"require changing Linux itself."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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"
+"addictive features</a> which are based on <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-addictions.html#addictiveness\">behavioral "
+"manipulation techniques</a>, compounded with group emulation. After a fairly "
+"easy start, the game slows down and becomes more difficult, so gamers are "
+"led to spend more and more money in order to keep up with their group. And "
+"if they stop playing for a while, the equipment they invested in gets "
+"destroyed by the “enemy” unless they buy an expensive "
+"“shield” to protect it. This game is also deceptive, as it uses "
+"confusing menus and complex stats to obfuscate true monetary costs."
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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"
+"anyone else can also watch, and fake videos too</a>."
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The third party vulnerability is presumably unintentional and Amazon will "
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+"<a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html#M201901100\">allows "
+"Amazon to watch</a>."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"personal data</a>. As of March 2019, nearly 78,000 have been analyzed, of "
+"which 24,000 (31%) transmit the <a "
+"href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html#M201812290\"> Advertising "
+"ID</a> to other companies, and <a "
+"href=\"https://blog.appcensus.mobi/2019/02/14/ad-ids-behaving-badly/\";> "
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+"users cannot escape tracking by resetting it."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"policies. But it seems that Google wasn't aware of it, and, once informed, "
+"was in no hurry to take action. This proves that the policies of a "
+"development platform are ineffective at preventing nonfree software "
+"developers from including malware in their programs."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"href=\"https://boingboing.net/2019/02/23/surveillance-zucksterism.html\";> "
+"sent personal data to Facebook</a>. Lots of companies built apps that way "
+"and released them, apparently not realizing that all the personal data they "
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+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"“ink subscription” cartridges have DRM that constantly "
+"communicates with HP servers</a> to make sure the user is still paying for "
+"the subscription, and hasn't printed more pages than were paid for."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Even though the ink subscription program may be cheaper in some specific "
+"cases, it spies on users, and involves totally unacceptable restrictions in "
+"the use of ink cartridges that would otherwise be in working order."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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"
+"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 "
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+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"“smart” TV, for that 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 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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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"
+"fingerprint sensors in the display</a>. Does that imply they could take the "
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+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"had one or more malicious functionalities, such as stealing users' photos "
+"instead of “beautifying” them, <a "
+"href=\"https://www.teleanalysis.com/these-29-beauty-camera-apps-steal-private-photo/\";>
"
+"pushing unwanted and often malicious ads on users, and redirecting them to "
+"phishing sites</a> that stole their credentials. Furthermore, the user "
+"interface of most of them was designed to make uninstallation difficult."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"nonfree apps carry a potential risk because there is no easy way of knowing "
+"what they really do."
+msgstr ""
+
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"
+"recording all the users' actions</a> in interacting with the app."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"An investigation of the 150 most popular gratis VPN apps in Google Play "
+"found that <a "
+"href=\"https://www.top10vpn.com/free-vpn-android-app-risk-index/\";> 25% fail "
+"to protect their users' privacy</a> due to DNS leaks. In addition, 85% "
+"feature intrusive permissions or functions in their source code—often "
+"used for invasive advertising—that could potentially also be used to "
+"spy on users. Other technical flaws were found as well."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"href=\"https://www.top10vpn.com/free-vpn-app-investigation/\";>half of the "
+"top 10 gratis VPN apps have lousy privacy policies</a>."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"<small>(It is unfortunate that these articles talk about “free "
+"apps.” These apps are gratis, but they are <em>not</em> <a "
+"href=\"/philosophy/free-sw.html\">free software</a>.)</small>"
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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"
+"let Google monitor their phone use, and all internet use in their homes, for "
+"an extravagant payment of $20</a>."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"this is the software's sole purpose, and Google says so. But Google says it "
+"in a way that encourages most people to ignore the details. That, we "
+"believe, makes it fitting to list here."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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"
+"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, and users "
+"can't fix it there."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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"
+"report on the user's actions to Facebook</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"can correlate the data it obtains from the same machine via various "
+"apps. Some of them send Facebook detailed information about the user's "
+"activities in the app; others only say that the user is using that app, but "
+"that alone is often quite informative."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid "This spying occurs regardless of whether the user has a Facebook
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+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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"
+"reports information to identify who is running it</a>. The result is often a "
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+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"The fact that this is used for repression of forbidden sharing makes it even "
+"more vicious."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"This illustrates that making unauthorized copies of nonfree software is not "
+"a cure for the injustice of nonfree software. It may avoid paying for the "
+"nasty thing, but cannot make it less nasty."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Samsung phones come preloaded with <a "
+"href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-08/samsung-phone-users-get-a-shock-they-can-t-delete-facebook\";>
"
+"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 to "
+"take their word for it, and there is the permanent risk that the app will be "
+"activated by an automatic update."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Preloading crapware along with a nonfree operating system is common "
+"practice, but by making the crapware undeletable, Facebook and Samsung (<a "
+"class=\"not-a-duplicate\" "
+"href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-08/samsung-phone-users-get-a-shock-they-can-t-delete-facebook\";>among
"
+"others</a>) are going one step further in their hijacking of users' "
+"devices."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Until 2015, any tweet that listed a geographical tag <a "
+"href=\"http://web-old.archive.org/web/20190115233002/https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-location-data-gps-privacy/\";>
"
+"sent the precise GPS location to Twitter's server</a>. It still contains "
+"these GPS locations."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"In the game Fruit Pop, the player buys boosts with coins to get a high "
+"score. The player gets coins at the end of each game, and can buy more coins "
+"with real money."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Getting a higher score once leads the player to desire higher score again "
+"later. But the higher score resulting from the boost <a "
+"href=\"https://qz.com/873348/50000-coins-for-1-99-how-mobile-game-in-app-purchases-are-warping-kids-understanding-of-basic-economic-ideas/\";>does
"
+"not give the player more coins, and does not help the player get a higher "
+"score in subsequent games</a>. To get that, the player will need a boost "
+"frequently, and usually has to pay real money for that. Since boosts are "
+"exciting and entertaining, the player is subtly pushed to purchase more "
+"coins with real money to get boosts, and it can develop into a costly habit."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The Microsoft Telemetry Compatibility service <a "
+"href=\"https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-performance/microsoft-telemetry-compatibility/cefa7c8e-49c9-4965-aef6-2d5f01bb38f2?tab=AllReplies#tabs\";>
"
+"drastically reduces the performances of machines running "
+"Windows 10</a>, and can't be disabled easily."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"In many cases, the video shows everyone that comes near, or merely passes "
+"by, the user's front door."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The article focuses on how Ring used to let individual employees look 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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The Weather Channel app <a "
+"href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/04/weather-channel-app-lawsuit-location-data-selling\";>
"
+"stored users' locations to the company's server</a>. The company is being "
+"sued, demanding that it notify the users of what it will do with the data."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"We think that lawsuit is about a side issue. What the company does with the "
+"data is a secondary issue. The principal wrong here is that the company gets "
+"that data at all."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"<a "
+"href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/gy77wy/stop-using-third-party-weather-apps\";>
"
+"Other weather apps</a>, including Accuweather and WeatherBug, are tracking "
+"people's locations."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"New GM cars <a "
+"href=\"https://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gmc/vehicles/canyon/2019.html\";> "
+"offer the feature of a universal back door</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Every nonfree program offers the user zero security against its "
+"developer. With this malfeature, GM has explicitly made things even worse."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Facebook's app got “consent” to <a "
+"href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/06/facebook-emails-reveal-discussions-over-call-log-consent\";>
"
+"upload call logs automatically from Android phones</a> while disguising what "
+"the “consent” was for."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Many web sites use JavaScript code <a "
+"href=\"http://gizmodo.com/before-you-hit-submit-this-company-has-already-logge-1795906081\";>
"
+"to snoop on information that users have typed into a form but not sent</a>, "
+"in order to learn their identity. Some are <a "
+"href=\"https://www.manatt.com/insights/newsletters/advertising-law/sites-illegally-tracked-consumers-new-suits-allege\";>
"
+"getting sued</a> for this."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The chat facilities of some customer services use the same sort of malware "
+"to <a "
+"href=\"https://gizmodo.com/be-warned-customer-service-agents-can-see-what-youre-t-1830688119\";>
"
+"read what the user is typing before it is posted</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><ul><li>
+msgid ""
+"Getting a patent does not “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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><ul><li>
+msgid ""
+"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 first place, and "
+"using the back door is always wrong too. No software developer should have "
+"that power over users."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><ul><li>
+msgid ""
+"“<a href=\"/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Piracy\">Piracy</a>” "
+"means attacking ships. Using that word to refer to sharing copies is a "
+"smear; please don't smear sharing."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"In addition, to speak of “protecting” that bogus 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 it is an abstraction and can't be affected by "
+"physical action."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Nearly all “home security cameras” <a "
+"href=\"https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/d-link-camera-poses-data-security-risk--consumer-reports-finds/\";>
"
+"give the manufacturer an unencrypted copy of everything they "
+"see</a>. “Home insecurity camera” would be a better name!"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"When Consumer Reports tested them, it suggested that these 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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Some Android apps <a "
+"href=\"https://www.androidauthority.com/apps-uninstall-trackers-917539/amp/\";>
"
+"track the phones of users that have deleted them</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Apple and Samsung deliberately <a "
+"href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/oct/24/apple-samsung-fined-for-slowing-down-phones\";>degrade
"
+"the performance of older phones to force users to buy their newer "
+"phones</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"GM <a href=\"https://boingboing.net/2018/10/23/dont-touch-that-dial.html\";> "
+"tracked the choices of radio programs</a> in its “connected” "
+"cars, minute by minute."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"GM did not get users' consent, but it could have got that easily by sneaking "
+"it into the contract that users sign for some digital service or other. A "
+"requirement for consent is effectively no protection."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The cars can also collect lots of other data: listening to you, watching "
+"you, following your movements, tracking passengers' cell "
+"phones. <em>All</em> such data collection should be forbidden."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"But if you really want to be safe, we must make sure the car's hardware "
+"cannot collect any of that data, or that the software is free so we know it "
+"won't collect any of that data."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Printer manufacturers are very innovative—at blocking the use of "
+"independent replacement ink cartridges. Their “security "
+"upgrades” occasionally impose new forms of cartridge DRM. <a "
+"href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/pa98ab/printer-makers-are-crippling-cheap-ink-cartridges-via-bogus-security-updates\";>
"
+"HP and Epson have done this</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"A cracker used an exploit in outdated software to <a "
+"href=\"https://www.pcmag.com/news/360968/400-websites-secretly-served-cryptocurrency-miners-to-visito\";>
"
+"inject a “miner” in web pages</a> served to visitors. This type "
+"of malware hijacks the computer's processor to mine a cryptocurrency."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"<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>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Since the 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 "
+"href=\"https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-stop-sites-from-using-your-cpu-to-mine-coins/\";>
"
+"specifically block JavaScript miners</a> are also available."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Honeywell's “smart” thermostats communicate only through the "
+"company's server. They have all the nasty characteristics of such devices: "
+"<a "
+"href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/honeywell-iot-thermostats-server-outage-2018-9\";>
"
+"surveillance, and danger of sabotage</a> (of a specific user, or of all "
+"users at once), as well as the risk of an outage (which is what just "
+"happened)."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"In addition, setting the desired temperature requires running nonfree "
+"software. With an old-fashioned thermostat, you can do it using controls "
+"right on the thermostat."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Researchers have discovered how to <a "
+"href=\"http://news.rub.de/english/press-releases/2018-09-24-it-security-secret-messages-alexa-and-co\";>
"
+"hide voice commands in other audio</a>, so that people cannot hear them, but "
+"Alexa and Siri can."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Android has a <a "
+"href=\"https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2018/9/14/17861150/google-battery-saver-android-9-pie-remote-settings-change\";>
"
+"back door for remotely changing “user” settings</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The article suggests it might be a universal back door, but this isn't "
+"clear."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <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>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Learn how <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>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"These manipulative behaviors are malicious functionalities, and they are "
+"possible because the game is proprietary. If it were free, people could "
+"publish a non-manipulative version and play that instead."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Red Shell is a spyware that is found in many proprietary games. It <a "
+"href=\"https://nebulous.cloud/threads/red-shell-illegal-spyware-for-steam-games.31924/\";>
"
+"tracks data on users' computers and sends it to third parties</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"Blizzard Warden is a hidden “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."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The game Metal Gear Rising for MacOS was tethered to a server. The company "
+"<a "
+"href=\"http://www.gamerevolution.com/news/400087-metal-gear-rising-mac-unplayable-drm\";>
"
+"shut down the server, and all copies stopped working</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"In MacOS and iOS, the procedure for <a "
+"href=\"https://support.apple.com/guide/photos/export-photos-videos-and-slideshows-pht6e157c5f/mac\";>
"
+"converting images from the Photos format</a> to a free format is so tedious "
+"and time-consuming that users just give up if they have a lot of them."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. TRANSLATORS: Use space (SPC) as msgstr if you don't have notes.
+#. type: Content of: <div><div>
+msgid "*GNUN-SLOT: TRANSLATOR'S NOTES*"
+msgstr " "
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
+msgid ""
+"Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to <a "
+"href=\"mailto:gnu@gnu.org\";><gnu@gnu.org></a>. There are also <a "
+"href=\"/contact/\">other ways to contact</a> the FSF. Broken links and "
+"other corrections or suggestions can be sent to <a "
+"href=\"mailto:webmasters@gnu.org\";><webmasters@gnu.org></a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. TRANSLATORS: Ignore the original text in this paragraph,
+#. replace it with the translation of these two:
+#
+#. We work hard and do our best to provide accurate, good quality
+#. translations. However, we are not exempt from imperfection.
+#. Please send your comments and general suggestions in this regard
+#. to <a href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org";>
+#
+#. <web-translators@gnu.org></a>.</p>
+#
+#. <p>For information on coordinating and contributing translations of
+#. our web pages, see <a
+#. href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
+#. README</a>.
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
+msgid ""
+"Please see the <a "
+"href=\"/server/standards/README.translations.html\">Translations README</a> "
+"for information on coordinating and contributing translations of this "
+"article."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><p>
+msgid "Copyright © 2018-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
+msgstr "Copyright © 2018-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><p>
+msgid ""
+"This page is licensed under a <a rel=\"license\" "
+"href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/\";>Creative Commons "
+"Attribution 4.0 International License</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. TRANSLATORS: Use space (SPC) as msgstr if you don't want credits.
+#. type: Content of: <div><div>
+msgid "*GNUN-SLOT: TRANSLATOR'S CREDITS*"
+msgstr " "
+
+#. timestamp start
+#. type: Content of: <div><p>
+msgid "Updated:"
+msgstr ""
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