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Ali Reza Hayati |
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Thu, 4 Nov 2021 04:53:19 -0400 (EDT) |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Ali Reza Hayati <arh> 21/11/04 04:53:19
Modified files:
proprietary : proprietary-back-doors.html
proprietary-sabotage.html proprietary-drm.html
proprietary.html all.html
proprietary/workshop: mal.rec
Log message:
Added item about Adobe licening its flash player with proprietary
malware (www-discuss 2021-10-18)
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.137&r2=1.138
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-sabotage.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.125&r2=1.126
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-drm.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.64&r2=1.65
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.377&r2=1.378
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/all.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.57&r2=1.58
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec?cvsroot=www&r1=1.383&r2=1.384
Patches:
Index: proprietary-back-doors.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html,v
retrieving revision 1.137
retrieving revision 1.138
diff -u -b -r1.137 -r1.138
--- proprietary-back-doors.html 30 Oct 2021 10:06:56 -0000 1.137
+++ proprietary-back-doors.html 4 Nov 2021 08:53:19 -0000 1.138
@@ -302,6 +302,22 @@
<h3 id='install-delete'>Installing, deleting or disabling programs</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202110130">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-10</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Adobe <a
+
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211014123717/https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/13/theres-an-app-for-that/#gnash">has
+ licensed its Flash Player to China's Zhong Cheng Network</a> who is
+ offering the program bundled with spyware and a back door that can
+ remotely deactivate it.</p>
+
+ <p>Adobe is responsible for this since they gave Zhong Cheng
+ Network permission to do this. This injustice involves "misuse" of
+ the DMCA, but "proper", intended use of the DMCA is a much bigger
+ injustice. There is <a href="/philosophy/right-to-read.html">a series
+ of errors related to DMCA</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202108240">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-08</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -964,7 +980,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/10/30 10:06:56 $
+$Date: 2021/11/04 08:53:19 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary-sabotage.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-sabotage.html,v
retrieving revision 1.125
retrieving revision 1.126
diff -u -b -r1.125 -r1.126
--- proprietary-sabotage.html 1 Jun 2021 09:21:53 -0000 1.125
+++ proprietary-sabotage.html 4 Nov 2021 08:53:19 -0000 1.126
@@ -62,6 +62,22 @@
<div class="column-limit" id="proprietary-sabotage"></div>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202110130">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-10</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Adobe <a
+
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211014123717/https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/13/theres-an-app-for-that/#gnash">has
+ licensed its Flash Player to China's Zhong Cheng Network</a> who is
+ offering the program bundled with spyware and a back door that can
+ remotely deactivate it.</p>
+
+ <p>Adobe is responsible for this since they gave Zhong Cheng
+ Network permission to do this. This injustice involves "misuse" of
+ the DMCA, but "proper", intended use of the DMCA is a much bigger
+ injustice. There is <a href="/philosophy/right-to-read.html">a series
+ of errors related to DMCA</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202105040">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-05</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -842,7 +858,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/06/01 09:21:53 $
+$Date: 2021/11/04 08:53:19 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary-drm.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-drm.html,v
retrieving revision 1.64
retrieving revision 1.65
diff -u -b -r1.64 -r1.65
--- proprietary-drm.html 4 Sep 2021 08:20:57 -0000 1.64
+++ proprietary-drm.html 4 Nov 2021 08:53:19 -0000 1.65
@@ -72,6 +72,22 @@
<div class="column-limit" id="proprietary-drm"></div>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202110130">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-10</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Adobe <a
+
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211014123717/https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/13/theres-an-app-for-that/#gnash">has
+ licensed its Flash Player to China's Zhong Cheng Network</a> who is
+ offering the program bundled with spyware and a back door that can
+ remotely deactivate it.</p>
+
+ <p>Adobe is responsible for this since they gave Zhong Cheng
+ Network permission to do this. This injustice involves "misuse" of
+ the DMCA, but "proper", intended use of the DMCA is a much bigger
+ injustice. There is <a href="/philosophy/right-to-read.html">a series
+ of errors related to DMCA</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202105300">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-05</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -504,7 +520,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/09/04 08:20:57 $
+$Date: 2021/11/04 08:53:19 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary.html,v
retrieving revision 1.377
retrieving revision 1.378
diff -u -b -r1.377 -r1.378
--- proprietary.html 30 Oct 2021 16:45:35 -0000 1.377
+++ proprietary.html 4 Nov 2021 08:53:19 -0000 1.378
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
<hr class="thin" />
</div>
-<p>As of October, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500
+<p>As of November, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 550
instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 620 references to
back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about.</p>
@@ -186,6 +186,22 @@
<h3 id="latest">Latest additions</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202110130">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-10</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Adobe <a
+
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211014123717/https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/13/theres-an-app-for-that/#gnash">has
+ licensed its Flash Player to China's Zhong Cheng Network</a> who is
+ offering the program bundled with spyware and a back door that can
+ remotely deactivate it.</p>
+
+ <p>Adobe is responsible for this since they gave Zhong Cheng
+ Network permission to do this. This injustice involves "misuse" of
+ the DMCA, but "proper", intended use of the DMCA is a much bigger
+ injustice. There is <a href="/philosophy/right-to-read.html">a series
+ of errors related to DMCA</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202110160">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-10</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -244,16 +260,6 @@
href="/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html">“data
protection”
is the wrong approach to privacy anyway</a>.</p>
</li>
-
- <li id="M202109210">
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-09</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Google's proprietary Chrome web browser <a
-
href="https://www.techrepublic.com/article/new-chrome-feature-can-tell-sites-and-webapps-when-youre-idle/">
- added a surveillance API (idle detection API)</a> which lets
- websites ask Chrome to report when a user with a web page open is
- idle.</p>
- </li>
</ul>
<p class="button right-align">
<a href="/proprietary/all.html">More items…</a></p>
@@ -316,7 +322,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/10/30 16:45:35 $
+$Date: 2021/11/04 08:53:19 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: all.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/all.html,v
retrieving revision 1.57
retrieving revision 1.58
diff -u -b -r1.57 -r1.58
--- all.html 30 Oct 2021 16:45:35 -0000 1.57
+++ all.html 4 Nov 2021 08:53:19 -0000 1.58
@@ -42,6 +42,20 @@
<div class="column-limit" id="all-malware"></div>
<ul class="blurbs">
+<!--#set var='ADD' value='2021-11-04' --><!--#set var='PUB' value='2021-10-13'
--><li><small class='date-tag'>Added: <span class="gnun-split"></span><!--#echo
encoding='none' var='ADD' --><span class="gnun-split"></span> — Latest
reference: <span class="gnun-split"></span><!--#echo encoding='none' var='PUB'
--></small>
+ <p>Adobe <a
+
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211014123717/https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/13/theres-an-app-for-that/#gnash">has
+ licensed its Flash Player to China's Zhong Cheng Network</a> who is
+ offering the program bundled with spyware and a back door that can
+ remotely deactivate it.</p>
+
+ <p>Adobe is responsible for this since they gave Zhong Cheng
+ Network permission to do this. This injustice involves "misuse" of
+ the DMCA, but "proper", intended use of the DMCA is a much bigger
+ injustice. There is <a href="/philosophy/right-to-read.html">a series
+ of errors related to DMCA</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
<!--#set var='ADD' value='2021-10-30' --><!--#set var='PUB' value='2021-10-16'
--><li><small class='date-tag'>Added: <span class="gnun-split"></span><!--#echo
encoding='none' var='ADD' --><span class="gnun-split"></span> — Latest
reference: <span class="gnun-split"></span><!--#echo encoding='none' var='PUB'
--></small>
<p>Canon's all-in-one printer, scanner, and fax machine <a
href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/canon-sued-for-disabling-scanner-when-printers-run-out-of-ink/">will
@@ -2430,7 +2444,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/10/30 16:45:35 $
+$Date: 2021/11/04 08:53:19 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: workshop/mal.rec
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec,v
retrieving revision 1.383
retrieving revision 1.384
diff -u -b -r1.383 -r1.384
--- workshop/mal.rec 30 Oct 2021 16:45:37 -0000 1.383
+++ workshop/mal.rec 4 Nov 2021 08:53:19 -0000 1.384
@@ -24,6 +24,28 @@
#### Please don't remove the blank line after this marker! ####
# ADD NEW BLURB HERE
+Added: 2021-11-04
+Id: 202110130
+RT: www-discuss 2021-10-18
+PubDate: 2021-10-13
+Target: proprietary-back-doors.html install-delete
+Target: proprietary-sabotage.html proprietary-sabotage
+Target: proprietary-drm.html proprietary-drm
+target: proprietary-surveillance.html
+Keywords: DRM, DMCA, Adobe, Flash Player, Zhong Cheng Network, Back Door,
+Sabotage, Surveillance
+Blurb: <p>Adobe <a
++
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211014123717/https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/13/theres-an-app-for-that/#gnash">has
++ licensed its Flash Player to China's Zhong Cheng Network</a> who is
++ offering the program bundled with spyware and a back door that can
++ remotely deactivate it.</p>
++
++ <p>Adobe is responsible for this since they gave Zhong Cheng
++ Network permission to do this. This injustice involves "misuse" of
++ the DMCA, but "proper", intended use of the DMCA is a much bigger
++ injustice. There is <a href="/philosophy/right-to-read.html">a series
++ of errors related to DMCA</a>.</p>
+
Added: 2021-10-30
Id: 202110160
RT: 2021-10-16
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