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Dora Scilipoti |
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www/proprietary malware-education.html |
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Date: |
Sat, 20 Nov 2021 15:10:56 -0500 (EST) |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Dora Scilipoti <dora> 21/11/20 15:10:56
Removed files:
proprietary : malware-education.html
Log message:
malware-education.html was moved to malware-edtech (www-discuss
11/20/21).
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-education.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.5&r2=0
Patches:
Index: malware-education.html
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-<title>Malware in Educational Technology
-- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
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-
-<h2>Malware in Educational Technology</h2>
-
-<div class="infobox">
-<hr class="full-width" />
-<p>Nonfree (proprietary) software is very often malware (designed to
-mistreat the user). Nonfree software is controlled by its developers,
-which puts them in a position of power over the users; <a
-href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">that is the
-basic injustice</a>. The developers and manufacturers often exercise
-that power to the detriment of the users they ought to serve.</p>
-
-<p>This typically takes the form of malicious functionalities.</p>
-<hr class="full-width" />
-</div>
-
-<div class="article">
-<p>Tech corporations have invaded the education system introducing their
-proprietary products filled with malware. Education is a field that
-allows these companies to easily spread their unjust software in all
-directions, infecting deeply every area of society.</p>
-
-<p><a href="/education/edu-team.html">Join us</a> in the fight against the
-use of nonfree software in schools.</p>
-
-<p>This page lists malicious functionalities found in software used in
-educational environments.</p>
-
-<div class="important">
-<p>If you know of an example that ought to be in this page but isn't
-here, please write
-to <a href="mailto:webmasters@gnu.org";><webmasters@gnu.org></a>
-to inform us. Please include the URL of a trustworthy reference or two
-to serve as specific substantiation.</p>
-</div>
-
-<h4 id="LatestAdditions">Latest additions</h4>
-<p>Entries are in reverse chronological order, based on the dates of
-publication of linked articles. The latest additions are listed on the <a
-href="/proprietary/proprietary.html#latest">main page</a> of the Malware
-section.</p>
-
-<div class="column-limit" id="malware-education"></div>
-
-<ul class="blurbs">
- <li id="M202110250">
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-10</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Ed Tech companies use their surveillance power to
- manipulate students, and direct them into tracks towards various
- levels of knowledge, power and prestige. The article argues that <a
-
href="https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/2021/10/25/algorithmic-injustice-in-education-why-tech-companies-should-require-a-license-to-operate-in-childrens-education/";>these
- companies should obtain licenses to operate</a>. That wouldn't hurt,
- but it doesn't address the root of the problem. All data acquired
- in a school about any student, teacher, or employee must not leave
- the school, and must be kept in computers that belong to the school
- and run free (as in freedom) software. That way, the school district
- and/or parents can control what is done with those data.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li id="M202105060">
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-05</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p><a
-
href="https://me2ba.org/me2ba-product-testing-spotlight-report-published-data-sharing-in-primary-secondary-school-mobile-apps-2/";>60%
- of school apps are sending student data to potentially high-risk
- third parties</a>, putting students and possibly all other school
- workers under surveillance. This is made possible by using unsafe
- and proprietary programs made by data-hungry corporations.</p>
-
- <p><small>Please note that whether students consent to this or not,
- doesn't justify the surveillance they're imposed to.</small></p>
- </li>
-
- <li id="M202104090">
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-04</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>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, all this without
- any form of user interaction.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li id="M202012250">
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2020-12</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The HonorLock online exam
- proctoring program is a surveillance tool that <a
-
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/students-are-pushing-back-against-proctoring-surveillance-apps";>tracks
- students and collects data</a> such as face, driving license, and
- network information, among others, in blatant violation of students'
- privacy.</p>
-
- <p>Preventing students from cheating should not be an excuse for
- running malware/spyware on their computers, and it's good that students
- are protesting. But their petitions overlook a crucial issue, namely,
- the injustice of being forced to run nonfree software in order to
- get an education.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li id="M202011090">
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2020-11</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>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.</p>
-
- <p>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.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li id="M202004301">
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2020-04</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>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.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li id="M202003260">
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2020-03</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>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.</p>
- </li>
-</ul>
-</div>
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