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From: Diff Report
Subject: malware-microsoft.html malware-mobiles.html proprietary.html prop...
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2021 00:02:23 -0500

Modified:

    malware-microsoft.html
    malware-mobiles.html
    proprietary.html
    proprietary-sabotage.html
    proprietary-surveillance.html

diff -rNU2 malware-microsoft.html malware-microsoft.html
--- malware-microsoft.html      2021-02-05 05:02:27.761787587 +0000
+++ malware-microsoft.html      2021-02-07 05:02:22.424385111 +0000
@@ -339,5 +339,5 @@
     program</a> on computers running certain
     versions of Windows 10. Remediation, in Microsoft's view, means <a
-    href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4023057/update-reliability";>
+    
href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb4023057-update-for-windows-10-update-service-components-fccad0ca-dc10-2e46-9ed1-7e392450fb3a";>
     tampering with users' settings and files</a>, notably to
     &ldquo;repair&rdquo; any components of the updating system that users
@@ -683,9 +683,4 @@
     other issues.</p>
 
-    <p>We can suppose Microsoft looks at users' files for the US government
-    on demand, though the &ldquo;privacy policy&rdquo; does not explicitly
-    say so. Will it look at users' files for the Chinese government
-    on demand?</p>
-
     <p>The unique &ldquo;advertising ID&rdquo; for each user enables
     other companies to track the browsing of each specific user.</p>
@@ -876,5 +871,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/01/21 08:18:14 $
+$Date: 2021/02/06 15:36:32 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 malware-mobiles.html malware-mobiles.html
--- malware-mobiles.html        2021-02-05 05:02:27.765787587 +0000
+++ malware-mobiles.html        2021-02-07 05:02:22.428385111 +0000
@@ -596,4 +596,19 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202102010">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Many cr&hellip;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.</p>
+
+    <p>What's unusual here is that proprietary software developer A tricks
+    proprietary software developers B1 &hellip; B50 into making platforms for
+    A to mistreat the end user.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202012070">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2020-12</small>'
@@ -1536,5 +1551,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/02/04 11:07:00 $
+$Date: 2021/02/06 13:44:42 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary.html proprietary.html
--- proprietary.html    2021-02-05 05:02:27.789787587 +0000
+++ proprietary.html    2021-02-07 05:02:22.452385111 +0000
@@ -187,4 +187,19 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202102010">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Many cr&hellip;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.</p>
+
+    <p>What's unusual here is that proprietary software developer A tricks
+    proprietary software developers B1 &hellip; B50 into making platforms for
+    A to mistreat the end user.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202010120">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2020-10</small>'
@@ -235,16 +250,4 @@
     free software and will not collect your data.</p>
   </li>
-
-  <li id="M201604040">
-    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2016-04</small>'
-    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
-    <p>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.</p>
-  </li>
 </ul>
 
@@ -309,5 +312,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/02/04 11:07:00 $
+$Date: 2021/02/06 13:44:42 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary-sabotage.html proprietary-sabotage.html
--- proprietary-sabotage.html   2021-02-05 05:02:27.809787587 +0000
+++ proprietary-sabotage.html   2021-02-07 05:02:22.472385111 +0000
@@ -176,5 +176,5 @@
     program</a> on computers running certain
     versions of Windows 10. Remediation, in Microsoft's view, means <a
-    href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4023057/update-reliability";>
+    
href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb4023057-update-for-windows-10-update-service-components-fccad0ca-dc10-2e46-9ed1-7e392450fb3a";>
     tampering with users' settings and files</a>, notably to
     &ldquo;repair&rdquo; any components of the updating system that users
@@ -835,5 +835,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/02/04 11:07:00 $
+$Date: 2021/02/06 10:28:35 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary-surveillance.html proprietary-surveillance.html
--- proprietary-surveillance.html       2021-02-05 05:02:27.817787587 +0000
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html       2021-02-07 05:02:22.480385111 +0000
@@ -358,9 +358,4 @@
     other issues.</p>
 
-    <p>We can suppose Microsoft looks at users' files for the US government
-    on demand, though the &ldquo;privacy policy&rdquo; does not explicitly
-    say so. Will it look at users' files for the Chinese government
-    on demand?</p>
-
     <p>The unique &ldquo;advertising ID&rdquo; for each user enables
     other companies to track the browsing of each specific user.</p>
@@ -1091,4 +1086,19 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202102010">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Many cr&hellip;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.</p>
+
+    <p>What's unusual here is that proprietary software developer A tricks
+    proprietary software developers B1 &hellip; B50 into making platforms for
+    A to mistreat the end user.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202003260">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2020-03</small>'
@@ -3307,5 +3317,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/02/04 11:07:00 $
+$Date: 2021/02/06 15:36:33 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>



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