all.html malware-appliances.html proprietary.html proprietary-sur...

[Diff Report]

Modified:

    all.html
    malware-appliances.html
    proprietary.html
    proprietary-surveillance.html
    proprietary-tethers.html

diff -rNU2 all.html all.html
--- all.html    2023-09-29 04:33:44.298849932 +0000
+++ all.html    2023-10-29 04:09:50.351255881 +0000
@@ -52,4 +52,19 @@
 <ul class="blurbs">
 <!-- Copied from workshop/mal.rec; don't edit in all.html. -->
+<!--#set var='ADD' value='2023-10-29' -->
+<!--#set var='PUB' value='2023-09-27' -->
+<li><small class='date-tag'>Added: <span class="gnun-split"></span>
+<!--#echo encoding='none' var='ADD' --><span class="gnun-split"></span>
+&mdash; Latest reference: <span class="gnun-split"></span><!--#echo
+encoding='none' var='PUB' --></small>
+    <p>Philips Hue, the most ubiquitous
+    home automation product in the US, is planning to soon <a
+    
href="https://boingboing.net/2023/09/27/philips-hue-to-make-you-create-an-account-and-log-in-to-adjust-your-lightbulbs.html";>
+    force users to log in to the app server</a> in order to be able to
+    adjust a lightbulb, or use other functionalities, in what amounts to
+    a massive user-tracking data grab.</p>
+  </li>
+
+<!-- Copied from workshop/mal.rec; don't edit in all.html. -->
 <!--#set var='ADD' value='2023-07-15' -->
 <!--#set var='PUB' value='2023-07-04' -->
@@ -4738,5 +4753,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2023/08/19 09:22:26 $
+$Date: 2023/10/29 03:33:43 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 malware-appliances.html malware-appliances.html
--- malware-appliances.html     2023-09-29 04:33:44.434850163 +0000
+++ malware-appliances.html     2023-10-29 04:09:50.723258923 +0000
@@ -120,4 +120,16 @@
 <ul class="blurbs">
 <!-- Copied from workshop/mal.rec. Do not edit in malware-appliances.html. -->
+  <li id="M202309270">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2023-09</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Philips Hue, the most ubiquitous
+    home automation product in the US, is planning to soon <a
+    
href="https://boingboing.net/2023/09/27/philips-hue-to-make-you-create-an-account-and-log-in-to-adjust-your-lightbulbs.html";>
+    force users to log in to the app server</a> in order to be able to
+    adjust a lightbulb, or use other functionalities, in what amounts to
+    a massive user-tracking data grab.</p>
+  </li>
+
+<!-- Copied from workshop/mal.rec. Do not edit in malware-appliances.html. -->
   <li id="M202307040">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2023-07</small>'
@@ -1653,5 +1665,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2023/07/15 11:27:01 $
+$Date: 2023/10/29 03:33:43 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary.html proprietary.html
--- proprietary.html    2023-09-29 04:33:44.894850945 +0000
+++ proprietary.html    2023-10-29 04:09:50.879260199 +0000
@@ -227,4 +227,16 @@
 <ul class="blurbs">
 <!-- Copied from workshop/mal.rec. Do not edit in proprietary.html. -->
+  <li id="M202309270">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2023-09</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Philips Hue, the most ubiquitous
+    home automation product in the US, is planning to soon <a
+    
href="https://boingboing.net/2023/09/27/philips-hue-to-make-you-create-an-account-and-log-in-to-adjust-your-lightbulbs.html";>
+    force users to log in to the app server</a> in order to be able to
+    adjust a lightbulb, or use other functionalities, in what amounts to
+    a massive user-tracking data grab.</p>
+  </li>
+
+<!-- Copied from workshop/mal.rec. Do not edit in proprietary.html. -->
   <li id="M202307040">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2023-07</small>'
@@ -295,28 +307,4 @@
     tethered to</a>.</p>
   </li>
-
-<!-- Copied from workshop/mal.rec. Do not edit in proprietary.html. -->
-  <li id="M202305100">
-    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2023-05</small>'
-    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
-    <p>HP delivers printers with a
-    universal back door, and recently used it to <a
-    
href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/may/10/how-can-hp-block-me-from-using-a-cheaper-printer-cartridge";>
-    sabotage them by remotely installing malware</a>. The malware makes the
-    printer refuse to function with non-HP ink cartrides, and even with old
-    HP cartridges which HP now declares to have &ldquo;expired.&rdquo;
-    HP calls the back door &ldquo;dynamic security,&rdquo;
-    and has the gall to claim that this &ldquo;security&rdquo; protects
-    users from malware.</p>
-
-    <p>If you own an HP printer that can still use non-HP cartridges,
-    we urge you to disconnect it from the internet. This will ensure that
-    HP doesn't sabotage it by &ldquo;updating&rdquo; its software.</p>
-
-    <p><small>Note how the author of the Guardian article credulously
-    repeats HP's assertion that the &ldquo;dynamic security&rdquo;
-    feature protects users against malware, not recognizing that the
-    article demonstrates it does the opposite.</small></p>
-  </li>
 </ul>
 <p class="button right-align">
@@ -381,5 +369,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2023/07/15 11:47:02 $
+$Date: 2023/10/29 03:33:43 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary-surveillance.html proprietary-surveillance.html
--- proprietary-surveillance.html       2023-09-29 04:33:45.330851686 +0000
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html       2023-10-29 04:09:50.927260592 +0000
@@ -3129,4 +3129,16 @@
 <ul class="blurbs">
 <!-- Copied from workshop/mal.rec. Do not edit in 
proprietary-surveillance.html. -->
+  <li id="M202309270">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2023-09</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Philips Hue, the most ubiquitous
+    home automation product in the US, is planning to soon <a
+    
href="https://boingboing.net/2023/09/27/philips-hue-to-make-you-create-an-account-and-log-in-to-adjust-your-lightbulbs.html";>
+    force users to log in to the app server</a> in order to be able to
+    adjust a lightbulb, or use other functionalities, in what amounts to
+    a massive user-tracking data grab.</p>
+  </li>
+
+<!-- Copied from workshop/mal.rec. Do not edit in 
proprietary-surveillance.html. -->
   <li id="M202009270">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2020-09</small>'
@@ -4202,5 +4214,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2023/09/29 03:13:23 $
+$Date: 2023/10/29 03:33:43 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary-tethers.html proprietary-tethers.html
--- proprietary-tethers.html    2023-09-29 04:33:45.422851842 +0000
+++ proprietary-tethers.html    2023-10-29 04:09:50.931260624 +0000
@@ -71,4 +71,16 @@
 <ul class="blurbs">
 <!-- Copied from workshop/mal.rec. Do not edit in proprietary-tethers.html. -->
+  <li id="M202309270">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2023-09</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Philips Hue, the most ubiquitous
+    home automation product in the US, is planning to soon <a
+    
href="https://boingboing.net/2023/09/27/philips-hue-to-make-you-create-an-account-and-log-in-to-adjust-your-lightbulbs.html";>
+    force users to log in to the app server</a> in order to be able to
+    adjust a lightbulb, or use other functionalities, in what amounts to
+    a massive user-tracking data grab.</p>
+  </li>
+
+<!-- Copied from workshop/mal.rec. Do not edit in proprietary-tethers.html. -->
   <li id="M202305040">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2023-05</small>'
@@ -473,5 +485,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2023/05/31 14:05:04 $
+$Date: 2023/10/29 03:33:43 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>