www/proprietary proprietary-censorship.html pro...

[Ali Reza Hayati]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Ali Reza Hayati <arh>   21/10/12 03:01:39

Modified files:
        proprietary    : proprietary-censorship.html 
                         proprietary-back-doors.html proprietary.html 
                         all.html 
        proprietary/workshop: mal.rec 

Log message:
        Added item about Xiaomi political censorship and back doors 
(www-discuss 2021-09-23)

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-censorship.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.52&r2=1.53
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.135&r2=1.136
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.372&r2=1.373
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/all.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.50&r2=1.51
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec?cvsroot=www&r1=1.374&r2=1.375

Patches:
Index: proprietary-censorship.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-censorship.html,v
retrieving revision 1.52
retrieving revision 1.53
diff -u -b -r1.52 -r1.53
--- proprietary-censorship.html 15 Jul 2021 07:11:54 -0000      1.52
+++ proprietary-censorship.html 12 Oct 2021 07:01:38 -0000      1.53
@@ -152,6 +152,24 @@
     by its users.</p>
   </li>
 </ul>
+
+<h3 id="other">Other</h3>
+<ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202109220">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-09</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Some Xiaomi phones <a
+    
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/22/lithuania-tells-citizens-to-throw-out-chinese-phones-over-censorship-concerns";>have
+    a malfeature to bleep out phrases that express political views
+    China does not like</a>. In phones sold in Europe, Xiaomi leaves
+    this deactivated by default, but has a back door to activate the
+    censorship.</p>
+
+    <p>This is the natural result of having nonfree software in a device
+    that can communicate with the company that made it.</p>
+  </li>
+</ul>
+
 </div>
 
 </div>
@@ -212,7 +230,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/07/15 07:11:54 $
+$Date: 2021/10/12 07:01:38 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: proprietary-back-doors.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html,v
retrieving revision 1.135
retrieving revision 1.136
diff -u -b -r1.135 -r1.136
--- proprietary-back-doors.html 1 Sep 2021 10:35:20 -0000       1.135
+++ proprietary-back-doors.html 12 Oct 2021 07:01:38 -0000      1.136
@@ -147,6 +147,20 @@
 <h3 id='alter-data'>Altering user's data or settings</h3>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202109220">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-09</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Some Xiaomi phones <a
+    
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/22/lithuania-tells-citizens-to-throw-out-chinese-phones-over-censorship-concerns";>have
+    a malfeature to bleep out phrases that express political views
+    China does not like</a>. In phones sold in Europe, Xiaomi leaves
+    this deactivated by default, but has a back door to activate the
+    censorship.</p>
+
+    <p>This is the natural result of having nonfree software in a device
+    that can communicate with the company that made it.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201905060">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2019-05</small>'
     --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -950,7 +964,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/09/01 10:35:20 $
+$Date: 2021/10/12 07:01:38 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: proprietary.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary.html,v
retrieving revision 1.372
retrieving revision 1.373
diff -u -b -r1.372 -r1.373
--- proprietary.html    8 Oct 2021 18:01:20 -0000       1.372
+++ proprietary.html    12 Oct 2021 07:01:38 -0000      1.373
@@ -186,6 +186,20 @@
 <h3 id="latest">Latest additions</h3>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202109220">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-09</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Some Xiaomi phones <a
+    
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/22/lithuania-tells-citizens-to-throw-out-chinese-phones-over-censorship-concerns";>have
+    a malfeature to bleep out phrases that express political views
+    China does not like</a>. In phones sold in Europe, Xiaomi leaves
+    this deactivated by default, but has a back door to activate the
+    censorship.</p>
+
+    <p>This is the natural result of having nonfree software in a device
+    that can communicate with the company that made it.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202109210">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-09</small>'
     --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -227,19 +241,6 @@
     
href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/samsung-can-remotely-disable-any-of-its-tvs-worldwide";>
     brick them remotely</a>.</p>
   </li>
-
-  <li id="M202108200">
-    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-08</small>'
-    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
-    <p>The Russian communications watchdog <a
-    
href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/russian-watchdog-tells-google-apple-remove-navalny-app-report-2021-08-20/";>
-    tells Google and Apple to remove Navalny's app</a> from their
-    stores.</p>
-
-    <p>Because Apple controls what a user can install, this is absolute
-    censorship. By contrast, because Android does not do that, users can
-    install apps even if Google does not offer them.</p>
-  </li>
 </ul>
 <p class="button right-align">
 <a href="/proprietary/all.html">More items&hellip;</a></p>
@@ -302,7 +303,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/10/08 18:01:20 $
+$Date: 2021/10/12 07:01:38 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: all.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/all.html,v
retrieving revision 1.50
retrieving revision 1.51
diff -u -b -r1.50 -r1.51
--- all.html    8 Oct 2021 19:20:40 -0000       1.50
+++ all.html    12 Oct 2021 07:01:38 -0000      1.51
@@ -42,6 +42,18 @@
 <div class="column-limit" id="all-malware"></div>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+<!--#set var='ADD' value='2021-10-12' --><!--#set var='PUB' value='2021-09-22' 
--><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>Some Xiaomi phones <a
+    
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/22/lithuania-tells-citizens-to-throw-out-chinese-phones-over-censorship-concerns";>have
+    a malfeature to bleep out phrases that express political views
+    China does not like</a>. In phones sold in Europe, Xiaomi leaves
+    this deactivated by default, but has a back door to activate the
+    censorship.</p>
+
+    <p>This is the natural result of having nonfree software in a device
+    that can communicate with the company that made it.</p>
+  </li>
+
 <!--#set var='ADD' value='2021-10-08' --><!--#set var='PUB' value='2021-09-21' 
--><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>Google's proprietary Chrome web browser <a
     
href="https://www.techrepublic.com/article/new-chrome-feature-can-tell-sites-and-webapps-when-youre-idle/";>
@@ -2379,7 +2391,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/10/08 19:20:40 $
+$Date: 2021/10/12 07:01:38 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: workshop/mal.rec
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec,v
retrieving revision 1.374
retrieving revision 1.375
diff -u -b -r1.374 -r1.375
--- workshop/mal.rec    8 Oct 2021 18:01:20 -0000       1.374
+++ workshop/mal.rec    12 Oct 2021 07:01:39 -0000      1.375
@@ -24,6 +24,23 @@
 ####    Please don't remove the blank line after this marker!    ####
 # ADD NEW BLURB HERE
 
+Added: 2021-10-12
+Id: 202109220
+RT: www-discuss 2021-09-23
+PubDate: 2021-09-22
+Target: proprietary-censorship.html other
+Target: proprietary-back-doors.html alter-data
+Keywords: Xiaomi, Censorship, China
+Blurb: <p>Some Xiaomi phones <a
++   
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/22/lithuania-tells-citizens-to-throw-out-chinese-phones-over-censorship-concerns";>have
++   a malfeature to bleep out phrases that express political views
++   China does not like</a>. In phones sold in Europe, Xiaomi leaves
++   this deactivated by default, but has a back door to activate the
++   censorship.</p>
++
++   <p>This is the natural result of having nonfree software in a device
++   that can communicate with the company that made it.</p>
+
 Added: 2021-10-08
 Id: 202109210
 RT: www-discuss 2021-09-27 (Surveillance of idle time in Chrome)