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Tue, 4 Apr 2023 07:04:46 -0400 (EDT) |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: GNUN <gnun> 23/04/04 07:04:45
Modified files:
proprietary/po : all.fr.po all.pot all.pt-br-diff.html
all.pt-br.po all.ru.po de.po es.po fr.po it.po
ja.po malware-cars.de-diff.html
malware-cars.de.po malware-cars.es.po
malware-cars.fr.po malware-cars.pot
malware-cars.pt-br-diff.html
malware-cars.pt-br.po malware-cars.ru.po
malware-mobiles.de-diff.html
malware-mobiles.de.po malware-mobiles.es.po
malware-mobiles.fr.po
malware-mobiles.it-diff.html
malware-mobiles.it.po
malware-mobiles.ja-diff.html
malware-mobiles.ja.po malware-mobiles.pot
malware-mobiles.pt-br-diff.html
malware-mobiles.pt-br.po malware-mobiles.ru.po
nl.po pl.po pot
proprietary-subscriptions.de-diff.html
proprietary-subscriptions.de.po
proprietary-subscriptions.es.po
proprietary-subscriptions.fr.po
proprietary-subscriptions.ja-diff.html
proprietary-subscriptions.ja.po
proprietary-subscriptions.pot
proprietary-subscriptions.pt-br-diff.html
proprietary-subscriptions.pt-br.po
proprietary-subscriptions.ru.po
proprietary-surveillance.de-diff.html
proprietary-surveillance.de.po
proprietary-surveillance.es.po
proprietary-surveillance.fr.po
proprietary-surveillance.it-diff.html
proprietary-surveillance.it.po
proprietary-surveillance.ja-diff.html
proprietary-surveillance.ja.po
proprietary-surveillance.pot
proprietary-surveillance.pt-br-diff.html
proprietary-surveillance.pt-br.po
proprietary-surveillance.ru.po
proprietary.de-diff.html proprietary.de.po
proprietary.es.po proprietary.fr.po
proprietary.it-diff.html proprietary.it.po
proprietary.ja-diff.html proprietary.ja.po
proprietary.nl-diff.html proprietary.nl.po
proprietary.pl-diff.html proprietary.pl.po
proprietary.pot proprietary.pt-br-diff.html
proprietary.pt-br.po proprietary.ru.po
proprietary.tr.po proprietary.zh-cn.po
proprietary.zh-tw-diff.html
proprietary.zh-tw.po pt-br.po ru.po tr.po
zh-cn.po zh-tw.po
Log message:
Automatic update by GNUnited Nations.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/all.fr.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.185&r2=1.186
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/all.pot?cvsroot=www&r1=1.100&r2=1.101
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/all.pt-br-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.52&r2=1.53
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/all.pt-br.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.102&r2=1.103
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/all.ru.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.178&r2=1.179
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/de.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.434&r2=1.435
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/es.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.671&r2=1.672
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/fr.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.767&r2=1.768
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/it.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.434&r2=1.435
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/ja.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.442&r2=1.443
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-cars.de-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.51&r2=1.52
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-cars.de.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.36&r2=1.37
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-cars.es.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.34&r2=1.35
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-cars.fr.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.66&r2=1.67
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-cars.pot?cvsroot=www&r1=1.29&r2=1.30
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-cars.pt-br-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.5&r2=1.6
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-cars.pt-br.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.8&r2=1.9
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-cars.ru.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.73&r2=1.74
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-mobiles.de-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.133&r2=1.134
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-mobiles.de.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.181&r2=1.182
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-mobiles.es.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.296&r2=1.297
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-mobiles.fr.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.295&r2=1.296
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-mobiles.it-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.136&r2=1.137
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-mobiles.it.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.181&r2=1.182
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-mobiles.ja-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.154&r2=1.155
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-mobiles.ja.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.171&r2=1.172
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-mobiles.pot?cvsroot=www&r1=1.146&r2=1.147
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-mobiles.pt-br-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.18&r2=1.19
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-mobiles.pt-br.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.26&r2=1.27
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/malware-mobiles.ru.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.326&r2=1.327
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/nl.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.435&r2=1.436
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/pl.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.434&r2=1.435
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/pot?cvsroot=www&r1=1.433&r2=1.434
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-subscriptions.de-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.43&r2=1.44
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-subscriptions.de.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.43&r2=1.44
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-subscriptions.es.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.46&r2=1.47
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-subscriptions.fr.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.71&r2=1.72
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-subscriptions.ja-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.51&r2=1.52
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-subscriptions.ja.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.38&r2=1.39
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-subscriptions.pot?cvsroot=www&r1=1.35&r2=1.36
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-subscriptions.pt-br-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.3&r2=1.4
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-subscriptions.pt-br.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.8&r2=1.9
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-subscriptions.ru.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.78&r2=1.79
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.de-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.254&r2=1.255
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.de.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.446&r2=1.447
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.es.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.322&r2=1.323
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.fr.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.741&r2=1.742
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.it-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.318&r2=1.319
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.it.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.458&r2=1.459
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.ja-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.336&r2=1.337
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.ja.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.439&r2=1.440
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.pot?cvsroot=www&r1=1.378&r2=1.379
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.pt-br-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.31&r2=1.32
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.pt-br.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.53&r2=1.54
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary-surveillance.ru.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.813&r2=1.814
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.de-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.363&r2=1.364
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.de.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.379&r2=1.380
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.es.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.658&r2=1.659
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.fr.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.655&r2=1.656
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.it-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.373&r2=1.374
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.it.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.388&r2=1.389
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.ja-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.378&r2=1.379
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.ja.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.371&r2=1.372
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.nl-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.374&r2=1.375
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.nl.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.362&r2=1.363
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.pl-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.391&r2=1.392
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.pl.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.354&r2=1.355
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.pot?cvsroot=www&r1=1.351&r2=1.352
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.pt-br-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.72&r2=1.73
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.pt-br.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.524&r2=1.525
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.ru.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.668&r2=1.669
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.tr.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.321&r2=1.322
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.zh-cn.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.393&r2=1.394
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.zh-tw-diff.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.353&r2=1.354
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/proprietary.zh-tw.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.341&r2=1.342
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/pt-br.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.521&r2=1.522
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/ru.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.914&r2=1.915
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/tr.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.341&r2=1.342
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/zh-cn.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.346&r2=1.347
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/po/zh-tw.po?cvsroot=www&r1=1.434&r2=1.435
Patches:
Index: all.fr.po
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/all.fr.po,v
retrieving revision 1.185
retrieving revision 1.186
diff -u -b -r1.185 -r1.186
--- all.fr.po 15 Mar 2023 13:16:44 -0000 1.185
+++ all.fr.po 4 Apr 2023 11:04:37 -0000 1.186
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
msgid ""
msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: all.html\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-03-15 10:55+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-04-04 10:55+0000\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: 2023-03-15 14:15+0100\n"
"Last-Translator: Thérèse Godefroy <godef.th AT free.fr>\n"
"Language-Team: French <trad-gnu@april.org>\n"
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"X-Outdated-Since: 2023-04-04 10:55+0000\n"
#. type: Content of: <title>
msgid ""
@@ -90,6 +91,30 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"The Pinduoduo app <a href=\"https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/02/tech/china-";
+"pinduoduo-malware-cybersecurity-analysis-intl-hnk/index.html\"> snoops on "
+"other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also installs additional "
+"malware that is hard to remove."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"GM is switching to a new audio/video system in its cars in order to <a href="
+"\"https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/01/business/gm-apple-play-evs/index.html";
+"\"> collect complete information about what people in the car watch or "
+"listen to, and also how they drive</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The new system for navigation and “driving assistance” will be "
+"tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on everything the "
+"users do with them. But don't feel bad about that, because some of these "
+"subscriptions will be gratis for the first 8 years."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"As soon as it boots, and without asking any permission, <a href=\"https://";
"www.techspot.com/news/97535-windows-11-spyware-machine-out-users-control.html"
"\">Windows 11 starts to send data to online servers.</a> The user's personal "
Index: all.pot
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/all.pot,v
retrieving revision 1.100
retrieving revision 1.101
diff -u -b -r1.100 -r1.101
--- all.pot 15 Mar 2023 11:04:17 -0000 1.100
+++ all.pot 4 Apr 2023 11:04:37 -0000 1.101
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
msgid ""
msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: all.html\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-03-15 10:55+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-04-04 10:55+0000\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -81,6 +81,30 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"The Pinduoduo app <a "
+"href=\"https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/02/tech/china-pinduoduo-malware-cybersecurity-analysis-intl-hnk/index.html\";>
"
+"snoops on other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also installs "
+"additional malware that is hard to remove."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"GM is switching to a new audio/video system in its cars in order to <a "
+"href=\"https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/01/business/gm-apple-play-evs/index.html\";>
"
+"collect complete information about what people in the car watch or listen "
+"to, and also how they drive</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The new system for navigation and “driving assistance” will be "
+"tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on everything the "
+"users do with them. But don't feel bad about that, because some of these "
+"subscriptions will be gratis for the first 8 years."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"As soon as it boots, and without asking any permission, <a "
"href=\"https://www.techspot.com/news/97535-windows-11-spyware-machine-out-users-control.html\";>Windows
"
"11 starts to send data to online servers.</a> The user's personal details, "
Index: all.pt-br-diff.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/all.pt-br-diff.html,v
retrieving revision 1.52
retrieving revision 1.53
diff -u -b -r1.52 -r1.53
--- all.pt-br-diff.html 15 Mar 2023 11:04:17 -0000 1.52
+++ all.pt-br-diff.html 4 Apr 2023 11:04:37 -0000 1.53
@@ -62,7 +62,28 @@
to detect once
installed...</a></strong></p></em></ins></span>
<ul class="blurbs">
-<!--#set var='ADD' <span class="inserted"><ins><em>value='2023-03-15'
--><!--#set var='PUB' value='2023-02-08' --><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>
+<!--#set var='ADD' <span class="inserted"><ins><em>value='2023-04-04'
--><!--#set var='PUB' value='2023-04-03' --><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>The Pinduoduo app <a
+
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/02/tech/china-pinduoduo-malware-cybersecurity-analysis-intl-hnk/index.html">
+ snoops on other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also
installs
+ additional malware that is hard to remove.</p>
+ </li>
+
+<!--#set var='ADD' value='2023-04-04' --><!--#set var='PUB'
value='2023-04-01' --><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>GM is switching to a new
+ audio/video system in its cars in order to <a
+
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/01/business/gm-apple-play-evs/index.html">
+ collect complete information about what people in the car watch or
+ listen to, and also how they drive</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The new system for navigation and “driving assistance”
+ will be tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on
+ everything the users do with them. But don't feel bad about that,
+ because some of these subscriptions will be gratis for the first
+ 8 years.</p>
+ </li>
+
+<!--#set var='ADD' value='2023-03-15' --><!--#set var='PUB'
value='2023-02-08' --><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>As soon as it boots, and without asking any permission, <a
href="https://www.techspot.com/news/97535-windows-11-spyware-machine-out-users-control.html">Windows
11 starts to send data to online servers.</a> The user's personal
@@ -3077,7 +3098,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
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-$Date: 2023/03/15 11:04:17 $
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+++ all.pt-br.po 4 Apr 2023 11:04:37 -0000 1.103
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msgstr ""
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"PO-Revision-Date: 2021-06-26 09:39-0300\n"
"Last-Translator: Rafael Fontenelle <rafaelff@gnome.org>\n"
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+msgstr ""
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+msgid ""
+"GM is switching to a new audio/video system in its cars in order to <a href="
+"\"https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/01/business/gm-apple-play-evs/index.html";
+"\"> collect complete information about what people in the car watch or "
+"listen to, and also how they drive</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The new system for navigation and “driving assistance” will be "
+"tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on everything the "
+"users do with them. But don't feel bad about that, because some of these "
+"subscriptions will be gratis for the first 8 years."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"As soon as it boots, and without asking any permission, <a href=\"https://";
"www.techspot.com/news/97535-windows-11-spyware-machine-out-users-control.html"
"\">Windows 11 starts to send data to online servers.</a> The user's personal "
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msgstr ""
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+"other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also installs additional "
+"malware that is hard to remove."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"GM is switching to a new audio/video system in its cars in order to <a href="
+"\"https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/01/business/gm-apple-play-evs/index.html";
+"\"> collect complete information about what people in the car watch or "
+"listen to, and also how they drive</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The new system for navigation and “driving assistance” will be "
+"tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on everything the "
+"users do with them. But don't feel bad about that, because some of these "
+"subscriptions will be gratis for the first 8 years."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"As soon as it boots, and without asking any permission, <a href=\"https://";
"www.techspot.com/news/97535-windows-11-spyware-machine-out-users-control.html"
"\">Windows 11 starts to send data to online servers.</a> The user's personal "
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--- de.po 15 Mar 2023 11:04:17 -0000 1.434
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#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"The Pinduoduo app <a href=\"https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/02/tech/china-";
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+"other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also installs additional "
+"malware that is hard to remove."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"GM is switching to a new audio/video system in its cars in order to <a href="
+"\"https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/01/business/gm-apple-play-evs/index.html";
+"\"> collect complete information about what people in the car watch or "
+"listen to, and also how they drive</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The new system for navigation and “driving assistance” will be "
+"tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on everything the "
+"users do with them. But don't feel bad about that, because some of these "
+"subscriptions will be gratis for the first 8 years."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"As soon as it boots, and without asking any permission, <a href=\"https://";
"www.techspot.com/news/97535-windows-11-spyware-machine-out-users-control.html"
"\">Windows 11 starts to send data to online servers.</a> The user's personal "
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msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <div><p>
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-# | directory list around [-300-] {+550+} instances of malicious
-# | [-functionalities,-] {+functionalities (with more than 680 references to
-# | back them up),+} but there are surely thousands more we don't know about.
+# | As of April, [-2017,-] {+2023,+} the [-files-] {+pages+} in this directory
+# | list around [-3-]{+6+}00 instances of malicious [-functionalities,-]
+# | {+functionalities (with more than 680 references to back them up),+} but
+# | there are surely thousands more we don't know about.
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msgstr ""
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#~| "of malicious functionalities, but there are surely thousands more we "
#~| "don't know about."
#~ msgid ""
+#~ "As of March, 2023, the pages in this directory list around 550 instances "
+#~ "of malicious functionalities (with more than 680 references to back them "
+#~ "up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
+#~ msgstr ""
+#~ "In den Dokumenten sind ungefähr 300 Fälle böswilliger Funktionalitäten
"
+#~ "aufgelistet, es gibt aber sicherlich Tausende, über die nichts bekannt "
+#~ "sind (Stand 2017-04)."
+
+#, fuzzy
+#~| msgid ""
+#~| "As of April, 2017, the files in this directory list around 300 instances "
+#~| "of malicious functionalities, but there are surely thousands more we "
+#~| "don't know about."
+#~ msgid ""
#~ "As of September, 2022, the pages in this directory list around 550 "
#~ "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 670 references to "
#~ "back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
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--- es.po 16 Mar 2023 10:01:57 -0000 1.671
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#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
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+"other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also installs additional "
+"malware that is hard to remove."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"GM is switching to a new audio/video system in its cars in order to <a href="
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+"\"> collect complete information about what people in the car watch or "
+"listen to, and also how they drive</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The new system for navigation and “driving assistance” will be "
+"tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on everything the "
+"users do with them. But don't feel bad about that, because some of these "
+"subscriptions will be gratis for the first 8 years."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"As soon as it boots, and without asking any permission, <a href=\"https://";
"www.techspot.com/news/97535-windows-11-spyware-machine-out-users-control.html"
"\">Windows 11 starts to send data to online servers.</a> The user's personal "
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"radiocomunicaciones antes que al software concreto que utilizan."
#. type: Content of: <div><p>
+# | As of [-March,-] {+April,+} 2023, the pages in this directory list around
+# | [-550-] {+600+} instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 680
+# | references to back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't
+# | know about.
+#, fuzzy
+#| msgid ""
+#| "As of March, 2023, the pages in this directory list around 550 instances "
+#| "of malicious functionalities (with more than 680 references to back them "
+#| "up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
msgid ""
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+"As of April, 2023, the pages in this directory list around 600 instances of "
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msgstr ""
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#. type: Content of: <div><div><dl><dd><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html#content\">Microsoft</a>"
msgstr "<a href=\"/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html#content\">Microsoft</a>"
+
+#~ msgid ""
+#~ "As of March, 2023, the pages in this directory list around 550 instances "
+#~ "of malicious functionalities (with more than 680 references to back them "
+#~ "up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
+#~ msgstr ""
+#~ "En marzo de 2023, las páginas de este directorio ofrecen una lista de "
+#~ "alrededor de 550 ejemplos de funcionalidades maliciosas (con más de 680 "
+#~ "referencias de apoyo), pero seguramente hay miles más que desconocemos."
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#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"The Pinduoduo app <a href=\"https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/02/tech/china-";
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+"other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also installs additional "
+"malware that is hard to remove."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"GM is switching to a new audio/video system in its cars in order to <a href="
+"\"https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/01/business/gm-apple-play-evs/index.html";
+"\"> collect complete information about what people in the car watch or "
+"listen to, and also how they drive</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The new system for navigation and “driving assistance” will be "
+"tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on everything the "
+"users do with them. But don't feel bad about that, because some of these "
+"subscriptions will be gratis for the first 8 years."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"As soon as it boots, and without asking any permission, <a href=\"https://";
"www.techspot.com/news/97535-windows-11-spyware-machine-out-users-control.html"
"\">Windows 11 starts to send data to online servers.</a> The user's personal "
@@ -13700,8 +13724,17 @@
"téléphones."
#. type: Content of: <div><p>
+# | As of [-March,-] {+April,+} 2023, the pages in this directory list around
+# | [-550-] {+600+} instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 680
+# | references to back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't
+# | know about.
+#, fuzzy
+#| msgid ""
+#| "As of March, 2023, the pages in this directory list around 550 instances "
+#| "of malicious functionalities (with more than 680 references to back them "
+#| "up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
msgid ""
-"As of March, 2023, the pages in this directory list around 550 instances of "
+"As of April, 2023, the pages in this directory list around 600 instances of "
"malicious functionalities (with more than 680 references to back them up), "
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msgstr ""
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#. type: Content of: <div><div><dl><dd><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html#content\">Microsoft</a>"
msgstr "<a href=\"/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html#content\">Microsoft</a>"
+
+#~ msgid ""
+#~ "As of March, 2023, the pages in this directory list around 550 instances "
+#~ "of malicious functionalities (with more than 680 references to back them "
+#~ "up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
+#~ msgstr ""
+#~ "En mars 2023, les pages de ce répertoire dénombraient à peu près 550
cas "
+#~ "de fonctionnalités malveillante (appuyés par plus de 680 références), "
+#~ "mais il y en a sûrement des milliers d'autres dont nous ne savons rien."
Index: it.po
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/it.po,v
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diff -u -b -r1.434 -r1.435
--- it.po 15 Mar 2023 11:04:20 -0000 1.434
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#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"The Pinduoduo app <a href=\"https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/02/tech/china-";
+"pinduoduo-malware-cybersecurity-analysis-intl-hnk/index.html\"> snoops on "
+"other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also installs additional "
+"malware that is hard to remove."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"GM is switching to a new audio/video system in its cars in order to <a href="
+"\"https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/01/business/gm-apple-play-evs/index.html";
+"\"> collect complete information about what people in the car watch or "
+"listen to, and also how they drive</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The new system for navigation and “driving assistance” will be "
+"tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on everything the "
+"users do with them. But don't feel bad about that, because some of these "
+"subscriptions will be gratis for the first 8 years."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"As soon as it boots, and without asking any permission, <a href=\"https://";
"www.techspot.com/news/97535-windows-11-spyware-machine-out-users-control.html"
"\">Windows 11 starts to send data to online servers.</a> The user's personal "
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msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <div><p>
-# | As of [-April, 2017,-] {+March, 2023,+} the [-files-] {+pages+} in this
-# | directory list around [-300-] {+550+} instances of malicious
-# | [-functionalities,-] {+functionalities (with more than 680 references to
-# | back them up),+} but there are surely thousands more we don't know about.
+# | As of April, [-2017,-] {+2023,+} the [-files-] {+pages+} in this directory
+# | list around [-3-]{+6+}00 instances of malicious [-functionalities,-]
+# | {+functionalities (with more than 680 references to back them up),+} but
+# | there are surely thousands more we don't know about.
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msgstr ""
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#~| "of malicious functionalities, but there are surely thousands more we "
#~| "don't know about."
#~ msgid ""
+#~ "As of March, 2023, the pages in this directory list around 550 instances "
+#~ "of malicious functionalities (with more than 680 references to back them "
+#~ "up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
+#~ msgstr ""
+#~ "Nel 2017 questo elenco comprende circa 300 esempi di funzionalità "
+#~ "malevole, ma sicuramente ce ne sono altre migliaia che ancora non "
+#~ "conosciamo."
+
+#, fuzzy
+#~| msgid ""
+#~| "As of April, 2017, the files in this directory list around 300 instances "
+#~| "of malicious functionalities, but there are surely thousands more we "
+#~| "don't know about."
+#~ msgid ""
#~ "As of September, 2022, the pages in this directory list around 550 "
#~ "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 670 references to "
#~ "back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
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RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/ja.po,v
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diff -u -b -r1.442 -r1.443
--- ja.po 15 Mar 2023 11:04:21 -0000 1.442
+++ ja.po 4 Apr 2023 11:04:39 -0000 1.443
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#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"The Pinduoduo app <a href=\"https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/02/tech/china-";
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+"other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also installs additional "
+"malware that is hard to remove."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"GM is switching to a new audio/video system in its cars in order to <a href="
+"\"https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/01/business/gm-apple-play-evs/index.html";
+"\"> collect complete information about what people in the car watch or "
+"listen to, and also how they drive</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The new system for navigation and “driving assistance” will be "
+"tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on everything the "
+"users do with them. But don't feel bad about that, because some of these "
+"subscriptions will be gratis for the first 8 years."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"As soon as it boots, and without asking any permission, <a href=\"https://";
"www.techspot.com/news/97535-windows-11-spyware-machine-out-users-control.html"
"\">Windows 11 starts to send data to online servers.</a> The user's personal "
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#| "more we don't know about."
msgid ""
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"malicious functionalities (with more than 680 references to back them up), "
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msgstr ""
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#~| "instances of malicious functionalities, but there are surely thousands "
#~| "more we don't know about."
#~ msgid ""
+#~ "As of March, 2023, the pages in this directory list around 550 instances "
+#~ "of malicious functionalities (with more than 680 references to back them "
+#~ "up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
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+#~
"2017å¹´1ææç¹ã§ãããã«ã¯ãç´260ã®ç°ãªãæªæã®ããæ©è½ã®å®ä¾ãæ²è¼ããã¦ã"
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+#, fuzzy
+#~| msgid ""
+#~| "As of January, 2017, the files in this directory list around 260 "
+#~| "instances of malicious functionalities, but there are surely thousands "
+#~| "more we don't know about."
+#~ msgid ""
#~ "As of September, 2022, the pages in this directory list around 550 "
#~ "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 670 references to "
#~ "back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
Index: malware-cars.de-diff.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/malware-cars.de-diff.html,v
retrieving revision 1.51
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diff -u -b -r1.51 -r1.52
--- malware-cars.de-diff.html 4 Mar 2023 17:02:33 -0000 1.51
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@@ -75,6 +75,22 @@
<div class="column-limit" id="malware-cars"></div>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202304010">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2023-04</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>GM is switching to a new
+ audio/video system in its cars in order to <a
+
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/01/business/gm-apple-play-evs/index.html">
+ collect complete information about what people in the car watch or
+ listen to, and also how they drive</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The new system for navigation and “driving assistance”
+ will be tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on
+ everything the users do with them. But don't feel bad about that,
+ because some of these subscriptions will be gratis for the first
+ 8 years.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202211301">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2022-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -558,7 +574,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
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-$Date: 2023/03/04 17:02:33 $
+$Date: 2023/04/04 11:04:39 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: malware-cars.de.po
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/po/malware-cars.de.po,v
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+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
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+
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/01/business/gm-apple-play-evs/index.html">
+ collect complete information about what people in the car watch or
+ listen to, and also how they drive</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The new system for navigation and “driving assistance”
+ will be tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on
+ everything the users do with them. But don't feel bad about that,
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says that <em>at present</em> the system is configured to
report only
aggregated information. But that could be changed. What will that
system do 10 years from now? What will a similar system in another
- country do? Those are the questions this raises.</p>
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raises.</p></em></ins></span>
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luring players into compulsively spending</a> inordinate amounts of
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the worse aspect of these apps is that <a
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class="removed"><del><strong>anonymous</a>.
</p></strong></del></span>
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your personal data on remote servers</a>. This leaves personal
information like email addresses, passwords, and health information
vulnerable. Because many of these apps are proprietary it makes it
- hard to impossible to know which apps are at
risk.</p></em></ins></span>
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full-time listening devices</a>.</p>
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+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2023-04</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>The Pinduoduo app <a
+
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/02/tech/china-pinduoduo-malware-cybersecurity-analysis-intl-hnk/index.html">
+ snoops on other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also
installs
+ additional malware that is hard to remove.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202206020">
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--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
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<a
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2017/04/26/everything-thats-wrong-with-faceapp-the-latest-creepy-photo-app-for-your-face/">
- how much access it demands to personal</strong></del></span>
data <span class="removed"><del><strong>in the device</a>.
+ how much access it demands to personal data in the
device</a>.
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<li>
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- to servers. <a
href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/04/when-apps-collude-to-steal-your-data/522177/">A
study found
+ <p>Pairs of Android apps can collude to transmit users'
personal</strong></del></span> data to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>servers. <a
href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/04/when-apps-collude-to-steal-your-data/522177/">A
study found
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There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers
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2017, 2018</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>2014-2022</em></ins></span> Free Software Foundation,
Inc.</p>
+<p>Copyright © <span class="removed"><del><strong>2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2018</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>2014-2023</em></ins></span> Free Software Foundation,
Inc.</p>
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"arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/06/tim-hortons-coffee-app-broke-law-by-"
"constantly-recording-users-movements/\"> an app that tracks people's "
@@ -2777,8 +2786,8 @@
"coordinación y el envÃo de traducciones de las páginas de este sitio web."
#. type: Content of: <div><p>
-msgid "Copyright © 2014-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
-msgstr "Copyright © 2014-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
+msgid "Copyright © 2014-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
+msgstr "Copyright © 2014-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
#. type: Content of: <div><p>
msgid ""
@@ -2801,9 +2810,8 @@
msgid "Updated:"
msgstr "Ãltima actualización:"
-#. type: Content of: <div><p>
-msgid "Copyright © 2014-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
-msgstr "Copyright © 2014-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
+#~ msgid "Copyright © 2014-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
+#~ msgstr "Copyright © 2014-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
#~ msgid "Cell-phone communications"
#~ msgstr "Comunicaciones a través del móvil"
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
msgid ""
msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: malware-mobiles.html\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2022-11-26 11:56+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-04-04 10:56+0000\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: 2022-11-26 13:28+0100\n"
"Last-Translator: Thérèse Godefroy <godef.th AT free.fr>\n"
"Language-Team: French <trad-gnu@april.org>\n"
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
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@@ -1133,6 +1134,14 @@
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msgid ""
+"The Pinduoduo app <a href=\"https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/02/tech/china-";
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+"other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also installs additional "
+"malware that is hard to remove."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"Canada has fined the company Tim Hortons for making <a href=\"https://";
"arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/06/tim-hortons-coffee-app-broke-law-by-"
"constantly-recording-users-movements/\"> an app that tracks people's "
@@ -2769,8 +2778,8 @@
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#. type: Content of: <div><p>
-msgid "Copyright © 2014-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
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+msgid "Copyright © 2014-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
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@@ -2794,6 +2803,5 @@
msgid "Updated:"
msgstr "Dernière mise à jour :"
-#. type: Content of: <div><p>
-msgid "Copyright © 2014-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
-msgstr "Copyright © 2014-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
+#~ msgid "Copyright © 2014-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
+#~ msgstr "Copyright © 2014-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
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@@ -281,25 +281,23 @@
<li id="M202001090">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2020-01</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Android phones subsidized by the US government come
with</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.osnews.com/story/27416/The_second_operating_system_hiding_in_every_mobile_phone">the
nature</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/01/us-government-funded-android-phones-come-preinstalled-with-unremovable-malware/">
+ <p>Android phones subsidized by the US government come with <a
+
href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/01/us-government-funded-android-phones-come-preinstalled-with-unremovable-malware/">
preinstalled adware and a back door for forcing installation of
apps</a>.</p>
- <p>The adware is in a modified version</em></ins></span> of <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>an
+ <p>The adware is in a modified version of an
essential system configuration app. The back door is a
surreptitious addition to a program whose stated purpose is to be a <a
href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/unremovable-malware-found-preinstalled-on-low-end-smartphone-sold-in-the-us/">
universal back door for firmware</a>.</p>
<p>In other words, a program whose raison d'être is malicious has
- a secret secondary malicious purpose. All</em></ins></span> this <span
class="removed"><del><strong>problem</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>is in addition to the
- malware of Android itself.</p></em></ins></span>
+ a secret secondary malicious purpose. All this is in addition to the
+ malware of Android itself.</p>
</li>
- <span
class="removed"><del><strong><li><p><a</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201908270">
+ <li id="M201908270">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-08</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>A very popular app found in the
@@ -322,7 +320,7 @@
a universal back door in the application processor, for Xiaomi's
use</a>.</p>
- <p>This is separate from <a
href="#universal-back-door-phone-modem">the
+ <p>This is separate from</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.osnews.com/story/27416/The_second_operating_system_hiding_in_every_mobile_phone">the
nature</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="#universal-back-door-phone-modem">the
universal back door in the modem processor that the local phone
company can use</a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -343,13 +341,15 @@
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p><a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/18/chinese-android-phones-coolpad-hacker-backdoor">
- A Chinese version of Android has a universal back door</a>. Nearly
+ A Chinese version</em></ins></span> of <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Android has a universal back door</a>. Nearly
all models of mobile phones have a <a
href="#universal-back-door-phone-modem">
universal back door in the modem chip</a>. So why did Coolpad bother
- to introduce another? Because this one is controlled by Coolpad.</p>
+ to introduce another? Because</em></ins></span> this <span
class="removed"><del><strong>problem</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>one is controlled by
Coolpad.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201403120.1">
+ <span
class="removed"><del><strong><li><p><a</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201403120.1">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2014-03</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p id="samsung"><a</em></ins></span>
@@ -777,6 +777,15 @@
full-time listening devices</a>.</p>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202304030">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2023-04</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>The Pinduoduo app <a
+
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/02/tech/china-pinduoduo-malware-cybersecurity-analysis-intl-hnk/index.html">
+ snoops on other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also
installs
+ additional malware that is hard to remove.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202206020">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2022-06</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -1968,7 +1977,7 @@
There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers
Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. -->
-<p>Copyright © <span class="removed"><del><strong>2014, 2015, 2016,
2017</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>2014-2022</em></ins></span> Free Software Foundation,
Inc.</p>
+<p>Copyright © <span class="removed"><del><strong>2014, 2015, 2016,
2017</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>2014-2023</em></ins></span> Free Software Foundation,
Inc.</p>
<p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative</strong></del></span>
@@ -1979,7 +1988,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2022/11/26 12:03:17 $
+$Date: 2023/04/04 11:04:39 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: malware-mobiles.html\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2022-11-26 11:56+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-04-04 10:56+0000\n"
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"Last-Translator: Andrea Pescetti <pescetti@gnu.org>\n"
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+msgstr ""
+
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"Canada has fined the company Tim Hortons for making <a href=\"https://";
"arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/06/tim-hortons-coffee-app-broke-law-by-"
"constantly-recording-users-movements/\"> an app that tracks people's "
@@ -2900,10 +2908,10 @@
"traduzioni</a>."
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+# | Copyright © [-2014-] {+2014-2023+} Free Software Foundation, Inc.
#, fuzzy
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@@ -460,8 +460,8 @@
<span class="removed"><del><strong>been merged into Google Play). This adds
up</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>no reason to assume
they are safer than the
iOS versions.</p>
- <p><small>Please note that the article wrongly refers
- to crackers as “hackers.”</small></p>
+ <p><small>Please note that the article wrongly
refers</em></ins></span>
+ to <span class="inserted"><ins><em>crackers as
“hackers.”</small></p>
</li>
<li id="M201908020">
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@
<p>Out of 21 gratis Android antivirus apps
that were tested by security researchers, eight <a
href="https://www.comparitech.com/antivirus/android-antivirus-vulnerabilities/">
- failed</em></ins></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>detect</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>universal back door. </p>
+ failed to detect</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>universal back door. </p>
<p>
Although Google's <em>exercise</em></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>test virus</a>. All</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>this power has not been
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@
<p>This is in addition to the fact that the car contains a cellular
modem that tells big brother all the time where it is. If you
own</em></ins></span>
such <span class="removed"><del><strong>power,
- which could also</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>a
car, it would</em></ins></span> be <span class="removed"><del><strong>used
maliciously. You might well decide</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>wise</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>let</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>disconnect the modem so as to turn
+ which could also</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>a
car, it would</em></ins></span> be <span class="removed"><del><strong>used
maliciously. You might well decide</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>wise to disconnect the modem so as</em></ins></span>
to <span class="removed"><del><strong>let</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>turn
off the tracking.</p>
</li>
@@ -572,8 +572,8 @@
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>A half-blind security critique of a tracking
app:</em></ins></span> it <span class="inserted"><ins><em>found that <a
href="https://www.consumerreports.org/mobile-security-software/glow-pregnancy-app-exposed-women-to-privacy-threats-a1100919965/">
- blatant flaws allowed anyone to snoop on a user's personal data</a>.
- The critique fails entirely</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong><em>delete</em></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>express concern that</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>programs, and you should
have</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>app
sends</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>right to
+ blatant flaws allowed anyone</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong><em>delete</em></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>snoop on a user's personal data</a>.
+ The critique fails entirely to express concern that</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>programs, and you should
have</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>app
sends</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>right to
decide who (if anyone)</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>personal data</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>trust</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>a server, where the <em>developer</em>
gets it all.
This “service” is for suckers!</p>
@@ -636,20 +636,20 @@
data from third parties in general, but it can't protect that data
from the state. Quite the contrary: confiding your data to someone
else's server, if not first encrypted by you with free software,
- undermines your rights.</p>
+ undermines your rights.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201402210">
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p><a
href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/privacy-scandal-nsa-can-spy-on-smart-phone-data-a-920971.html"></strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201402210">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2014-02</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>The <a
href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/02/crypto-weaknesses-in-whatsapp-the-kind-of-stuff-the-nsa-would-love/">insecurity
- of WhatsApp</a> makes eavesdropping a
snap.</p></em></ins></span>
+ of WhatsApp</a> makes eavesdropping a snap.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p><a
href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/privacy-scandal-nsa-can-spy-on-smart-phone-data-a-920971.html"></strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201311120">
+ <li id="M201311120">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2013-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p><a
@@ -748,11 +748,11 @@
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Twenty nine “beauty camera” apps that used to be
on Google Play had one or more malicious functionalities, such
- as stealing users' photos instead of “beautifying” them, <a
+ as stealing users' photos instead</em></ins></span> of <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>“beautifying” them, <a
href="https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/02/03/google-bans-29-beauty-camera-apps-from-the-play-store-that-steal-your-photos/">
pushing unwanted and often malicious ads on users, and redirecting them
to phishing sites</a> that stole their credentials. Furthermore, the
- user interface of most</em></ins></span> of <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>them was designed to make uninstallation
+ user interface of most of them was designed to make uninstallation
difficult.</p>
<p>Users should of course uninstall these dangerous apps if they
@@ -779,6 +779,15 @@
full-time listening devices</a>.</p>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202304030">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2023-04</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>The Pinduoduo app <a
+
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/02/tech/china-pinduoduo-malware-cybersecurity-analysis-intl-hnk/index.html">
+ snoops on other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also
installs
+ additional malware that is hard to remove.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202206020">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2022-06</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -826,10 +835,10 @@
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
+ organizations</a>. It's actually some widely used
libraries</em></ins></span> that <span class="inserted"><ins><em>do
the tracking.</p>
- <p>What's unusual here is</em></ins></span> that <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>proprietary software developer A tricks
+ <p>What's unusual here is that proprietary software developer A
tricks
proprietary software developers B1 … B50 into making platforms for
A to mistreat the end user.</p>
</li>
@@ -845,7 +854,7 @@
lifetime tracking of users, and putting them in danger. More than 1.4
billion people worldwide are affected by these proprietary apps, and
users' privacy is jeopardized by this surveillance tool. Data collected
- by Baidu may be handed over to the Chinese government, possibly
+ by Baidu may be handed over</em></ins></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the Chinese government, possibly
putting Chinese people in danger.</p>
</li>
@@ -861,7 +870,7 @@
<p>The article says that Biden's app has a less manipulative overall
approach, but that does not tell us whether it has functionalities we
consider malicious, such as sending data the user has not explicitly
- asked</em></ins></span> to <span class="inserted"><ins><em>send.</p>
+ asked to send.</p>
</li>
<li id="M202004300">
@@ -950,13 +959,13 @@
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-09</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Keeping track of who downloads a proprietary
- program is a form of surveillance. There is a
- proprietary program for adjusting a certain telescopic rifle sight. <a
+ program is a form of surveillance. There is</em></ins></span> a
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>proprietary program for adjusting a
certain telescopic rifle sight. <a
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2019/09/06/exclusive-feds-demand-apple-and-google-hand-over-names-of-10000-users-of-a-gun-scope-app/">
A US prosecutor has demanded the list of all the 10,000 or more people
who have installed it</a>.</p>
- <p>With a free program there would not be</em></ins></span> a <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>list of who has installed
+ <p>With a free program there would not be a list of who has installed
it.</p>
</li>
@@ -1015,7 +1024,7 @@
<p>This app is a spyware</em></ins></span> that <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>can snoop on a lot of
sensitive data, including user's location and contact list, and has <a
href="https://old.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/bkd5ew/you_need_to_have_a_phone_to_attend_blizzcon_this/emg38xv/">
- near-complete control</a> over the phone.</p>
+ near-complete control</a> over</em></ins></span> the <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>phone.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201904131">
@@ -1025,7 +1034,7 @@
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/13/theres-a-dark-side-to-womens-health-apps-menstrual-surveillance">
available to employers and insurance companies</a>. Even though the
data is “anonymized and aggregated,” it can easily be
- traced back to the woman who uses</em></ins></span> the <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>app.</p>
+ traced back to the woman who uses the app.</p>
<p>This has harmful implications for women's rights to equal
employment
and freedom to make their own pregnancy choices. Don't use
@@ -1704,7 +1713,7 @@
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2014-03</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p><a href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#samsung">
- Samsung's back door</a> provides access to any file on the
system.</p>
+ Samsung's back door</a> provides access</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>support
DRM</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>any file on the system.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201401150.1">
@@ -1746,8 +1755,8 @@
<p>Portable phones with GPS <a
href="https://www.aclu.org/issues/privacy-technology/location-tracking/you-are-being-tracked">
will send their GPS location on remote command, and users cannot stop
- them</a>. (The US says it will eventually require all new portable
phones</em></ins></span>
- to <span class="removed"><del><strong>support
DRM</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>have GPS.)</p>
+ them</a>. (The US says it will eventually require all new portable
phones
+ to have GPS.)</p>
</li>
<li id="M201212100">
@@ -1857,7 +1866,7 @@
There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers
Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. -->
-<p>Copyright © <span class="removed"><del><strong>2014, 2015,
2016</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>2014-2022</em></ins></span> Free Software Foundation,
Inc.</p>
+<p>Copyright © <span class="removed"><del><strong>2014, 2015,
2016</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>2014-2023</em></ins></span> Free Software Foundation,
Inc.</p>
<p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
<span
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msgid ""
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+"other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also installs additional "
+"malware that is hard to remove."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"Canada has fined the company Tim Hortons for making <a href=\"https://";
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#. type: Content of: <div><p>
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#| msgid "Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
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+msgid "Copyright © 2014-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
msgstr "Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
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--- malware-mobiles.pot 26 Nov 2022 12:03:17 -0000 1.146
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msgid ""
msgstr ""
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+"snoops on other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also installs "
+"additional malware that is hard to remove."
+msgstr ""
+
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+msgid ""
"Canada has fined the company Tim Hortons for making <a "
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msgstr ""
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full-time listening devices</a>.</p>
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+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2023-04</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>The Pinduoduo app <a
+
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/02/tech/china-pinduoduo-malware-cybersecurity-analysis-intl-hnk/index.html">
+ snoops on other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also
installs
+ additional malware that is hard to remove.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M202206020">
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--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
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class="removed"><del><strong>2014-2021</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>2014-2022</em></ins></span> Free Software Foundation,
Inc.</p>
+<p>Copyright © <span
class="removed"><del><strong>2014-2021</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>2014-2023</em></ins></span> Free Software Foundation,
Inc.</p>
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<p class="unprintable">Updated:
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--- malware-mobiles.pt-br.po 4 Apr 2023 10:55:43 -0000 1.26
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msgid ""
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"PO-Revision-Date: 2021-06-26 09:39-0300\n"
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+"other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also installs additional "
+"malware that is hard to remove."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"Canada has fined the company Tim Hortons for making <a href=\"https://";
"arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/06/tim-hortons-coffee-app-broke-law-by-"
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"contribuição com traduções das páginas deste site."
#. type: Content of: <div><p>
-msgid "Copyright © 2014-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
-msgstr "Copyright © 2014-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
+msgid "Copyright © 2014-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
+msgstr "Copyright © 2014-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
#. type: Content of: <div><p>
msgid ""
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msgid "Updated:"
msgstr "Ãltima atualização:"
-#. type: Content of: <div><p>
-msgid "Copyright © 2014-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
-msgstr "Copyright © 2014-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
+#~ msgid "Copyright © 2014-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
+#~ msgstr "Copyright © 2014-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
#~ msgid "Cell-phone communications"
#~ msgstr "Comunicações por telefone celular"
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--- malware-mobiles.ru.po 4 Apr 2023 10:55:44 -0000 1.326
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msgid ""
msgstr ""
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"PO-Revision-Date: 2020-05-25 16:59+0000\n"
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+"malware that is hard to remove."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"Canada has fined the company Tim Hortons for making <a href=\"https://";
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msgstr "Ðбновлено:"
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-msgstr "Copyright © 2014-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
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+"other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also installs additional "
+"malware that is hard to remove."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"\"> collect complete information about what people in the car watch or "
+"listen to, and also how they drive</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on everything the "
+"users do with them. But don't feel bad about that, because some of these "
+"subscriptions will be gratis for the first 8 years."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"As soon as it boots, and without asking any permission, <a href=\"https://";
"www.techspot.com/news/97535-windows-11-spyware-machine-out-users-control.html"
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msgstr ""
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-# | back them up),+} but there are surely thousands more we don't know about.
+# | As of April, [-2019,-] {+2023,+} the [-files-] {+pages+} in this directory
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+# | {+functionalities (with more than 680 references to back them up),+} but
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msgstr ""
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#~| "of malicious functionalities, but there are surely thousands more we "
#~| "don't know about."
#~ msgid ""
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+#~ "of malicious functionalities (with more than 680 references to back them "
+#~ "up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
+#~ msgstr ""
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+#~ "kwaadaardige functionaliteit, maar er zijn zeker weten duizenden andere "
+#~ "gevallen waar we niks van weten."
+
+#, fuzzy
+#~| msgid ""
+#~| "As of April, 2019, the files in this directory list around 400 instances "
+#~| "of malicious functionalities, but there are surely thousands more we "
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+"other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also installs additional "
+"malware that is hard to remove."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"listen to, and also how they drive</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on everything the "
+"users do with them. But don't feel bad about that, because some of these "
+"subscriptions will be gratis for the first 8 years."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"As soon as it boots, and without asking any permission, <a href=\"https://";
"www.techspot.com/news/97535-windows-11-spyware-machine-out-users-control.html"
"\">Windows 11 starts to send data to online servers.</a> The user's personal "
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+"other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also installs additional "
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+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"subscriptions will be gratis for the first 8 years."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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"As soon as it boots, and without asking any permission, <a href=\"https://";
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1.43
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+ <li <span class="inserted"><ins><em>id="M202304010">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2023-04</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>GM is switching to a new
+ audio/video system in its cars in order to <a
+
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/01/business/gm-apple-play-evs/index.html">
+ collect complete information about what people in the car watch or
+ listen to, and also how they drive</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The new system for navigation and “driving assistance”
+ will be tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on
+ everything the users do with them. But don't feel bad about that,
+ because some of these subscriptions will be gratis for the first
+ 8 years.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M202301230">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2023-01</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
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+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
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+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p>
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+ audio/video system in its cars in order to <a
+
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/01/business/gm-apple-play-evs/index.html">
+ collect complete information about what people in the car watch or
+ listen to, and also how they drive</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The new system for navigation and “driving assistance”
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+ listen to, and also how they drive</a>.</p>
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+ <p>The new system for navigation and “driving assistance”
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- <p>Verizon</strong></del></span>
+ <p>Verizon <a
href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/03/30/0112259/verizon-to-force-appflash-spyware-on-android-phones">
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+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
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+ pre-install</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+
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class="inserted"><ins><em>other apps, and takes control</em></ins></span> of
<span class="removed"><del><strong>its phones. The app will give Verizon the
same
+ information about</strong></del></span> <span
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+ additional malware that is hard to remove.</p>
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such as
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+
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snooping and sabotage capabilities</a> if they install their own
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in</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>as dangerous as any
other nonfree software.</p>
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For</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>snooping done by
the phone company, and perhaps by</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>employee, this is simply nonfree software,
as fundamentally unjust
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-
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<a
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<a
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and
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internet history</a>, and the Android version was found to contain a
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+ back-door allowing developers to run any code they wish</em></ins></span>
in the
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>phone.</p>
+
+ <p>Don't be distracted by</strong></del></span> <span
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app is mandatory at some workplaces.</p>
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these apps spy; on the contrary, it
- worked in various ways to prevent that, and deleted these apps after
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<p>On the other hand, Google redistributes nonfree Android apps, and
- therefore shares</em></ins></span> in <span class="inserted"><ins><em>the
responsibility for the injustice of their being
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the non-premium version of the app does JavaScript injection for
tracking the user and displaying ads.</dd>
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+
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--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Google's new voice messaging app <a
href="https://www.theverge.com/2016/9/21/12994362/allo-privacy-message-logs-google">logs
- all conversations</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ all conversations</a>.</p>
</li>
- <span
class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Spyware</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201606050">
+ <li id="M201606050">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-06</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Facebook's new Magic Photo app <a
@@ -3466,16 +3475,16 @@
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<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>A remote-control sex toy was found to make <a
-
href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/10/16634442/lovense-sex-toy-spy-surveillance">audio
+ <p>A remote-control sex toy was found to make</em></ins></span>
<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.gamersnexus.net/industry/2672-geforce-experience-data-transfer-analysis">makes</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/10/16634442/lovense-sex-toy-spy-surveillance">audio
recordings of the conversation between two users</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201703140">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-03</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>A computerized vibrator</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.gamersnexus.net/industry/2672-geforce-experience-data-transfer-analysis">makes</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/10/vibrator-phone-app-we-vibe-4-plus-bluetooth-hack">
+ <p>A computerized vibrator <a
+
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/10/vibrator-phone-app-we-vibe-4-plus-bluetooth-hack">
was snooping on its</em></ins></span> users <span
class="removed"><del><strong>identify themselves</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>through the proprietary control
app</a>.</p>
<p>The app was reporting the temperature of the vibrator minute by
@@ -3857,13 +3866,29 @@
<li><p>Users are suing Bose</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202304010">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2023-04</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>GM is switching to a new
+ audio/video system in its cars in order to <a
+
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/01/business/gm-apple-play-evs/index.html">
+ collect complete information about what people in the car watch or
+ listen to, and also how they drive</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The new system</em></ins></span> for <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>navigation and “driving assistance”
+ will be tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on
+ everything the users do with them. But don't feel bad about that,
+ because some of these subscriptions will be gratis for the first
+ 8 years.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202105130">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2021-05</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p><a
href="https://gizmodo.com/get-ready-for-in-car-ads-1846888390">Ford
- is planning to force ads on drivers in cars</a>, with the
ability</em></ins></span> for
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>the owner to pay extra to turn them off.
The system probably imposes
+ is planning to force ads on drivers in cars</a>, with the ability for
+ the owner to pay extra to turn them off. The system probably imposes
surveillance on drivers too.</p>
</li>
@@ -3952,8 +3977,8 @@
phones. <em>All</em> such data collection should be
forbidden.</p>
<p>But if you really want to be safe, we must make sure the car's
- hardware cannot collect any of that data, or</em></ins></span> that <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the software
- is free so we know it won't collect any of that data.</p>
+ hardware cannot collect any of that data, or that the software
+ is free so we know it won't collect any of</em></ins></span> that <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>data.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201711230">
@@ -4713,7 +4738,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2023/03/15 11:04:23 $
+$Date: 2023/04/04 11:04:40 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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recommended for remote education during</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>app is</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>COVID-19 pandemic</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/04/update-verizons-appflash-pre-installed-spyware-still-spyware">
being pre-installed on only one phone</a>,</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220525011540/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/05/24/remote-school-app-tracking-privacy/">track</em></ins></span>
- and <span class="inserted"><ins><em>collect personal data from children as
young as below</em></ins></span> the
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>user must explicitly opt-in
before</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>age of
- five</a>. These applications, and their websites,
send</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>app takes effect.
However,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>collected
- information to ad giants such as Facebook and Google, and they are
- still being used in</em></ins></span> the
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>app remains spyware—an
“optional” piece</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>classrooms even after some</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>spyware is
- still spyware.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the schools
+ and <span class="removed"><del><strong>the
+ user must explicitly opt-in before the app takes effect. However, the
+ app remains spyware—an “optional” piece of spyware is
+ still spyware.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>The Meitu photo-editing
+ app <a
href="https://theintercept.com/2017/01/21/popular-selfie-app-sending-user-data-to-china-researchers-say/">sends
+ user</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>collect
personal</em></ins></span> data <span class="removed"><del><strong>to a Chinese
company</a>.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>A pregnancy test controller application not only
+ can <a
href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/25/11503718/first-response-pregnancy-pro-test-bluetooth-app-security">spy
+ on many sorts</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>from
children as young as below the age</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>data in</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>five</a>. These applications, and
their websites, send</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>phone,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>collected
+ information to ad giants such as Facebook</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>in server accounts, it can
+ alter them too</a>.
+ </p></li>
+
+ <li><p>The Uber app tracks <a
href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/28/uber-background-location-data-collection/">clients'
+ movements before</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Google,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>after</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>they are
+ still being used in</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>ride</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>This example illustrates how
“getting</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>classrooms
even after some of</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>user's consent”
+ for surveillance is inadequate as a protection against massive
+ surveillance.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>Google's new voice messaging app <a
href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/21/12994362/allo-privacy-message-logs-google">logs
+ all conversations</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>schools
reopened.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>The Meitu photo-editing
- app</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Apps that
include</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em></ul>
<div class="big-subsection">
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class="date-tag">2020-11</small>'
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- <p>Microsoft's Office 365 suite enables employers</em></ins></span>
<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://theintercept.com/2017/01/21/popular-selfie-app-sending-user-data-to-china-researchers-say/">sends
- user data to</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/nov/26/microsoft-productivity-score-feature-criticised-workplace-surveillance">to
- snoop on each employee</a>. After</em></ins></span>
- a <span class="removed"><del><strong>Chinese
company</a>.</p></li>
+ <p>Microsoft's Office 365 suite enables employers</em></ins></span>
<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://techaeris.com/2016/01/13/symphony-advanced-media-software-tracks-your-digital-life-through-your-smartphone-mic/">
+ Symphony surveillance software</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/nov/26/microsoft-productivity-score-feature-criticised-workplace-surveillance">to</em></ins></span>
+ snoop on <span class="removed"><del><strong>what radio and TV programs
+ are playing nearby</a>. Also on what users post on various sites
+ such as Facebook, Google+ and Twitter.</p>
+ </li>
- <li><p>A pregnancy test controller application not only
- can</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>public outburst,
Microsoft stated that</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/25/11503718/first-response-pregnancy-pro-test-bluetooth-app-security">spy
- on many sorts of data in the phone,</strong></del></span>
+ <li><p>Facebook's new Magic Photo app</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>each employee</a>. After
+ a public outburst, Microsoft stated that</em></ins></span> <a
+<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160605165148/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/10/facebook_scans_camera_for_your_friends/">
+scans your mobile phone's photo collections</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/dec/02/microsoft-apologises-productivity-score-critics-derided-workplace-surveillance">it
would remove this capability</a>. Let's hope so.</p>
</li>
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- <p>Some Avast</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>in server accounts, it can
- alter them too</a>.
- </p></li>
+ <p>Some Avast and AVG extensions</em></ins></span>
+ for <span class="removed"><del><strong>known
faces</a>,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Firefox</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>suggests you to share the picture you take
according to who
+ is in the frame.</p>
- <li><p>The Uber app tracks</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>AVG extensions
- for Firefox and Chrome were found to</em></ins></span> <a <span
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- <span
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- snoop on users' detailed browsing habits</a>.
Mozilla</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>after</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Google
- removed</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>ride</a>.</p>
-
- <p>This example illustrates</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>problematic extensions from their stores, but this
shows
- once more</em></ins></span> how <span
class="removed"><del><strong>“getting</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>unsafe nonfree software can be. Tools that are
supposed
- to protect a proprietary system are, instead, infecting it with
- additional malware (the system itself being</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>user's consent”</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>original malware).</p>
+ <p>This spyware feature seems to require online access to some
+ known-faces database, which means the pictures are likely to be
+ sent across the wire</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Chrome were found</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Facebook's servers and face-recognition
+ algorithms.</p>
+
+ <p>If so, none of Facebook</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+
href="https://www.itpro.co.uk/security/internet-security/354417/avast-and-avg-extensions-pulled-from-chrome">
+ snoop on</em></ins></span> users' <span
class="removed"><del><strong>pictures are private
+ anymore, even if</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>detailed browsing habits</a>. Mozilla and Google
+ removed</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>user
didn't “upload” them</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>problematic extensions from their stores, but this
shows
+ once more how unsafe nonfree software can be. Tools that are
supposed</em></ins></span>
+ to <span class="removed"><del><strong>the service.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>Like most “music screaming” disservices,
Spotify
+ is based on</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>protect a</em></ins></span> proprietary <span
class="removed"><del><strong>malware (DRM and snooping). In August
+ 2015</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>system are,
instead, infecting</em></ins></span> it <span class="inserted"><ins><em>with
+ additional malware (the system itself being the original
malware).</p>
</li>
<li id="M201811020">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2018-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Foundry's graphics software <a
-
href="https://torrentfreak.com/software-company-fines-pirates-after-monitoring-their-computers-181102/">
- reports information to identify who is running it</a>. The result is
+ <p>Foundry's graphics software</em></ins></span> <a
+<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/aug/21/spotify-faces-user-backlash-over-new-privacy-policy">
+ demanded users submit to increased snooping</a>, and some
+ are starting</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://torrentfreak.com/software-company-fines-pirates-after-monitoring-their-computers-181102/">
+ reports information</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>realize</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>identify who is running it</a>. The result is
often a legal threat demanding a lot of money.</p>
- <p>The fact that this is used</em></ins></span> for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>surveillance</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>repression of forbidden sharing
- makes it even more vicious.</p>
+ <p>The fact</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>it</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>this</em></ins></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>nasty.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>used for repression of forbidden sharing
+ makes it even more vicious.</p></em></ins></span>
- <p>This illustrates that making unauthorized copies of nonfree
software</em></ins></span>
- is <span class="removed"><del><strong>inadequate as</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>not</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>protection against massive
- surveillance.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>cure for the injustice of nonfree software. It may
avoid
- paying for the nasty thing, but cannot make it less
nasty.</p></em></ins></span>
- </li>
+ <p>This <span class="removed"><del><strong>article shows the <a
+href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160313214751/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/21/spotify_worse_than_the_nsa/">
+ twisted ways</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>illustrates</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>they present snooping as a way
+ to “serve” users better</a>—never mind
+ whether they want that. This</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>making unauthorized copies of nonfree
software</em></ins></span>
+ is <span class="inserted"><ins><em>not</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>typical example of</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>cure for</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>attitude</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>injustice</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the proprietary software industry towards
+ those they have subjugated.</p>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Google's new voice
messaging app</strong></del></span>
-<span class="inserted"><ins><em></ul>
+ <p>Out, out, damned Spotify!</p>
+ </li>
+ <li><p>Many proprietary apps</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>nonfree software. It may avoid
+ paying</em></ins></span> for <span class="removed"><del><strong>mobile
devices report which other
+ apps</strong></del></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>user has
+ installed.</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>nasty
thing, but cannot make it less nasty.</p>
+ </li>
+</ul>
<div class="big-subsection">
<h4 id="SpywareInMobileApps">Mobile Apps</h4>
@@ -1533,39 +1575,41 @@
</div>
<ul class="blurbs">
- <li id="M202206020">
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2022-06</small>'
+ <li id="M202304030">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2023-04</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Canada has fined the company Tim Hortons for
making</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/21/12994362/allo-privacy-message-logs-google">logs
- all conversations</a>.</p>
+ <p>The Pinduoduo app</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/26/twitter-app-graph/">Twitter
+ is doing this in a way</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/02/tech/china-pinduoduo-malware-cybersecurity-analysis-intl-hnk/index.html">
+ snoops on other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also
installs
+ additional malware</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>at least</strong></del></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>visible and
+ optional</a>. Not as bad as what the others
do.</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>hard to
remove.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li><p>Apps</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>FTC says most mobile
apps</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M202206020">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2022-06</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Canada has fined the company Tim Hortons</em></ins></span> for
<span class="removed"><del><strong>children don't respect
privacy:</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>making</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/ftc-disclosures-severely-lacking-in-kids-mobile-appsand-its-getting-worse/">
+
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/ftc-disclosures-severely-lacking-in-kids-mobile-appsand-its-getting-worse/</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/06/tim-hortons-coffee-app-broke-law-by-constantly-recording-users-movements/">
- an app</em></ins></span> that <span class="removed"><del><strong>include
- <a
href="http://techaeris.com/2016/01/13/symphony-advanced-media-software-tracks-your-digital-life-through-your-smartphone-mic/">
- Symphony surveillance software snoop on what radio and TV programs
- are playing nearby</a>. Also on what users post on various
sites</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>tracks people's
movements</a> to learn things</em></ins></span> such as <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Facebook, Google+</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>where they live, where they
work,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Twitter.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>when they visit competitors'
+ an app that tracks people's movements</a> to learn things such as
+ where they live, where they work, and when they visit competitors'
stores.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Facebook's new Magic
Photo</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Widely
used</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M202204040">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2022-04</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>New Amazon worker chat</em></ins></span> app <a
-<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160605165148/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/10/facebook_scans_camera_for_your_friends/">
-scans your mobile phone's photo collections for known
faces</a>,</strong></del></span>
+ <p>New Amazon worker chat app</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/kollarssmith/scan-this-or-scan-me-user-privacy-barcode-scanning-applications/">proprietary
+ QR-code scanner apps snoop on</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://theintercept.com/2022/04/04/amazon-union-living-wage-restrooms-chat-app/">would
ban specific words Amazon doesn't like</a>, such as
- “union”, “restrooms”,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>suggests you to share the picture you take
according to who
- is in</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>“pay
- raise”. If</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>frame.</p>
-
- <p>This spyware feature seems to require online access to some
- known-faces database, which means</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>app was free, workers could modify</em></ins></span>
the <span class="removed"><del><strong>pictures are
likely</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>program
+ “union”, “restrooms”, and “pay
+ raise”. If</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>user</a>. This is in addition
to</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>app was free, workers
could modify</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>snooping
done</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>program
so it acts as they wish, not how Amazon wants it.</p>
</li>
@@ -1573,28 +1617,30 @@
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2022-03</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>The nonfree app “Along,”
- developed by a company controlled by Zuckerberg, <a
+ developed</em></ins></span> by <span class="removed"><del><strong>the
phone company, and perhaps</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>a company controlled</em></ins></span> by <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Zuckerberg, <a
href="https://kappanonline.org/dont-go-along-with-corporate-schemes-to-gather-up-student-data/">
- leads students</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>be
- sent across the wire</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>reveal</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Facebook's servers</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>their teacher personal information</a>
- about themselves</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>face-recognition
- algorithms.</p>
-
- <p>If so, none of Facebook users' pictures</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>their families. Conversations</em></ins></span>
are <span class="removed"><del><strong>private
- anymore, even if</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>recorded
- and</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>user didn't
“upload” them</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>collected data sent</em></ins></span> to the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>service.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>company, which grants itself the
- right to sell it. See also <a
+ leads students to reveal to their teacher personal information</a>
+ about themselves and their families. Conversations are recorded
+ and</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>OS in the
+ phone.</p>
+
+ <p>Don't be distracted by</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>collected data sent to</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>question of whether</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>company, which grants itself</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>app developers get
+ users</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>right</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>say “I agree”. That is no excuse for
malware.</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>sell
it. See also <a
href="/education/educational-malware-app-along.html#content">Educational
Malware App “Along”</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Like most “music
screaming” disservices, Spotify</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>The Brightest
Flashlight app</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M202201270">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2022-01</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The data broker X-Mode <a
-
href="https://themarkup.org/privacy/2022/01/27/gay-bi-dating-app-muslim-prayer-apps-sold-data-on-peoples-location-to-a-controversial-data-broker">bought
- location data about 20,000 people collected by around 100 different
+ <p>The data broker X-Mode</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/06/android-app-50m-downloads-sent-data-advertisers">
+ sends user data, including geolocation, for use</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://themarkup.org/privacy/2022/01/27/gay-bi-dating-app-muslim-prayer-apps-sold-data-on-peoples-location-to-a-controversial-data-broker">bought
+ location data about 20,000 people collected</em></ins></span> by <span
class="removed"><del><strong>companies.</a></p>
+
+ <p>The FTC criticized this</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>around 100 different
malicious apps</a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -1603,10 +1649,15 @@
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>A building in LA, with a supermarket in it, <a
href="https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-11-09/column-trader-joes-parking-app">demands
- customers load a particular app to pay for parking in the parking
- lot</a>, and accept pervasive surveillance. They also have the
- option of entering their license plate numbers in a kiosk.
That</em></ins></span> is <span class="removed"><del><strong>based on
proprietary malware (DRM</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>an injustice, too.</p>
+ customers load a particular</em></ins></span> app <span
class="removed"><del><strong>because it asked the user to
+ approve sending personal data</strong></del></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>pay for parking in</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>app developer but did not
+ ask about sending it to other companies. This
shows</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>parking
+ lot</a>, and accept pervasive surveillance. They also
have</em></ins></span> the
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>weakness</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>option</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the reject-it-if-you-dislike-snooping
+ “solution” to surveillance: why should</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>entering their license plate numbers
in</em></ins></span> a <span class="removed"><del><strong>flashlight
+ app send any</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>kiosk. That is
+ an injustice, too.</p>
</li>
<li id="M202106030">
@@ -1614,165 +1665,229 @@
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p><a
href="https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/03/tiktok-just-gave-itself-permission-to-collect-biometric-data-on-u-s-users-including-faceprints-and-voiceprints/">TikTok
- apps collect biometric identifiers</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>snooping). In August
- 2015</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>biometric
information from
+ apps collect biometric identifiers and biometric</em></ins></span>
information <span class="removed"><del><strong>to anyone? A free software
flashlight
+ app would not.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>from
users' smartphones</a>. The company behind it does whatever it wants
- and collects whatever data</em></ins></span> it <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>can.</p>
+ and collects whatever data it can.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
+
- <li id="M202104060">
+<div class="big-subsection">
+ <h4 id="SpywareInGames">Spyware in Games</h4>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInGames">#SpywareInGames</a>)</span>
+</div>
+
+<ul>
+ <li><p>nVidia's proprietary GeForce
Experience</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M202104060">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2021-04</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The</em></ins></span> <a
-<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/aug/21/spotify-faces-user-backlash-over-new-privacy-policy">
- demanded</strong></del></span>
+ <p>The</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.gamersnexus.net/industry/2672-geforce-experience-data-transfer-analysis">makes
+ users identify themselves</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.wired.com/story/weddings-social-media-apps-photos-memories-miscarriage-problem/">WeddingWire
- app saves people's wedding photos forever and hands over data
- to others</a>, giving</em></ins></span> users <span
class="removed"><del><strong>submit</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>no control over their personal
+ app saves people's wedding photos forever</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>then sends personal</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>hands over</em></ins></span> data <span
class="removed"><del><strong>about them</strong></del></span>
+ to
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>nVidia
servers</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>others</a>, giving users no control over their
personal
information/data. The app also sometimes shows old photos and
- memories</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>increased
snooping</a>,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>users, without giving them any control over this
- either.</p>
+ memories to users, without giving them any control over this
+ either.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M202102010">
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Angry Birds
+ <a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/world/spy-agencies-scour-phone-apps-for-personal-data.html">
+ spies</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M202102010">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Many cr…apps, developed by various
- companies for various organizations, do <a
+ companies</em></ins></span> for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>companies,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>various organizations, do <a
href="https://www.expressvpn.com/digital-security-lab/investigation-xoth">
location tracking unknown to those companies</em></ins></span> and <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>those
- organizations</a>. It's actually</em></ins></span> some
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>are starting to
realize</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>widely used
libraries</em></ins></span> that <span class="removed"><del><strong>it is
nasty.</p>
-
- <p>This article shows</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>do</em></ins></span>
- the <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
-href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160313214751/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/21/spotify_worse_than_the_nsa/">
- twisted ways</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>tracking.</p>
+ organizations</a>. It's actually some widely used libraries that
do</em></ins></span>
+ the <span class="removed"><del><strong>NSA takes
advantage</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>tracking.</p>
- <p>What's unusual here is</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>they present snooping as a
way</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>proprietary software
developer A tricks
+ <p>What's unusual here is that proprietary software developer A
tricks
proprietary software developers B1 … B50 into making platforms for
- A</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>“serve” users
better</a>—never mind
- whether they want that. This is a typical example
of</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>mistreat</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>attitude</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>end user.</p>
+ A</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>spy through it
too</a>.
+ Here's information on
+ <a
href="http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2012/11/analysis-of-what-information-angry.html">
+ more spyware apps</a>.</p>
+ <p><a
href="http://www.propublica.org/article/spy-agencies-probe-angry-birds-and-other-apps-for-personal-data">
+ More about NSA app spying</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>mistreat the end
user.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
+
+
+<div class="big-subsection">
+ <h4 id="SpywareInToys">Spyware in Toys</h4>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInToys">#SpywareInToys</a>)</span>
+</div>
+
+<ul>
+ <li></strong></del></span>
- <li id="M202003260">
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M202003260">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2020-03</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The Apple iOS version</em></ins></span> of <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>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</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>proprietary software industry towards
- those they</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>user
doesn't</em></ins></span> have <span
class="removed"><del><strong>subjugated.</p>
-
- <p>Out, out, damned Spotify!</p></strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>a Facebook account. According to the
article, Zoom and Facebook
- don't even mention this surveillance on their privacy policy page,
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" --></em></ins></span>
+ <p>The <span class="removed"><del><strong>“smart” toys
My Friend Cayla and i-Que transmit</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Apple iOS version of Zoom</em></ins></span> <a
<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.forbrukerradet.no/siste-nytt/connected-toys-violate-consumer-laws">children's
conversations</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>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</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Nuance Communications</a>,
+ a speech recognition company based in the U.S.</p>
+
+ <p>Those toys also contain major security vulnerabilities; crackers
+ can remotely control</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Facebook</a> even if</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>toys with</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>user doesn't have</em></ins></span>
+ a <span class="removed"><del><strong>mobile phone. This would
+ enable crackers</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Facebook account. According</em></ins></span> to
<span class="removed"><del><strong>listen in on a child's
speech,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>the article,
Zoom</em></ins></span> and <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Facebook
+ don't</em></ins></span> even <span class="removed"><del><strong>speak
+ into the toys themselves.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <p>A computerized vibrator
+ <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/10/vibrator-phone-app-we-vibe-4-plus-bluetooth-hack">
+ was snooping</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>mention this surveillance</em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>its users through the proprietary control
app</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>their privacy policy page,
making this an obvious violation of people's privacy even in their
- own terms.</p></em></ins></span>
+ own terms.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Many proprietary apps
for mobile devices report which other
- apps</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M202003010">
+ <li id="M202003010">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2020-03</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The Alipay Health Code app
- estimates whether</em></ins></span> the user has
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>installed. <a
href="http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/26/twitter-app-graph/">Twitter
- is doing this in a way that at least is visible</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>Covid-19</em></ins></span> and
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>optional</a>. Not as bad as
what</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" --></em></ins></span>
+ <p>The <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Alipay Health
Code</em></ins></span> app <span class="removed"><del><strong>was
reporting</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>estimates whether</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>temperature of</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>user has Covid-19 and <a
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/01/business/china-coronavirus-surveillance.html">
- tells</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>others
do.</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>cops
directly</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ tells</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>vibrator
minute by
+ minute (thus, indirectly, whether it was surrounded by a person's
+ body),</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>cops
directly</a>.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>FTC says most mobile
apps for children don't respect privacy:</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M202001290">
+ <li id="M202001290">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2020-01</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The Amazon Ring app does</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/ftc-disclosures-severely-lacking-in-kids-mobile-appsand-its-getting-worse/">
-
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/ftc-disclosures-severely-lacking-in-kids-mobile-appsand-its-getting-worse/</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/29/ring-smart-doorbell-company-surveillance-eff-report">
- surveillance for other companies as well as for
Amazon</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <p>The Amazon Ring app does <a
+
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/29/ring-smart-doorbell-company-surveillance-eff-report">
+ surveillance for other companies</em></ins></span> as well as <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>for Amazon</a>.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Widely used <a
href="https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/kollarssmith/scan-this-or-scan-me-user-privacy-barcode-scanning-applications/">proprietary
- QR-code scanner apps snoop on the user</a>. This is in
addition</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201912220">
+ <li id="M201912220">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-12</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The ToToc messaging app seems</em></ins></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>be a <a
+ <p>The ToToc messaging app seems to be a <a
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/us/politics/totok-app-uae.html">
- spying tool for</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>snooping done by</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>government of</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>phone company,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>United Arab Emirates</a>.
- Any nonfree program could be doing this,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>perhaps by</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>that is a good
- reason to use free software instead.</p>
+ spying tool for</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>vibration frequency.</p>
- <p><small>Note: this article uses</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>OS</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>word “free”</em></ins></span> in
- the
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>phone.</p>
+ <p>Note</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>government of</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>totally inadequate proposed response: a labeling
+ standard with which manufacturers would make statements about
+ their products, rather than free software which
users</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>United Arab
Emirates</a>.
+ Any nonfree program</em></ins></span> could <span
class="removed"><del><strong>have
+ checked</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>be doing
this,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>changed.</p>
- <p>Don't be distracted by the question</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>sense</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>whether</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>“gratis.”</small></p>
+ <p>The company</strong></del></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>made</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>is a good
+ reason to use free software instead.</p>
+
+ <p><small>Note: this article uses</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>vibrator
+ <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/14/wevibe-sex-toy-data-collection-chicago-lawsuit">
+ was sued for collecting lots</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>word “free” in
+ the sense</em></ins></span> of <span class="removed"><del><strong>personal
information about how
+ people</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>“gratis.”</small></p>
</li>
<li id="M201912090">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-12</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>iMonsters and Android phones,
- when used for work, give employers powerful <a
+ when</em></ins></span> used <span
class="removed"><del><strong>it</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>for work, give employers powerful <a
href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90440073/if-you-use-your-personal-phone-for-work-say-goodbye-to-your-privacy">
snooping and sabotage capabilities</a> if they install their own
- software on</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>app
developers get
- users</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>device.
Many employers demand</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>say “I agree”.
That</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>do this. For the
- employee, this</em></ins></span> is <span class="removed"><del><strong>no
excuse for malware.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>simply nonfree software, as fundamentally unjust
- and as dangerous as any other nonfree software.</p></em></ins></span>
+ software on the device. Many employers demand to do this. For the
+ employee, this is simply nonfree software, as fundamentally unjust
+ and as dangerous as any other nonfree software.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>The Brightest
Flashlight app
- <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/06/android-app-50m-downloads-sent-data-advertisers">
- sends user data, including geolocation, for use by
companies.</a></p></strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201910130">
+ <li id="M201910130">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-10</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" --></em></ins></span>
- <p>The <span class="removed"><del><strong>FTC criticized
this</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Chinese Communist
Party's “Study
- the Great Nation”</em></ins></span> app <span
class="removed"><del><strong>because</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>requires users to grant</em></ins></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>asked</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+ <p>The <span class="removed"><del><strong>company's statement that
it was anonymizing</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Chinese Communist Party's
“Study</em></ins></span>
+ the <span class="removed"><del><strong>data may be
+ true, but it doesn't really matter. If</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Great Nation” app requires users to
grant</em></ins></span> it <span class="removed"><del><strong>had
sold</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em><a
href="https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/chinese-app-allows-officials-access-to-100-million-users-phone-report-2115962">
- access to</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>user</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>phone's microphone, photos, text messages, contacts,
and
- internet history</a>, and the Android version was
found</em></ins></span> to
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>approve sending personal
data</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>contain a
- back-door allowing developers</em></ins></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>run any code they wish in</em></ins></span> the <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>users'
- phone, as “superusers.” Downloading and using
this</em></ins></span>
- app <span class="removed"><del><strong>developer</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>is mandatory at some workplaces.</p>
-
- <p>Note: The <a
-
href="http://web-old.archive.org/web/20191015005153/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinese-app-on-xis-ideology-allows-data-access-to-100-million-users-phones-report-says/2019/10/11/2d53bbae-eb4d-11e9-bafb-da248f8d5734_story.html">
- Washington Post version of the article</a> (partly
obfuscated,</em></ins></span> but <span class="removed"><del><strong>did not
- ask about sending it to other companies. This
shows</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>readable after copy-pasting in a text
editor) includes a clarification
- saying that</em></ins></span> the
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>weakness</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>tests were only performed on the Android
version</em></ins></span>
- of the <span class="removed"><del><strong>reject-it-if-you-dislike-snooping
- “solution”</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>app, and that, according</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>surveillance: why should a
flashlight</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Apple,
“this kind of
- ‘superuser’ surveillance could not be conducted on
- Apple's operating system.”</p>
+ access to</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>data</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>phone's microphone, photos, text messages, contacts,
and
+ internet history</a>, and the Android version was
found</em></ins></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>contain</em></ins></span> a
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>data broker, the data broker would
have been able</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>back-door allowing
developers</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>figure out
+ who</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>run any code
they wish in</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>user
was.</p>
+
+ <p>Following</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>users'
+ phone, as “superusers.” Downloading and
using</em></ins></span> this <span
class="removed"><del><strong>lawsuit,</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>app is mandatory at some
workplaces.</p>
+
+ <p>Note: The</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/14/we-vibe-vibrator-tracking-users-sexual-habits">
+ the company has been ordered to pay a total</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://web-old.archive.org/web/20191015005153/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinese-app-on-xis-ideology-allows-data-access-to-100-million-users-phones-report-says/2019/10/11/2d53bbae-eb4d-11e9-bafb-da248f8d5734_story.html">
+ Washington Post version</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>C$4m</a>
+ to its customers.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p> “CloudPets” toys with microphones
+ <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/28/cloudpets-data-breach-leaks-details-of-500000-children-and-adults">leak
childrens' conversations to</strong></del></span> the
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>manufacturer</a>. Guess what?
+ <a
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/internet-of-things-teddy-bear-leaked-2-million-parent-and-kids-message-recordings">Crackers
found</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>article</a>
(partly obfuscated, but
+ readable after copy-pasting in</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>way to access</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>text editor) includes a clarification
+ saying that</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>data</a>
+ collected by</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>tests
were only performed on</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>manufacturer's snooping.</p>
+
+ <p>That</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Android version
+ of</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>manufacturer</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>app,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the FBI could listen to these conversations
+ was unacceptable by itself.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Barbie
+ <a
href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/wi-fi-spy-barbie-records-childrens-5177673">is
going</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>that,
according</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>spy</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Apple, “this kind of
+ ‘superuser’ surveillance could not be
conducted</em></ins></span> on <span class="removed"><del><strong>children and
adults</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Apple's operating
system.”</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
+
+
+<!-- #SpywareAtLowLevel</strong></del></span>
- <li id="M201909091">
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201909091">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-09</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The Facebook app <a
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE"</em></ins></span> -->
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><!-- WEBMASTERS: make
sure</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>The Facebook app <a
href="https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2019/09/09/facebook-app-social-network-tracking-your-every-move/2270305001/">
tracks users even when it is turned off</a>, after tricking them
- into giving the</em></ins></span> app <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>broad permissions in order to use one of its
+ into giving the app broad permissions in order</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>place new items on top under each
subsection</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>use one of its
functionalities.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201909090">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-09</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Some nonfree period-tracking apps including MIA Fem and Maya <a
-
href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/meghara/period-tracker-apps-facebook-maya-mia-fem"></em></ins></span>
- send <span class="removed"><del><strong>any
information</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>intimate
details of users' lives</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>anyone?</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Facebook</a>.</p>
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE"</em></ins></span> -->
+
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><div class="big-section">
+ <h3 id="SpywareAtLowLevel">Spyware at Low Level</h3>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareAtLowLevel">#SpywareAtLowLevel</a>)</span>
+</div>
+<div style="clear: left;"></div>
+
+
+<div class="big-subsection">
+ <h4 id="SpywareInBIOS">Spyware in BIOS</h4>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInBIOS">#SpywareInBIOS</a>)</span>
+</div>
+
+<ul>
+<li><p>
+<a
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2984889/windows-pcs/lenovo-collects-usage-data-on-thinkpad-thinkcentre-and-thinkstation-pcs.html">
+Lenovo stealthily installed crapware</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>Some nonfree period-tracking apps
including MIA Fem</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>spyware via BIOS</a> on Windows installs.
+Note that</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Maya <a
+
href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/meghara/period-tracker-apps-facebook-maya-mia-fem">
+ send intimate details of users' lives to Facebook</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201909060">
@@ -1781,122 +1896,100 @@
<p>Keeping track of who downloads a proprietary
program is a form of surveillance. There is a
proprietary program for adjusting a certain telescopic rifle sight. <a
-
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2019/09/06/exclusive-feds-demand-apple-and-google-hand-over-names-of-10000-users-of-a-gun-scope-app/"></em></ins></span>
- A <span class="inserted"><ins><em>US prosecutor has demanded the list of
all the 10,000 or more people
+
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2019/09/06/exclusive-feds-demand-apple-and-google-hand-over-names-of-10000-users-of-a-gun-scope-app/">
+ A US prosecutor has demanded</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>specific sabotage method Lenovo used
did</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>list of all the
10,000 or more people
who have installed it</a>.</p>
- <p>With a</em></ins></span> free <span
class="removed"><del><strong>software flashlight
- app</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>program
there</em></ins></span> would <span
class="removed"><del><strong>not.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>not be a list of who has installed
- it.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <p>With a free program there would</em></ins></span> not <span
class="removed"><del><strong>affect
+GNU/Linux; also,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>be</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>“clean” Windows
install</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>list of who has
installed
+ it.</p>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
-
-
-<div class="big-subsection">
- <h4 id="SpywareInGames">Spyware in Games</h4>
- <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInGames">#SpywareInGames</a>)</span>
-</div>
-
-<ul>
- <li><p>nVidia's proprietary GeForce
Experience</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201907081">
+ <li id="M201907081">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-07</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Many unscrupulous mobile-app developers keep finding ways
to</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.gamersnexus.net/industry/2672-geforce-experience-data-transfer-analysis">makes
- users identify themselves</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/more-than-1000-android-apps-harvest-your-data-even-after-you-deny-permissions/">
- bypass user's settings</a>, regulations,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>then sends personal</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>privacy-enhancing features
- of the operating system, in order to gather as much
private</em></ins></span> data <span
class="removed"><del><strong>about</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>as
+ <p>Many unscrupulous mobile-app developers keep finding ways to <a
+
href="https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/more-than-1000-android-apps-harvest-your-data-even-after-you-deny-permissions/">
+ bypass user's settings</a>, regulations, and privacy-enhancing
features
+ of the operating system, in order to gather as much private data as
they possibly can.</p>
- <p>Thus, we can't trust rules against spying. What we can trust is
- having control over the software we run.</p>
+ <p>Thus, we can't trust rules against spying. What we can
trust</em></ins></span> is <span class="removed"><del><strong>not really
+clean since</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>having control over the software we
run.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201907080">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-07</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Many Android apps can track
- users' movements even when the user says <a
-
href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/8/20686514/android-covert-channel-permissions-data-collection-imei-ssid-location">
- not to allow</em></ins></span> them <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>access</em></ins></span> to
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>nVidia
servers</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>locations</a>.</p>
+ users' movements even when the user says</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html">Microsoft
+puts</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/8/20686514/android-covert-channel-permissions-data-collection-imei-ssid-location">
+ not to allow them access to locations</a>.</p>
- <p>This involves an apparently unintentional weakness in Android,
- exploited intentionally by malicious apps.</p></em></ins></span>
- </li>
+ <p>This involves an apparently unintentional
weakness</em></ins></span> in <span class="removed"><del><strong>its own
malware</a>.
+</p></li>
+</ul>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Angry
Birds</strong></del></span>
+<!-- #SpywareAtWork</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Android,
+ exploited intentionally by malicious apps.</p>
+ </li>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201905300">
+ <li id="M201905300">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-05</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The Femm “fertility” app is secretly
a</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/world/spy-agencies-scour-phone-apps-for-personal-data.html">
- spies</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/30/revealed-womens-fertility-app-is-funded-by-anti-abortion-campaigners">
- tool</em></ins></span> for <span class="removed"><del><strong>companies,
and the NSA takes advantage to spy through it too</a>.
- Here's information</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>propaganda</a> by natalist Christians. It
spreads distrust
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE"</em></ins></span> -->
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><!-- WEBMASTERS: make
sure</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>The Femm “fertility”
app is secretly a <a
+
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/30/revealed-womens-fertility-app-is-funded-by-anti-abortion-campaigners">
+ tool for propaganda</a> by natalist Christians. It spreads distrust
for contraception.</p>
- <p>It snoops</em></ins></span> on
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
href="http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2012/11/analysis-of-what-information-angry.html">
- more spyware apps</a>.</p>
- <p><a
href="http://www.propublica.org/article/spy-agencies-probe-angry-birds-and-other-apps-for-personal-data">
- More about NSA app spying</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>users, too, as you must expect from nonfree
- programs.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <p>It snoops on users, too, as you must expect from nonfree
+ programs.</p>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
-
-<div class="big-subsection">
- <h4 id="SpywareInToys">Spyware in Toys</h4>
- <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInToys">#SpywareInToys</a>)</span>
-</div>
-
-<ul>
- <li>
- <p>The “smart” toys My Friend Cayla and i-Que
transmit</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201905060">
+ <li id="M201905060">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-05</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>BlizzCon 2019 imposed a</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.forbrukerradet.no/siste-nytt/connected-toys-violate-consumer-laws">children's
conversations</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/05/blizzcon-2019-tickets-revolve-around-invasive-poorly-reviewed-smartphone-app/">
- requirement</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>Nuance
Communications</a>,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>run</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>speech recognition company based in the
U.S.</p>
-
- <p>Those toys also contain major security vulnerabilities; crackers
- can remotely control</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>proprietary phone app</a> to be allowed
into</em></ins></span>
- the <span class="removed"><del><strong>toys with</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>event.</p>
-
- <p>This app is</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>mobile phone. This would
- enable crackers to listen in</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>spyware that can snoop</em></ins></span> on a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>child's speech,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>lot of
- sensitive data, including user's location</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>even speak
- into the toys themselves.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li>
- <p>A computerized vibrator</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>contact list, and has</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/10/vibrator-phone-app-we-vibe-4-plus-bluetooth-hack">
- was snooping on its users through</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://old.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/bkd5ew/you_need_to_have_a_phone_to_attend_blizzcon_this/emg38xv/">
- near-complete control</a> over</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>proprietary control app</a>.</p>
-
- <p>The</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>phone.</p>
+ <p>BlizzCon 2019 imposed a <a
+
href="https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/05/blizzcon-2019-tickets-revolve-around-invasive-poorly-reviewed-smartphone-app/">
+ requirement</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>place
new items</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>run a
proprietary phone app</a> to be allowed into
+ the event.</p>
+
+ <p>This app is a spyware that can snoop</em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>top under each subsection</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>a lot of
+ sensitive data, including user's location and contact list, and has <a
+
href="https://old.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/bkd5ew/you_need_to_have_a_phone_to_attend_blizzcon_this/emg38xv/">
+ near-complete control</a> over the phone.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201904131">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-04</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Data collected by menstrual and pregnancy monitoring apps is
often <a
-
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/13/theres-a-dark-side-to-womens-health-apps-menstrual-surveillance">
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE"</em></ins></span> -->
+
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><div class="big-section">
+ <h3 id="SpywareAtWork">Spyware at Work</h3>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareAtWork">#SpywareAtWork</a>)</span>
+</div>
+<div style="clear: left;"></div>
+
+<ul>
+ <li><p>Investigation
+ Shows</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>Data collected by menstrual and
pregnancy monitoring apps is often</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160602/17210734610/investigation-shows-gchq-using-us-companies-nsa-to-route-around-domestic-surveillance-restrictions.shtml">GCHQ
+ Using US Companies, NSA To Route Around Domestic Surveillance
+ Restrictions</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>Specifically,</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/13/theres-a-dark-side-to-womens-health-apps-menstrual-surveillance">
available to employers and insurance companies</a>. Even though the
- data is “anonymized and aggregated,” it can easily be
- traced back to the woman who uses the app.</p>
+ data is “anonymized and aggregated,”</em></ins></span> it can
<span class="removed"><del><strong>collect</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>easily be
+ traced back to</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>emails</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>woman who uses the app.</p>
<p>This has harmful implications for women's rights to equal
employment
and freedom to make their own pregnancy choices. Don't use
these apps, even if someone offers you a reward to do so. A
- free-software</em></ins></span> app <span class="removed"><del><strong>was
reporting</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>that does more
or less</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>temperature</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>same thing without
+ free-software app that does more or less the same thing without
spying on you is available from <a
href="https://search.f-droid.org/?q=menstr">F-Droid</a>, and <a
href="https://dcs.megaphone.fm/BLM6228935164.mp3?key=7e4b8f7018d13cdc2b5ea6e5772b6b8f">
@@ -1906,57 +1999,62 @@
<li id="M201904130">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-04</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Google tracks the movements</em></ins></span> of <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Android phones and iPhones
+ <p>Google tracks the movements</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>members</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Android phones and iPhones
running Google apps, and sometimes <a
href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/13/us/google-location-tracking-police.html">
- saves</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>vibrator
minute by
- minute (thus, indirectly, whether it was surrounded by a person's
- body), as well as</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>data for years</a>.</p>
-
- <p>Nonfree software in</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>vibration frequency.</p>
+ saves the data for years</a>.</p>
- <p>Note</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>phone
has to be responsible for sending</em></ins></span>
- the <span class="removed"><del><strong>totally inadequate proposed
response:</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>location data
to Google.</p>
+ <p>Nonfree software in the phone has to be responsible for sending
+ the location data to Google.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201903251">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-03</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Many Android phones come with</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>labeling
- standard</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>huge
number of <a
+ <p>Many Android phones come with a huge number</em></ins></span> of
<span class="removed"><del><strong>Parliament
+ this way, because they</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190326145122/https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/03/22/inenglish/1553244778_819882.html">
preinstalled nonfree apps that have access to sensitive data without
- users' knowledge</a>. These hidden apps may either call
home</em></ins></span> with
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>the data, or pass it on to user-installed
apps that have access to
- the network but no direct access to the data. This results in massive
- surveillance on</em></ins></span> which <span
class="removed"><del><strong>manufacturers would</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the user has absolutely no control.</p>
+ users' knowledge</a>. These hidden apps may either call home with
+ the data, or</em></ins></span> pass it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>through Microsoft.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Spyware</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>on to user-installed apps that have access to
+ the network but no direct access to the data. This
results</em></ins></span> in <span class="removed"><del><strong>Cisco TNP IP
phones:</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>massive
+ surveillance on which the user has absolutely no control.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201903211">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-03</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The MoviePass dis-service <a
-
href="https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/moviepass-founder-wants-to-use-facial-recognition-to-score-you-free-movies/">
+ <p>The MoviePass dis-service</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://boingboing.net/2012/12/29/your-cisco-phone-is-listening.html">
+
http://boingboing.net/2012/12/29/your-cisco-phone-is-listening.html</a></p></strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/moviepass-founder-wants-to-use-facial-recognition-to-score-you-free-movies/">
is planning to use face recognition to track people's eyes</a>
- to</em></ins></span> make <span class="removed"><del><strong>statements
about</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>sure they won't
put</em></ins></span> their <span class="removed"><del><strong>products, rather
than free software which users could have
- checked and changed.</p>
-
- <p>The company</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>phones down or look away during
- ads—and trackers.</p>
+ to make sure they won't put their phones down or look away during
+ ads—and trackers.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
+
- <li id="M201903201">
+<div class="big-subsection">
+ <h4 id="SpywareInSkype">Spyware</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201903201">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-03</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>A study of 24 “health” apps found</em></ins></span>
that <span class="removed"><del><strong>made the vibrator</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>19 of them</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/14/wevibe-sex-toy-data-collection-chicago-lawsuit">
- was sued</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/pan9e8/health-apps-can-share-your-data-everywhere-new-study-shows">
- send sensitive personal data to third parties</a>, which can use
it</em></ins></span>
- for <span class="removed"><del><strong>collecting
lots</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>invasive advertising
or discriminating against people in poor
+ <p>A study of 24 “health” apps found that 19 of them
<a
+
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/pan9e8/health-apps-can-share-your-data-everywhere-new-study-shows">
+ send sensitive personal data to third parties</a>, which can use it
+ for invasive advertising or discriminating against
people</em></ins></span> in <span class="removed"><del><strong>Skype</h4>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInSkype">#SpywareInSkype</a>)</span>
+</div>
+
+<ul>
+ <li><p>Spyware</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>poor
medical condition.</p>
- <p>Whenever user “consent” is sought, it is buried in
- lengthy terms</em></ins></span> of <span class="inserted"><ins><em>service
that are difficult to understand. In any case,
+ <p>Whenever user “consent” is sought, it is
buried</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Skype:</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>lengthy terms of service that are
difficult to understand. In any case,
“consent” is not sufficient to legitimize snooping.</p>
</li>
@@ -1964,11 +2062,13 @@
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-02</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Facebook offered a convenient proprietary
- library for building mobile apps, which also <a
- href="https://boingboing.net/2019/02/23/surveillance-zucksterism.html">
+ library for building mobile apps, which also</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2013/06/20/project-chess-how-u-s-snoops-on-your-skype/">
+
http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2013/06/20/project-chess-how-u-s-snoops-on-your-skype/</a>.
+ Microsoft changed Skype</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://boingboing.net/2019/02/23/surveillance-zucksterism.html">
sent personal data to Facebook</a>. Lots of companies built apps that
- way and released them, apparently not realizing that all
the</em></ins></span> personal
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>data they collected would go to Facebook
as well.</p>
+ way and released them, apparently not realizing that all the personal
+ data they collected would go to Facebook as well.</p>
<p>It shows that no one can trust a nonfree program, not even the
developers of other nonfree programs.</p>
@@ -1977,23 +2077,21 @@
<li id="M201902140">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-02</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The AppCensus database gives</em></ins></span> information <span
class="removed"><del><strong>about</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>on <a
- href="https://www.appcensus.io/"></em></ins></span> how
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>people used it</a>.</p>
-
- <p>The company's statement</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Android apps use and
+ <p>The AppCensus database gives information on</em></ins></span>
<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-collaboration-user-data">
+ specifically</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.appcensus.io/"> how
Android apps use and
misuse users' personal data</a>. As of March 2019, nearly
78,000 have been analyzed, of which 24,000 (31%) transmit the <a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html#M201812290">
Advertising ID</a> to other companies, and <a
href="https://blog.appcensus.io/2019/02/14/ad-ids-behaving-badly/">
18,000 (23% of the total) link this ID to hardware identifiers</a>,
- so</em></ins></span> that <span class="inserted"><ins><em>users cannot
escape tracking by resetting it.</p>
+ so that users cannot escape tracking by resetting it.</p>
<p>Collecting hardware identifiers is in apparent violation of
- Google's policies. But</em></ins></span> it <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>seems that Google wasn't aware of it,
- and, once informed,</em></ins></span> was <span
class="removed"><del><strong>anonymizing</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>in no hurry to take action. This proves
- that</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>data
may</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>policies of a
development platform are ineffective at
+ Google's policies. But it seems that Google wasn't aware of it,
+ and, once informed, was in no hurry to take action. This proves
+ that the policies of a development platform are ineffective at
preventing nonfree software developers from including malware in
their programs.</p>
</li>
@@ -2001,28 +2099,33 @@
<li id="M201902060">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-02</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Many nonfree apps have a surveillance feature for <a
+ <p>Many nonfree apps have a surveillance feature</em></ins></span>
for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>spying</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><a
href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/06/iphone-session-replay-screenshots/">
- recording all the users' actions</a> in interacting with the
app.</p>
+ recording all the users' actions</a> in interacting with the
app.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
- <li id="M201902041.1">
+
+
+<!-- #SpywareOnTheRoad</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201902041.1">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-02</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Twenty nine “beauty camera” apps that used
to</em></ins></span>
- be
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>true,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>on Google Play had one or more malicious
functionalities, such as <a
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE"</em></ins></span> -->
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><!-- WEBMASTERS:</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>Twenty nine “beauty
camera” apps that used to
+ be on Google Play had one or more malicious functionalities, such as <a
href="https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/02/03/google-bans-29-beauty-camera-apps-from-the-play-store-that-steal-your-photos/">
stealing users' photos instead of “beautifying” them</a>,
pushing unwanted and often malicious ads on users, and redirecting
them to phishing sites that stole their credentials. Furthermore,
- the user interface of most of them was designed to make uninstallation
+ the user interface of most of them was designed to</em></ins></span> make
<span class="removed"><del><strong>sure</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>uninstallation
difficult.</p>
<p>Users should of course uninstall these dangerous apps if they
- haven't yet,</em></ins></span> but <span class="removed"><del><strong>it
doesn't</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>they should also
stay away from nonfree apps in
+ haven't yet, but they should also stay away from nonfree apps in
general. <em>All</em> nonfree apps carry a potential risk
because
- there is no easy way of knowing what they</em></ins></span> really <span
class="removed"><del><strong>matter. If it</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>do.</p>
+ there is no easy way of knowing what they really do.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201902010">
@@ -2031,15 +2134,15 @@
<p>An investigation of the 150 most popular
gratis VPN apps in Google Play found that <a
href="https://www.top10vpn.com/research/free-vpn-investigations/risk-index/">
- 25% fail to protect their users' privacy</a> due to DNS leaks. In
+ 25% fail</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>place new
items</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>protect their
users' privacy</a> due to DNS leaks. In
addition, 85% feature intrusive permissions or functions in their
source code—often used for invasive advertising—that could
- potentially also be used to spy on users. Other technical flaws were
+ potentially also be used to spy</em></ins></span> on <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>users. Other technical flaws were
found as well.</p>
- <p>Moreover, a previous investigation</em></ins></span> had <span
class="removed"><del><strong>sold</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>found that <a
-
href="https://www.top10vpn.com/research/free-vpn-investigations/ownership/">half
of</em></ins></span>
- the <span class="removed"><del><strong>data</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>top 10 gratis VPN apps have lousy privacy
policies</a>.</p>
+ <p>Moreover, a previous investigation had found that <a
+
href="https://www.top10vpn.com/research/free-vpn-investigations/ownership/">half
of
+ the</em></ins></span> top <span class="removed"><del><strong>under each
subsection</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>10 gratis VPN
apps have lousy privacy policies</a>.</p>
<p><small>(It is unfortunate that these articles talk about
“free
apps.” These apps are gratis, but they are <em>not</em>
<a
@@ -2048,16 +2151,30 @@
<li id="M201901050">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-01</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The Weather Channel app <a
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE"</em></ins></span> -->
+
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><div class="big-section">
+ <h3 id="SpywareOnTheRoad">Spyware on The Road</h3>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareOnTheRoad">#SpywareOnTheRoad</a>)</span>
+</div>
+<div style="clear: left;"></div>
+
+<div class="big-subsection">
+ <h4 id="SpywareInCameras">Spyware in Cameras</h4>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInCameras">#SpywareInCameras</a>)</span>
+</div>
+
+<ul>
+ <li></strong></del></span>
+ <p>The <span class="removed"><del><strong>Nest Cam
“smart” camera</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Weather Channel app <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/04/weather-channel-app-lawsuit-location-data-selling">
- stored users' locations</em></ins></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the company's server</a>. The company is
- being sued, demanding that it notify the users of what it will do
+ stored users' locations to the company's server</a>. The
company</em></ins></span> is
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>being sued, demanding that it notify the
users of what it will do
with the data.</p>
- <p>We think that lawsuit is about</em></ins></span> a <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>side issue. What the company does
- with the</em></ins></span> data <span
class="removed"><del><strong>broker,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>is a secondary issue. The principal wrong here is
that</em></ins></span>
- the <span class="inserted"><ins><em>company gets that</em></ins></span>
data <span class="removed"><del><strong>broker would have been
able</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>at all.</p>
+ <p>We think that lawsuit is about a side issue. What the company does
+ with the data is a secondary issue. The principal wrong here is that
+ the company gets that data at all.</p>
<p><a
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/gy77wy/stop-using-third-party-weather-apps">
@@ -2068,65 +2185,71 @@
<li id="M201812290">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2018-12</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Around 40% of gratis Android apps <a
-
href="https://privacyinternational.org/report/2647/how-apps-android-share-data-facebook-report">
- report on the user's actions</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>figure out
- who</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Facebook</a>.</p>
+ <p>Around 40% of gratis Android apps</em></ins></span> <a
+ <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34922712">always
+ watching</a>, even when</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://privacyinternational.org/report/2647/how-apps-android-share-data-facebook-report">
+ report on</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>“owner” switches</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>user's actions to Facebook</a>.</p>
<p>Often they send the machine's “advertising ID,” so
that
- Facebook can correlate the data it obtains from the same machine via
+ Facebook can correlate the data</em></ins></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>“off.”</p>
+ <p>A “smart” device means</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>obtains from</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>manufacturer</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>same machine via
various apps. Some of them send Facebook detailed information about
- the user's activities in the app; others only say that</em></ins></span>
the user <span class="removed"><del><strong>was.</p>
-
- <p>Following this lawsuit,
- <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/14/we-vibe-vibrator-tracking-users-sexual-habits"></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>is
- using that app, but that alone is often quite informative.</p>
+ the user's activities in the app; others only say that the
user</em></ins></span> is
+ using <span class="removed"><del><strong>it to outsmart
+ you.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>that app, but that alone is often quite
informative.</p>
- <p>This spying occurs regardless of whether</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>company</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>user</em></ins></span> has <span
class="removed"><del><strong>been ordered to pay</strong></del></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>total</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Facebook
- account.</p>
+ <p>This spying occurs regardless of whether the user has a Facebook
+ account.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
+
+<div class="big-subsection">
+ <h4 id="SpywareInElectronicReaders">Spyware in e-Readers</h4>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInElectronicReaders">#SpywareInElectronicReaders</a>)</span>
+</div>
- <li id="M201810244">
+<ul>
+ <li><p>E-books can contain Javascript code,
+ and</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201810244">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2018-10</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Some Android apps <a
-
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210418052600/https://www.androidauthority.com/apps-uninstall-trackers-917539/amp/">
- track the phones</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>C$4m</a>
- to its customers.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>users that have deleted
them</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <p>Some Android apps</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/08/men-make-up-their-minds-about-books-faster-than-women-study-finds">sometimes
+ this code snoops</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210418052600/https://www.androidauthority.com/apps-uninstall-trackers-917539/amp/">
+ track the phones of users that have deleted them</a>.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>
“CloudPets” toys with microphones</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201808030">
+ <li id="M201808030">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2018-08</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Some Google apps on Android</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/28/cloudpets-data-breach-leaks-details-of-500000-children-and-adults">leak
childrens' conversations</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/13/google-location-tracking-android-iphone-mobile">
+ <p>Some Google apps</em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>readers</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>Android <a
+
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/13/google-location-tracking-android-iphone-mobile">
record the user's location even when users disable “location
tracking”</a>.</p>
- <p>There are other ways</em></ins></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>turn off</em></ins></span> the
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>manufacturer</a>. Guess
what?</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>other kinds of
location
- tracking, but most users will be tricked by the misleading
control.</p>
+ <p>There are other ways to turn off the other kinds of location
+ tracking, but most users will be tricked by the misleading
control.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201806110">
+ <span
class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Spyware</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201806110">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2018-06</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The Spanish football streaming app</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/internet-of-things-teddy-bear-leaked-2-million-parent-and-kids-message-recordings">Crackers
found a</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://boingboing.net/2018/06/11/spanish-football-app-turns-use.html">tracks
+ <p>The Spanish football streaming app <a
+
href="https://boingboing.net/2018/06/11/spanish-football-app-turns-use.html">tracks
the user's movements and listens through the
microphone</a>.</p>
<p>This makes them act as spies for licensing enforcement.</p>
- <p>We expect it implements DRM, too—that there is
no</em></ins></span> way to <span class="removed"><del><strong>access the
data</a>
- collected by</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>save
- a recording. But we can't be sure from</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>manufacturer's snooping.</p>
-
- <p>That</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>article.</p>
+ <p>We expect it implements DRM, too—that there is no way to
save
+ a recording. But we can't be sure from the article.</p>
- <p>If you learn to care much less about sports, you will benefit in
- many ways. This is one more.</p>
+ <p>If you learn to care much less about sports, you will
benefit</em></ins></span> in
+ many <span
class="removed"><del><strong>e-readers—not</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>ways. This is one more.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201804160">
@@ -2134,111 +2257,106 @@
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>More than <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/16/child-apps-games-android-us-google-play-store-data-sharing-law-privacy">50%
- of</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>manufacturer</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>5,855 Android apps studied by researchers were found
to snoop</em></ins></span>
- and <span class="inserted"><ins><em>collect information about its
users</a>. 40% of</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>FBI could listen</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>apps were
- found</em></ins></span> to <span class="inserted"><ins><em>insecurely
snitch on its users. Furthermore, they could
- detect only some methods of snooping, in</em></ins></span> these <span
class="removed"><del><strong>conversations
- was unacceptable</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>proprietary apps whose
+ of the 5,855 Android apps studied by researchers were found to snoop
+ and collect information about its users</a>. 40% of the apps were
+ found to insecurely snitch on its users. Furthermore, they could
+ detect</em></ins></span> only <span class="inserted"><ins><em>some methods
of snooping, in these proprietary apps whose
source code they cannot look at. The other apps might be snooping
in other ways.</p>
<p>This is evidence that proprietary apps generally work against
their users. To protect their privacy and freedom, Android users
- need to get rid of the proprietary software—both proprietary
- Android</em></ins></span> by <span
class="removed"><del><strong>itself.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>Barbie</strong></del></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/wi-fi-spy-barbie-records-childrens-5177673">is
going</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://replicant.us">switching to
Replicant</a>,
+ need to get rid of</em></ins></span> the
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>Kindle:</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>proprietary software—both proprietary
+ Android by</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.eff.org/pages/reader-privacy-chart-2012">
+ they report even which page</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://replicant.us">switching to
Replicant</a>,
and the proprietary apps by getting apps from the free software
only <a href="https://f-droid.org/">F-Droid store</a> that
<a
- href="https://f-droid.org/docs/Anti-Features/"> prominently warns
- the user if an app contains anti-features</a>.</p>
+ href="https://f-droid.org/docs/Anti-Features/"> prominently
warns</em></ins></span>
+ the user <span class="removed"><del><strong>reads at what
time</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>if an app contains
anti-features</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201804020">
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Adobe made
“Digital Editions,”</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201804020">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2018-04</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Grindr collects information about <a
href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/04/02/egregious-breach-privacy-popular-app-grindr-supplies-third-parties-users-hiv-status">
- which users are HIV-positive, then provides the information to
+ which users are HIV-positive, then provides</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>e-reader used
+ by most US libraries,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>information to
companies</a>.</p>
<p>Grindr should not have so much information about its users.
- It could be designed so that users communicate such info</em></ins></span>
to <span class="inserted"><ins><em>each
+ It could be designed so that users communicate such info to each
other but not to the server's database.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201803050">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2018-03</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The moviepass app and dis-service</em></ins></span>
- spy on <span class="removed"><del><strong>children</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>users even more than users expected. It <a
-
href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/05/moviepass-ceo-proudly-says-the-app-tracks-your-location-before-and-after-movies/">records
- where they travel before</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>adults</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>after going to a movie</a>.</p>
+ <p>The moviepass app and dis-service
+ spy on users even more than users expected. It</em></ins></span> <a
<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/drm-strikes-again-3575860/">
+ send lots of data</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/05/moviepass-ceo-proudly-says-the-app-tracks-your-location-before-and-after-movies/">records
+ where they travel before and after going</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Adobe</a>. Adobe's “excuse”:
it's
+ needed</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>a
movie</a>.</p>
- <p>Don't be tracked—pay cash!</p></em></ins></span>
+ <p>Don't be tracked—pay cash!</p>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
-
-<!-- #SpywareAtLowLevel</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201802280">
+ <li id="M201802280">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2018-02</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE"</em></ins></span> -->
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><!-- WEBMASTERS: make
sure</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>Spotify app <a
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Spotify app <a
href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1639920/000119312518063434/d494294df1.htm">harvests
- users' data</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>place
new items</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>personally
identify and know people</a> through music,
+ users' data</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>check
DRM!</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>personally
identify and know people</a> through music,
their mood, mindset, activities, and tastes. There are over 150
- billion events logged daily</em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>top under each subsection</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>the program which contains users'
- data and personal information.</p>
+ billion events logged daily on the program which contains users'
+ data and personal information.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
-
- <li id="M201711240">
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-11</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE"</em></ins></span> -->
-
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><div class="big-section">
- <h3 id="SpywareAtLowLevel">Spyware at Low Level</h3>
- <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareAtLowLevel">#SpywareAtLowLevel</a>)</span>
-</div>
-<div style="clear: left;"></div>
-
+<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
<div class="big-subsection">
- <h4 id="SpywareInBIOS">Spyware</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>Tracking
software</em></ins></span> in <span class="removed"><del><strong>BIOS</h4>
- <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInBIOS">#SpywareInBIOS</a>)</span>
+ <h4 id="SpywareInVehicles">Spyware in Vehicles</h4>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInVehicles">#SpywareInVehicles</a>)</span>
</div>
<ul>
-<li><p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>popular Android apps
- is pervasive and sometimes very clever. Some trackers
can</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2984889/windows-pcs/lenovo-collects-usage-data-on-thinkpad-thinkcentre-and-thinkstation-pcs.html">
-Lenovo stealthily installed crapware</strong></del></span>
+<li><p>Computerized cars with nonfree</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201711240">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-11</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Tracking</em></ins></span> software <span
class="removed"><del><strong>are</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>in popular Android apps
+ is pervasive and sometimes very clever. Some trackers
can</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-12/your-car-s-been-studying-you-closely-and-everyone-wants-the-data">
+ snooping devices</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://theintercept.com/2017/11/24/staggering-variety-of-clandestine-trackers-found-in-popular-android-apps/">
follow a user's movements around a physical store by noticing WiFi
- networks</a>.</p>
+ networks</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M201709020">
+ <li <span class="removed"><del><strong>id="nissan-modem"><p>The
Nissan Leaf has a built-in cell</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="M201709020">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-09</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p><a
href="https://old.reddit.com/r/Instagram/comments/6xkhi8/ig_suddenly_asking_for_phone_number_not_visible/">Instagram
- is forcing users to give away their phone
numbers</a></em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>spyware via BIOS</a> on Windows installs.
-Note</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>won't let
+ is forcing users to give away their</em></ins></span> phone <span
class="removed"><del><strong>modem which allows
+ effectively
+ anyone</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>numbers</a> and won't let
people continue using the app if they refuse.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201708270">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-08</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The Sarahah app <a
-
href="https://theintercept.com/2017/08/27/hit-app-sarahah-quietly-uploads-your-address-book/">
+ <p>The Sarahah app</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.troyhunt.com/controlling-vehicle-features-of-nissan/">to
+ access its computers remotely</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://theintercept.com/2017/08/27/hit-app-sarahah-quietly-uploads-your-address-book/">
uploads all phone numbers and email addresses</a> in user's address
book to developer's server.</p>
- <p><small>(Note</em></ins></span> that <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>this article misuses</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>specific sabotage method Lenovo
used</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>words
+ <p><small>(Note that this article misuses the words
“<a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free
software</a>”
referring to zero price.)</small></p>
</li>
@@ -2248,231 +2366,162 @@
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>20 dishonest Android apps recorded <a
href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/07/stealthy-google-play-apps-recorded-calls-and-stole-e-mails-and-texts/">phone
- calls and sent them and text messages and emails to
snoopers</a>.</p>
+ calls and sent them and text messages</em></ins></span> and <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>emails to snoopers</a>.</p>
- <p>Google</em></ins></span> did not <span
class="removed"><del><strong>affect
-GNU/Linux; also, a “clean” Windows install is not really
-clean since <a href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html">Microsoft
-puts</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>intend to make
these apps spy; on the contrary, it
- worked</em></ins></span> in <span class="inserted"><ins><em>various ways
to prevent that, and deleted these apps after
+ <p>Google did not intend to</em></ins></span> make <span
class="removed"><del><strong>changes</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>these apps spy; on the contrary, it
+ worked</em></ins></span> in various
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>settings</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>That's easy</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>ways</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>do because</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>prevent that, and deleted these apps after
discovering what they did. So we cannot blame Google specifically
- for the snooping of these apps.</p>
+ for</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>system
has</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>snooping of these
apps.</p>
<p>On the other hand, Google redistributes nonfree Android apps, and
therefore shares in the responsibility for the injustice of their being
- nonfree. It also distributes</em></ins></span> its own <span
class="removed"><del><strong>malware</a>.
-</p></li>
-</ul>
-
-<!-- #SpywareAtWork -->
-<!-- WEBMASTERS: make sure</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>nonfree apps, such as Google Play,
+ nonfree. It also distributes its own nonfree apps, such as Google Play,
<a href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">which
are malicious</a>.</p>
<p>Could Google have done a better job of preventing apps from
- cheating? There is no systematic way for Google, or Android
users,</em></ins></span>
- to <span class="removed"><del><strong>place new
items</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>inspect executable
proprietary apps to see what they do.</p>
+ cheating? There is</em></ins></span> no <span
class="removed"><del><strong>authentication when
+ accessed through</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>systematic way for Google, or Android users,
+ to inspect executable proprietary apps to see what they do.</p>
- <p>Google could demand the source code for these apps, and study
+ <p>Google could demand</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>modem. However, even if</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>source code for these apps, and study
the source code somehow to determine whether they mistreat users in
- various ways. If it did a good job of this, it could more or less
+ various ways. If</em></ins></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>asked</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>did a good job of this, it could more or less
prevent such snooping, except when the app developers are clever
enough to outsmart the checking.</p>
<p>But since Google itself develops malicious apps, we cannot trust
Google to protect us. We must demand release of source code to the
- public, so we can depend</em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>top under</strong></del></span> each <span
class="removed"><del><strong>subsection</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>other.</p>
+ public, so we can depend on each other.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201705230">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-05</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE"</em></ins></span> -->
-
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><div class="big-section">
- <h3 id="SpywareAtWork">Spyware at Work</h3>
- <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareAtWork">#SpywareAtWork</a>)</span>
-</div>
-<div style="clear: left;"></div>
-
-<ul>
- <li><p>Investigation
- Shows</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>Apps for BART</em></ins></span>
<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160602/17210734610/investigation-shows-gchq-using-us-companies-nsa-to-route-around-domestic-surveillance-restrictions.shtml">GCHQ
- Using US Companies, NSA To Route Around Domestic Surveillance
- Restrictions</a>.</p>
-
- <p>Specifically, it</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171124190046/https://consumerist.com/2017/05/23/passengers-say-commuter-rail-app-illegally-collects-personal-user-data/">
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Apps</em></ins></span> for
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>authentication, you couldn't be
confident that Nissan has no
+ access. The</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>BART
<a
+
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171124190046/https://consumerist.com/2017/05/23/passengers-say-commuter-rail-app-illegally-collects-personal-user-data/">
snoop on users</a>.</p>
- <p>With free software apps, users could <em>make
sure</em> that they
+ <p>With free</em></ins></span> software <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>apps, users could <em>make sure</em> that
they
don't snoop.</p>
- <p>With proprietary apps, one</em></ins></span> can <span
class="removed"><del><strong>collect the emails of members of Parliament
- this way, because</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>only
hope that</em></ins></span> they <span class="removed"><del><strong>pass it
through Microsoft.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>Spyware in Cisco TNP IP phones:
- <a
href="http://boingboing.net/2012/12/29/your-cisco-phone-is-listening.html">
-
http://boingboing.net/2012/12/29/your-cisco-phone-is-listening.html</a></p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>don't.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <p>With proprietary apps, one can only hope that they
don't.</p>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
-
-
-<div class="big-subsection">
- <h4 id="SpywareInSkype">Spyware in Skype</h4>
- <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInSkype">#SpywareInSkype</a>)</span>
-</div>
-
-<ul>
- <li><p>Spyware</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201705040">
+ <li id="M201705040">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-05</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>A study found 234 Android apps that track users by <a
href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/234-android-applications-are-currently-using-ultrasonic-beacons-to-track-users/">listening
- to ultrasound from beacons placed</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Skype:</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>stores or played by TV
+ to ultrasound from beacons placed</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the car is
+ proprietary,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>stores
or played by TV
programs</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201704260">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-04</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Faceapp appears to do lots of surveillance, judging
by</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2013/06/20/project-chess-how-u-s-snoops-on-your-skype/">
-
http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2013/06/20/project-chess-how-u-s-snoops-on-your-skype/</a>.
- Microsoft changed Skype</strong></del></span>
+ <p>Faceapp appears to do lots of surveillance, judging
by</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">which
+ means</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170426191242/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2017/04/26/everything-thats-wrong-with-faceapp-the-latest-creepy-photo-app-for-your-face/">
- how much access it demands to personal data in the
device</a>.</p>
+ how much access</em></ins></span> it demands <span
class="removed"><del><strong>blind faith from its users</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>Even if no one connects</strong></del></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>personal data in</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>car remotely,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>device</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201704190">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-04</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Users are suing Bose for</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-collaboration-user-data">
- specifically</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170423010030/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/04/19/bose-headphones-have-been-spying-on-their-customers-lawsuit-claims/">
- distributing a spyware app</em></ins></span> for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>spying</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>its headphones</a>. Specifically,
- the app would record the names of the audio files users listen to
- along with the headphone's unique serial number.</p>
+ <p>Users are suing Bose for <a
+
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170423010030/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/04/19/bose-headphones-have-been-spying-on-their-customers-lawsuit-claims/">
+ distributing a spyware app for its headphones</a>.
Specifically,</em></ins></span>
+ the <span class="removed"><del><strong>cell phone
+ modem enables</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>app
would record</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>phone
company</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>names of the
audio files users listen</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>track</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>along with</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>car's movements all</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>headphone's unique serial number.</p>
- <p>The suit accuses that this was done without the users' consent.
+ <p>The suit accuses that this was done without</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>time;</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>users' consent.
If the fine print of the app said that users gave consent for this,
- would that make it acceptable? No way! It should be flat out <a
- href="/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html"> illegal to design
- the app to snoop at all</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ would that make</em></ins></span> it <span class="removed"><del><strong>is
possible</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>acceptable? No
way! It should be flat out <a
+ href="/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html">
illegal</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>physically
remove</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>design</em></ins></span>
+ the <span class="removed"><del><strong>cell phone modem
+ though.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>app to snoop at
all</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
-
-
-<!-- #SpywareOnTheRoad</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201704074">
+ <li <span
class="removed"><del><strong>id="records-drivers"><p>Proprietary
software in cars</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="M201704074">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-04</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE"</em></ins></span> -->
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><!-- WEBMASTERS: make
sure</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>Pairs of Android apps can
collude</em></ins></span>
- to <span class="removed"><del><strong>place new items on top under each
subsection</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>transmit
users' personal data to servers. <a
-
href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/04/when-apps-collude-to-steal-your-data/522177/">A
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Pairs of Android apps can collude
+ to transmit users' personal data to servers.</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2013/03/24/car-spying-edr-data-privacy/1991751/">records</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/04/when-apps-collude-to-steal-your-data/522177/">A
study found tens of thousands of pairs that collude</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201703300">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-03</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE"</em></ins></span> -->
-
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><div class="big-section">
- <h3 id="SpywareOnTheRoad">Spyware</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>Verizon <a
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Verizon <a
href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/03/30/0112259/verizon-to-force-appflash-spyware-on-android-phones">
- announced an opt-in proprietary search app that it will</a>
pre-install</em></ins></span>
- on <span class="inserted"><ins><em>some of its phones.</em></ins></span>
The <span class="removed"><del><strong>Road</h3>
- <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareOnTheRoad">#SpywareOnTheRoad</a>)</span>
-</div>
-<div style="clear: left;"></div>
-
-<div class="big-subsection">
- <h4 id="SpywareInCameras">Spyware in Cameras</h4>
- <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInCameras">#SpywareInCameras</a>)</span>
-</div>
-
-<ul>
- <li>
- <p>The Nest Cam “smart” camera</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>app will give Verizon the same information
- about the users' searches that Google normally gets when they use
+ announced an opt-in proprietary search app that it will</a>
pre-install
+ on some of its phones. The app will give Verizon the
same</em></ins></span> information
+ about <span class="removed"><del><strong>drivers' movements</a>,
+ which</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>the users'
searches that Google normally gets when they use
its search engine.</p>
- <p>Currently, the app</em></ins></span> is <a
- <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34922712">always
- watching</a>, even when</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/04/update-verizons-appflash-pre-installed-spyware-still-spyware">
- being pre-installed on only one phone</a>, and</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>“owner” switches it
“off.”</p>
- <p>A “smart” device means</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>user must
- explicitly opt-in before</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>manufacturer</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>app takes effect. However, the app
- remains spyware—an “optional” piece of
spyware</em></ins></span> is <span class="removed"><del><strong>using it to
outsmart
- you.</p></strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>still spyware.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <p>Currently, the app</em></ins></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>made available to car manufacturers, insurance
companies,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/04/update-verizons-appflash-pre-installed-spyware-still-spyware">
+ being pre-installed on only one phone</a>,</em></ins></span> and
+ <span
class="removed"><del><strong>others.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the user must
+ explicitly opt-in before the app takes effect. However, the app
+ remains spyware—an “optional” piece of spyware is
+ still spyware.</p>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
-
-<div class="big-subsection">
- <h4 id="SpywareInElectronicReaders">Spyware in e-Readers</h4>
- <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInElectronicReaders">#SpywareInElectronicReaders</a>)</span>
-</div>
-<ul>
- <li><p>E-books can contain Javascript code,
- and</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201701210">
+ <li id="M201701210">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-01</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The Meitu photo-editing app</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/08/men-make-up-their-minds-about-books-faster-than-women-study-finds">sometimes
- this code snoops on readers</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://theintercept.com/2017/01/21/popular-selfie-app-sending-user-data-to-china-researchers-say/">sends
- user data to a Chinese company</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" --></em></ins></span>
+ <p>The <span class="removed"><del><strong>case</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>Meitu photo-editing app <a
+
href="https://theintercept.com/2017/01/21/popular-selfie-app-sending-user-data-to-china-researchers-say/">sends
+ user data to a Chinese company</a>.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Spyware in many
e-readers—not only the
- Kindle:</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201611280">
+ <li id="M201611280">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The Uber app tracks</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.eff.org/pages/reader-privacy-chart-2012">
- they report even which page</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/28/uber-background-location-data-collection/">clients'
- movements before and after</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>user reads at what
time</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>ride</a>.</p>
+ <p>The Uber app tracks <a
+
href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/28/uber-background-location-data-collection/">clients'
+ movements before and after the ride</a>.</p>
<p>This example illustrates how “getting the user's
consent” for surveillance is inadequate as a protection against
- massive surveillance.</p></em></ins></span>
+ massive surveillance.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Adobe made
“Digital Editions,”</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201611160">
+ <li id="M201611160">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>A <a
href="https://research.csiro.au/isp/wp-content/uploads/sites/106/2016/08/paper-1.pdf">
- research paper</a> that investigated</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>e-reader used</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>privacy and security of
- 283 Android VPN apps concluded that “in spite of the promises
- for privacy, security, and anonymity given</em></ins></span> by <span
class="removed"><del><strong>most US libraries,
- <a
href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/drm-strikes-again-3575860/">
- send lots</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>the
majority</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>data</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>VPN
- apps—millions of users may be unawarely subject</em></ins></span> to
<span class="removed"><del><strong>Adobe</a>. Adobe's
“excuse”: it's
- needed</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>poor
security
+ research paper</a> that investigated the privacy and
security</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>toll-collection systems, mentioned in this
article,</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>283 Android VPN apps concluded that
“in spite of the promises
+ for privacy, security, and anonymity given by the majority of VPN
+ apps—millions of users may be unawarely subject to poor security
guarantees and abusive practices inflicted by VPN apps.”</p>
- <p>Following is a non-exhaustive list, taken from the research paper,
- of some proprietary VPN apps that track users and infringe their
+ <p>Following</em></ins></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>not
+ really</strong></del></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>matter</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>non-exhaustive list, taken from the research
paper,</em></ins></span>
+ of <span class="inserted"><ins><em>some</em></ins></span> proprietary
<span class="removed"><del><strong>surveillance. These systems are an
+ intolerable invasion</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>VPN apps that track users and infringe their
privacy:</p>
<dl class="compact">
<dt>SurfEasy</dt>
<dd>Includes tracking libraries such as NativeX and Appflood,
- meant</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>check
DRM!</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>track
users and show them targeted ads.</dd>
+ meant to track users and show them targeted ads.</dd>
<dt>sFly Network Booster</dt>
<dd>Requests the <code>READ_SMS</code> and
<code>SEND_SMS</code>
@@ -2490,59 +2539,42 @@
<dt>VPN Services HotspotShield</dt>
<dd>Injects JavaScript code into the HTML pages returned to the
- users. The stated purpose of the JS injection is to display ads. Uses
+ users. The stated purpose</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>privacy,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the JS injection is to display ads. Uses
roughly five tracking libraries. Also, it redirects the user's
traffic through valueclick.com (an advertising website).</dd>
<dt>WiFi Protector VPN</dt>
- <dd>Injects JavaScript code into HTML pages, and also uses roughly
+ <dd>Injects JavaScript code into HTML pages,</em></ins></span> and
<span class="removed"><del><strong>should</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>also uses roughly
five tracking libraries. Developers of this app have confirmed that
the non-premium version of the app does JavaScript injection for
tracking the user and displaying ads.</dd>
- </dl></em></ins></span>
+ </dl>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
-
-<div class="big-subsection">
- <h4 id="SpywareInVehicles">Spyware in Vehicles</h4>
- <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInVehicles">#SpywareInVehicles</a>)</span>
-</div>
-
-<ul>
-<li><p>Computerized cars with nonfree software
are</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201609210">
+ <li id="M201609210">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-09</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Google's new voice messaging app</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-12/your-car-s-been-studying-you-closely-and-everyone-wants-the-data">
- snooping devices</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theverge.com/2016/9/21/12994362/allo-privacy-message-logs-google">logs
- all conversations</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <p>Google's new voice messaging app <a
+
href="https://www.theverge.com/2016/9/21/12994362/allo-privacy-message-logs-google">logs
+ all conversations</a>.</p>
</li>
- <li <span class="removed"><del><strong>id="nissan-modem"><p>The
Nissan Leaf has a built-in cell phone modem which allows
- effectively
- anyone</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="M201606050">
+ <li id="M201606050">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-06</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Facebook's new Magic Photo app</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.troyhunt.com/controlling-vehicle-features-of-nissan/">to
- access its computers remotely</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theregister.com/2015/11/10/facebook_scans_camera_for_your_friends/">
- scans your mobile phone's photo collections for known
faces</a>,</em></ins></span>
- and <span class="removed"><del><strong>make changes</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>suggests you circulate the picture you take
according to who is</em></ins></span>
- in <span class="removed"><del><strong>various
- settings</a>.</p>
+ <p>Facebook's new Magic Photo app <a
+
href="https://www.theregister.com/2015/11/10/facebook_scans_camera_for_your_friends/">
+ scans your mobile phone's photo collections for known faces</a>,
+ and suggests you circulate the picture you take according to who is
+ in the frame.</p>
- <p>That's easy</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the frame.</p>
-
- <p>This spyware feature seems</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>do because</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>require online access to some
- known-faces database, which means</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>system has no authentication when
- accessed through</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>pictures are likely to be
- sent across</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>modem. However,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>wire to Facebook's servers and face-recognition
+ <p>This spyware feature seems to require online access to some
+ known-faces database, which means the pictures are likely
to</em></ins></span> be <span
class="removed"><del><strong>replaced</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>sent across the wire to Facebook's servers
and face-recognition
algorithms.</p>
- <p>If so, none of Facebook users' pictures are private
anymore,</em></ins></span>
- even if <span class="inserted"><ins><em>the user didn't
“upload” them to the service.</p>
+ <p>If so, none of Facebook users' pictures are private anymore,
+ even if the user didn't “upload” them to the service.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201605310">
@@ -2550,9 +2582,9 @@
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Facebook's app listens all the time, <a
href="https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/facebook-using-people-s-phones-to-listen-in-on-what-they-re-saying-claims-professor-a7057526.html">to
- snoop on what people are listening to or watching</a>. In
addition,</em></ins></span>
- it <span class="removed"><del><strong>asked for
- authentication, you couldn't</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>may</em></ins></span> be <span
class="removed"><del><strong>confident</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>analyzing people's conversations to serve them with
targeted
+ snoop on what people are listening to or watching</a>. In addition,
+ it may be analyzing people's conversations to serve them</em></ins></span>
with <span class="removed"><del><strong>anonymous
+ payment systems, but</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>targeted
advertisements.</p>
</li>
@@ -2561,17 +2593,16 @@
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>A pregnancy test controller application not only can <a
href="https://www.theverge.com/2016/4/25/11503718/first-response-pregnancy-pro-test-bluetooth-app-security">
- spy on many sorts of data in the phone, and in server accounts,
+ spy on many sorts of data in</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>invasion isn't done by
malware.</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>phone, and in
server accounts,
it can alter them too</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201601130">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-01</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Apps</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Nissan has no
- access. The</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>include
<a
+ <p>Apps that include <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180913014551/http://techaeris.com/2016/01/13/symphony-advanced-media-software-tracks-your-digital-life-through-your-smartphone-mic/">
- Symphony surveillance</em></ins></span> software <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>snoop on what radio and TV programs
+ Symphony surveillance software snoop on what radio and TV programs
are playing nearby</a>. Also on what users post on various sites
such as Facebook, Google+ and Twitter.</p>
</li>
@@ -2582,25 +2613,24 @@
<p>“Cryptic communication,”
unrelated to the app's functionality, was <a
href="https://news.mit.edu/2015/data-transferred-android-apps-hiding-1119">
- found</em></ins></span> in the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>car</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>500 most popular gratis Android
apps</a>.</p>
+ found in the 500 most popular gratis Android apps</a>.</p>
<p>The article should not have described these apps as
- “free”—they are not free software. The clear way
- to say “zero price”</em></ins></span> is
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>proprietary,</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>“gratis.”</p>
+ “free”—they are not free software.</em></ins></span>
The <span class="inserted"><ins><em>clear way
+ to say “zero price” is “gratis.”</p>
<p>The article takes for granted that the usual analytics tools are
legitimate, but is that valid? Software developers have no right to
analyze what users are doing or how. “Analytics” tools
- that snoop are just as wrong as any other snooping.</p>
+ that snoop are just as wrong as any</em></ins></span> other
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>cases mentioned</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>snooping.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201510300">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2015-10</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>More than 73% and 47% of mobile applications, for Android and iOS
- respectively</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">which
- means</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://techscience.org/a/2015103001/">hand
over
+ respectively <a href="https://techscience.org/a/2015103001/">hand
over
personal, behavioral and location information</a> of their users to
third parties.</p>
</li>
@@ -2609,19 +2639,16 @@
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2015-08</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Like most “music screaming” disservices, Spotify is
- based on proprietary malware (DRM and snooping). In August
2015</em></ins></span> it <span class="removed"><del><strong>demands blind
faith from its users</a>.</p>
-
- <p>Even if no one connects</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+ based on proprietary malware (DRM and snooping). In August 2015 it <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/aug/21/spotify-faces-user-backlash-over-new-privacy-policy">
- demanded users submit to increased snooping</a>, and some are
starting</em></ins></span>
- to <span class="inserted"><ins><em>realize that it is nasty.</p>
+ demanded users submit to increased snooping</a>, and some are
starting
+ to realize that it is nasty.</p>
- <p>This article shows</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>car remotely,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+ <p>This article shows the <a
href="https://www.theregister.com/2015/08/21/spotify_worse_than_the_nsa/">
twisted ways that they present snooping as a way to “serve”
users better</a>—never mind whether they want that. This is a
- typical example of</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>cell phone
- modem enables</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>attitude of</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>phone company</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>proprietary software industry
+ typical example of the attitude of the proprietary software industry
towards those they have subjugated.</p>
<p>Out, out, damned Spotify!</p>
@@ -2630,9 +2657,9 @@
<li id="M201507281">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2015-07</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Many retail businesses publish cr…apps that
ask</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>track</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+ <p>Many retail businesses publish cr…apps that ask to <a
href="https://www.delish.com/kitchen-tools/a43252/how-food-apps-use-data/">
- spy on</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>car's
movements all</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>user's own
data</a>—often many kinds.</p>
+ spy on the user's own data</a>—often many kinds.</p>
<p>Those companies know that snoop-phone usage trains people to say
yes to almost any snooping.</p>
@@ -2643,39 +2670,34 @@
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p><a
href="https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~arb33/papers/FerreiraEtAl-Securacy-WiSec2015.pdf">
- A study in 2015</a> found that 90% of</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>time;</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>top-ranked gratis proprietary
+ A study in 2015</a> found that 90% of the top-ranked gratis
proprietary
Android apps contained recognizable tracking libraries. For the paid
- proprietary apps,</em></ins></span> it <span class="inserted"><ins><em>was
only 60%.</p>
+ proprietary apps, it was only 60%.</p>
<p>The article confusingly describes gratis apps as
- “free”, but most of them are not in fact <a
+ “free”, but most of them</em></ins></span> are <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>not in fact <a
href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>. It also uses
the
- ugly word “monetize”. A good replacement for that
word</em></ins></span>
- is <span class="removed"><del><strong>possible</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>“exploit”; nearly always that will fit
perfectly.</p>
+ ugly word “monetize”. A good replacement for that word
+ is “exploit”; nearly always that will fit perfectly.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201505060">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2015-05</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Gratis Android apps (but not <a
- href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>)
connect</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>physically
remove</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>100 <a
+ href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>) connect to 100
<a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/06/free-android-apps-connect-tracking-advertising-websites">tracking
- and advertising</a> URLs, on</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>cell phone modem
- though.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>average.</p></em></ins></span>
+ and advertising</a> URLs, on the average.</p>
</li>
- <li <span
class="removed"><del><strong>id="records-drivers"><p>Proprietary
software in cars</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="M201504060">
+ <li id="M201504060">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2015-04</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Widely used</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2013/03/24/car-spying-edr-data-privacy/1991751/">records
information about drivers' movements</a>,
- which</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2015/04/06/scan-this-or-scan-me-user-privacy-barcode-scanning-applications/">proprietary
- QR-code scanner apps snoop on the user</a>. This</em></ins></span>
is <span class="removed"><del><strong>made available</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>in addition</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>car manufacturers, insurance
companies,</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>the snooping done by the phone
company,</em></ins></span> and
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>others.</p>
-
- <p>The case of toll-collection systems,
mentioned</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>perhaps by the
OS</em></ins></span> in
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>the phone.</p>
+ <p>Widely used <a
+
href="https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2015/04/06/scan-this-or-scan-me-user-privacy-barcode-scanning-applications/">proprietary
+ QR-code scanner apps snoop on the user</a>. This is in addition to
+ the snooping</em></ins></span> done by <span class="inserted"><ins><em>the
phone company, and perhaps by the OS in
+ the phone.</p>
<p>Don't be distracted by the question of whether the app developers
get users to say “I agree”. That is no excuse for
@@ -2685,19 +2707,19 @@
<li id="M201411260">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2014-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Many proprietary apps for mobile devices
+ <p>Many</em></ins></span> proprietary <span
class="removed"><del><strong>malware</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>apps for mobile devices
report which other apps the user has installed. <a
href="https://techcrunch.com/2014/11/26/twitter-app-graph/">Twitter
- is doing</em></ins></span> this <span
class="removed"><del><strong>article,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>in a way that at least is visible and
optional</a>. Not
- as bad as what the others do.</p>
+ is doing this</em></ins></span> in <span class="inserted"><ins><em>a way
that at least is visible and optional</a>. Not
+ as bad as what</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>car.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Tesla cars allow</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>others do.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201401150.1">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2014-01</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The Simeji keyboard</em></ins></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>not
- really</strong></del></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>matter</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>smartphone version</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>proprietary surveillance. These systems are an
- intolerable invasion</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Baidu's <a
+ <p>The Simeji keyboard is a smartphone version of Baidu's <a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html#baidu-ime">spying
<abbr
title="Input Method Editor">IME</abbr></a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -2705,12 +2727,10 @@
<li id="M201312270">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2013-12</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The nonfree Snapchat app's principal purpose is to restrict the
- use</em></ins></span> of <span class="removed"><del><strong>privacy, and
should be replaced with anonymous
- payment systems,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>data on the user's computer,</em></ins></span> but
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>it does surveillance too: <a
+ <p>The nonfree Snapchat app's principal purpose is to
restrict</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>company</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>use of data on the user's computer, but it
does surveillance too: <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/dec/27/snapchat-may-be-exposed-hackers">
- it tries to get</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>invasion isn't done by malware.
The</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>user's list
of</em></ins></span> other
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>cases mentioned are
done</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>people's phone
+ it tries</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>extract</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>get the user's list of other people's phone
numbers</a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -2719,12 +2739,10 @@
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>The Brightest Flashlight app <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/06/android-app-50m-downloads-sent-data-advertisers">
- sends user data, including geolocation, for use</em></ins></span> by <span
class="removed"><del><strong>proprietary malware in the
car.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>Tesla cars allow</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>companies</a>.</p>
+ sends user data, including geolocation, for use by
companies</a>.</p>
- <p>The FTC criticized this app because it asked</em></ins></span>
the <span class="removed"><del><strong>company</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>user</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>extract</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>approve sending personal</em></ins></span>
data <span class="removed"><del><strong>remotely and
+ <p>The FTC criticized this app because it asked the user to
+ approve sending personal</em></ins></span> data <span
class="removed"><del><strong>remotely and
determine</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>to</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>car's location at</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>app developer but did not ask
about sending it to other companies. This shows the weakness of
the reject-it-if-you-dislike-snooping “solution” to
@@ -3003,8 +3021,8 @@
<li id="M201901070">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-01</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Vizio TVs <a
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" --></em></ins></span>
+ <p>Vizio <span class="inserted"><ins><em>TVs <a
href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172397/airplay-2-homekit-vizio-tv-bill-baxter-interview-vergecast-ces-2019">
collect “whatever the TV sees,”</a> in the own words of
the company's
CTO, and this data is sold to third parties. This is in return for
@@ -3017,7 +3035,7 @@
and there is no guarantee that all future updates will leave the
settings unchanged.</p>
- <p>If you already own a Vizio “smart” TV (or any
“smart” TV, for that
+ <p>If you already own a Vizio</em></ins></span> “smart”
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>TV (or any “smart” TV, for that
matter), the easiest way to make sure it isn't spying on you is
to disconnect it from the Internet, and use a terrestrial antenna
instead. Unfortunately, this is not always possible. Another option,
@@ -3036,16 +3054,16 @@
<p>We link to the article for the facts it presents. It
is too bad that the article finishes by advocating the
- moral weakness of surrendering to Netflix. The Netflix app <a
- href="/proprietary/malware-google.html#netflix-app-geolocation-drm">is
+ moral weakness of surrendering to Netflix. The Netflix
app</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2017/02/what-vizio-was-doing-behind-tv-screen">TVs</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-google.html#netflix-app-geolocation-drm">is
malware too</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201702060">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-02</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" --></em></ins></span>
- <p>Vizio “smart” <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2017/02/what-vizio-was-doing-behind-tv-screen">TVs</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2017/02/what-vizio-was-doing-behind-tv-screen">TVs</em></ins></span>
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Vizio “smart” <a
+
href="https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2017/02/what-vizio-was-doing-behind-tv-screen">TVs</em></ins></span>
report everything that is viewed on them, and not just broadcasts and
cable</a>. Even if the image is coming from the user's own computer,
the TV reports what it is. The existence of a way to disable the
@@ -3132,20 +3150,20 @@
watching</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/05/verizon-fios-reps-know-what-tv-channels-you-watch/">
snoops on what programs people watch,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>listening all the
time</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>even what they wanted to
- record</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ record</a>.</p>
</li>
- <span
class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>The</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201504300">
+ <li id="M201504300">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2015-04</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Vizio <a
href="https://boingboing.net/2015/04/30/telescreen-watch-vizio-adds-s.html">
used a firmware “upgrade” to make its TVs snoop on what
- users watch</a>. The TVs did not do that when first sold.</p>
+ users watch</a>. The TVs did not do that when first
sold.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
+ <span
class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>The</strong></del></span>
- <li id="M201502090">
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201502090">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2015-02</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>The</em></ins></span> Samsung “Smart” TV <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2015/02/who-s-the-third-party-that-samsung-and-lg-smart-tvs-are-sharing-your-voice-data-with/index.htm">transmits</strong></del></span>
@@ -3651,9 +3669,9 @@
<p>Thus, ill-intentioned unauthorized people can intercept
communications between parent</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>their users'
friends</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>child</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>associates</a>.</p>
- <p>Even nastier, they do it through ad
networks</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>spoof messages
to and from the watch, possibly endangering the child.</p>
+ <p>Even nastier,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>spoof messages to and from the watch, possibly
endangering the child.</p>
- <p><small>(Note</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>merge</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>this article misuses</em></ins></span> the <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>word “<a
+ <p><small>(Note that this article misuses the word “<a
href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Hacker">hackers</a>”
to mean “crackers.”)</small></p>
</li>
@@ -3686,13 +3704,29 @@
</div>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202304010">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2023-04</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>GM is switching to a new
+ audio/video system in its cars in order to <a
+
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/01/business/gm-apple-play-evs/index.html">
+ collect complete information about what people in the car watch or
+ listen to, and also how</em></ins></span> they <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>drive</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The new system for navigation and “driving assistance”
+ will be tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on
+ everything the users</em></ins></span> do <span
class="removed"><del><strong>it through ad networks that
merge</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>with them. But
don't feel bad about that,
+ because some of these subscriptions will be gratis for the first
+ 8 years.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202105130">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2021-05</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p><a
href="https://gizmodo.com/get-ready-for-in-car-ads-1846888390">Ford
- is planning to force ads on drivers in cars</a>, with the ability for
- the owner to pay extra to turn them off. The system probably imposes
+ is planning to force ads on drivers in cars</a>, with the ability
for</em></ins></span>
+ the <span class="inserted"><ins><em>owner to pay extra to turn them off.
The system probably imposes
surveillance on drivers too.</p>
</li>
@@ -4517,7 +4551,7 @@
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-$Date: 2023/03/15 11:04:24 $
+$Date: 2023/04/04 11:04:40 $
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</li>
<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Portable phones with
GPS will send their GPS location on
- remote command and users cannot stop them:</strong></del></span>
+ remote command and users cannot stop them:
+ <a
href="http://www.aclu.org/government-location-tracking-cell-phones-gps-devices-and-license-plate-readers">
+
http://www.aclu.org/government-location-tracking-cell-phones-gps-devices-and-license-plate-readers</a>.
+ (The US says it will eventually require all new portable phones
+ to have GPS.)</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>The nonfree Snapchat app's principal
purpose</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201307280">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2013-07</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Spyware is present in some Android devices when they are
+ <p>Spyware</em></ins></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>to restrict
+ the</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>present in
some Android devices when they are
sold. Some Motorola phones, made when this company was owned
- by Google, use a modified version of Android that</em></ins></span> <a
<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.aclu.org/government-location-tracking-cell-phones-gps-devices-and-license-plate-readers">
-
http://www.aclu.org/government-location-tracking-cell-phones-gps-devices-and-license-plate-readers</a>.
- (The US says it will eventually require all new portable
phones</strong></del></span>
+ by Google,</em></ins></span> use <span class="inserted"><ins><em>a
modified version</em></ins></span> of <span class="removed"><del><strong>data
on the user's computer, but it does surveillance
+ too:</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Android
that</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/dec/27/snapchat-may-be-exposed-hackers">
+ it tries</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://www.beneaththewaves.net/Projects/Motorola_Is_Listening.html">
- sends personal data</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>have GPS.)</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Motorola</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ sends personal data</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>get the user's list of other people's phone
+ numbers.</a></p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Motorola</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>The nonfree Snapchat
app's principal purpose</strong></del></span>
+
+<div class="big-subsection">
+ <h4 id="SpywareInMobileApps">Spyware in Mobile Applications</h4>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInMobileApps">#SpywareInMobileApps</a>)</span>
+</div>
+
+<ul>
+
+ <li><p>The Uber app tracks</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201307250">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2013-07</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>A Motorola phone <a
-
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170629175629/http://www.itproportal.com/2013/07/25/motorolas-new-x8-arm-chip-underpinning-the-always-on-future-of-android/">
- listens for voice all the time</a>.</p>
+ <p>A Motorola phone</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/28/uber-background-location-data-collection/">clients'
+ movements before and after the ride</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>This example illustrates how “getting the user's
consent”</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170629175629/http://www.itproportal.com/2013/07/25/motorolas-new-x8-arm-chip-underpinning-the-always-on-future-of-android/">
+ listens</em></ins></span> for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>surveillance is inadequate as a protection against
massive
+ surveillance.</p>
</li>
- <li id="M201302150">
+ <li><p>Google's new</strong></del></span> voice <span
class="removed"><del><strong>messaging app <a
href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/21/12994362/allo-privacy-message-logs-google">logs</strong></del></span>
all <span class="removed"><del><strong>conversations</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>Apps that include
+ <a
href="http://techaeris.com/2016/01/13/symphony-advanced-media-software-tracks-your-digital-life-through-your-smartphone-mic/">
+ Symphony surveillance software snoop on what radio and TV programs
+ are playing nearby</a>. Also on what users post on various sites
+ such as Facebook, Google+ and Twitter.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>the time</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ </li>
+
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Facebook's new Magic
Photo</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201302150">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2013-02</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Google Play intentionally sends app developers <a
-
href="https://gadgets360.com/apps/news/google-play-store-policy-raises-privacy-concerns-331116">
- the personal details of users that install the app</a>.</p>
+ <p>Google Play intentionally sends</em></ins></span> app <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>developers</em></ins></span> <a
+<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160605165148/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/10/facebook_scans_camera_for_your_friends/">
+scans your mobile phone's photo collections for known faces</a>,
+ and suggests you to share</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://gadgets360.com/apps/news/google-play-store-policy-raises-privacy-concerns-331116"></em></ins></span>
+ the <span class="removed"><del><strong>picture you take according to who
+ is in</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>personal
details of users that install</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>frame.</p>
- <p>Merely asking the “consent” of
users</em></ins></span> is <span class="inserted"><ins><em>not
enough</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>restrict</strong></del></span>
+ <p>This spyware feature seems to require online access to some
+ known-faces database, which means</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>app</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>Merely asking</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>pictures are likely</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>“consent” of users is not
enough</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>be
+ sent across</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>legitimize actions like this. At this
point, most users have stopped
- reading</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>use of
data on</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>“Terms and
Conditions” that spell out what
- they are “consenting” to. Google should clearly and
- honestly identify</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>user's computer, but</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>information</em></ins></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>does surveillance
- too: <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/dec/27/snapchat-may-be-exposed-hackers"></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>collects on users, instead of
- hiding</em></ins></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>tries</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>in an obscurely worded EULA.</p>
-
- <p>However,</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>get the user's list of other</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>truly protect</em></ins></span> people's <span
class="removed"><del><strong>phone
- numbers.</a></p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>privacy, we must prevent Google
- and other companies from getting this personal information in the
- first place!</p>
+ reading</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>wire to
Facebook's servers</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>“Terms</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>face-recognition
+ algorithms.</p>
+
+ <p>If so, none of Facebook users' pictures</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>Conditions” that spell out what
+ they</em></ins></span> are <span class="removed"><del><strong>private
+ anymore, even if the user didn't “upload” them
to</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>“consenting” to. Google should clearly
and
+ honestly identify</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>service.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>Like most “music screaming” disservices,
Spotify
+ is based</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>information it collects</em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>proprietary malware (DRM and snooping). In August
+ 2015</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>users,
instead of
+ hiding</em></ins></span> it <span class="removed"><del><strong><a
+href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/aug/21/spotify-faces-user-backlash-over-new-privacy-policy">
+ demanded users submit</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>in an obscurely worded EULA.</p>
+
+ <p>However,</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>increased
snooping</a>,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>truly
protect people's privacy, we must prevent Google</em></ins></span>
+ and <span class="removed"><del><strong>some
+ are starting to realize that it is nasty.</p>
+
+ <p>This article shows</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>other companies from getting this personal
information in</em></ins></span> the
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>first place!</p>
</li>
<li id="M201111170">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2011-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Some manufacturers add a <a
-
href="https://androidsecuritytest.com/features/logs-and-services/loggers/carrieriq/">
- hidden general surveillance package such as Carrier
IQ</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <p>Some manufacturers add a</em></ins></span> <a
+<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160313214751/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/21/spotify_worse_than_the_nsa/">
+ twisted ways that they present snooping</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://androidsecuritytest.com/features/logs-and-services/loggers/carrieriq/">
+ hidden general surveillance package such</em></ins></span> as <span
class="removed"><del><strong>a way
+ to “serve” users better</a>—never mind
+ whether they want that. This is a typical example
of</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Carrier
IQ</a>.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<div class="big-subsection">
- <h4 <span
class="removed"><del><strong>id="SpywareInMobileApps">Spyware in Mobile
Applications</h4></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="SpywareInElectronicReaders">E-Readers</h4></em></ins></span>
- <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="#SpywareInMobileApps">#SpywareInMobileApps</a>)</span></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="#SpywareInElectronicReaders">#SpywareInElectronicReaders</a>)</span></em></ins></span>
+ <h4 id="SpywareInElectronicReaders">E-Readers</h4>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInElectronicReaders">#SpywareInElectronicReaders</a>)</span>
</div>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><ul>
-
- <li><p>The Uber app tracks <a
href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/28/uber-background-location-data-collection/">clients'
- movements before</strong></del></span>
-
-<span class="inserted"><ins><em><ul class="blurbs">
+<ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M201603080">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2016-03</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>E-books can contain JavaScript code,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>after the ride</a>.</p>
-
- <p>This example illustrates how “getting the user's
consent”
- for surveillance is inadequate as a protection against massive
- surveillance.</p>
+ <p>E-books can contain JavaScript code, and <a
+
href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/08/men-make-up-their-minds-about-books-faster-than-women-study-finds">
+ sometimes this code snoops on readers</a>.</p>
</li>
- <li><p>Google's new voice messaging app <a
href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/21/12994362/allo-privacy-message-logs-google">logs
- all conversations</a>.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li><p>Apps that include</strong></del></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://techaeris.com/2016/01/13/symphony-advanced-media-software-tracks-your-digital-life-through-your-smartphone-mic/">
- Symphony surveillance software snoop on what radio and TV programs
- are playing nearby</a>. Also on what users
post</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/08/men-make-up-their-minds-about-books-faster-than-women-study-finds">
- sometimes this code snoops</em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>various sites
- such as Facebook, Google+ and Twitter.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>readers</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
- </li>
-
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Facebook's new Magic
Photo app</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201410080">
+ <li id="M201410080">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2014-10</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Adobe made “Digital Editions,”
- the e-reader used by most US libraries,</em></ins></span> <a
-<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160605165148/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/10/facebook_scans_camera_for_your_friends/">
-scans your mobile phone's photo collections for known faces</a>,
- and suggests you</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141220181015/http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/drm-strikes-again-3575860/">
- send lots of data</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>share the picture you take
according</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Adobe</a>. Adobe's “excuse”: it's
- needed</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>who
- is</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>check
DRM!</p>
+ <p>Adobe made “Digital Editions,”</em></ins></span>
+ the <span class="removed"><del><strong>attitude</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>e-reader used by most US libraries, <a
+
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141220181015/http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/drm-strikes-again-3575860/">
+ send lots</em></ins></span> of <span class="inserted"><ins><em>data to
Adobe</a>. Adobe's “excuse”: it's
+ needed to check DRM!</p>
</li>
<li id="M201212030">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2012-12</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Spyware</em></ins></span> in <span class="inserted"><ins><em>many
e-readers—not only</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>frame.</p>
+ <p>Spyware in many e-readers—not only</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>proprietary software industry towards
+ those</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Kindle: <a
+
href="https://www.eff.org/pages/reader-privacy-chart-2012"></em></ins></span>
they <span class="removed"><del><strong>have subjugated.</p>
- <p>This spyware feature seems to require online access to some
- known-faces database,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Kindle: <a
- href="https://www.eff.org/pages/reader-privacy-chart-2012"> they
- report even</em></ins></span> which <span
class="removed"><del><strong>means</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>page</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>pictures are likely to be
- sent across</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>user
reads at what time</a>.</p>
+ <p>Out, out, damned Spotify!</p>
+ </li>
+ <li><p>Many proprietary apps for mobile
devices</strong></del></span>
+ report <span class="inserted"><ins><em>even</em></ins></span> which <span
class="removed"><del><strong>other
+ apps</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>page</em></ins></span> the user <span
class="removed"><del><strong>has
+ installed. <a
href="http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/26/twitter-app-graph/">Twitter
+ is doing this in a way that</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>reads</em></ins></span> at <span
class="removed"><del><strong>least is visible and
+ optional</a>. Not as bad as</strong></del></span> what <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the others do.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>FTC says most mobile apps for children don't respect
privacy:
+ <a
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/ftc-disclosures-severely-lacking-in-kids-mobile-appsand-its-getting-worse/">
+
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/ftc-disclosures-severely-lacking-in-kids-mobile-appsand-its-getting-worse/</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>time</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
-</ul>
+
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Widely used <a
href="https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/kollarssmith/scan-this-or-scan-me-user-privacy-barcode-scanning-applications/">proprietary
+ QR-code scanner apps snoop on the user</a>. This is in addition to
+ the snooping done by the phone company, and perhaps by the
OS</strong></del></span>
+<span class="inserted"><ins><em></ul>
<div class="big-section">
- <h3 id="SpywareInApplications">Spyware in Applications</h3>
+ <h3 id="SpywareInApplications">Spyware</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the
+ phone.</p>
+
+ <p>Don't be distracted by the question</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Applications</h3>
<span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInApplications">#SpywareInApplications</a>)</span>
</div>
<div style="clear: left;"></div>
@@ -1395,102 +1445,121 @@
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2022-05</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>A worldwide investigation found that
- most of</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>wire to
Facebook's servers</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>applications that school districts
- recommended for remote education during the COVID-19 pandemic <a
-
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220525011540/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/05/24/remote-school-app-tracking-privacy/">track</em></ins></span>
- and <span class="removed"><del><strong>face-recognition
- algorithms.</p>
+ most</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>whether</strong></del></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>app developers get
+ users to say “I agree”. That is no excuse for
malware.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>The Brightest Flashlight app
+ <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/06/android-app-50m-downloads-sent-data-advertisers">
+ sends user data, including geolocation,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>applications that school districts
+ recommended</em></ins></span> for <span class="removed"><del><strong>use
by companies.</a></p>
- <p>If so, none</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>collect personal data from children as young as below
the age</em></ins></span> of
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>five</a>. These applications, and
their websites, send the collected
- information to ad giants such as</em></ins></span> Facebook <span
class="removed"><del><strong>users' pictures</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>and Google, and they</em></ins></span> are <span
class="removed"><del><strong>private
- anymore, even if</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>still being used in</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>user didn't “upload” them
to</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>classrooms even after
some of</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>service.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>schools
+ <p>The FTC criticized this app because it
asked</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>remote education
during</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>user to
+ approve sending</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>COVID-19 pandemic <a
+
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220525011540/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/05/24/remote-school-app-tracking-privacy/">track
+ and collect</em></ins></span> personal data <span
class="removed"><del><strong>to the app developer but did not
+ ask about sending it to other companies. This
shows</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>from children as
young as below</em></ins></span> the
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>weakness</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>age</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the reject-it-if-you-dislike-snooping
+ “solution” to surveillance: why should a flashlight
+ app</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>five</a>. These applications, and
their websites,</em></ins></span> send <span
class="removed"><del><strong>any</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the collected</em></ins></span>
+ information to <span class="removed"><del><strong>anyone? A free software
flashlight
+ app would not.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>ad giants such as Facebook and Google, and they are
+ still being used in the classrooms even after some of the schools
reopened.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
-
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Like most “music
screaming” disservices, Spotify
- is based</strong></del></span>
-<span class="inserted"><ins><em></ul>
+</ul>
<div class="big-subsection">
- <h4 id="SpywareInDesktopApps">Desktop Apps</h4>
- <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInDesktopApps">#SpywareInDesktopApps</a>)</span>
+ <h4 <span class="removed"><del><strong>id="SpywareInGames">Spyware in
Games</h4></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="SpywareInDesktopApps">Desktop
Apps</h4></em></ins></span>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="#SpywareInGames">#SpywareInGames</a>)</span></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="#SpywareInDesktopApps">#SpywareInDesktopApps</a>)</span></em></ins></span>
</div>
-<ul class="blurbs">
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><ul>
+ <li><p>nVidia's proprietary GeForce
Experience</strong></del></span>
+
+<span class="inserted"><ins><em><ul class="blurbs">
<li id="M202011260">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2020-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Microsoft's Office 365 suite enables employers <a
-
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/nov/26/microsoft-productivity-score-feature-criticised-workplace-surveillance">to
- snoop</em></ins></span> on <span class="removed"><del><strong>proprietary
malware (DRM and snooping). In August
- 2015 it</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>each
employee</a>. After
- a public outburst, Microsoft stated that</em></ins></span> <a
-<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/aug/21/spotify-faces-user-backlash-over-new-privacy-policy">
- demanded users submit</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/dec/02/microsoft-apologises-productivity-score-critics-derided-workplace-surveillance">it
+ <p>Microsoft's Office 365 suite enables employers</em></ins></span>
<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.gamersnexus.net/industry/2672-geforce-experience-data-transfer-analysis">makes
+ users identify themselves</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/nov/26/microsoft-productivity-score-feature-criticised-workplace-surveillance">to
+ snoop on each employee</a>. After
+ a public outburst, Microsoft stated that <a
+
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/dec/02/microsoft-apologises-productivity-score-critics-derided-workplace-surveillance">it
would remove this capability</a>. Let's hope so.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201912190">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-12</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Some Avast and AVG extensions
- for Firefox and Chrome were found</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>increased
snooping</a>,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em><a
-
href="https://www.itpro.co.uk/security/internet-security/354417/avast-and-avg-extensions-pulled-from-chrome">
- snoop on users' detailed browsing habits</a>.
Mozilla</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>some</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Google
- removed the problematic extensions from their stores, but this shows
- once more how unsafe nonfree software can be. Tools that</em></ins></span>
are <span class="removed"><del><strong>starting</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>supposed</em></ins></span>
- to <span class="removed"><del><strong>realize that</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>protect a proprietary system are, instead,
infecting</em></ins></span> it <span class="removed"><del><strong>is
nasty.</p>
+ <p>Some Avast</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>then sends personal data about
them</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>AVG extensions
+ for Firefox and Chrome were found</em></ins></span> to
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>nVidia servers</a>.</p>
+ </li>
- <p>This article shows</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>with
- additional malware (the system itself being</em></ins></span> the <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>original malware).</p>
+ <li><p>Angry Birds</strong></del></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/world/spy-agencies-scour-phone-apps-for-personal-data.html">
+ spies for companies,</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.itpro.co.uk/security/internet-security/354417/avast-and-avg-extensions-pulled-from-chrome">
+ snoop on users' detailed browsing habits</a>.
Mozilla</em></ins></span> and <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Google
+ removed</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>NSA takes
advantage</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>problematic
extensions from their stores, but this shows
+ once more how unsafe nonfree software can be. Tools that are
supposed</em></ins></span>
+ to <span class="removed"><del><strong>spy through</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>protect a proprietary system are, instead,
infecting</em></ins></span> it <span class="removed"><del><strong>too</a>.
+ Here's information on</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>with
+ additional malware (the system itself being the original
malware).</p>
</li>
<li id="M201811020">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2018-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Foundry's graphics software</em></ins></span> <a
-<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160313214751/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/21/spotify_worse_than_the_nsa/">
- twisted ways that they present snooping as a way</strong></del></span>
+ <p>Foundry's graphics software</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2012/11/analysis-of-what-information-angry.html"></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://torrentfreak.com/software-company-fines-pirates-after-monitoring-their-computers-181102/">
- reports information</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>“serve” users
better</a>—never mind
- whether they want that. This</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>identify who</em></ins></span> is <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>running it</a>. The result is
- often</em></ins></span> a <span class="removed"><del><strong>typical
example</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>legal threat
demanding a lot</em></ins></span> of
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>the attitude</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>money.</p>
-
- <p>The fact that this is used for repression</em></ins></span> of
<span class="removed"><del><strong>the proprietary</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>forbidden sharing
- makes it even more vicious.</p>
+ reports information to identify who is running it</a>. The result is
+ often a legal threat demanding a lot of money.</p>
- <p>This illustrates that making unauthorized copies of
nonfree</em></ins></span> software <span class="removed"><del><strong>industry
towards
- those they have subjugated.</p>
+ <p>The fact that this is used for repression of forbidden sharing
+ makes it even</em></ins></span> more <span
class="removed"><del><strong>spyware apps</a>.</p>
+ <p><a
href="http://www.propublica.org/article/spy-agencies-probe-angry-birds-and-other-apps-for-personal-data">
+ More about NSA app spying</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>vicious.</p>
- <p>Out, out, damned Spotify!</p>
- </li>
- <li><p>Many proprietary apps</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>is not a cure</em></ins></span> for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>mobile devices report which other
- apps</strong></del></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>user</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>injustice of nonfree software. It may avoid
- paying for the nasty thing, but cannot make it less nasty.</p>
+ <p>This illustrates that making unauthorized copies of nonfree
software
+ is not a cure for the injustice of nonfree software. It may avoid
+ paying for the nasty thing, but cannot make it less
nasty.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
</ul>
<div class="big-subsection">
- <h4 id="SpywareInMobileApps">Mobile Apps</h4>
- <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInMobileApps">#SpywareInMobileApps</a>)</span>
+ <h4 <span class="removed"><del><strong>id="SpywareInToys">Spyware in
Toys</h4></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="SpywareInMobileApps">Mobile
Apps</h4></em></ins></span>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="#SpywareInToys">#SpywareInToys</a>)</span></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="#SpywareInMobileApps">#SpywareInMobileApps</a>)</span></em></ins></span>
</div>
-<ul class="blurbs">
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><ul>
+
+ <li><p>A company that makes internet-controlled
vibrators</strong></del></span>
+
+<span class="inserted"><ins><em><ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202304030">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2023-04</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>The Pinduoduo app</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/14/wevibe-sex-toy-data-collection-chicago-lawsuit">is
+ being sued for collecting lots</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/02/tech/china-pinduoduo-malware-cybersecurity-analysis-intl-hnk/index.html">
+ snoops on other apps, and takes control</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>personal information about how
+ people use it</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The company's statement</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>them</a>. It also installs
+ additional malware</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>it anonymizes</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>is hard to remove.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202206020">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2022-06</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Canada</em></ins></span> has
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>installed.</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>fined the company Tim Hortons for
making</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/26/twitter-app-graph/">Twitter
- is doing this in a way</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/06/tim-hortons-coffee-app-broke-law-by-constantly-recording-users-movements/">
- an app</em></ins></span> that <span class="removed"><del><strong>at least
is visible and
- optional</a>. Not</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>tracks people's movements</a> to learn things
such</em></ins></span> as <span
class="removed"><del><strong>bad</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>where they live, where they work, and when
they visit competitors'
+ <p>Canada has fined</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>data may be
+ true, but it</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>company Tim Hortons for making <a
+
href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/06/tim-hortons-coffee-app-broke-law-by-constantly-recording-users-movements/">
+ an app that tracks people's movements</a> to learn things such as
+ where they live, where they work, and when they visit competitors'
stores.</p>
</li>
@@ -1499,223 +1568,91 @@
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>New Amazon worker chat app <a
href="https://theintercept.com/2022/04/04/amazon-union-living-wage-restrooms-chat-app/">would
- ban specific words Amazon doesn't like</a>, such</em></ins></span>
as <span class="removed"><del><strong>what</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>“union”,
“restrooms”, and “pay
- raise”. If</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>others do.</p>
+ ban specific words Amazon</em></ins></span> doesn't <span
class="removed"><del><strong>really matter.</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>like</a>, such as
+ “union”, “restrooms”, and “pay
+ raise”.</em></ins></span> If <span class="inserted"><ins><em>the app
was free, workers could modify the program
+ so</em></ins></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>sells</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>acts as they wish, not how Amazon wants it.</p>
</li>
- <li><p>FTC says most mobile apps for children don't respect
privacy:
- <a
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/ftc-disclosures-severely-lacking-in-kids-mobile-appsand-its-getting-worse/">
-
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/ftc-disclosures-severely-lacking-in-kids-mobile-appsand-its-getting-worse/</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>app was free, workers could modify the program
- so it acts as they wish, not how Amazon wants
it.</p></em></ins></span>
- </li>
-
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Widely
used</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M202203010">
+ <li id="M202203010">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2022-03</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>The nonfree app “Along,”
- developed by a company controlled by Zuckerberg,</em></ins></span> <a
<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/kollarssmith/scan-this-or-scan-me-user-privacy-barcode-scanning-applications/">proprietary
- QR-code scanner apps snoop on the user</a>. This is in
addition</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://kappanonline.org/dont-go-along-with-corporate-schemes-to-gather-up-student-data/">
- leads students to reveal</em></ins></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>their teacher personal information</a>
+ developed by a company controlled by Zuckerberg, <a
+
href="https://kappanonline.org/dont-go-along-with-corporate-schemes-to-gather-up-student-data/">
+ leads students to reveal to their teacher personal information</a>
about themselves and their families. Conversations are recorded
- and</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>snooping done
by</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>collected data sent
to</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>phone</strong></del></span> company, <span
class="removed"><del><strong>and perhaps by</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>which grants itself</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>OS</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>right to sell it. See also <a
+ and</em></ins></span> the <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>collected</em></ins></span> data <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>sent</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>a
+ data broker,</strong></del></span> the <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>company, which grants itself the
+ right to sell it. See also <a
href="/education/educational-malware-app-along.html#content">Educational
Malware App “Along”</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M202201270">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2022-01</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The data broker X-Mode <a
+ <p>The</em></ins></span> data broker <span
class="removed"><del><strong>can figure out who the user
is.</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>X-Mode <a
href="https://themarkup.org/privacy/2022/01/27/gay-bi-dating-app-muslim-prayer-apps-sold-data-on-peoples-location-to-a-controversial-data-broker">bought
location data about 20,000 people collected by around 100 different
- malicious apps</a>.</p>
+ malicious apps</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li id="M202111090">
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>A computerized
+ vibrator</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M202111090">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2021-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>A building in LA, with a supermarket in it, <a
-
href="https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-11-09/column-trader-joes-parking-app">demands
- customers load a particular app to pay for parking</em></ins></span> in the
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>phone.</p>
-
- <p>Don't be distracted by</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>parking
- lot</a>, and accept pervasive surveillance. They also
have</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>question</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>option</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>whether the app developers get
- users to say “I agree”.</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>entering their license plate numbers in a
kiosk.</em></ins></span> That is <span class="removed"><del><strong>no excuse
for malware.</p></strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>an injustice,
too.</p></em></ins></span>
- </li>
+ <p>A building in LA, with a supermarket in it,</em></ins></span>
<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/10/vibrator-phone-app-we-vibe-4-plus-bluetooth-hack">snoops
+ on its users through the proprietary control app</a>.</p>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>The Brightest
Flashlight app
- <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/06/android-app-50m-downloads-sent-data-advertisers">
- sends user data, including geolocation, for use by
companies.</a></p></strong></del></span>
+ <p>The</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-11-09/column-trader-joes-parking-app">demands
+ customers load a particular</em></ins></span> app <span
class="removed"><del><strong>reports the temperature of</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>to pay for parking in</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>vibrator minute by
+ minute (thus, indirectly, whether it is surrounded by a person's
+ body),</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>parking
+ lot</a>,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>accept pervasive surveillance. They also
have</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>vibration
frequency.</p>
+
+ <p>Note the totally inadequate proposed response: a labeling
+ standard with which manufacturers would make statements
about</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>option of entering</em></ins></span> their
<span class="removed"><del><strong>products, rather than free software which
users can check</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>license
plate numbers in a kiosk. That is
+ an injustice, too.</p>
+ </li>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M202106030">
+ <li id="M202106030">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2021-06</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p><a
href="https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/03/tiktok-just-gave-itself-permission-to-collect-biometric-data-on-u-s-users-including-faceprints-and-voiceprints/">TikTok
apps collect biometric identifiers and biometric information from
- users' smartphones</a>. The company behind it does whatever it wants
- and collects whatever data it can.</p>
+ users' smartphones</a>. The company behind it does whatever it
wants</em></ins></span>
+ and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>change.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>collects whatever data it
can.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
+ <span
class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Barbie</strong></del></span>
- <li id="M202104060">
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M202104060">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2021-04</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" --></em></ins></span>
- <p>The <span class="removed"><del><strong>FTC criticized
this</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em><a
-
href="https://www.wired.com/story/weddings-social-media-apps-photos-memories-miscarriage-problem/">WeddingWire</em></ins></span>
- app <span class="removed"><del><strong>because it asked the user to
- approve sending personal</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>saves people's wedding photos forever and hands
over</em></ins></span> data
- to <span class="removed"><del><strong>the</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>others</a>, giving users no control over their
personal
- information/data. The</em></ins></span> app <span
class="removed"><del><strong>developer but did not
- ask about sending it to other companies. This</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>also sometimes</em></ins></span> shows <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the
- weakness of the reject-it-if-you-dislike-snooping
- “solution”</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>old photos and
- memories</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>surveillance: why should a flashlight
- app send</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>users,
without giving them</em></ins></span> any <span
class="removed"><del><strong>information to anyone? A free software flashlight
- app would not.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>control over this
- either.</p></em></ins></span>
- </li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
-
-
-<div class="big-subsection">
- <h4 id="SpywareInGames">Spyware in Games</h4>
- <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInGames">#SpywareInGames</a>)</span>
-</div>
-
-<ul>
- <li><p>nVidia's proprietary GeForce
Experience</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M202102010">
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Many cr…apps, developed by various
- companies for various organizations, do</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.gamersnexus.net/industry/2672-geforce-experience-data-transfer-analysis">makes
- users identify themselves and then sends personal data about
them</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.expressvpn.com/digital-security-lab/investigation-xoth">
- location tracking unknown</em></ins></span> to
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>nVidia servers</a>.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li><p>Angry Birds
- <a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/world/spy-agencies-scour-phone-apps-for-personal-data.html">
- spies for companies,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>those companies</em></ins></span> and <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>those
- organizations</a>. It's actually some widely used libraries that
do</em></ins></span>
- the <span class="removed"><del><strong>NSA takes advantage to spy through
it too</a>.
- Here's information on
- <a
href="http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2012/11/analysis-of-what-information-angry.html">
- more spyware apps</a>.</p>
- <p><a
href="http://www.propublica.org/article/spy-agencies-probe-angry-birds-and-other-apps-for-personal-data">
- More about NSA app spying</a>.</p>
+ <p>The</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/wi-fi-spy-barbie-records-childrens-5177673">is
going</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.wired.com/story/weddings-social-media-apps-photos-memories-miscarriage-problem/">WeddingWire
+ app saves people's wedding photos forever and hands over
data</em></ins></span>
+ to <span class="removed"><del><strong>spy on
children</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>others</a>, giving users no control over their
personal
+ information/data. The app also sometimes shows old
photos</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>adults.</a>.</p>
</li>
</ul>
-<div class="big-subsection">
- <h4 id="SpywareInToys">Spyware in Toys</h4>
- <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInToys">#SpywareInToys</a>)</span>
-</div>
-
-<ul>
-
- <li><p>A company</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>tracking.</p>
-
- <p>What's unusual here is</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>makes internet-controlled vibrators <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/14/wevibe-sex-toy-data-collection-chicago-lawsuit">is
- being sued</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>proprietary software developer A tricks
- proprietary software developers B1 … B50 into making
platforms</em></ins></span> for <span class="removed"><del><strong>collecting
lots of personal information about how
- people use it</a>.</p>
-
- <p>The company's statement that it anonymizes the data may be
- true, but it doesn't really matter. If it sells</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>A to mistreat</em></ins></span> the <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>end user.</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'</em></ins></span> data to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Facebook</a> even if the user doesn't
have</em></ins></span>
- a
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>data broker,</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>Facebook account. According
to</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>data broker can
figure out who</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>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>
-
- <li id="M202003010">
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2020-03</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The Alipay Health Code app
- estimates whether</em></ins></span> the user <span
class="removed"><del><strong>is.</p>
+<!-- #SpywareAtLowLevel -->
+<!-- WEBMASTERS: make sure</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>memories</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>place new items on top under each
subsection</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>users, without
giving them any control over this
+ either.</p>
</li>
- <li><p>A computerized
- vibrator</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>has
Covid-19 and</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/10/vibrator-phone-app-we-vibe-4-plus-bluetooth-hack">snoops
- on its users through</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/01/business/china-coronavirus-surveillance.html">
- tells</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>proprietary
control app</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>cops directly</a>.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li id="M202001290">
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2020-01</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" --></em></ins></span>
- <p>The <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Amazon Ring</em></ins></span>
app <span class="removed"><del><strong>reports</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>does <a
-
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/29/ring-smart-doorbell-company-surveillance-eff-report">
- surveillance for other companies as well as for Amazon</a>.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li id="M201912220">
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-12</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The ToToc messaging app seems to be a <a
-
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/us/politics/totok-app-uae.html">
- spying tool for</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>temperature</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>government</em></ins></span> of the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>vibrator minute by
- minute (thus, indirectly, whether it is surrounded by a person's
- body),</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>United Arab
Emirates</a>.
- Any nonfree program could be doing this,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the vibration frequency.</p>
-
- <p>Note the totally inadequate proposed
response:</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>that
is</em></ins></span> a <span class="removed"><del><strong>labeling
- standard with which manufacturers would make statements about
- their products, rather than</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>good
- reason to use</em></ins></span> free software <span
class="removed"><del><strong>which users can check
- and change.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>instead.</p>
-
- <p><small>Note: this article uses the word “free”
in
- the sense of
“gratis.”</small></p></em></ins></span>
- </li>
- <span
class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Barbie</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201912090">
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-12</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>iMonsters and Android phones,
- when used for work, give employers powerful</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/wi-fi-spy-barbie-records-childrens-5177673">is
going to spy</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90440073/if-you-use-your-personal-phone-for-work-say-goodbye-to-your-privacy">
- snooping and sabotage capabilities</a> if they install their own
- software</em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>children</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the device. Many employers demand to do this. For
the
- employee, this is simply nonfree software, as fundamentally
unjust</em></ins></span>
- and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>adults.</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>as dangerous as any other nonfree
software.</p></em></ins></span>
- </li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
-
-
-<!-- #SpywareAtLowLevel</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201910130">
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-10</small>'
+ <li id="M202102010">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE"</em></ins></span> -->
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><!-- WEBMASTERS: make
sure</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>The Chinese Communist Party's
“Study
- the Great Nation” app requires users</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>place new items on top under each subsection -->
-<div class="big-section">
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><div class="big-section">
<h3 id="SpywareAtLowLevel">Spyware at Low Level</h3>
<span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareAtLowLevel">#SpywareAtLowLevel</a>)</span>
</div>
@@ -1728,31 +1665,34 @@
</div>
<ul>
-<li><p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>grant it</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2984889/windows-pcs/lenovo-collects-usage-data-on-thinkpad-thinkcentre-and-thinkstation-pcs.html">
+<li><p></strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>Many cr…apps, developed by
various
+ companies for various organizations, do</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2984889/windows-pcs/lenovo-collects-usage-data-on-thinkpad-thinkcentre-and-thinkstation-pcs.html">
Lenovo stealthily installed crapware</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/chinese-app-allows-officials-access-to-100-million-users-phone-report-2115962">
- access to the phone's microphone, photos, text messages, contacts, and
- internet history</a>,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>spyware via BIOS</a> on Windows installs.
-Note that</strong></del></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>specific sabotage method Lenovo used did not affect
-GNU/Linux; also,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Android
version was found to contain</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>“clean” Windows
install</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>back-door allowing developers to run any
code they wish in the users'
- phone, as “superusers.” Downloading and using this
- app</em></ins></span> is <span class="removed"><del><strong>not really
-clean since</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>mandatory at
some workplaces.</p>
-
- <p>Note: The</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html">Microsoft
-puts</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://web-old.archive.org/web/20191015005153/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinese-app-on-xis-ideology-allows-data-access-to-100-million-users-phones-report-says/2019/10/11/2d53bbae-eb4d-11e9-bafb-da248f8d5734_story.html">
- Washington Post version of the article</a> (partly obfuscated, but
- readable after copy-pasting</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>its own malware</a>.
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.expressvpn.com/digital-security-lab/investigation-xoth">
+ location tracking unknown to those companies</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>spyware via BIOS</a> on Windows installs.
+Note</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>those
+ organizations</a>. It's actually some widely used
libraries</em></ins></span> that <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>do</em></ins></span>
+ the <span class="removed"><del><strong>specific sabotage method Lenovo
used did not affect
+GNU/Linux; also, a “clean” Windows install</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>tracking.</p>
+
+ <p>What's unusual here</em></ins></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>not really
+clean since <a href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html">Microsoft
+puts in its own malware</a>.
</p></li>
</ul>
<!-- #SpywareAtWork -->
-<!-- WEBMASTERS: make sure to place new items</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>a text editor) includes a clarification
- saying that the tests were only performed</em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>top under each subsection -->
+<!-- WEBMASTERS: make sure</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>that proprietary software developer A tricks
+ proprietary software developers B1 … B50 into making platforms for
+ A</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>place new items
on top under each subsection</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>mistreat the end user.</p>
+ </li>
-<div class="big-section">
+ <li id="M202003260">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2020-03</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE"</em></ins></span> -->
+
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><div class="big-section">
<h3 id="SpywareAtWork">Spyware at Work</h3>
<span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareAtWork">#SpywareAtWork</a>)</span>
</div>
@@ -1760,19 +1700,24 @@
<ul>
<li><p>Investigation
- Shows <a
href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160602/17210734610/investigation-shows-gchq-using-us-companies-nsa-to-route-around-domestic-surveillance-restrictions.shtml">GCHQ
+ Shows</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>The Apple iOS version of
Zoom</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160602/17210734610/investigation-shows-gchq-using-us-companies-nsa-to-route-around-domestic-surveillance-restrictions.shtml">GCHQ
Using US Companies, NSA To Route Around Domestic Surveillance
Restrictions</a>.</p>
- <p>Specifically, it can collect</strong></del></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>emails of members</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Android version</em></ins></span>
- of <span class="removed"><del><strong>Parliament
- this way, because they pass it through Microsoft.</p></li>
+ <p>Specifically, it can collect</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>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</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>emails of members of
Parliament</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>user doesn't
have
+ a Facebook account. According to the article, Zoom and Facebook
+ don't even mention</em></ins></span> this <span
class="removed"><del><strong>way, because they pass it through
Microsoft.</p></li>
- <li><p>Spyware in Cisco TNP IP phones:
+ <li><p>Spyware</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>surveillance on their privacy policy page,
+ making this an obvious violation of people's privacy
even</em></ins></span> in <span class="removed"><del><strong>Cisco TNP IP
phones:
<a
href="http://boingboing.net/2012/12/29/your-cisco-phone-is-listening.html">
-
http://boingboing.net/2012/12/29/your-cisco-phone-is-listening.html</a></p>
+
http://boingboing.net/2012/12/29/your-cisco-phone-is-listening.html</a></p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>their
+ own terms.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
-</ul>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
<div class="big-subsection">
@@ -1781,25 +1726,36 @@
</div>
<ul>
- <li><p>Spyware in Skype:
- <a
href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2013/06/20/project-chess-how-u-s-snoops-on-your-skype/">
+ <li><p>Spyware in Skype:</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M202003010">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2020-03</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>The Alipay Health Code app
+ estimates whether the user has Covid-19 and</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2013/06/20/project-chess-how-u-s-snoops-on-your-skype/">
http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2013/06/20/project-chess-how-u-s-snoops-on-your-skype/</a>.
- Microsoft changed Skype
- <a
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-collaboration-user-data">
- specifically for spying</a>.</p>
+ Microsoft changed Skype</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/01/business/china-coronavirus-surveillance.html">
+ tells the cops directly</a>.</p>
</li>
-</ul>
+
+ <li id="M202001290">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2020-01</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>The Amazon Ring app does</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-collaboration-user-data">
+ specifically</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/29/ring-smart-doorbell-company-surveillance-eff-report">
+ surveillance</em></ins></span> for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>spying</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>other companies as well as for
Amazon</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
+ </li>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
<!-- #SpywareOnTheRoad -->
-<!-- WEBMASTERS: make sure</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the app, and that, according</em></ins></span> to
<span class="removed"><del><strong>place new items</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Apple, “this kind of
- ‘superuser’ surveillance could not be
conducted</em></ins></span> on <span class="removed"><del><strong>top under
each subsection</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Apple's operating system.”</p>
- </li>
+<!-- WEBMASTERS: make sure to place new items on top under each
subsection</strong></del></span>
- <li id="M201909091">
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-09</small>'
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201912220">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-12</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE"</em></ins></span> -->
<span class="removed"><del><strong><div class="big-section">
@@ -1815,36 +1771,103 @@
<ul>
<li></strong></del></span>
- <p>The <span class="removed"><del><strong>Nest Cam
“smart” camera is</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Facebook app</em></ins></span> <a
+ <p>The <span class="removed"><del><strong>Nest Cam
“smart” camera is</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>ToToc messaging app seems to be a</em></ins></span>
<a
<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34922712">always
- watching</a>,</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2019/09/09/facebook-app-social-network-tracking-your-every-move/2270305001/">
- tracks users</em></ins></span> even when <span
class="removed"><del><strong>the “owner”
switches</strong></del></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>“off.”</p>
- <p>A “smart” device means the
manufacturer</strong></del></span> is <span class="removed"><del><strong>using
it</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>turned off</a>,
after tricking them
- into giving the app broad permissions in order</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>outsmart
- you.</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>use
one of its
- functionalities.</p></em></ins></span>
+ watching</a>, even when</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/us/politics/totok-app-uae.html">
+ spying tool for</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>“owner” switches it
“off.”</p>
+ <p>A “smart” device means</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>government of</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>manufacturer</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>United Arab Emirates</a>.
+ Any nonfree program could be doing this, and that</em></ins></span> is
<span class="removed"><del><strong>using it</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>a good
+ reason</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>outsmart
+ you.</p>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
+</ul>
<div class="big-subsection">
- <h4 id="SpywareInElectronicReaders">Spyware in e-Readers</h4>
+ <h4 id="SpywareInElectronicReaders">Spyware</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>use free software instead.</p>
+
+ <p><small>Note: this article uses the word
“free”</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>e-Readers</h4>
<span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInElectronicReaders">#SpywareInElectronicReaders</a>)</span>
</div>
<ul>
<li><p>E-books can contain Javascript code,</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>the sense of
“gratis.”</small></p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201912090">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-12</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>iMonsters</em></ins></span> and <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Android phones,
+ when used for work, give employers powerful</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/08/men-make-up-their-minds-about-books-faster-than-women-study-finds">sometimes
+ this code snoops</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90440073/if-you-use-your-personal-phone-for-work-say-goodbye-to-your-privacy">
+ snooping and sabotage capabilities</a> if they install their own
+ software</em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>readers</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>the device. Many employers demand to do this.
For the
+ employee, this is simply nonfree software, as fundamentally unjust
+ and as dangerous as any other nonfree software.</p></em></ins></span>
+ </li>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201909090">
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Spyware in many
e-readers—not only</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201910130">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-10</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>The Chinese Communist Party's “Study</em></ins></span>
+ the
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>Kindle:</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Great Nation” app requires users to grant
it</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.eff.org/pages/reader-privacy-chart-2012"></strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/chinese-app-allows-officials-access-to-100-million-users-phone-report-2115962">
+ access to the phone's microphone, photos, text messages, contacts, and
+ internet history</a>, and the Android version was found to contain a
+ back-door allowing developers to run any code</em></ins></span> they <span
class="removed"><del><strong>report even which page</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>wish in</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>user reads</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>users'
+ phone, as “superusers.” Downloading and using this
+ app is mandatory</em></ins></span> at <span
class="removed"><del><strong>what time</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>Adobe made “Digital Editions,” the e-reader
used
+ by most US libraries,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>some workplaces.</p>
+
+ <p>Note: The</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/drm-strikes-again-3575860/">
+ send lots</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="http://web-old.archive.org/web/20191015005153/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinese-app-on-xis-ideology-allows-data-access-to-100-million-users-phones-report-says/2019/10/11/2d53bbae-eb4d-11e9-bafb-da248f8d5734_story.html">
+ Washington Post version</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>data to Adobe</a>. Adobe's
“excuse”: it's
+ needed</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>the
article</a> (partly obfuscated, but
+ readable after copy-pasting in a text editor) includes a clarification
+ saying that the tests were only performed on the Android version
+ of the app, and that, according</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>check DRM!</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Apple, “this kind of
+ ‘superuser’ surveillance could not be conducted on
+ Apple's operating system.”</p></em></ins></span>
+ </li>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
+
+<div class="big-subsection">
+ <h4 id="SpywareInVehicles">Spyware</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201909091">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-09</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>The Facebook app <a
+
href="https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2019/09/09/facebook-app-social-network-tracking-your-every-move/2270305001/">
+ tracks users even when it is turned off</a>, after tricking them
+ into giving the app broad permissions</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Vehicles</h4>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInVehicles">#SpywareInVehicles</a>)</span>
+</div>
+
+<ul>
+<li><p>Computerized cars with</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>order to use one of its
+ functionalities.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201909090">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-09</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Some nonfree period-tracking apps including MIA
Fem</em></ins></span> and <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Maya</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/08/men-make-up-their-minds-about-books-faster-than-women-study-finds">sometimes
- this code snoops on readers</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
+ <p>Some</em></ins></span> nonfree <span
class="removed"><del><strong>software are</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>period-tracking apps including MIA Fem and
Maya</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-12/your-car-s-been-studying-you-closely-and-everyone-wants-the-data">
+ snooping devices</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/meghara/period-tracker-apps-facebook-maya-mia-fem">
send intimate details of users' lives to
Facebook</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Spyware in many
e-readers—not only</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>The Nissan
Leaf</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201909060">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-09</small>'
@@ -1853,139 +1876,130 @@
program is a form of surveillance. There is a
proprietary program for adjusting a certain telescopic rifle sight. <a
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2019/09/06/exclusive-feds-demand-apple-and-google-hand-over-names-of-10000-users-of-a-gun-scope-app/">
- A US prosecutor has demanded</em></ins></span> the
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>Kindle:</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>list of all the 10,000 or more people
+ A US prosecutor</em></ins></span> has <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>demanded the list of all the 10,000 or more people
who have installed it</a>.</p>
- <p>With a free program there would not be a list of who has installed
+ <p>With</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>built-in cell phone modem which allows
+ effectively
+ anyone</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>free program
there would not be a list of who has installed
it.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201907081">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-07</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Many unscrupulous mobile-app developers keep finding ways
to</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.eff.org/pages/reader-privacy-chart-2012"></strong></del></span>
+ <p>Many unscrupulous mobile-app developers keep finding ways
to</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.troyhunt.com/controlling-vehicle-features-of-nissan/">to
+ access its computers remotely</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/more-than-1000-android-apps-harvest-your-data-even-after-you-deny-permissions/">
- bypass user's settings</a>, regulations, and privacy-enhancing
features
- of the operating system, in order to gather as much private data
as</em></ins></span>
- they <span class="removed"><del><strong>report even which
page</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>possibly
can.</p>
+ bypass user's settings</a>, regulations,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>make changes</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>privacy-enhancing features
+ of the operating system,</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>various
+ settings</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>That's easy</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>order</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>do because</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>gather as much private data as
+ they possibly can.</p>
<p>Thus, we can't trust rules against spying. What we can trust is
- having control over</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>user reads at what
time</a>.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>software we run.</p></em></ins></span>
+ having control over</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>system has no authentication</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>software we run.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Adobe made
“Digital Editions,”</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201907080">
+ <li id="M201907080">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-07</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Many Android apps can track
- users' movements even when</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>e-reader used
- by most US libraries,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>user says</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/drm-strikes-again-3575860/">
- send lots of data</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/8/20686514/android-covert-channel-permissions-data-collection-imei-ssid-location">
- not</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Adobe</a>. Adobe's “excuse”:
it's
- needed</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>allow them
access</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>check
DRM!</p>
- </li>
-</ul>
-
-<div class="big-subsection">
- <h4 id="SpywareInVehicles">Spyware</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>locations</a>.</p>
+ users' movements even</em></ins></span> when
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>accessed through</strong></del></span>
the <span class="removed"><del><strong>modem. However, even if it asked for
+ authentication, you couldn't be confident that Nissan has no
+ access. The software</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>user says <a
+
href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/8/20686514/android-covert-channel-permissions-data-collection-imei-ssid-location">
+ not to allow them access to locations</a>.</p>
- <p>This involves an apparently unintentional
weakness</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Vehicles</h4>
- <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#SpywareInVehicles">#SpywareInVehicles</a>)</span>
-</div>
-
-<ul>
-<li><p>Computerized cars with nonfree software
are</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Android,
+ <p>This involves an apparently unintentional
weakness</em></ins></span> in <span class="removed"><del><strong>the
car</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Android,
exploited intentionally by malicious apps.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201905300">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-05</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The Femm “fertility” app is secretly
a</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-12/your-car-s-been-studying-you-closely-and-everyone-wants-the-data">
- snooping devices</a>.</p></strong></del></span>
+ <p>The Femm “fertility” app</em></ins></span> is
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>proprietary,</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>secretly a</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">which
+ means it demands blind faith</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/30/revealed-womens-fertility-app-is-funded-by-anti-abortion-campaigners">
tool for propaganda</a> by natalist Christians. It spreads distrust
for contraception.</p>
- <p>It snoops on users, too, as you must expect from nonfree
- programs.</p></em></ins></span>
- </li>
+ <p>It snoops on users, too, as you must expect</em></ins></span>
from <span class="removed"><del><strong>its users</a>.</p>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>The Nissan Leaf
has</strong></del></span>
+ <p>Even if no one connects</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>nonfree
+ programs.</p>
+ </li>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201905060">
+ <li id="M201905060">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-05</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>BlizzCon 2019 imposed</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>built-in cell</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+ <p>BlizzCon 2019 imposed a <a
href="https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/05/blizzcon-2019-tickets-revolve-around-invasive-poorly-reviewed-smartphone-app/">
- requirement to run a proprietary</em></ins></span> phone <span
class="removed"><del><strong>modem which allows
- effectively
- anyone</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>app</a>
to be allowed into
- the event.</p>
-
- <p>This app is a spyware that can snoop on a lot of
- sensitive data, including user's location and contact list, and
has</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.troyhunt.com/controlling-vehicle-features-of-nissan/">to
- access its computers remotely</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://old.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/bkd5ew/you_need_to_have_a_phone_to_attend_blizzcon_this/emg38xv/">
- near-complete control</a> over the phone.</p>
- </li>
+ requirement</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>the
car remotely, the cell phone
+ modem enables the</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>run a proprietary</em></ins></span> phone <span
class="removed"><del><strong>company</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>app</a></em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>track the car's movements
all</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>be allowed
into</em></ins></span>
+ the <span class="removed"><del><strong>time; it</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>event.</p>
+
+ <p>This app</em></ins></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>possible to physically
remove</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>a spyware that can
snoop on a lot of
+ sensitive data, including user's location and contact list, and has <a
+
href="https://old.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/bkd5ew/you_need_to_have_a_phone_to_attend_blizzcon_this/emg38xv/">
+ near-complete control</a> over</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>cell phone modem
+ though.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>phone.</p></em></ins></span>
+ </li>
+
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Proprietary software
in cars
+ <a
href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2013/03/24/car-spying-edr-data-privacy/1991751/">records
information about drivers' movements</a>,
+ which</strong></del></span>
- <li id="M201904131">
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201904131">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-04</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Data collected by menstrual</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>make changes in various
- settings</a>.</p>
-
- <p>That's easy</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>pregnancy monitoring apps is often <a
-
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/13/theres-a-dark-side-to-womens-health-apps-menstrual-surveillance">
- available</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>do
because</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>employers and
insurance companies</a>. Even though</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>system has no authentication when
- accessed through</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>data is “anonymized and
aggregated,” it can easily be
- traced back to</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>modem. However,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>woman who uses the app.</p>
-
- <p>This has harmful implications for women's rights to equal
employment
- and freedom to make their own pregnancy choices. Don't use
- these apps,</em></ins></span> even if <span
class="removed"><del><strong>it asked for
- authentication,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>someone offers</em></ins></span> you <span
class="removed"><del><strong>couldn't be confident</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>a reward to do so. A
- free-software app</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>Nissan has no
- access. The software in</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>does more or less</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>car</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>same thing without
- spying on you</em></ins></span> is
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>proprietary, <a
href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">which
- means it demands blind faith</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>available</em></ins></span> from <span
class="removed"><del><strong>its users</a>.</p>
-
- <p>Even if no</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+ <p>Data collected by menstrual and pregnancy monitoring
apps</em></ins></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>made</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>often <a
+
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/13/theres-a-dark-side-to-womens-health-apps-menstrual-surveillance"></em></ins></span>
+ available to <span class="removed"><del><strong>car manufacturers,
insurance companies,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>employers</em></ins></span> and
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>others.</p>
+
+ <p>The case of toll-collection systems, mentioned in this
article,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>insurance
companies</a>. Even though the
+ data</em></ins></span> is <span class="removed"><del><strong>not
+ really a matter of proprietary surveillance. These systems are an
+ intolerable invasion of privacy,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>“anonymized</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>should</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>aggregated,” it can easily</em></ins></span> be
<span class="removed"><del><strong>replaced with anonymous
+ payment systems, but the invasion isn't done by malware. The other
+ cases mentioned are done by proprietary malware in</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>traced back to</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>car.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Tesla cars allow</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>woman who uses</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>company</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>app.</p>
+
+ <p>This has harmful implications for women's
rights</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>extract data
remotely</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>equal
employment</em></ins></span>
+ and
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>determine the
car's</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>freedom to make
their own pregnancy choices. Don't use
+ these apps, even if someone offers you a reward to do so. A
+ free-software app that does more or less the same thing without
+ spying on you is available from <a
href="https://search.f-droid.org/?q=menstr">F-Droid</a>, and <a
href="https://dcs.megaphone.fm/BLM6228935164.mp3?key=7e4b8f7018d13cdc2b5ea6e5772b6b8f">
- a new</em></ins></span> one <span class="removed"><del><strong>connects
to</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>is being
developed</a>.</p>
+ a new one is being developed</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201904130">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-04</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Google tracks</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>car remotely,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>movements of Android phones and iPhones
+ <p>Google tracks the movements of Android phones and iPhones
running Google apps, and sometimes <a
href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/13/us/google-location-tracking-police.html">
- saves</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>cell phone
- modem enables</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>data
for years</a>.</p>
+ saves the data for years</a>.</p>
- <p>Nonfree software in</em></ins></span> the phone <span
class="removed"><del><strong>company</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>has</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>track the car's movements
all</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>be responsible for
sending</em></ins></span>
- the <span class="removed"><del><strong>time; it is
possible</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>location
data</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>physically remove
the cell phone modem
- though.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>Google.</p></em></ins></span>
+ <p>Nonfree software in the phone has to be responsible for sending
+ the</em></ins></span> location <span
class="removed"><del><strong>at</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>data to Google.</p>
</li>
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Proprietary software
in cars</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201903251">
+ <li id="M201903251">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-03</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Many Android phones come with a huge number of</em></ins></span>
<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2013/03/24/car-spying-edr-data-privacy/1991751/">records
information about drivers' movements</a>,
- which is made available</strong></del></span>
- <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190326145122/https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/03/22/inenglish/1553244778_819882.html">
- preinstalled nonfree apps that have access</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>car manufacturers, insurance companies, and
- others.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>sensitive data without
+ <p>Many Android phones come with a huge number of <a
+
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190326145122/https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/03/22/inenglish/1553244778_819882.html">
+ preinstalled nonfree apps that have access to sensitive data without
users' knowledge</a>. These hidden apps may either call home with
the data, or pass it on to user-installed apps that have access to
the network but no direct access to the data. This results in massive
@@ -1994,8 +2008,8 @@
<li id="M201903211">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-03</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" --></em></ins></span>
- <p>The <span class="removed"><del><strong>case</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>MoviePass dis-service <a
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>The MoviePass dis-service <a
href="https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/moviepass-founder-wants-to-use-facial-recognition-to-score-you-free-movies/">
is planning to use face recognition to track people's eyes</a>
to make sure they won't put their phones down or look away during
@@ -2005,24 +2019,24 @@
<li id="M201903201">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-03</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>A study</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>toll-collection systems,
mentioned</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>24
“health” apps found that 19 of them <a
+ <p>A study of 24 “health” apps found that 19 of them
<a
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/pan9e8/health-apps-can-share-your-data-everywhere-new-study-shows">
send sensitive personal data to third parties</a>, which can use it
- for invasive advertising or discriminating against
people</em></ins></span> in <span class="removed"><del><strong>this
article,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>poor
+ for invasive advertising or discriminating against people in poor
medical condition.</p>
<p>Whenever user “consent” is sought, it is buried in
- lengthy terms of service that are difficult to understand. In any case,
- “consent”</em></ins></span> is not
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>really</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>sufficient to legitimize snooping.</p>
+ lengthy terms of service that are difficult to understand.
In</em></ins></span> any <span class="removed"><del><strong>time.
(See</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>case,
+ “consent” is not sufficient to legitimize snooping.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201902230">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2019-02</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Facebook offered</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>matter of</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>convenient</em></ins></span> proprietary <span
class="removed"><del><strong>surveillance. These systems</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>library for building mobile apps, which
also <a
- href="https://boingboing.net/2019/02/23/surveillance-zucksterism.html">
+ <p>Facebook offered a convenient proprietary
+ library for building mobile apps, which also</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.teslamotors.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/tmi_privacy_statement_external_6-14-2013_v2.pdf">
+ Section 2, paragraphs b</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://boingboing.net/2019/02/23/surveillance-zucksterism.html">
sent personal data to Facebook</a>. Lots of companies built apps that
way and released them, apparently not realizing that all the personal
data they collected would go to Facebook as well.</p>
@@ -2047,8 +2061,7 @@
<p>Collecting hardware identifiers is in apparent violation of
Google's policies. But it seems that Google wasn't aware of it,
and, once informed, was in no hurry to take action. This proves
- that the policies of a development platform</em></ins></span> are <span
class="removed"><del><strong>an
- intolerable invasion</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>ineffective at
+ that the policies of a development platform are ineffective at
preventing nonfree software developers from including malware in
their programs.</p>
</li>
@@ -2067,14 +2080,14 @@
<p>Twenty nine “beauty camera” apps that used to
be on Google Play had one or more malicious functionalities, such as <a
href="https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/02/03/google-bans-29-beauty-camera-apps-from-the-play-store-that-steal-your-photos/">
- stealing users' photos instead</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>privacy,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>“beautifying” them</a>,
- pushing unwanted</em></ins></span> and <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>often malicious ads on users, and redirecting
+ stealing users' photos instead of “beautifying” them</a>,
+ pushing unwanted and often malicious ads on users,</em></ins></span> and
<span class="removed"><del><strong>c.</a>).</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>redirecting
them to phishing sites that stole their credentials. Furthermore,
the user interface of most of them was designed to make uninstallation
difficult.</p>
<p>Users should of course uninstall these dangerous apps if they
- haven't yet, but they</em></ins></span> should <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>also stay away from nonfree apps in
+ haven't yet, but they should also stay away from nonfree apps in
general. <em>All</em> nonfree apps carry a potential risk
because
there is no easy way of knowing what they really do.</p>
</li>
@@ -2088,7 +2101,7 @@
25% fail to protect their users' privacy</a> due to DNS leaks. In
addition, 85% feature intrusive permissions or functions in their
source code—often used for invasive advertising—that could
- potentially also</em></ins></span> be <span
class="removed"><del><strong>replaced</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>used to spy on users. Other technical flaws were
+ potentially also be used to spy on users. Other technical flaws were
found as well.</p>
<p>Moreover, a previous investigation had found that <a
@@ -2105,10 +2118,10 @@
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>The Weather Channel app <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/04/weather-channel-app-lawsuit-location-data-selling">
- stored users' locations to the company's server</a>. The company is
- being sued, demanding that it notify the users of what it will
do</em></ins></span>
- with <span class="removed"><del><strong>anonymous
- payment systems,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the data.</p>
+ stored users' locations to the company's
server</a>.</em></ins></span> The company <span
class="removed"><del><strong>says</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>is
+ being sued, demanding that</em></ins></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>doesn't
+ store this information,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>notify the users of what it will do
+ with the data.</p>
<p>We think that lawsuit is about a side issue. What the company does
with the data is a secondary issue. The principal wrong here is that
@@ -2131,9 +2144,9 @@
Facebook can correlate the data it obtains from the same machine via
various apps. Some of them send Facebook detailed information about
the user's activities in the app; others only say that the user is
- using that app,</em></ins></span> but <span class="inserted"><ins><em>that
alone is often quite informative.</p>
+ using that app,</em></ins></span> but <span
class="removed"><del><strong>if</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>that alone is often quite informative.</p>
- <p>This spying occurs regardless of whether</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>invasion isn't done</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>user has a Facebook
+ <p>This spying occurs regardless of whether</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>state orders</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>user has a Facebook
account.</p>
</li>
@@ -2154,7 +2167,7 @@
tracking”</a>.</p>
<p>There are other ways to turn off the other kinds of location
- tracking, but most users will be tricked</em></ins></span> by <span
class="removed"><del><strong>malware.</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the misleading control.</p>
+ tracking, but most users will be tricked by the misleading
control.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201806110">
@@ -2166,7 +2179,7 @@
<p>This makes them act as spies for licensing enforcement.</p>
- <p>We expect it implements DRM, too—that there is no way to
save
+ <p>We expect</em></ins></span> it <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>implements DRM, too—that there is no way to save
a recording. But we can't be sure from the article.</p>
<p>If you learn to care much less about sports, you will benefit in
@@ -2182,18 +2195,17 @@
and collect information about its users</a>. 40% of the apps were
found to insecurely snitch on its users. Furthermore, they could
detect only some methods of snooping, in these proprietary apps whose
- source code they cannot look at.</em></ins></span> The other
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>cases mentioned</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>apps might be snooping
+ source code they cannot look at. The other apps might be snooping
in other ways.</p>
<p>This is evidence that proprietary apps generally work against
their users. To protect their privacy and freedom, Android users
- need to get rid of the proprietary software—both proprietary
+ need</em></ins></span> to get <span class="inserted"><ins><em>rid of the
proprietary software—both proprietary
Android by <a href="https://replicant.us">switching to
Replicant</a>,
and the proprietary apps by getting apps from the free software
only <a href="https://f-droid.org/">F-Droid store</a> that
<a
- href="https://f-droid.org/docs/Anti-Features/"> prominently warns
- the user if an app contains anti-features</a>.</p>
+ href="https://f-droid.org/docs/Anti-Features/"> prominently
warns</em></ins></span>
+ the <span class="inserted"><ins><em>user if an app contains
anti-features</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201804020">
@@ -2225,9 +2237,9 @@
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Spotify app <a
href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1639920/000119312518063434/d494294df1.htm">harvests
- users' data to personally identify and know people</a> through music,
- their mood, mindset, activities, and tastes. There</em></ins></span> are
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>over 150
- billion events logged daily on the program which contains users'
+ users'</em></ins></span> data <span class="inserted"><ins><em>to
personally identify</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>hand it over,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>know people</a> through music,
+ their mood, mindset, activities, and tastes. There are over 150
+ billion events logged daily on</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>state</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>program which contains users'
data and personal information.</p>
</li>
@@ -2235,9 +2247,9 @@
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Tracking software in popular Android apps
- is pervasive and sometimes very clever. Some trackers can <a
+ is pervasive and sometimes very clever. Some trackers</em></ins></span>
can <span class="inserted"><ins><em><a
href="https://theintercept.com/2017/11/24/staggering-variety-of-clandestine-trackers-found-in-popular-android-apps/">
- follow a user's movements around a physical store by noticing WiFi
+ follow a user's movements around a physical</em></ins></span> store <span
class="removed"><del><strong>it.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>by noticing WiFi
networks</a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -2247,13 +2259,18 @@
<p><a
href="https://old.reddit.com/r/Instagram/comments/6xkhi8/ig_suddenly_asking_for_phone_number_not_visible/">Instagram
is forcing users to give away their phone numbers</a> and won't let
- people continue using the app if they refuse.</p>
+ people continue using the app if they refuse.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
+<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
- <li id="M201708270">
+
+<!-- #SpywareAtHome</strong></del></span>
+
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201708270">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2017-08</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The Sarahah app <a
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE"</em></ins></span> -->
+<span class="removed"><del><strong><!-- WEBMASTERS:</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>The Sarahah app <a
href="https://theintercept.com/2017/08/27/hit-app-sarahah-quietly-uploads-your-address-book/">
uploads all phone numbers and email addresses</a> in user's address
book to developer's server.</p>
@@ -2270,8 +2287,8 @@
href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/07/stealthy-google-play-apps-recorded-calls-and-stole-e-mails-and-texts/">phone
calls and sent them and text messages and emails to
snoopers</a>.</p>
- <p>Google did not intend to make these apps spy; on the contrary, it
- worked in various ways to prevent that, and deleted these apps after
+ <p>Google did not intend to</em></ins></span> make <span
class="removed"><del><strong>sure</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>these apps spy; on the contrary, it
+ worked in various ways</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>place new items</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>prevent that, and deleted these apps after
discovering what they did. So we cannot blame Google specifically
for the snooping of these apps.</p>
@@ -2281,7 +2298,7 @@
<a href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">which
are malicious</a>.</p>
- <p>Could Google have</em></ins></span> done <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>a better job of preventing apps from
+ <p>Could Google have done a better job of preventing apps from
cheating? There is no systematic way for Google, or Android users,
to inspect executable proprietary apps to see what they do.</p>
@@ -2293,7 +2310,7 @@
<p>But since Google itself develops malicious apps, we cannot trust
Google to protect us. We must demand release of source code to the
- public, so we can depend on each other.</p>
+ public, so we can depend</em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>top under</strong></del></span> each <span
class="removed"><del><strong>subsection</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>other.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201705230">
@@ -2314,7 +2331,7 @@
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>A study found 234 Android apps that track users by <a
href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/234-android-applications-are-currently-using-ultrasonic-beacons-to-track-users/">listening
- to ultrasound from beacons placed in stores or played</em></ins></span> by
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>TV
+ to ultrasound from beacons placed in stores or played by TV
programs</a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -2356,7 +2373,7 @@
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Verizon <a
href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/03/30/0112259/verizon-to-force-appflash-spyware-on-android-phones">
- announced an opt-in</em></ins></span> proprietary <span
class="removed"><del><strong>malware</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>search app that it will</a> pre-install
+ announced an opt-in proprietary search app that it will</a>
pre-install
on some of its phones. The app will give Verizon the same information
about the users' searches that Google normally gets when they use
its search engine.</p>
@@ -2451,13 +2468,11 @@
<p>Facebook's new Magic Photo app <a
href="https://www.theregister.com/2015/11/10/facebook_scans_camera_for_your_friends/">
scans your mobile phone's photo collections for known faces</a>,
- and suggests you circulate the picture you take according to who
is</em></ins></span>
- in the <span class="removed"><del><strong>car.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>Tesla cars allow</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>frame.</p>
+ and suggests you circulate the picture you take according to who is
+ in the frame.</p>
<p>This spyware feature seems to require online access to some
- known-faces database, which means</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>company</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>pictures are likely</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>extract</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>be
+ known-faces database, which means the pictures are likely to be
sent across the wire to Facebook's servers and face-recognition
algorithms.</p>
@@ -2480,8 +2495,7 @@
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>A pregnancy test controller application not only can <a
href="https://www.theverge.com/2016/4/25/11503718/first-response-pregnancy-pro-test-bluetooth-app-security">
- spy on many sorts of</em></ins></span> data <span
class="removed"><del><strong>remotely</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>in the phone,</em></ins></span> and
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>determine</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>in server accounts,
+ spy on many sorts of data in the phone, and in server accounts,
it can alter them too</a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -2499,7 +2513,7 @@
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2015-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>“Cryptic communication,”
- unrelated to</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>car's</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>app's functionality, was <a
+ unrelated to the app's functionality, was <a
href="https://news.mit.edu/2015/data-transferred-android-apps-hiding-1119">
found in the 500 most popular gratis Android apps</a>.</p>
@@ -2518,7 +2532,7 @@
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>More than 73% and 47% of mobile applications, for Android and iOS
respectively <a href="https://techscience.org/a/2015103001/">hand
over
- personal, behavioral and</em></ins></span> location <span
class="removed"><del><strong>at</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>information</a> of their users to
+ personal, behavioral and location information</a> of their users to
third parties.</p>
</li>
@@ -2549,7 +2563,7 @@
spy on the user's own data</a>—often many kinds.</p>
<p>Those companies know that snoop-phone usage trains people to say
- yes to almost</em></ins></span> any <span
class="removed"><del><strong>time. (See</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>snooping.</p>
+ yes to almost any snooping.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201506264">
@@ -2562,9 +2576,8 @@
proprietary apps, it was only 60%.</p>
<p>The article confusingly describes gratis apps as
- “free”, but most of them are not in fact</em></ins></span>
<a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="http://www.teslamotors.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/tmi_privacy_statement_external_6-14-2013_v2.pdf">
- Section 2, paragraphs b</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free
software</a>. It also uses the
+ “free”, but most of them are not in fact <a
+ href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>. It also uses
the
ugly word “monetize”. A good replacement for that word
is “exploit”; nearly always that will fit perfectly.</p>
</li>
@@ -2574,8 +2587,8 @@
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Gratis Android apps (but not <a
href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>) connect to 100
<a
-
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/06/free-android-apps-connect-tracking-advertising-websites">tracking</em></ins></span>
- and <span class="removed"><del><strong>c.</a>). The company
says</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>advertising</a> URLs, on the average.</p>
+
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/06/free-android-apps-connect-tracking-advertising-websites">tracking
+ and advertising</a> URLs, on the average.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201504060">
@@ -2604,8 +2617,8 @@
<li id="M201401150.1">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2014-01</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>The Simeji keyboard is a smartphone version of Baidu's <a
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE"</em></ins></span> -->
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>The Simeji keyboard is a
smartphone version of Baidu's <a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html#baidu-ime">spying
<abbr
title="Input Method Editor">IME</abbr></a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -2614,8 +2627,7 @@
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2013-12</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>The nonfree Snapchat app's principal purpose is to restrict the
- use of data on the user's computer, but</em></ins></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>doesn't
- store</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>does
surveillance too: <a
+ use of data on the user's computer, but it does surveillance too: <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/dec/27/snapchat-may-be-exposed-hackers">
it tries to get the user's list of other people's phone
numbers</a>.</p>
@@ -2628,9 +2640,9 @@
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/06/android-app-50m-downloads-sent-data-advertisers">
sends user data, including geolocation, for use by
companies</a>.</p>
- <p>The FTC criticized</em></ins></span> this <span
class="removed"><del><strong>information,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>app because it asked the user to
- approve sending personal data to the app developer</em></ins></span> but
<span class="removed"><del><strong>if</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>did not ask
- about sending it to other companies. This shows</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>state orders</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>weakness of
+ <p>The FTC criticized this app because it asked the user to
+ approve sending personal data to the app developer but did not ask
+ about sending it to other companies. This shows the weakness of
the reject-it-if-you-dislike-snooping “solution” to
surveillance: why should a flashlight app send any information to
anyone? A free software flashlight app would not.</p>
@@ -2659,7 +2671,7 @@
href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/07/20/skype_won_t_comment_on_whether_it_can_now_eavesdrop_on_conversations_.html">eavesdrop
on calls</a>.</p>
- <p>That almost certainly means</em></ins></span> it <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>can do so.</p>
+ <p>That almost certainly means it can do so.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201307110">
@@ -2686,8 +2698,8 @@
<p>Microsoft is imposing its
surveillance on the game of Minecraft by <a
href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/22/21527647/minecraft-microsoft-account-mojang-java">requiring
- every player</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>get</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>open an account on Microsoft's network</a>.
Microsoft
- has bought</em></ins></span> the <span class="inserted"><ins><em>game and
will merge all accounts into its network,
+ every player to open an account on Microsoft's network</a>. Microsoft
+ has bought the game and will merge all accounts into its network,
which will give them access to people's data.</p>
<p>Minecraft players <a
@@ -2714,14 +2726,14 @@
<p>Red Shell is a spyware that
is found in many proprietary games. It <a
href="https://nebulous.cloud/threads/red-shell-illegal-spyware-for-steam-games.31924/">
- tracks</em></ins></span> data <span class="inserted"><ins><em>on users'
computers</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>hand</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>sends</em></ins></span> it <span
class="removed"><del><strong>over,</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>to third parties</a>.</p>
+ tracks data on users' computers and sends it to third
parties</a>.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201804144">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2018-04</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>ArenaNet surreptitiously installed a spyware
- program along with an update to</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>state</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>massive
+ program along with an update to the massive
multiplayer game Guild Wars 2. The spyware allowed ArenaNet <a
href="https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/arenanet-used-spyware-anti-cheat-for-guild-wars-2-banwave">
to snoop on all open processes running on its user's
computer</a>.</p>
@@ -2760,25 +2772,20 @@
companies.</p>
<p>They use this data to manipulate people to buy things, and hunt
for
- “whales” who</em></ins></span> can <span
class="removed"><del><strong>store it.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>be led to spend a lot of money. They also
+ “whales” who can be led to spend a lot of money. They also
use a back door to manipulate the game play for specific players.</p>
<p>While the article describes gratis games, games that cost money
- can use the same tactics.</p></em></ins></span>
+ can use the same tactics.</p>
</li>
-<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
-
-<!-- #SpywareAtHome</strong></del></span>
-
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201401280">
+ <li id="M201401280">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2014-01</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE"</em></ins></span> -->
-<span class="removed"><del><strong><!-- WEBMASTERS: make
sure</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>Angry Birds <a
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Angry Birds <a
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/world/spy-agencies-scour-phone-apps-for-personal-data.html">
- spies for companies, and the NSA takes advantage</em></ins></span>
- to <span class="removed"><del><strong>place new
items</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>spy through it
too</a>. Here's information</em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>top under each subsection</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em><a
+ spies for companies, and the NSA takes advantage
+ to spy through it too</a>. Here's information on <a
href="http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2012/11/analysis-of-what-information-angry.html">
more spyware apps</a>.</p>
@@ -2789,8 +2796,8 @@
<li id="M200510200">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2005-10</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE"</em></ins></span> -->
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>Blizzard Warden is a hidden
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Blizzard Warden is a hidden
“cheating-prevention” program that <a
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2005/10/new-gaming-feature-spyware">
spies on every process running on a gamer's computer and sniffs a
@@ -2959,11 +2966,10 @@
cable</a>. Even if the image is coming from the user's own computer,
the TV reports</em></ins></span> what <span class="inserted"><ins><em>it
is. The existence of a way to disable</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>user watches — no
exceptions!</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>surveillance, even if it were not hidden
as it was in these TVs,
- does not legitimize the surveillance.</p></em></ins></span>
+ does not legitimize the surveillance.</p>
</li>
- <span
class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Vizio</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201511130">
+ <li id="M201511130">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2015-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Some web and TV advertisements play inaudible
@@ -2972,10 +2978,11 @@
are nearby. Once your Internet devices are paired with
your TV, advertisers can correlate ads with Web activity, and other <a
href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/11/beware-of-ads-that-use-inaudible-sound-to-link-your-phone-tv-tablet-and-pc/">
- cross-device tracking</a>.</p>
+ cross-device tracking</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
+ <span
class="removed"><del><strong><li><p>Vizio</strong></del></span>
- <li id="M201511060">
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li id="M201511060">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2015-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>Vizio</em></ins></span> goes a step further than other TV
@@ -3146,9 +3153,8 @@
passes by, the user's front door.</p>
<p>The article focuses</em></ins></span> on <span
class="removed"><del><strong>their users and report</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>how Ring used to let individual employees look
- at the videos freely. It appears Amazon has tried</em></ins></span> to
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>prevent that
- secondary abuse, but</em></ins></span> the
- <span
class="removed"><del><strong>internet</a>—</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>primary abuse—that Amazon gets the
+ at the videos freely. It appears Amazon has tried to prevent that
+ secondary abuse, but the primary abuse—that Amazon gets the
video—Amazon expects society to surrender to.</p>
</li>
@@ -3162,7 +3168,8 @@
name!</p>
<p>When Consumer Reports tested them, it suggested that these
- manufacturers promise not to look at what's in the videos. That's not
+ manufacturers promise not</em></ins></span> to <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>look at what's in</em></ins></span> the
+ <span
class="removed"><del><strong>internet</a>—</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>videos. That's not
security for your home. Security means making sure they don't get to
see through your camera.</p>
</li>
@@ -3251,7 +3258,7 @@
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/28/cloudpets-data-breach-leaks-details-of-500000-children-and-adults">
leak childrens' conversations to the manufacturer</a>. Guess what?
<a
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/pgwean/internet-of-things-teddy-bear-leaked-2-million-parent-and-kids-message-recordings">
- Crackers found a way to access the data</a> collected by the
+ Crackers found</em></ins></span> a <span class="inserted"><ins><em>way to
access the data</a> collected by the
manufacturer's snooping.</p>
<p>That the manufacturer and the FBI could listen to these
@@ -3263,7 +3270,7 @@
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p>The “smart” toys My Friend Cayla and i-Que transmit
<a
href="https://www.forbrukerradet.no/siste-nytt/connected-toys-violate-consumer-laws/">children's
- conversations to Nuance Communications</a>,</em></ins></span> a
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>speech recognition
+ conversations to Nuance Communications</a>, a speech recognition
company based in the U.S.</p>
<p>Those toys also contain major security vulnerabilities; crackers
@@ -3381,7 +3388,7 @@
<p>Rather than trying to better control the use of recordings, Google
should not record or listen to the person's voice. It should only
- get commands</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>merge</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the user wants to send to some Google
service.</p>
+ get commands</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>merge</strong></del></span> the <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>user wants to send to some Google service.</p>
</li>
<li id="M201905061">
@@ -3392,9 +3399,9 @@
recordings made without a legitimate prompt), and sends
it to Amazon's servers, which store it indefinitely. Even
worse, Amazon forwards it to third-party companies. Thus,
- even if users request deletion of their data from Amazon's servers, <a
-
href="https://www.ctpost.com/business/article/Alexa-has-been-eavesdropping-on-you-this-whole-13822095.php"></em></ins></span>
- the data <span class="inserted"><ins><em>remain on other
servers</a>, where they can be accessed by
+ even if users request deletion of their</em></ins></span> data <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>from Amazon's servers, <a
+
href="https://www.ctpost.com/business/article/Alexa-has-been-eavesdropping-on-you-this-whole-13822095.php">
+ the data remain on other servers</a>, where they can be accessed by
advertising companies and government agencies. In other words,
deleting the collected information doesn't cancel the wrong of
collecting it.</p>
@@ -3572,15 +3579,31 @@
</div>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202304010">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2023-04</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>GM is switching to a new
+ audio/video system in its cars in order to <a
+
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/01/business/gm-apple-play-evs/index.html">
+ collect complete information about what people in</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>game play</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>car watch or
+ listen to, and also how they drive</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The new system</em></ins></span> for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>specific players.</p>
+
+ <p>While</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>navigation and “driving assistance”
+ will be tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on
+ everything</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>article describes</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>users do with them. But don't feel bad about that,
+ because some of these subscriptions will be</em></ins></span> gratis <span
class="removed"><del><strong>games, games</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>for the first
+ 8 years.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202105130">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2021-05</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p><a
href="https://gizmodo.com/get-ready-for-in-car-ads-1846888390">Ford
- is planning to force ads on drivers in cars</a>,
with</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>game
play</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>ability</em></ins></span> for <span
class="removed"><del><strong>specific players.</p>
-
- <p>While</strong></del></span>
- the <span class="removed"><del><strong>article describes gratis games,
games</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>owner to pay extra
to turn them off. The system probably imposes
+ is planning to force ads on drivers in cars</a>, with the ability for
+ the owner to pay extra to turn them off. The system probably imposes
surveillance on drivers too.</p>
</li>
@@ -4116,8 +4139,8 @@
<li id="M201308040">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2013-08</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE"</em></ins></span> -->
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>Google Chrome <a
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Google Chrome <a
href="https://www.brad-x.com/2013/08/04/google-chrome-is-spyware/">
spies on browser history, affiliations</a>, and other installed
software.</p>
@@ -4125,8 +4148,8 @@
<li id="M200809060">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2008-09</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Google Chrome contains a key logger that <a
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE"</em></ins></span> -->
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>Google Chrome contains a key
logger that <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190126075111/http://www.favbrowser.com/google-chrome-spyware-confirmed/">
sends Google every URL typed in</a>, one key at a time.</p>
</li>
@@ -4383,7 +4406,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2023/03/15 11:04:25 $
+$Date: 2023/04/04 11:04:41 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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+
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<ul class="blurbs">
- <li <span class="inserted"><ins><em>id="M202206020">
+ <li <span class="inserted"><ins><em>id="M202304030">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2023-04</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>The Pinduoduo app <a
+
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/02/tech/china-pinduoduo-malware-cybersecurity-analysis-intl-hnk/index.html">
+ snoops on other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also
installs
+ additional malware that is hard to remove.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M202206020">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2022-06</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
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@@ -3099,7 +3108,23 @@
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- <li id="M202105130">
+ <li <span class="inserted"><ins><em>id="M202304010">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2023-04</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>GM is switching to a new
+ audio/video system in its cars in order to <a
+
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/01/business/gm-apple-play-evs/index.html">
+ collect complete information about what people in the car watch or
+ listen to, and also how they drive</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The new system for navigation and “driving assistance”
+ will be tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on
+ everything the users do with them. But don't feel bad about that,
+ because some of these subscriptions will be gratis for the first
+ 8 years.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li</em></ins></span> id="M202105130">
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class="date-tag">2021-05</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<p><a
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-$Date: 2023/03/15 11:04:25 $
+$Date: 2023/04/04 11:04:41 $
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to detect once installed...</a></strong></p>
<ul class="blurbs">
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+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
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+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>The Pinduoduo app <a
+
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/02/tech/china-pinduoduo-malware-cybersecurity-analysis-intl-hnk/index.html">
+ snoops on other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also
installs
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+
+ <li id="M202304010">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2023-04</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>GM is switching to a new
+ audio/video system in its cars in order to <a
+
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/01/business/gm-apple-play-evs/index.html">
+ collect complete information about what people in the car watch or
+ listen to, and also how they drive</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The new system for navigation and “driving assistance”
+ will be tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on
+ everything the users do with them. But don't feel bad about that,
+ because some of these subscriptions will be gratis for the first
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-
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- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
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-
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- attack.</p>
-
- <p>Encryption is a tricky field, and easy to mess up. It is wise
- to insist on encryption software that is (1) free software and (2)
- studied by experts.</p>
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</ul>
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<a href="/proprietary/all.html">More items…</a></p>
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<p class="unprintable">Updated:
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+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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-
#. type: Content of: <div><p>
# | <a [-href=\"/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html\">Malware in mobile
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+#~ "sensato es reclamar un software que sea (1) software libre y (2) "
+#~ "analizado por expertos."
+
+#~ msgid ""
#~ "<a href=\"https://www.techarp.com/mobile/apple-china-limit-airdrop/\";> "
#~ "Obeying a demand by the Chinese government, Apple restricted the use of "
#~ "AirDrop in China</a>. It imposed a ten-minute time limit during which "
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--- proprietary.fr.po 15 Mar 2023 13:16:44 -0000 1.655
+++ proprietary.fr.po 4 Apr 2023 11:04:41 -0000 1.656
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
msgid ""
msgstr ""
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+"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-04-04 10:56+0000\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: 2023-03-15 14:15+0100\n"
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"Language-Team: French <trad-gnu@april.org>\n"
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#. type: Content of: <title>
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@@ -149,8 +150,17 @@
"téléphones."
#. type: Content of: <div><p>
+# | As of [-March,-] {+April,+} 2023, the pages in this directory list around
+# | [-550-] {+600+} instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 680
+# | references to back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't
+# | know about.
+#, fuzzy
+#| msgid ""
+#| "As of March, 2023, the pages in this directory list around 550 instances "
+#| "of malicious functionalities (with more than 680 references to back them "
+#| "up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
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+"As of April, 2023, the pages in this directory list around 600 instances of "
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#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also installs additional "
+"malware that is hard to remove."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"GM is switching to a new audio/video system in its cars in order to <a href="
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+"\"> collect complete information about what people in the car watch or "
+"listen to, and also how they drive</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"The new system for navigation and “driving assistance” will be "
+"tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on everything the "
+"users do with them. But don't feel bad about that, because some of these "
+"subscriptions will be gratis for the first 8 years."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"As soon as it boots, and without asking any permission, <a href=\"https://";
"www.techspot.com/news/97535-windows-11-spyware-machine-out-users-control.html"
"\">Windows 11 starts to send data to online servers.</a> The user's personal "
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Apple "
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déclare "
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@@ -619,3 +608,46 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><p>
msgid "Updated:"
msgstr "Dernière mise à jour :"
+
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+#~ msgstr ""
+#~ "<a href=\"https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-analytics-tracking-even-when-";
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+
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+#~ "<a href=\"https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-";
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+#~ "<a href=\"https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-";
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+
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</tr>
<tr>
<td>
- <ul class="columns">
- <li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-addictions.html">Addictions</a></li>
- <li><a href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html">Back
doors</a> (<a
href="#f1">1</a>)</li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-apple.html">Apple
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-censorship.html">Censorship</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html">Microsoft
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-coercion.html">Coercion</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-google.html">Google
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-coverups.html">Coverups</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-adobe.html">Adobe
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-deception.html">Deception</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-amazon.html">Amazon
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-drm.html">DRM</a> (<a
href="#f2">2</a>)</li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-webpages.html">Malware
in webpages</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-fraud.html">Fraud</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html">Malware
in mobile devices</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-incompatibility.html">Incompatibility</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-games.html">Malware
in games</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-insecurity.html">Insecurity</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-appliances.html">Malware
in appliances</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-interference.html">Interference</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
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in cars</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-jails.html">Jails</a> (<a
href="#f3">3</a>)</li>
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+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-apple.html">Apple
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-addictions.html">Addictions</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html">Microsoft
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html">Back
doors</a> (<a
href="#f1">1</a>)</li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-google.html">Google
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-censorship.html">Censorship</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-adobe.html">Adobe
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-coercion.html">Coercion</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-amazon.html">Amazon
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-coverups.html">Coverups</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-webpages.html">Malware
in webpages</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-deception.html">Deception</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html">Malware
in mobile devices</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-drm.html">DRM</a> (<a
href="#f2">2</a>)</li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-games.html">Malware
in games</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-fraud.html">Fraud</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-appliances.html">Malware
in appliances</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-incompatibility.html">Incompatibility</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-cars.html">Malware
in cars</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-insecurity.html">Insecurity</a></li>
+ <li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-interference.html">Interference</a></li>
+ <li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-jails.html">Jails</a> (<a
href="#f3">3</a>)</li>
<li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-manipulation.html">Manipulation</a></li>
<li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-obsolescence.html">Obsolescence</a></li>
<li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-sabotage.html">Sabotage</a></li>
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application programs.</li>
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that <span class="removed"><del><strong>reject</strong></del></span> <span
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system</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>reject</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>rejects</em></ins></span> any operating
+ <li id="f5"><em>Tyrant:</em> system that
rejects</em></ins></span> any operating
system not “authorized” by the manufacturer.</li>
<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><a
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Malware</a></li>
</ul>
@@ -262,6 +262,31 @@
to detect once installed...</a></strong></p>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202304030">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2023-04</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>The Pinduoduo app <a
+
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/02/tech/china-pinduoduo-malware-cybersecurity-analysis-intl-hnk/index.html">
+ snoops on other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also
installs
+ additional malware that is hard to remove.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M202304010">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2023-04</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>GM is switching to a new
+ audio/video system in its cars in order to <a
+
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/01/business/gm-apple-play-evs/index.html">
+ collect complete information about what people in the car watch or
+ listen to, and also how they drive</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The new system for navigation and “driving assistance”
+ will be tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on
+ everything the users do with them. But don't feel bad about that,
+ because some of these subscriptions will be gratis for the first
+ 8 years.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202302080">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2023-02</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -310,35 +335,6 @@
can threaten the manufacturer enough to compel the manufacturer's
cooperation.</p>
</li>
-
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- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2022-11</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p><a
-
href="https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-analytics-tracking-even-when-off-app-store-1849757558">
- The iMonsters' app store client programs collect many kinds of
data</a>
- about the user's actions and private communications. “Do not
- track” options are available, but tracking doesn't stop if
- the user activates them: Apple keeps on collecting data for itself,
- although it claims not to share it with third parties.</p>
-
- <p><a
-
href="https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/14/apple_data_collection_lawsuit/">
- Apple is being sued</a> for that.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li id="M202210140">
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2022-10</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p><a
-
href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-office-365-email-encryption-could-expose-message-content/">
- The Microsoft Office encryption is weak</a>, and susceptible to
- attack.</p>
-
- <p>Encryption is a tricky field, and easy to mess up. It is wise
- to insist on encryption software that is (1) free software and (2)
- studied by experts.</p>
- </li>
</ul>
<p class="button right-align">
<a href="/proprietary/all.html">More items…</a></p>
@@ -402,7 +398,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2023/03/15 11:04:26 $
+$Date: 2023/04/04 11:04:41 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-03-15 10:55+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-04-04 10:56+0000\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: 2018-02-01 21:32+0100\n"
"Last-Translator: Andrea Pescetti <pescetti@gnu.org>\n"
"Language-Team: Italian <www-it-traduzioni@gnu.org>\n"
@@ -161,17 +161,17 @@
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+# | list around [-3-]{+6+}00 instances of malicious [-functionalities,-]
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+
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+"\"> collect complete information about what people in the car watch or "
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+
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+"users do with them. But don't feel bad about that, because some of these "
+"subscriptions will be gratis for the first 8 years."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"As soon as it boots, and without asking any permission, <a href=\"https://";
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-msgstr ""
-
#. type: Content of: <div><p>
# | <a [-href=\"/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html\">Malware in mobile
# | devices</a>-] {+href=\"/proprietary/all.html\">More items…</a>+}
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===================================================================
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+++ proprietary.ja-diff.html 4 Apr 2023 11:04:41 -0000 1.379
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them.</p>
</div></em></ins></span>
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2017,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>March,
2023,</em></ins></span> the <span
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<span class="removed"><del><strong>260</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>550</em></ins></span>
+<p>As of <span class="removed"><del><strong>January,
2017,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>April,
2023,</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>files</strong></del></span> <span
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back them up),</em></ins></span> but there are surely thousands more we don't
know about.</p>
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</ul>
</td>
<td>
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- <li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-appliances.html">Appliances</a></li>
+ <ul></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/proprietary-drm.html">Digital</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-appliances.html">Appliances</a></li>
<li><a
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<li><a
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<li><a
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class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/proprietary-drm.html">Digital</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-apple.html">Apple</a></li>
+ <li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-amazon.html">Amazon</a></li>
+ <li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-apple.html">Apple</a></li>
<li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-google.html">Google</a></li>
<li><a
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application programs.</li>
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id="f4"><em>Tether:</em> functionality</em></ins></span>
that <span class="removed"><del><strong>reject</strong></del></span> <span
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permanent (or very frequent) connection to a server.</li>
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<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
</div>
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to detect once installed...</a></strong></p>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202304030">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2023-04</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>The Pinduoduo app <a
+
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/02/tech/china-pinduoduo-malware-cybersecurity-analysis-intl-hnk/index.html">
+ snoops on other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also
installs
+ additional malware that is hard to remove.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M202304010">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2023-04</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>GM is switching to a new
+ audio/video system in its cars in order to <a
+
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/01/business/gm-apple-play-evs/index.html">
+ collect complete information about what people in the car watch or
+ listen to, and also how they drive</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The new system for navigation and “driving assistance”
+ will be tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on
+ everything the users do with them. But don't feel bad about that,
+ because some of these subscriptions will be gratis for the first
+ 8 years.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202302080">
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class="date-tag">2023-02</small>'
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can threaten the manufacturer enough to compel the manufacturer's
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class="date-tag">2022-11</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p><a
-
href="https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-analytics-tracking-even-when-off-app-store-1849757558">
- The iMonsters' app store client programs collect many kinds of
data</a>
- about the user's actions and private communications. “Do not
- track” options are available, but tracking doesn't stop if
- the user activates them: Apple keeps on collecting data for itself,
- although it claims not to share it with third parties.</p>
-
- <p><a
-
href="https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/14/apple_data_collection_lawsuit/">
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-
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- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
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- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p><a
-
href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-office-365-email-encryption-could-expose-message-content/">
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- attack.</p>
-
- <p>Encryption is a tricky field, and easy to mess up. It is wise
- to insist on encryption software that is (1) free software and (2)
- studied by experts.</p>
- </li>
</ul>
<p class="button right-align">
<a href="/proprietary/all.html">More items…</a></p>
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<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2023/03/15 11:04:26 $
+$Date: 2023/04/04 11:04:41 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
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--- proprietary.ja.po 15 Mar 2023 11:04:26 -0000 1.371
+++ proprietary.ja.po 4 Apr 2023 11:04:41 -0000 1.372
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"Last-Translator: NIIBE Yutaka <gniibe@fsij.org>\n"
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+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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"As soon as it boots, and without asking any permission, <a href=\"https://";
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class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html">Microsoft
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html">Back
doors</a> (<a
href="#f1">1</a>)</li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-google.html">Google
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-censorship.html">Censorship</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-adobe.html">Adobe
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-coercion.html">Coercion</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-amazon.html">Amazon
Malware</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-coverups.html">Coverups</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-webpages.html">Malware
in webpages</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-deception.html">Deception</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-phones.html">Malware
in phones</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-drm.html">DRM</a> (<a
href="#f2">2</a>)</li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html">Malware
in mobile devices</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-fraud.html">Fraud</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-games.html">Malware
in games</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-incompatibility.html">Incompatibility</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-appliances.html">Malware
in appliances</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-insecurity.html">Insecurity</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/proprietary/malware-cars.html">Malware
in cars</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/proprietary-interference.html">Interference</a></li>
+ <li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-jails.html">Jails</a> (<a
href="#f3">3</a>)</li>
+ <li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-manipulation.html">Manipulation</a></li>
<li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-obsolescence.html">Obsolescence</a></li>
<li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-sabotage.html">Sabotage</a></li>
<li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-subscriptions.html">Subscriptions</a></li>
@@ -230,10 +230,10 @@
application programs.</li>
<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-tyrants.html">Tyrants</a>—systems</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li
id="f4"><em>Tether:</em> functionality that requires
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li
id="f4"><em>Tether:</em> functionality</em></ins></span>
that <span class="removed"><del><strong>reject</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>requires
permanent (or very frequent) connection to a server.</li>
- <li id="f5"><em>Tyrant:</em>
system</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>reject</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>rejects</em></ins></span> any operating
+ <li id="f5"><em>Tyrant:</em> system that
rejects</em></ins></span> any operating
system not “authorized” by the manufacturer.</li>
<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><a
href="/proprietary/potential-malware.html">Potential
Malware</a></li>
</ul>
@@ -262,6 +262,31 @@
to detect once installed...</a></strong></p>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202304030">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2023-04</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>The Pinduoduo app <a
+
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/02/tech/china-pinduoduo-malware-cybersecurity-analysis-intl-hnk/index.html">
+ snoops on other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also
installs
+ additional malware that is hard to remove.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M202304010">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2023-04</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>GM is switching to a new
+ audio/video system in its cars in order to <a
+
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/01/business/gm-apple-play-evs/index.html">
+ collect complete information about what people in the car watch or
+ listen to, and also how they drive</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The new system for navigation and “driving assistance”
+ will be tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on
+ everything the users do with them. But don't feel bad about that,
+ because some of these subscriptions will be gratis for the first
+ 8 years.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202302080">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2023-02</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -310,35 +335,6 @@
can threaten the manufacturer enough to compel the manufacturer's
cooperation.</p>
</li>
-
- <li id="M202211140">
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2022-11</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p><a
-
href="https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-analytics-tracking-even-when-off-app-store-1849757558">
- The iMonsters' app store client programs collect many kinds of
data</a>
- about the user's actions and private communications. “Do not
- track” options are available, but tracking doesn't stop if
- the user activates them: Apple keeps on collecting data for itself,
- although it claims not to share it with third parties.</p>
-
- <p><a
-
href="https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/14/apple_data_collection_lawsuit/">
- Apple is being sued</a> for that.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li id="M202210140">
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2022-10</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p><a
-
href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-office-365-email-encryption-could-expose-message-content/">
- The Microsoft Office encryption is weak</a>, and susceptible to
- attack.</p>
-
- <p>Encryption is a tricky field, and easy to mess up. It is wise
- to insist on encryption software that is (1) free software and (2)
- studied by experts.</p>
- </li>
</ul>
<p class="button right-align">
<a href="/proprietary/all.html">More items…</a></p>
@@ -402,7 +398,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2023/03/15 11:04:26 $
+$Date: 2023/04/04 11:04:42 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
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retrieving revision 1.362
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diff -u -b -r1.362 -r1.363
--- proprietary.nl.po 15 Mar 2023 11:04:26 -0000 1.362
+++ proprietary.nl.po 4 Apr 2023 11:04:42 -0000 1.363
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
msgid ""
msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: proprietary.html\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-03-15 10:55+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-04-04 10:56+0000\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: 2017-11-24 22:20+0100\n"
"Last-Translator: Justin van Steijn <jvs@fsfe.org>\n"
"Language-Team: Dutch <www-nl-translators@gnu.org>\n"
@@ -163,17 +163,17 @@
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <div><p>
-# | As of [-April, 2019,-] {+March, 2023,+} the [-files-] {+pages+} in this
-# | directory list around [-400-] {+550+} instances of malicious
-# | [-functionalities,-] {+functionalities (with more than 680 references to
-# | back them up),+} but there are surely thousands more we don't know about.
+# | As of April, [-2019,-] {+2023,+} the [-files-] {+pages+} in this directory
+# | list around [-4-]{+6+}00 instances of malicious [-functionalities,-]
+# | {+functionalities (with more than 680 references to back them up),+} but
+# | there are surely thousands more we don't know about.
#, fuzzy
#| msgid ""
#| "As of April, 2019, the files in this directory list around 400 instances "
#| "of malicious functionalities, but there are surely thousands more we "
#| "don't know about."
msgid ""
-"As of March, 2023, the pages in this directory list around 550 instances of "
+"As of April, 2023, the pages in this directory list around 600 instances of "
"malicious functionalities (with more than 680 references to back them up), "
"but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
msgstr ""
@@ -479,6 +479,30 @@
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
msgid ""
+"The Pinduoduo app <a href=\"https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/02/tech/china-";
+"pinduoduo-malware-cybersecurity-analysis-intl-hnk/index.html\"> snoops on "
+"other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also installs additional "
+"malware that is hard to remove."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"GM is switching to a new audio/video system in its cars in order to <a href="
+"\"https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/01/business/gm-apple-play-evs/index.html";
+"\"> collect complete information about what people in the car watch or "
+"listen to, and also how they drive</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The new system for navigation and “driving assistance” will be "
+"tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on everything the "
+"users do with them. But don't feel bad about that, because some of these "
+"subscriptions will be gratis for the first 8 years."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"As soon as it boots, and without asking any permission, <a href=\"https://";
"www.techspot.com/news/97535-windows-11-spyware-machine-out-users-control.html"
"\">Windows 11 starts to send data to online servers.</a> The user's personal "
@@ -529,35 +553,6 @@
"enough to compel the manufacturer's cooperation."
msgstr ""
-#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
-msgid ""
-"<a href=\"https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-analytics-tracking-even-when-off-";
-"app-store-1849757558\"> The iMonsters' app store client programs collect "
-"many kinds of data</a> about the user's actions and private communications. "
-"“Do not track” options are available, but tracking doesn't stop "
-"if the user activates them: Apple keeps on collecting data for itself, "
-"although it claims not to share it with third parties."
-msgstr ""
-
-#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
-msgid ""
-"<a href=\"https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/14/";
-"apple_data_collection_lawsuit/\"> Apple is being sued</a> for that."
-msgstr ""
-
-#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
-msgid ""
-"<a href=\"https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-";
-"office-365-email-encryption-could-expose-message-content/\"> The Microsoft "
-"Office encryption is weak</a>, and susceptible to attack."
-msgstr ""
-
-#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
-msgid ""
-"Encryption is a tricky field, and easy to mess up. It is wise to insist on "
-"encryption software that is (1) free software and (2) studied by experts."
-msgstr ""
-
#. type: Content of: <div><p>
# | <a [-href=\"/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html\">Mobiles</a>-]
# | {+href=\"/proprietary/all.html\">More items…</a>+}
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===================================================================
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retrieving revision 1.392
diff -u -b -r1.391 -r1.392
--- proprietary.pl-diff.html 15 Mar 2023 11:04:27 -0000 1.391
+++ proprietary.pl-diff.html 4 Apr 2023 11:04:42 -0000 1.392
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>#TOC ol { text-align: left; margin: 0; }
#TOC ol li { margin: .5em 5%; }
#TOC a, #TOC a:visited,
- #skiplinks a, #skiplinks a:visited {
- color: #004caa;
+ #skiplinks a, #skiplinks a:visited</em></ins></span> { <span
class="removed"><del><strong>margin-top: 1em;</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>color: #004caa;
text-decoration: none;
}
-#TOC a</em></ins></span> { <span class="removed"><del><strong>margin-top:
1em;</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>text-decoration:
none; }
+#TOC a { text-decoration: none; }
#TOC a:hover { text-decoration: underline;</em></ins></span> }
-->
</style>
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@
<p>However, most online services require the user to run a nonfree
app. The app <em>is</em> released software, so we do list
malicious
-functionalities of these apps. Mistreatment by the service itself is
-imposed by use</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>product</strong></li></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>the app, so sometimes we mention those
mistreatments
+functionalities</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>product</strong></li></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>these apps. Mistreatment by the service
itself is
+imposed by use of the app, so sometimes we mention those mistreatments
too—but we try to state explicitly what is done by the app and
what is done by the dis-service.</p>
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
them.</p>
</div>
-<p>As of March, 2023, the pages in this directory list around 550
+<p>As of April, 2023, the pages in this directory list around 600
instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 680 references to
back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know
about.</p>
@@ -195,19 +195,19 @@
<td></em></ins></span>
<ul>
<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><strong>Type of
malware</strong></li></strong></del></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-back-doors.html">Back
doors</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-appliances.html">Appliances</a></li>
- <li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-cars.html">Cars</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary/proprietary-censorship.html">Censorship</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-in-online-conferencing.html">Conferencing</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-insecurity.html">Insecurity</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-edtech.html">EdTech</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-sabotage.html">Sabotage</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-games.html">Games</a></li>
- <li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html">Mobiles</a></li>
- <li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-webpages.html">Webpages</a></li>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-back-doors.html">Back
doors</a></li></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-appliances.html">Appliances</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary/proprietary-censorship.html">Censorship</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-cars.html">Cars</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-insecurity.html">Insecurity</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-in-online-conferencing.html">Conferencing</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-sabotage.html">Sabotage</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-edtech.html">EdTech</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-interference.html">Interference</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-games.html">Games</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-surveillance.html">Surveillance</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html">Mobiles</a></li></em></ins></span>
+ <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-drm.html">Digital</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-webpages.html">Webpages</a></li>
</ul>
- <ul></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-interference.html">Interference</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-adobe.html">Adobe</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-surveillance.html">Surveillance</a></li></strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-amazon.html">Amazon</a></li></em></ins></span>
- <li><a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="/philosophy/proprietary-drm.html">Digital</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/proprietary/malware-apple.html">Apple</a></li>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-adobe.html">Adobe</a></li>
+ <li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-amazon.html">Amazon</a></li>
+ <li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-apple.html">Apple</a></li>
<li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-google.html">Google</a></li>
<li><a
href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html">Microsoft</a></li>
</ul>
@@ -230,10 +230,10 @@
application programs.</li>
<span class="removed"><del><strong><li><a
href="/philosophy/proprietary-tyrants.html">Tyrants</a>—systems</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li
id="f4"><em>Tether:</em> functionality</em></ins></span>
that <span class="removed"><del><strong>reject</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>requires
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><li
id="f4"><em>Tether:</em> functionality that requires
permanent (or very frequent) connection to a server.</li>
- <li id="f5"><em>Tyrant:</em> system that
rejects</em></ins></span> any operating
+ <li id="f5"><em>Tyrant:</em>
system</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>reject</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>rejects</em></ins></span> any operating
system not “authorized” by the manufacturer.</li>
<span class="removed"><del><strong></ul>
</div>
@@ -261,6 +261,31 @@
to detect once installed...</a></strong></p>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202304030">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2023-04</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>The Pinduoduo app <a
+
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/02/tech/china-pinduoduo-malware-cybersecurity-analysis-intl-hnk/index.html">
+ snoops on other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also
installs
+ additional malware that is hard to remove.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M202304010">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2023-04</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>GM is switching to a new
+ audio/video system in its cars in order to <a
+
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/01/business/gm-apple-play-evs/index.html">
+ collect complete information about what people in the car watch or
+ listen to, and also how they drive</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The new system for navigation and “driving assistance”
+ will be tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on
+ everything the users do with them. But don't feel bad about that,
+ because some of these subscriptions will be gratis for the first
+ 8 years.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202302080">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2023-02</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -309,35 +334,6 @@
can threaten the manufacturer enough to compel the manufacturer's
cooperation.</p>
</li>
-
- <li id="M202211140">
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2022-11</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p><a
-
href="https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-analytics-tracking-even-when-off-app-store-1849757558">
- The iMonsters' app store client programs collect many kinds of
data</a>
- about the user's actions and private communications. “Do not
- track” options are available, but tracking doesn't stop if
- the user activates them: Apple keeps on collecting data for itself,
- although it claims not to share it with third parties.</p>
-
- <p><a
-
href="https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/14/apple_data_collection_lawsuit/">
- Apple is being sued</a> for that.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li id="M202210140">
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2022-10</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p><a
-
href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-office-365-email-encryption-could-expose-message-content/">
- The Microsoft Office encryption is weak</a>, and susceptible to
- attack.</p>
-
- <p>Encryption is a tricky field, and easy to mess up. It is wise
- to insist on encryption software that is (1) free software and (2)
- studied by experts.</p>
- </li>
</ul>
<p class="button right-align">
<a href="/proprietary/all.html">More items…</a></p>
@@ -401,7 +397,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2023/03/15 11:04:27 $
+$Date: 2023/04/04 11:04:42 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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+"other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also installs additional "
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+msgstr ""
+
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+"\"> collect complete information about what people in the car watch or "
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+msgstr ""
+
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+"subscriptions will be gratis for the first 8 years."
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+
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"As soon as it boots, and without asking any permission, <a href=\"https://";
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-
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-
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# | <a [-href=\"/philosophy/malware-mobiles.html\">Malware in mobile
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+
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+"collect complete information about what people in the car watch or listen "
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+msgstr ""
+
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+
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them.</p></em></ins></span>
</div>
-<p>As of <span class="removed"><del><strong>December,
2021,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>March,
2023,</em></ins></span> the pages in this directory list around 550
+<p>As of <span class="removed"><del><strong>December,
2021,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>April,
2023,</em></ins></span> the pages in this directory list around <span
class="removed"><del><strong>550</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>600</em></ins></span>
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class="removed"><del><strong>630</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>680</em></ins></span> references to
back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know
about.</p>
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to detect once
installed...</a></strong></p></em></ins></span>
<ul class="blurbs">
- <li <span
class="removed"><del><strong>id="M202111201"></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="M202302080"></em></ins></span>
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small <span
class="removed"><del><strong>class="date-tag">2021-11</small>'</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>class="date-tag">2023-02</small>'</em></ins></span>
+ <li <span
class="removed"><del><strong>id="M202111201"></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="M202304030"></em></ins></span>
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small <span
class="removed"><del><strong>class="date-tag">2021-11</small>'</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>class="date-tag">2023-04</small>'</em></ins></span>
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
<span class="removed"><del><strong><p>NordicTrack, a company that
sells
exercise machines with ability to show videos</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>As soon as it boots, and without
asking any permission,</em></ins></span> <a
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>The Pinduoduo
app</em></ins></span> <a
<span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/11/locked-out-of-god-mode-runners-are-hacking-their-treadmills/">limits
what people can watch,</strong></del></span>
+ <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/02/tech/china-pinduoduo-malware-cybersecurity-analysis-intl-hnk/index.html">
+ snoops on other apps,</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>recently disabled a
feature</a></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>takes
control of them</a>. It also installs
+ additional malware</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>was
+ originally functional. This happened through automatic update and
+ probably involved a universal back door.</p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>is hard to remove.</p></em></ins></span>
+ </li>
+
+ <li <span
class="removed"><del><strong>id="M202111200"></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="M202304010"></em></ins></span>
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small <span
class="removed"><del><strong>class="date-tag">2021-11</small>'</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>class="date-tag">2023-04</small>'</em></ins></span>
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><p>Hundreds of Tesla drivers <a
+
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/nov/20/tesla-app-outage-elon-musk-apologises">were
+ locked out of their cars as</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>GM is switching
to</em></ins></span> a <span class="removed"><del><strong>result of Tesla's app
suffering from an
+ outage</a>, which happened because</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>new
+ audio/video system in its cars in order to <a
+
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/01/business/gm-apple-play-evs/index.html">
+ collect complete information about what people in</em></ins></span> the
<span class="removed"><del><strong>app is</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>car watch or
+ listen to, and also how they drive</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The new system for navigation and “driving assistance”
+ will be</em></ins></span> tethered to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>company's
+ servers.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on
+ everything the users do with them. But don't feel bad about that,
+ because some of these subscriptions will be gratis for the first
+ 8 years.</p></em></ins></span>
+ </li>
+
+ <li <span
class="removed"><del><strong>id="M202111110"></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="M202302080"></em></ins></span>
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small <span
class="removed"><del><strong>class="date-tag">2021-11</small>'</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>class="date-tag">2023-02</small>'</em></ins></span>
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><p>Some researchers at
Google</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>As soon as it boots, and without
asking any permission,</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/93bw8y/google-caught-hackers-using-a-mac-zero-day-against-hong-kong-users">found
+ a zero-day vulnerability on MacOS,
+ which crackers used</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.techspot.com/news/97535-windows-11-spyware-machine-out-users-control.html">Windows
- 11 starts to send data to online servers.</a> The user's personal
- details, location or hardware information are reported to
Microsoft</em></ins></span> and <span class="removed"><del><strong>recently
disabled a feature</a> that was
- originally functional. This happened through automatic
update</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em>other companies to be used as telemetry
data. All of this is done is
- the background,</em></ins></span> and
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>probably involved a universal back
door.</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>users
have no easy way to prevent it—unless
+ 11 starts</em></ins></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>target
people visiting the websites</a> of
+ a media outlet and a pro-democracy labor</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>send data to online servers.</a> The user's
personal
+ details, location or hardware information are reported to
Microsoft</em></ins></span> and <span class="removed"><del><strong>political
group in Hong
+ Kong.</p>
+
+ <p><small>Please note that the article wrongly
refers</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>other companies</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>crackers</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>be used</em></ins></span> as <span
class="removed"><del><strong>“<a
href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Hacker">hackers</a>”.</small></p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>telemetry data. All of this is done is
+ the background, and users have no easy way to prevent it—unless
they switch the computer offline.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li <span
class="removed"><del><strong>id="M202111200"></strong></del></span> <span
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- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small <span
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<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>class="date-tag">2023-01</small>'</em></ins></span>
+ <li <span
class="removed"><del><strong>id="M202110250"></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="M202301230"></em></ins></span>
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small <span
class="removed"><del><strong>class="date-tag">2021-10</small>'</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>class="date-tag">2023-01</small>'</em></ins></span>
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- <span class="removed"><del><strong><p>Hundreds</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>A dispute between Blizzard and
one</em></ins></span> of <span class="removed"><del><strong>Tesla
drivers</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>its partners
caused</em></ins></span> <a
- <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/nov/20/tesla-app-outage-elon-musk-apologises">were
- locked out</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><p>Ed Tech companies use their
surveillance power to
+ manipulate students,</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>A dispute between
Blizzard</em></ins></span> and <span class="removed"><del><strong>direct them
into tracks towards various
+ levels</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>one</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>knowledge, power and prestige. The article argues
that</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>its partners
caused</em></ins></span> <a
+ <span
class="removed"><del><strong>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</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/23/world-of-warcraft-offline-china-millions-gamers-bereft">
- World</em></ins></span> of <span class="removed"><del><strong>their cars
as</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>Warcraft to go offline
in China</a>. The shutdown may not be
- permanent, but even if it is not, the fact that</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>result of Tesla's app
suffering</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>business
disagreement
- can stop all users in China</em></ins></span> from <span
class="removed"><del><strong>an
- outage</a>, which happened because</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>playing</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>app</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>game illustrates the
- injustice of requiring the use of a specific server.</p>
-
- <p>We expect that users must pay to use that server, but whether that
- is the case</em></ins></span> is <span
class="removed"><del><strong>tethered</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>a side issue. Even if use of that server is gratis,
- the harm comes from the fact that the program doesn't allow
people</em></ins></span>
- to <span class="removed"><del><strong>company's
- servers.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>make and use other servers for that job.</p>
+ World of Warcraft</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>operate</a>. That wouldn't
hurt,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>go offline in
China</a>. The shutdown may not be
+ permanent,</em></ins></span> but <span class="inserted"><ins><em>even
if</em></ins></span> it <span class="removed"><del><strong>doesn't
address</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>is not, the fact
that a business disagreement
+ can stop all users in China from playing the game
illustrates</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>root</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em>injustice</em></ins></span> of <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>requiring</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>problem. All data acquired
+ in</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>use
of</em></ins></span> a <span class="removed"><del><strong>school about any
student, teacher, or employee</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>specific server.</p>
+
+ <p>We expect that users</em></ins></span> must <span
class="removed"><del><strong>not leave</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>pay to use that server, but whether that
+ is</em></ins></span> the <span class="removed"><del><strong>school, and
must be kept in computers</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>case is a side issue. Even if use of that server is
gratis,
+ the harm comes from the fact</em></ins></span> that <span
class="removed"><del><strong>belong to</strong></del></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>school</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>program doesn't allow people
+ to make</em></ins></span> and <span class="removed"><del><strong>run free
(as</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>use other servers for
that job.</p>
- <p>Let's hope game fans in China learn the importance of <a
+ <p>Let's hope game fans</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>freedom) software. That way,</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>China learn</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>school district
+ and/or parents can control what is done with those
data.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>importance of <a
href="https://gnu.org/philosophy/nonfree-games.html">rejecting nonfree
games</a>.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
- <li <span
class="removed"><del><strong>id="M202111110"></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="M202211301"></em></ins></span>
+ <li <span
class="removed"><del><strong>id="M202111090"></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="M202211301"></em></ins></span>
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- <span class="removed"><del><strong><p>Some researchers at
Google</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>Hackers
discovered</em></ins></span> <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/93bw8y/google-caught-hackers-using-a-mac-zero-day-against-hong-kong-users">found
- a zero-day vulnerability on MacOS,
- which crackers used to target people visiting</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong><p>A building in LA, with a
supermarket in it,</strong></del></span>
+ <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p>Hackers
discovered</em></ins></span> <a
+ <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-11-09/column-trader-joes-parking-app">demands
+ customers load a particular app to pay for parking</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="https://samcurry.net/web-hackers-vs-the-auto-industry/">
dozens
- of flaws in the security (in</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>websites</a></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>usual narrow sense)</em></ins></span> of
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>a media outlet and a pro-democracy labor
and political group</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>many
brands
+ of flaws</em></ins></span> in the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>parking
+ lot</a>, and accept pervasive surveillance. They also
have</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>security
(in</em></ins></span> the
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>option</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>usual narrow sense)</em></ins></span> of <span
class="removed"><del><strong>entering their license plate
numbers</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>many brands
of automobiles</a>.</p>
- <p>Security in the usual narrow sense means security against unknown
- third parties. We are more concerned with security</em></ins></span> in
<span class="removed"><del><strong>Hong
- Kong.</p>
-
- <p><small>Please note</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the broader
+ <p>Security</em></ins></span> in <span
class="removed"><del><strong>a kiosk. That</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>the usual narrow sense means security against unknown
+ third parties. We are more concerned with security in the broader
sense—against the manufacturer as well as against unknown
- third parties. It is clear</em></ins></span> that <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>each of these vulnerabilities can
- be exploited by</em></ins></span> the <span
class="removed"><del><strong>article wrongly refers</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>manufacturer too, and by any government that
- can threaten the manufacturer enough</em></ins></span> to <span
class="removed"><del><strong>crackers as “<a
href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Hacker">hackers</a>”.</small></p></strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>compel the manufacturer's
+ third parties. It</em></ins></span> is
+ <span class="removed"><del><strong>an injustice,
too.</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>clear that
each of these vulnerabilities can
+ be exploited by the manufacturer too, and by any government that
+ can threaten the manufacturer enough to compel the manufacturer's
cooperation.</p></em></ins></span>
</li>
-
- <li <span
class="removed"><del><strong>id="M202110250"></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="M202211140"></em></ins></span>
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small <span
class="removed"><del><strong>class="date-tag">2021-10</small>'</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>class="date-tag">2022-11</small>'</em></ins></span>
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><p>Ed Tech companies use their
surveillance power to
- manipulate students, and direct them into tracks towards various
- levels</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p><a
-
href="https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-analytics-tracking-even-when-off-app-store-1849757558">
- The iMonsters' app store client programs collect many
kinds</em></ins></span> of <span class="removed"><del><strong>knowledge,
power</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>data</a>
- about the user's actions</em></ins></span> and <span
class="removed"><del><strong>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,</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>private
communications. “Do not
- track” options are available,</em></ins></span> but <span
class="removed"><del><strong>it</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>tracking</em></ins></span> doesn't <span
class="removed"><del><strong>address the root of</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>stop if</em></ins></span>
- the <span class="removed"><del><strong>problem. All</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>user activates them: Apple keeps on
collecting</em></ins></span> data <span class="removed"><del><strong>acquired
- in a school about any student, teacher, or employee
must</strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>for itself,
- although it claims</em></ins></span> not <span
class="removed"><del><strong>leave
- the school, and must be kept in computers that
belong</strong></del></span> to <span class="removed"><del><strong>the school
- and run free (as in freedom) software. That way, the school district
- and/or parents can control what is done</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>share it</em></ins></span> with <span
class="removed"><del><strong>those data.</p></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>third parties.</p>
-
- <p><a
-
href="https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/14/apple_data_collection_lawsuit/">
- Apple is being sued</a> for that.</p></em></ins></span>
- </li>
-
- <li <span
class="removed"><del><strong>id="M202111090"></strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>id="M202210140"></em></ins></span>
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small <span
class="removed"><del><strong>class="date-tag">2021-11</small>'</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>class="date-tag">2022-10</small>'</em></ins></span>
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <span class="removed"><del><strong><p>A building in LA, with a
supermarket in it, <a
-
href="https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-11-09/column-trader-joes-parking-app">demands
- customers load a particular app to pay for parking in the parking
- lot</a>,</strong></del></span>
- <span class="inserted"><ins><em><p><a
-
href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-office-365-email-encryption-could-expose-message-content/">
- The Microsoft Office encryption is weak</a>,</em></ins></span> and
<span class="removed"><del><strong>accept pervasive surveillance. They also
have the
- option of entering their license plate numbers in</strong></del></span>
<span class="inserted"><ins><em>susceptible to
- attack.</p>
-
- <p>Encryption is</em></ins></span> a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>kiosk. That</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>tricky field, and easy to mess up.
It</em></ins></span> is
- <span class="removed"><del><strong>an injustice,
too.</p></strong></del></span> <span class="inserted"><ins><em>wise
- to insist on encryption software that is (1) free software and (2)
- studied by experts.</p></em></ins></span>
- </li>
</ul>
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<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2023/03/15 11:04:27 $
+$Date: 2023/04/04 11:04:42 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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diff -u -b -r1.524 -r1.525
--- proprietary.pt-br.po 15 Mar 2023 11:04:28 -0000 1.524
+++ proprietary.pt-br.po 4 Apr 2023 11:04:43 -0000 1.525
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
msgid ""
msgstr ""
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+"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-04-04 10:56+0000\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: 2021-06-13 12:11-0300\n"
"Last-Translator: Rafael Fontenelle <rafaelff@gnome.org>\n"
"Language-Team: Brazilian Portuguese <www-pt-br-general@gnu.org>\n"
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+"other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also installs additional "
+"malware that is hard to remove."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"GM is switching to a new audio/video system in its cars in order to <a href="
+"\"https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/01/business/gm-apple-play-evs/index.html";
+"\"> collect complete information about what people in the car watch or "
+"listen to, and also how they drive</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The new system for navigation and “driving assistance” will be "
+"tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on everything the "
+"users do with them. But don't feel bad about that, because some of these "
+"subscriptions will be gratis for the first 8 years."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"As soon as it boots, and without asking any permission, <a href=\"https://";
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"\">Windows 11 starts to send data to online servers.</a> The user's personal "
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"enough to compel the manufacturer's cooperation."
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-"“Do not track” options are available, but tracking doesn't stop "
-"if the user activates them: Apple keeps on collecting data for itself, "
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-msgstr ""
-
-#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
-msgid ""
-"<a href=\"https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/14/";
-"apple_data_collection_lawsuit/\"> Apple is being sued</a> for that."
-msgstr ""
-
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-msgid ""
-"<a href=\"https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-";
-"office-365-email-encryption-could-expose-message-content/\"> The Microsoft "
-"Office encryption is weak</a>, and susceptible to attack."
-msgstr ""
-
-#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
-msgid ""
-"Encryption is a tricky field, and easy to mess up. It is wise to insist on "
-"encryption software that is (1) free software and (2) studied by experts."
-msgstr ""
-
#. type: Content of: <div><p>
msgid "<a href=\"/proprietary/all.html\">More items…</a>"
msgstr "<a href=\"/proprietary/all.html\">Mais itensâ¦</a>"
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diff -u -b -r1.668 -r1.669
--- proprietary.ru.po 15 Mar 2023 13:00:54 -0000 1.668
+++ proprietary.ru.po 4 Apr 2023 11:04:43 -0000 1.669
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
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msgstr ""
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"PO-Revision-Date: 2020-05-25 16:59+0000\n"
"Last-Translator: Ineiev <ineiev@gnu.org>\n"
"Language-Team: Russian <www-ru-list@gnu.org>\n"
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@@ -155,8 +156,17 @@
"они ÑабоÑаÑÑ."
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+# | references to back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't
+# | know about.
+#, fuzzy
+#| msgid ""
+#| "As of March, 2023, the pages in this directory list around 550 instances "
+#| "of malicious functionalities (with more than 680 references to back them "
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+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+"tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on everything the "
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+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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"As soon as it boots, and without asking any permission, <a href=\"https://";
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msgstr "Ðбновлено:"
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msgstr "Son Güncelleme:"
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+#~ "<a href=\"https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-analytics-tracking-even-when-";
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+#~ "communications. “Do not track” options are available, but "
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+#~ "için toplamayı sürdürürken, üçüncü taraflarla paylaÅmadıÄını
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+#~ "<a href=\"https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-";
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--- proprietary.zh-cn.po 15 Mar 2023 11:04:28 -0000 1.393
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+"other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also installs additional "
+"malware that is hard to remove."
+msgstr ""
+
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+"\"> collect complete information about what people in the car watch or "
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+msgstr ""
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+
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msgstr "æåæ´æ°ï¼"
#~ msgid ""
+#~ "<a href=\"https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-analytics-tracking-even-when-";
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<span class="removed"><del><strong>300</strong></del></span> <span
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@@ -262,6 +262,31 @@
to detect once installed...</a></strong></p>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202304030">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2023-04</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>The Pinduoduo app <a
+
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/02/tech/china-pinduoduo-malware-cybersecurity-analysis-intl-hnk/index.html">
+ snoops on other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also
installs
+ additional malware that is hard to remove.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M202304010">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small
class="date-tag">2023-04</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>GM is switching to a new
+ audio/video system in its cars in order to <a
+
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/01/business/gm-apple-play-evs/index.html">
+ collect complete information about what people in the car watch or
+ listen to, and also how they drive</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>The new system for navigation and “driving assistance”
+ will be tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on
+ everything the users do with them. But don't feel bad about that,
+ because some of these subscriptions will be gratis for the first
+ 8 years.</p>
+ </li>
+
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can threaten the manufacturer enough to compel the manufacturer's
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- The iMonsters' app store client programs collect many kinds of
data</a>
- about the user's actions and private communications. “Do not
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- although it claims not to share it with third parties.</p>
-
- <p><a
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href="https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/14/apple_data_collection_lawsuit/">
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- <p><a
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href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-office-365-email-encryption-could-expose-message-content/">
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-
- <p>Encryption is a tricky field, and easy to mess up. It is wise
- to insist on encryption software that is (1) free software and (2)
- studied by experts.</p>
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<a href="/proprietary/all.html">More items…</a></p>
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<p class="unprintable">Updated:
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-$Date: 2023/03/15 11:04:28 $
+$Date: 2023/04/04 11:04:43 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
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+"other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also installs additional "
+"malware that is hard to remove."
+msgstr ""
+
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+"GM is switching to a new audio/video system in its cars in order to <a href="
+"\"https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/01/business/gm-apple-play-evs/index.html";
+"\"> collect complete information about what people in the car watch or "
+"listen to, and also how they drive</a>."
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+"tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on everything the "
+"users do with them. But don't feel bad about that, because some of these "
+"subscriptions will be gratis for the first 8 years."
+msgstr ""
+
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+msgid ""
"As soon as it boots, and without asking any permission, <a href=\"https://";
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"\">Windows 11 starts to send data to online servers.</a> The user's personal "
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-msgstr ""
-
#. type: Content of: <div><p>
# | <a [-href=\"/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html\">Malware in mobile
# | devices</a>-] {+href=\"/proprietary/all.html\">More items…</a>+}
Index: pt-br.po
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+++ pt-br.po 4 Apr 2023 11:04:43 -0000 1.522
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msgid ""
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+"other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also installs additional "
+"malware that is hard to remove."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"GM is switching to a new audio/video system in its cars in order to <a href="
+"\"https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/01/business/gm-apple-play-evs/index.html";
+"\"> collect complete information about what people in the car watch or "
+"listen to, and also how they drive</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"The new system for navigation and “driving assistance” will be "
+"tethered to various online dis-services, and GM will snoop on everything the "
+"users do with them. But don't feel bad about that, because some of these "
+"subscriptions will be gratis for the first 8 years."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"As soon as it boots, and without asking any permission, <a href=\"https://";
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#~| "back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
#~ msgid ""
+#~ "As of March, 2023, the pages in this directory list around 550 instances "
+#~ "of malicious functionalities (with more than 680 references to back them "
+#~ "up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
+#~ msgstr ""
+#~ "Até dezembro de 2021, as páginas neste diretório listam quase 550 "
+#~ "exemplos de funcionalidades maliciosas (com mais de 630 referências para "
+#~ "confirmá-las), mas com certeza há mais milhares das quais nós não
temos "
+#~ "conhecimento."
+
+#, fuzzy
+#~| msgid ""
+#~| "As of December, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 550 "
+#~| "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 630 references to "
+#~| "back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
+#~ msgid ""
#~ "As of September, 2022, the pages in this directory list around 550 "
#~ "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 670 references to "
#~ "back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
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--- ru.po 15 Mar 2023 13:30:27 -0000 1.914
+++ ru.po 4 Apr 2023 11:04:43 -0000 1.915
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msgid ""
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+"other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also installs additional "
+"malware that is hard to remove."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
+"GM is switching to a new audio/video system in its cars in order to <a href="
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+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"As soon as it boots, and without asking any permission, <a href=\"https://";
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msgstr "<a href=\"/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html#content\">Microsoft</a>"
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#~ "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 670 references to "
#~ "back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
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diff -u -b -r1.341 -r1.342
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+
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+msgid ""
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+msgstr ""
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+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
"As soon as it boots, and without asking any permission, <a href=\"https://";
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+#| "of malicious functionalities (with more than 680 references to back them "
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#, fuzzy
#~| msgid ""
+#~| "As of September, 2022, the pages in this directory list around 550 "
+#~| "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 670 references to "
+#~| "back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
+#~ msgid ""
+#~ "As of March, 2023, the pages in this directory list around 550 instances "
+#~ "of malicious functionalities (with more than 680 references to back them "
+#~ "up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
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+#~ "Eylül 2022 itibarıyla bu dizindeki sayfalar (destekleyen 670'ten fazla "
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+#, fuzzy
+#~| msgid ""
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#~| "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 660 references to "
#~| "back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
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+"other apps, and takes control of them</a>. It also installs additional "
+"malware that is hard to remove."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
+msgid ""
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+"listen to, and also how they drive</a>."
+msgstr ""
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+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li><p>
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#, fuzzy
#~| msgid ""
+#~| "As of September, 2022, the pages in this directory list around 550 "
+#~| "instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 670 references to "
+#~| "back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about."
+#~ msgid ""
+#~ "As of March, 2023, the pages in this directory list around 550 instances "
+#~ "of malicious functionalities (with more than 680 references to back them "
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