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Therese Godefroy |
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Subject: |
www/proprietary all.html malware-microsoft.html... |
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Date: |
Sat, 29 Apr 2023 05:30:20 -0400 (EDT) |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Therese Godefroy <th_g> 23/04/29 05:30:20
Modified files:
proprietary : all.html malware-microsoft.html
proprietary-back-doors.html
proprietary-interference.html
proprietary-surveillance.html proprietary.html
proprietary/workshop: mal.rec
Log message:
Microsoft "update", Microsoft remotely deactivating Internet Explorer
(www-discuss 2023-04-09) on behalf of Alireza.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/all.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.152&r2=1.153
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.167&r2=1.168
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.152&r2=1.153
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-interference.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.91&r2=1.92
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.460&r2=1.461
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.471&r2=1.472
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec?cvsroot=www&r1=1.495&r2=1.496
Patches:
Index: all.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/all.html,v
retrieving revision 1.152
retrieving revision 1.153
diff -u -b -r1.152 -r1.153
--- all.html 25 Apr 2023 14:14:20 -0000 1.152
+++ all.html 29 Apr 2023 09:30:16 -0000 1.153
@@ -50,6 +50,26 @@
to detect once installed...</a></strong></p>
<ul class="blurbs">
+<!--#set var='ADD' value='2023-04-29' --><!--#set var='PUB' value='2023-02-14'
--><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>Microsoft is <a href="
+
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/feb/14/microsoft-to-phase-out-internet-explorer-with-new-edge-browser";>
+ remotely disabling Internet Explorer, forcibly redirecting users to
+ Microsoft Edge</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>Imposing such change is malicious, and the fact that the redirection
+ is from one unjust program (IE) to another unjust program (Edge)
+ does not excuse it.</p>
+ </li>
+
+<!--#set var='ADD' value='2023-04-29' --><!--#set var='PUB' value='2023-01-19'
--><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>Microsoft <a
+
href="https://betanews.com/2023/01/19/microsoft-is-using-the-kb5021751-update-to-see-if-you-have-an-unsupported-version-of-office-installed/";>
+ released an “update” that installs a surveillance
+ program</a> on users' computers to gather data on some installed
+ programs for Microsoft's benefit. The update is rolling out
+ automatically, and runs “one time silently.”</p>
+ </li>
+
<!--#set var='ADD' value='2023-04-25' --><!--#set var='PUB' value='2023-02-28'
--><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>Volkswagen <a
href="https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/28/kinderwagen/";>
@@ -3101,7 +3121,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2023/04/25 14:14:20 $
+$Date: 2023/04/29 09:30:16 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: malware-microsoft.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html,v
retrieving revision 1.167
retrieving revision 1.168
diff -u -b -r1.167 -r1.168
--- malware-microsoft.html 25 Apr 2023 12:22:44 -0000 1.167
+++ malware-microsoft.html 29 Apr 2023 09:30:16 -0000 1.168
@@ -346,6 +346,19 @@
sabotage but the word “sabotage” is too strong for them.</p>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202302140">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2023-02</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Microsoft is <a href="
+
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/feb/14/microsoft-to-phase-out-internet-explorer-with-new-edge-browser";>
+ remotely disabling Internet Explorer, forcibly redirecting users to
+ Microsoft Edge</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>Imposing such change is malicious, and the fact that the redirection
+ is from one unjust program (IE) to another unjust program (Edge)
+ does not excuse it.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202108180">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-08</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -637,6 +650,17 @@
they switch the computer offline.</p>
</li>
+ <li id="M202301190">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2023-01</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Microsoft <a
+
href="https://betanews.com/2023/01/19/microsoft-is-using-the-kb5021751-update-to-see-if-you-have-an-unsupported-version-of-office-installed/";>
+ released an “update” that installs a surveillance
+ program</a> on users' computers to gather data on some installed
+ programs for Microsoft's benefit. The update is rolling out
+ automatically, and runs “one time silently.”</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202011260">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2020-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -1052,7 +1076,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2023/04/25 12:22:44 $
+$Date: 2023/04/29 09:30:16 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary-back-doors.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html,v
retrieving revision 1.152
retrieving revision 1.153
diff -u -b -r1.152 -r1.153
--- proprietary-back-doors.html 25 Apr 2023 12:25:13 -0000 1.152
+++ proprietary-back-doors.html 29 Apr 2023 09:30:17 -0000 1.153
@@ -314,6 +314,30 @@
<h3 id='install-delete'>Installing, deleting or disabling programs</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202302140">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2023-02</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Microsoft is <a href="
+
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/feb/14/microsoft-to-phase-out-internet-explorer-with-new-edge-browser";>
+ remotely disabling Internet Explorer, forcibly redirecting users to
+ Microsoft Edge</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>Imposing such change is malicious, and the fact that the redirection
+ is from one unjust program (IE) to another unjust program (Edge)
+ does not excuse it.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M202301190">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2023-01</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Microsoft <a
+
href="https://betanews.com/2023/01/19/microsoft-is-using-the-kb5021751-update-to-see-if-you-have-an-unsupported-version-of-office-installed/";>
+ released an “update” that installs a surveillance
+ program</a> on users' computers to gather data on some installed
+ programs for Microsoft's benefit. The update is rolling out
+ automatically, and runs “one time silently.”</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202210110">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2022-10</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -1030,7 +1054,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2023/04/25 12:25:13 $
+$Date: 2023/04/29 09:30:17 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary-interference.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-interference.html,v
retrieving revision 1.91
retrieving revision 1.92
diff -u -b -r1.91 -r1.92
--- proprietary-interference.html 3 Dec 2022 20:22:22 -0000 1.91
+++ proprietary-interference.html 29 Apr 2023 09:30:17 -0000 1.92
@@ -66,6 +66,19 @@
<div class="column-limit" id="proprietary-interference"></div>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202302140">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2023-02</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Microsoft is <a href="
+
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/feb/14/microsoft-to-phase-out-internet-explorer-with-new-edge-browser";>
+ remotely disabling Internet Explorer, forcibly redirecting users to
+ Microsoft Edge</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>Imposing such change is malicious, and the fact that the redirection
+ is from one unjust program (IE) to another unjust program (Edge)
+ does not excuse it.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202211300">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2022-11</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -530,7 +543,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2022/12/03 20:22:22 $
+$Date: 2023/04/29 09:30:17 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary-surveillance.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html,v
retrieving revision 1.460
retrieving revision 1.461
diff -u -b -r1.460 -r1.461
--- proprietary-surveillance.html 25 Apr 2023 12:22:45 -0000 1.460
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html 29 Apr 2023 09:30:17 -0000 1.461
@@ -214,6 +214,17 @@
they switch the computer offline.</p>
</li>
+ <li id="M202301190">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2023-01</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Microsoft <a
+
href="https://betanews.com/2023/01/19/microsoft-is-using-the-kb5021751-update-to-see-if-you-have-an-unsupported-version-of-office-installed/";>
+ released an “update” that installs a surveillance
+ program</a> on users' computers to gather data on some installed
+ programs for Microsoft's benefit. The update is rolling out
+ automatically, and runs “one time silently.”</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M201912160">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2019-12</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -3789,7 +3800,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2023/04/25 12:22:45 $
+$Date: 2023/04/29 09:30:17 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary.html,v
retrieving revision 1.471
retrieving revision 1.472
diff -u -b -r1.471 -r1.472
--- proprietary.html 25 Apr 2023 14:14:20 -0000 1.471
+++ proprietary.html 29 Apr 2023 09:30:17 -0000 1.472
@@ -225,6 +225,30 @@
to detect once installed...</a></strong></p>
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202302140">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2023-02</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Microsoft is <a href="
+
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/feb/14/microsoft-to-phase-out-internet-explorer-with-new-edge-browser";>
+ remotely disabling Internet Explorer, forcibly redirecting users to
+ Microsoft Edge</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>Imposing such change is malicious, and the fact that the redirection
+ is from one unjust program (IE) to another unjust program (Edge)
+ does not excuse it.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M202301190">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2023-01</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p>Microsoft <a
+
href="https://betanews.com/2023/01/19/microsoft-is-using-the-kb5021751-update-to-see-if-you-have-an-unsupported-version-of-office-installed/";>
+ released an “update” that installs a surveillance
+ program</a> on users' computers to gather data on some installed
+ programs for Microsoft's benefit. The update is rolling out
+ automatically, and runs “one time silently.”</p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202302280">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2023-02</small>'
--><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -268,31 +292,6 @@
href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Hacker";>hacker</a>”
instead of cracker.</small>
</li>
-
- <li id="M202304060">
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2023-04</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Tesla cars record videos of activity inside the car, and <a
-
href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/04/tesla-workers-shared-images-from-car-cameras-including-scenes-of-intimacy/";>
- company staff can watch those recordings and copy them</a>. Or at
- least they were able to do so until last year.</p>
-
- <p>Tesla may have changed some security functions so that this
- is harder to do. But if Tesla can get those recordings, that is
- because it is planning for some people to use them in some situation,
- and that is unjust already. It should be illegal to make a car
- that takes photos or videos of the people in the car—or of
- people outside the car.</p>
- </li>
-
- <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>
</ul>
<p class="button right-align">
<a href="/proprietary/all.html">More items…</a></p>
@@ -355,7 +354,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2023/04/25 14:14:20 $
+$Date: 2023/04/29 09:30:17 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: workshop/mal.rec
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec,v
retrieving revision 1.495
retrieving revision 1.496
diff -u -b -r1.495 -r1.496
--- workshop/mal.rec 25 Apr 2023 14:14:20 -0000 1.495
+++ workshop/mal.rec 29 Apr 2023 09:30:20 -0000 1.496
@@ -24,6 +24,38 @@
#### Please don't remove the blank line after this marker! ####
# ADD NEW BLURB HERE
+Added: 2023-04-29
+Id: 202302140
+RT: www-discuss 2023-04-09 (Microsoft deactivating Internet Explorer)
+PubDate: 2023-02-14
+Target: proprietary-interference.html proprietary-interference
+Target: proprietary-back-doors.html install-delete
+Target: malware-microsoft.html interference
+Keywords:
+Blurb: <p>Microsoft is <a href="
++
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/feb/14/microsoft-to-phase-out-internet-explorer-with-new-edge-browser";>
++ remotely disabling Internet Explorer, forcibly redirecting users to
++ Microsoft Edge</a>.</p>
++
++ <p>Imposing such change is malicious, and the fact that the redirection
++ is from one unjust program (IE) to another unjust program (Edge)
++ does not excuse it.</p>
+
+Added: 2023-04-29
+Id: 202301190
+RT: www-discuss 2023-04-09 (Microsoft "update")
+PubDate: 2023-01-19
+Target: proprietary-surveillance.html SpywareInWindows
+Target: proprietary-back-doors.html install-delete
+Target: malware-microsoft.html surveillance
+Keywords: MS Office
+Blurb: <p>Microsoft <a
++
href="https://betanews.com/2023/01/19/microsoft-is-using-the-kb5021751-update-to-see-if-you-have-an-unsupported-version-of-office-installed/";>
++ released an “update” that installs a surveillance
++ program</a> on users' computers to gather data on some installed
++ programs for Microsoft's benefit. The update is rolling out
++ automatically, and runs “one time silently.”</p>
+
Added: 2023-04-25
Id: 202302280
RT: www-discuss 2023-04-07 (Surveillance software in cars)