all.html malware-appliances.html proprietary-back-doors.html prop...

[Diff Report]

Modified:

    all.html
    malware-appliances.html
    proprietary-back-doors.html
    proprietary-censorship.html
    proprietary.html
    proprietary-interference.html
    proprietary-surveillance.html

diff -rNU2 all.html all.html
--- all.html    2021-10-09 04:03:23.066081561 +0000
+++ all.html    2021-10-13 04:03:24.105843194 +0000
@@ -43,4 +43,45 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+<!--#set var='ADD' value='2021-10-12' --><!--#set var='PUB' value='2021-10-07' 
--><li><small class='date-tag'>Added: <span class="gnun-split"></span><!--#echo 
encoding='none' var='ADD' --><span class="gnun-split"></span> &mdash; Latest 
reference: <span class="gnun-split"></span><!--#echo encoding='none' var='PUB' 
--></small>
+    <p><a
+    
href="https://slate.com/technology/2021/10/facebook-unfollow-everything-cease-desist.html";>Facebook's
+    nonfree client forces its useds to look at the newsfeed</a>. A used
+    of Facebook developed a browser add-on to make it easier to unfollow
+    everyone and thus make the newsfeed empty.  Many of the people used
+    by Facebook loved this, because they regard the newsfeed as a burden
+    that Facebook imposes on them.</p>
+
+    <p>If the client software for Facebook were free, useds could probably
+    make the newsfeed disappear by modifying the client not to display
+    it.</p>
+  </li>
+
+<!--#set var='ADD' value='2021-10-12' --><!--#set var='PUB' value='2021-09-22' 
--><li><small class='date-tag'>Added: <span class="gnun-split"></span><!--#echo 
encoding='none' var='ADD' --><span class="gnun-split"></span> &mdash; Latest 
reference: <span class="gnun-split"></span><!--#echo encoding='none' var='PUB' 
--></small>
+    <p>Some Xiaomi phones <a
+    
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/22/lithuania-tells-citizens-to-throw-out-chinese-phones-over-censorship-concerns";>have
+    a malfeature to bleep out phrases that express political views
+    China does not like</a>. In phones sold in Europe, Xiaomi leaves
+    this deactivated by default, but has a back door to activate the
+    censorship.</p>
+
+    <p>This is the natural result of having nonfree software in a device
+    that can communicate with the company that made it.</p>
+  </li>
+
+<!--#set var='ADD' value='2021-10-12' --><!--#set var='PUB' value='2021-06-25' 
--><li><small class='date-tag'>Added: <span class="gnun-split"></span><!--#echo 
encoding='none' var='ADD' --><span class="gnun-split"></span> &mdash; Latest 
reference: <span class="gnun-split"></span><!--#echo encoding='none' var='PUB' 
--></small>
+    <p><a
+    
href="https://www.elsalvador.com/eldiariodehoy/app-chivo-bitcoin-pone-en-riesgo-datos-personales-de-usuarios/852310/2021/";>El
+    Salvador Dictatorship's Chivo wallet is spyware</a>, it's a
+    proprietary program that breaks users' freedom and spies on people;
+    demands personal data such as the national ID number and does face
+    recognition, and it is bad security for its data. It also asks for
+    almost every malware permission in people's smartphones.</p>
+
+    <p>The article criticizes it for faults in &ldquo;data
+    protection&rdquo;, though <a
+    href="/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html">&ldquo;data 
protection&rdquo;
+    is the wrong approach to privacy anyway</a>.</p>
+  </li>
+
 <!--#set var='ADD' value='2021-10-08' --><!--#set var='PUB' value='2021-09-21' 
--><li><small class='date-tag'>Added: <span class="gnun-split"></span><!--#echo 
encoding='none' var='ADD' --><span class="gnun-split"></span> &mdash; Latest 
reference: <span class="gnun-split"></span><!--#echo encoding='none' var='PUB' 
--></small>
     <p>Google's proprietary Chrome web browser <a
@@ -2380,5 +2421,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/10/08 19:20:40 $
+$Date: 2021/10/12 09:14:29 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 malware-appliances.html malware-appliances.html
--- malware-appliances.html     2021-10-09 04:03:23.074081563 +0000
+++ malware-appliances.html     2021-10-13 04:03:24.117843192 +0000
@@ -1253,5 +1253,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/09/01 10:35:20 $
+$Date: 2021/10/12 08:52:07 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary-back-doors.html proprietary-back-doors.html
--- proprietary-back-doors.html 2021-10-09 04:03:23.098081569 +0000
+++ proprietary-back-doors.html 2021-10-13 04:03:24.137843187 +0000
@@ -148,4 +148,18 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202109220">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-09</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Some Xiaomi phones <a
+    
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/22/lithuania-tells-citizens-to-throw-out-chinese-phones-over-censorship-concerns";>have
+    a malfeature to bleep out phrases that express political views
+    China does not like</a>. In phones sold in Europe, Xiaomi leaves
+    this deactivated by default, but has a back door to activate the
+    censorship.</p>
+
+    <p>This is the natural result of having nonfree software in a device
+    that can communicate with the company that made it.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201905060">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2019-05</small>'
@@ -951,5 +965,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/09/01 10:35:20 $
+$Date: 2021/10/12 07:01:38 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary-censorship.html proprietary-censorship.html
--- proprietary-censorship.html 2021-10-09 04:03:23.098081569 +0000
+++ proprietary-censorship.html 2021-10-13 04:03:24.141843186 +0000
@@ -153,4 +153,22 @@
   </li>
 </ul>
+
+<h3 id="other">Other</h3>
+<ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202109220">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-09</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Some Xiaomi phones <a
+    
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/22/lithuania-tells-citizens-to-throw-out-chinese-phones-over-censorship-concerns";>have
+    a malfeature to bleep out phrases that express political views
+    China does not like</a>. In phones sold in Europe, Xiaomi leaves
+    this deactivated by default, but has a back door to activate the
+    censorship.</p>
+
+    <p>This is the natural result of having nonfree software in a device
+    that can communicate with the company that made it.</p>
+  </li>
+</ul>
+
 </div>
 
@@ -213,5 +231,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/07/15 07:11:54 $
+$Date: 2021/10/12 07:01:38 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary.html proprietary.html
--- proprietary.html    2021-10-09 04:03:23.110081572 +0000
+++ proprietary.html    2021-10-13 04:03:24.153843183 +0000
@@ -97,6 +97,6 @@
 </div>
 
-<p>As of July, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500
-instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 610 references to
+<p>As of October, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500
+instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 620 references to
 back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about.</p>
 
@@ -187,4 +187,51 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202110070">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-10</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p><a
+    
href="https://slate.com/technology/2021/10/facebook-unfollow-everything-cease-desist.html";>Facebook's
+    nonfree client forces its useds to look at the newsfeed</a>. A used
+    of Facebook developed a browser add-on to make it easier to unfollow
+    everyone and thus make the newsfeed empty.  Many of the people used
+    by Facebook loved this, because they regard the newsfeed as a burden
+    that Facebook imposes on them.</p>
+
+    <p>If the client software for Facebook were free, useds could probably
+    make the newsfeed disappear by modifying the client not to display
+    it.</p>
+  </li>
+
+  <li id="M202109220">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-09</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Some Xiaomi phones <a
+    
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/22/lithuania-tells-citizens-to-throw-out-chinese-phones-over-censorship-concerns";>have
+    a malfeature to bleep out phrases that express political views
+    China does not like</a>. In phones sold in Europe, Xiaomi leaves
+    this deactivated by default, but has a back door to activate the
+    censorship.</p>
+
+    <p>This is the natural result of having nonfree software in a device
+    that can communicate with the company that made it.</p>
+  </li>
+
+  <li id="M202106250">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-06</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p><a
+    
href="https://www.elsalvador.com/eldiariodehoy/app-chivo-bitcoin-pone-en-riesgo-datos-personales-de-usuarios/852310/2021/";>El
+    Salvador Dictatorship's Chivo wallet is spyware</a>, it's a
+    proprietary program that breaks users' freedom and spies on people;
+    demands personal data such as the national ID number and does face
+    recognition, and it is bad security for its data. It also asks for
+    almost every malware permission in people's smartphones.</p>
+
+    <p>The article criticizes it for faults in &ldquo;data
+    protection&rdquo;, though <a
+    href="/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html">&ldquo;data 
protection&rdquo;
+    is the wrong approach to privacy anyway</a>.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202109210">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-09</small>'
@@ -210,35 +257,4 @@
     software.</p>
   </li>
-
-  <li id="M202108170">
-    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-08</small>'
-    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
-    <p>Various models of security cameras, DVRs,
-    and baby monitors that run proprietary software <a
-    href="https://www.wired.com/story/kalay-iot-bug-video-feeds/";>are
-    affected by a security vulnerability that could give attackers access
-    to live feeds</a>.</p>
-  </li>
-
-  <li id="M202108240">
-    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-08</small>'
-    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
-    <p>Recent Samsung TVs have a back door with which Samsung can <a
-    
href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/samsung-can-remotely-disable-any-of-its-tvs-worldwide";>
-    brick them remotely</a>.</p>
-  </li>
-
-  <li id="M202108200">
-    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-08</small>'
-    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
-    <p>The Russian communications watchdog <a
-    
href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/russian-watchdog-tells-google-apple-remove-navalny-app-report-2021-08-20/";>
-    tells Google and Apple to remove Navalny's app</a> from their
-    stores.</p>
-
-    <p>Because Apple controls what a user can install, this is absolute
-    censorship. By contrast, because Android does not do that, users can
-    install apps even if Google does not offer them.</p>
-  </li>
 </ul>
 <p class="button right-align">
@@ -303,5 +319,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/10/08 18:01:20 $
+$Date: 2021/10/12 09:14:29 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary-interference.html proprietary-interference.html
--- proprietary-interference.html       2021-10-09 04:03:23.118081573 +0000
+++ proprietary-interference.html       2021-10-13 04:03:24.157843183 +0000
@@ -67,4 +67,20 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202110070">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-10</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p><a
+    
href="https://slate.com/technology/2021/10/facebook-unfollow-everything-cease-desist.html";>Facebook's
+    nonfree client forces its useds to look at the newsfeed</a>. A used
+    of Facebook developed a browser add-on to make it easier to unfollow
+    everyone and thus make the newsfeed empty.  Many of the people used
+    by Facebook loved this, because they regard the newsfeed as a burden
+    that Facebook imposes on them.</p>
+
+    <p>If the client software for Facebook were free, useds could probably
+    make the newsfeed disappear by modifying the client not to display
+    it.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202106190">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-06</small>'
@@ -444,5 +460,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/09/04 08:20:57 $
+$Date: 2021/10/12 08:48:17 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary-surveillance.html proprietary-surveillance.html
--- proprietary-surveillance.html       2021-10-09 04:03:23.134081577 +0000
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html       2021-10-13 04:03:24.173843179 +0000
@@ -522,4 +522,21 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202106250">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-06</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p><a
+    
href="https://www.elsalvador.com/eldiariodehoy/app-chivo-bitcoin-pone-en-riesgo-datos-personales-de-usuarios/852310/2021/";>El
+    Salvador Dictatorship's Chivo wallet is spyware</a>, it's a
+    proprietary program that breaks users' freedom and spies on people;
+    demands personal data such as the national ID number and does face
+    recognition, and it is bad security for its data. It also asks for
+    almost every malware permission in people's smartphones.</p>
+
+    <p>The article criticizes it for faults in &ldquo;data
+    protection&rdquo;, though <a
+    href="/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html">&ldquo;data 
protection&rdquo;
+    is the wrong approach to privacy anyway</a>.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202106170">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-06</small>'
@@ -3507,5 +3524,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/10/08 18:01:20 $
+$Date: 2021/10/12 09:14:29 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>