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diff -rNU2 all.html all.html
--- all.html    2021-11-19 05:03:03.110324715 +0000
+++ all.html    2021-11-20 05:39:35.929581637 +0000
@@ -43,4 +43,17 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+<!--#set var='ADD' value='2021-11-19' --><!--#set var='PUB' value='2021-10-25' 
--><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>Ed Tech companies use their surveillance power to
+    manipulate students, and direct them into tracks towards various
+    levels of knowledge, power and 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,
+    but it doesn't address the root of the problem. All data acquired
+    in a school about any student, teacher, or employee must not leave
+    the school, and must be kept in computers that belong to the school
+    and run free (as in freedom) software. That way, the school district
+    and/or parents can control what is done with those data.</p>
+  </li>
+
 <!--#set var='ADD' value='2021-11-18' --><!--#set var='PUB' value='2021-11-09' 
--><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 building in LA, with a supermarket in it, <a
@@ -2491,5 +2504,5 @@
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+$Date: 2021/11/19 20:51:05 $
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diff -rNU2 malware-education.html malware-education.html
--- malware-education.html      2021-11-19 05:03:03.126324716 +0000
+++ malware-education.html      2021-11-20 05:39:36.253581664 +0000
@@ -51,4 +51,15 @@
 
 <div class="article">
+<p>Tech corporations have invaded the education system introducing their
+proprietary products filled with malware. Education is a field that
+allows these companies to easily spread their unjust software in all
+directions, infecting deeply every area of society.</p>
+
+<p><a href="/education/edu-team.html">Join us</a> in the fight against the
+use of nonfree software in schools.</p>
+
+<p>This page lists malicious functionalities found in software used in
+educational environments.</p>
+
 <div class="important">
 <p>If you know of an example that ought to be in this page but isn't
@@ -60,11 +71,108 @@
 
 <h4 id="LatestAdditions">Latest additions</h4>
-
-<p>Entries are in reverse chronological order, based on the dates of 
publication of linked articles. The latest additions are listed on the <a
-href="/proprietary/proprietary.html#latest">main page</a> of the Malware 
section.</p>
+<p>Entries are in reverse chronological order, based on the dates of 
+publication of linked articles. The latest additions are listed on the <a
+href="/proprietary/proprietary.html#latest">main page</a> of the Malware 
+section.</p>
 
 <div class="column-limit" id="malware-education"></div>
 
+<ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202110250">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-10</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Ed Tech companies use their surveillance power to
+    manipulate students, and direct them into tracks towards various
+    levels of knowledge, power and 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,
+    but it doesn't address the root of the problem. All data acquired
+    in a school about any student, teacher, or employee must not leave
+    the school, and must be kept in computers that belong to the school
+    and run free (as in freedom) software. That way, the school district
+    and/or parents can control what is done with those data.</p>
+  </li>
+
+  <li id="M202105060">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-05</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p><a
+    
href="https://me2ba.org/me2ba-product-testing-spotlight-report-published-data-sharing-in-primary-secondary-school-mobile-apps-2/";>60%
+    of school apps are sending student data to potentially high-risk
+    third parties</a>, putting students and possibly all other school
+    workers under surveillance. This is made possible by using unsafe
+    and proprietary programs made by data-hungry corporations.</p>
+
+    <p><small>Please note that whether students consent to this or not,
+    doesn't justify the surveillance they're imposed to.</small></p>
+  </li>
+
+  <li id="M202104090">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-04</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>A zero-day vulnerability in Zoom which <a
+    
href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/critical-zoom-vulnerability-triggers-remote-code-execution-without-user-input/";>can
+    be used to launch remote code execution (RCE) attacks</a> has been
+    disclosed by researchers. The researchers demonstrated a three-bug
+    attack chain that caused an RCE on a target machine, all this without
+    any form of user interaction.</p>
+  </li>
+
+  <li id="M202012250">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2020-12</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>The HonorLock online exam
+    proctoring program is a surveillance tool that <a
+    
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/students-are-pushing-back-against-proctoring-surveillance-apps";>tracks
+    students and collects data</a> such as face, driving license, and
+    network information, among others, in blatant violation of students'
+    privacy.</p>
+
+    <p>Preventing students from cheating should not be an excuse for
+    running malware/spyware on their computers, and it's good that students
+    are protesting. But their petitions overlook a crucial issue, namely,
+    the injustice of being forced to run nonfree software in order to
+    get an education.</p>
+  </li>
+
+  <li id="M202011090">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2020-11</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>According to FTC, the
+    company behind the Zoom conferencing software <a
+    
href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/11/zoom-lied-to-users-about-end-to-end-encryption-for-years-ftc-says/";>has
+    lied to users about its end-to-end encryption</a> for years, at least
+    since 2016.</p>
+
+    <p>People can use free (as in freedom) programs such as <a
+    href="https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Jitsi";>Jitsi</a> or BigBlueButton,
+    better still if installed in a server controlled by the users.</p>
+  </li>
+
+  <li id="M202004301">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2020-04</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Proprietary programs Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and WebEx <a
+    
href="https://www.consumerreports.org/video-conferencing-services/videoconferencing-privacy-issues-google-microsoft-webex/";>are
+    collecting user's personal and identifiable data</a> including how long
+    a call lasts, who's participating in the call, and the IP addresses
+    of everyone taking part. From experience, this can even harm users
+    physically if those companies hand over data to governments.</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' data to Facebook</a> even if the user doesn't have
+    a Facebook account. According to the 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>
+</ul>
 </div>
+
 </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
 <!--#include virtual="/proprietary/proprietary-menu.html" -->
@@ -125,5 +233,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/11/12 18:34:54 $
+$Date: 2021/11/19 21:40:25 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary.html proprietary.html
--- proprietary.html    2021-11-19 05:03:03.162324719 +0000
+++ proprietary.html    2021-11-20 05:39:37.053581729 +0000
@@ -140,5 +140,5 @@
     <li><a href="/proprietary/malware-cars.html">Cars</a></li>
     <li><a 
href="/proprietary/malware-in-online-conferencing.html">Conferencing</a></li>
-    <li><a href="/proprietary/malware-education.html">Education</a></li>
+    <li><a href="/proprietary/malware-education.html">Ed Tech</a></li>
     <li><a href="/proprietary/malware-games.html">Games</a></li>
     <li><a href="/proprietary/malware-mobiles.html">Mobiles</a></li>
@@ -189,4 +189,19 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202110250">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-10</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Ed Tech companies use their surveillance power to
+    manipulate students, and direct them into tracks towards various
+    levels of knowledge, power and 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,
+    but it doesn't address the root of the problem. All data acquired
+    in a school about any student, teacher, or employee must not leave
+    the school, and must be kept in computers that belong to the school
+    and run free (as in freedom) software. That way, the school district
+    and/or parents can control what is done with those data.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202111090">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-11</small>'
@@ -232,16 +247,4 @@
     data and personal information.</p>
   </li>
-
-  <li id="M201602110">
-    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2016-02</small>'
-    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
-    <p>A pacemaker running proprietary code <a
-    
href="https://www.wired.com/2016/02/i-want-to-know-what-code-is-running-inside-my-body/";>was
-    misconfigured and could have killed the implanted person</a>. In order
-    to find out what was wrong and get it fixed, the person needed to break
-    into the remote device that sets parameters in the pacemaker (possibly
-    infringing upon manufacturer's rights under the DMCA). If this system
-    had run free software, it could have been fixed much sooner.</p>
-  </li>
 </ul>
 <p class="button right-align">
@@ -306,5 +309,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/11/18 09:17:09 $
+$Date: 2021/11/19 20:51:05 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary-menu.html proprietary-menu.html
--- proprietary-menu.html       2021-11-19 05:03:03.174324720 +0000
+++ proprietary-menu.html       2021-11-20 05:39:37.373581755 +0000
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
      <!--#if expr="$REQUEST_URI = /\/malware-education/" --><li 
class="current">
         <!--#echo encoding="none" var="MARK_START" -->
-        <a 
href="/proprietary/malware-education.html#content">Education</a><span 
class="gnun-split"></span>
+        <a href="/proprietary/malware-education.html#content">Ed Tech</a><span 
class="gnun-split"></span>
         <!--#echo encoding="none" var="MARK_END" --></li><!--#else --><li>
-        <a 
href="/proprietary/malware-education.html#content">Education</a></li><!--#endif 
-->
+        <a href="/proprietary/malware-education.html#content">Ed 
Tech</a></li><!--#endif -->
       <!--#if expr="$REQUEST_URI = /\/malware-games/" --><li class="current">
         <!--#echo encoding="none" var="MARK_START" -->
diff -rNU2 proprietary-surveillance.html proprietary-surveillance.html
--- proprietary-surveillance.html       2021-11-19 05:03:03.186324721 +0000
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html       2021-11-20 05:39:37.605581775 +0000
@@ -3344,4 +3344,19 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202110250">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-10</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Ed Tech companies use their surveillance power to
+    manipulate students, and direct them into tracks towards various
+    levels of knowledge, power and 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,
+    but it doesn't address the root of the problem. All data acquired
+    in a school about any student, teacher, or employee must not leave
+    the school, and must be kept in computers that belong to the school
+    and run free (as in freedom) software. That way, the school district
+    and/or parents can control what is done with those data.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202105060">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-05</small>'
@@ -3546,5 +3561,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/11/18 09:17:09 $
+$Date: 2021/11/19 20:51:05 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>