malware-games.html malware-microsoft.html proprietary-back-doors....

[Diff Report]

Modified:

    malware-games.html
    malware-microsoft.html
    proprietary-back-doors.html
    proprietary.html
    proprietary-obsolescence.html
    proprietary-surveillance.html

diff -rNU2 malware-games.html malware-games.html
--- malware-games.html  2020-12-31 05:02:15.096225223 +0000
+++ malware-games.html  2021-01-05 05:02:46.095848359 +0000
@@ -92,4 +92,19 @@
   </li>
 
+  <li id="M202010210">
+    <p>Minecraft players are <a
+    
href="https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/java-edition-moving-house";>being
+    forced to move to Microsoft servers</a>, which results in
+    privacy violation. Microsoft publishes a program so users can run
+    their own server, but the program is proprietary and it's another <a
+    href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">injustice
+    to users</a>.</p>
+
+    <p>People can play <a
+    href="https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Minetest";>Minetest</a>
+    instead. Minetest is free software and respects the user's computer
+    freedom.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202004150">
     <p>Riot Games’ new anti-cheat is malware; <a
@@ -396,5 +411,5 @@
      Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. -->
 
-<p>Copyright &copy; 2016-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
+<p>Copyright &copy; 2016-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
 
 <p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
@@ -406,5 +421,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/11/23 13:57:28 $
+$Date: 2021/01/04 16:21:21 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 malware-microsoft.html malware-microsoft.html
--- malware-microsoft.html      2020-12-31 05:02:15.104225223 +0000
+++ malware-microsoft.html      2021-01-05 05:02:46.103848359 +0000
@@ -449,4 +449,19 @@
   </li>
 
+  <li id="M202010210">
+    <p>Minecraft players are <a
+    
href="https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/java-edition-moving-house";>being
+    forced to move to Microsoft servers</a>, which results in
+    privacy violation. Microsoft publishes a program so users can run
+    their own server, but the program is proprietary and it's another <a
+    href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">injustice
+    to users</a>.</p>
+
+    <p>People can play <a
+    href="https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Minetest";>Minetest</a>
+    instead. Minetest is free software and respects the user's computer
+    freedom.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201912160">
     <p>Microsoft is <a
@@ -745,5 +760,5 @@
      Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. -->
 
-<p>Copyright &copy; 2014-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
+<p>Copyright &copy; 2014-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
 
 <p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
@@ -755,5 +770,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/12/05 11:24:35 $
+$Date: 2021/01/04 16:21:21 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary-back-doors.html proprietary-back-doors.html
--- proprietary-back-doors.html 2020-12-31 05:02:15.116225223 +0000
+++ proprietary-back-doors.html 2021-01-05 05:02:46.115848359 +0000
@@ -262,4 +262,19 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202012020">
+    <p>Adobe Flash Player <a
+    href="https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html";>
+    has a universal back door</a> which lets Adobe control
+    the software and, for example, disable it whenever it
+    wants. Adobe will block Flash content from running in Flash Player
+    beginning January 12, 2021, which indicates that they have access to
+    every Flash Player through a back door.</p>
+
+    <p>The back door won't be dangerous in the future, as it'll disable
+    a proprietary program and make users delete the software, but it
+    was an injustice for many years. Users should have deleted Flash Player
+    even before its end of life.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201908270">
     <p>A very popular app found in the
@@ -750,5 +765,5 @@
 </div>
 
-<p>Copyright &copy; 2014-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
+<p>Copyright &copy; 2014-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
 
 <p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
@@ -760,5 +775,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/12/19 11:02:24 $
+$Date: 2021/01/04 10:42:08 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary.html proprietary.html
--- proprietary.html    2020-12-31 05:02:15.132225223 +0000
+++ proprietary.html    2021-01-05 05:02:46.131848359 +0000
@@ -90,5 +90,5 @@
 </div>
 
-<p>As of December, 2020, the pages in this directory list around 450
+<p>As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500
 instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 560 references to
 back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about.</p>
@@ -175,63 +175,56 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
-  <li id="M202011050">
-    <p>HP tricked users into installing
-    a mischievous update in their printers that <a
-    
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/ink-stained-wretches-battle-soul-digital-freedom-taking-place-inside-your-printer";>made
-    the devices reject all third-party ink cartridges</a>.</p>
+  <li id="M202101040">
+    <p>The personal finance management software &ldquo;Quicken&rdquo; <a
+    href="https://www.quicken.com/support/quicken-discontinuation-policy";>
+    has a discontinuation policy, a.k.a. planned obsolescence</a>, which is
+    an injustice to users. A free (as in freedom) program would let users
+    control the software. But when you use a proprietary software,
+    you won't be in control.</p>
   </li>
 
-  <li id="M202012150">
-    <p>United States officials are facing
-    one of biggest crackings against them in years, when <a
-    
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/dec/15/orion-hack-solar-winds-explained-us-treasury-commerce-department";>malicious
-    code was sneaked into SolarWinds' proprietary software named
-    Orion</a>. Crackers got access to networks when users downloaded
-    a tainted software update. Crackers were able to monitor internal
-    emails at some of the top agencies in the US.</p>
-
-    <p><small>(Please note that the article
-    wrongly refers to crackers as "<a
-    href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Hacker">hackers</a>".)</small></p>
+  <li id="M202012020">
+    <p>Adobe Flash Player <a
+    href="https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html";>
+    has a universal back door</a> which lets Adobe control
+    the software and, for example, disable it whenever it
+    wants. Adobe will block Flash content from running in Flash Player
+    beginning January 12, 2021, which indicates that they have access to
+    every Flash Player through a back door.</p>
+
+    <p>The back door won't be dangerous in the future, as it'll disable
+    a proprietary program and make users delete the software, but it
+    was an injustice for many years. Users should have deleted Flash Player
+    even before its end of life.</p>
   </li>
 
-  <li id="M202012200">
-    <p>Commercial crackware can <a
-    
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/dec/20/iphones-vulnerable-to-hacking-tool-for-months-researchers-say";>
-    get passwords out of an iMonster</a>, use the microphone and camera,
-    and other things.</p>
+  <li id="M202010210">
+    <p>Minecraft players are <a
+    
href="https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/java-edition-moving-house";>being
+    forced to move to Microsoft servers</a>, which results in
+    privacy violation. Microsoft publishes a program so users can run
+    their own server, but the program is proprietary and it's another <a
+    href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">injustice
+    to users</a>.</p>
+
+    <p>People can play <a
+    href="https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Minetest";>Minetest</a>
+    instead. Minetest is free software and respects the user's computer
+    freedom.</p>
   </li>
 
-  <li id="M202012190">
-    <p><a
-    
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/18/zoom-helped-china-surveillance/";>
-    A Zoom executive carried out snooping and censorship for
-    China</a>.</p>
-
-    <p>This abuse of Zoom's power shows how dangerous that power is. The
-    root problem is not the surveillance and censorship, but rather the
-    power that Zoom has. It gets that power partly from the use of its
-    server, but also partly from the nonfree client program.</p>
+  <li id="M202009070">
+    <p>While the world is still
+    struggling with COVID-19 coronavirus, many <a
+    
href="https://mashable.com/article/privacy-in-the-age-of-coronavirus/";>people
+    are in danger of surveillance</a> and their computers are infected
+    with malware as a result of installing proprietary software.</p>
   </li>
 
-  <li id="M202011230">
-    <p>Some Wavelink and JetStream wifi routers have
-    universal back doors that enable unauthenticated
-    users to remotely control not only the routers, but
-    also any devices connected to the network. There is evidence that <a
-    
href="https://cybernews.com/security/walmart-exclusive-routers-others-made-in-china-contain-backdoors-to-control-devices/";>
-    this vulnerability is actively exploited</a>.</p>
-
-    <p>If you consider buying a router, we encourage you to get one
-    that <a href="https://ryf.fsf.org/categories/routers";>runs on free
-    software</a>. Any attempts at introducing malicious functionalities in
-    it (e.g., through a firmware update) will be detected by the community,
-    and soon corrected.</p>
-
-    <p>If unfortunately you own a router that runs on
-    proprietary software, don't panic! You may be able to
-    replace its firmware with a free operating system such as <a
-    href="https://librecmc.org";>libreCMC</a>. If you don't know how,
-    you can get help from a nearby GNU/Linux user group.</p>
+  <li id="M202011050">
+    <p>HP tricked users into installing
+    a mischievous update in their printers that <a
+    
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/ink-stained-wretches-battle-soul-digital-freedom-taking-place-inside-your-printer";>made
+    the devices reject all third-party ink cartridges</a>.</p>
   </li>
 </ul>
@@ -286,5 +279,5 @@
      Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. -->
 
-<p>Copyright &copy; 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 
+<p>Copyright &copy; 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 
 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
 
@@ -297,5 +290,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/12/27 14:02:58 $
+$Date: 2021/01/04 16:21:21 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary-obsolescence.html proprietary-obsolescence.html
--- proprietary-obsolescence.html       2020-12-31 05:02:15.148225223 +0000
+++ proprietary-obsolescence.html       2021-01-05 05:02:46.151848359 +0000
@@ -76,4 +76,13 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202101040">
+    <p>The personal finance management software &ldquo;Quicken&rdquo; <a
+    href="https://www.quicken.com/support/quicken-discontinuation-policy";>
+    has a discontinuation policy, a.k.a. planned obsolescence</a>, which is
+    an injustice to users. A free (as in freedom) program would let users
+    control the software. But when you use a proprietary software,
+    you won't be in control.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201908220">
     <p>ChromeBooks are programmed for obsolescence:
@@ -199,5 +208,5 @@
      Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. -->
 
-<p>Copyright &copy; 2019, 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
+<p>Copyright &copy; 2019, 2020, 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
 
 <p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
@@ -209,5 +218,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/11/23 13:57:28 $
+$Date: 2021/01/04 10:42:08 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary-surveillance.html proprietary-surveillance.html
--- proprietary-surveillance.html       2020-12-31 05:02:15.156225223 +0000
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html       2021-01-05 05:02:46.155848359 +0000
@@ -2722,4 +2722,12 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202009070">
+    <p>While the world is still
+    struggling with COVID-19 coronavirus, many <a
+    
href="https://mashable.com/article/privacy-in-the-age-of-coronavirus/";>people
+    are in danger of surveillance</a> and their computers are infected
+    with malware as a result of installing proprietary software.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201905281">
     <p>Microsoft <a
@@ -2809,5 +2817,5 @@
      Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. -->
 
-<p>Copyright &copy; 2015-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
+<p>Copyright &copy; 2015-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
 
 <p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
@@ -2819,5 +2827,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/12/30 09:58:42 $
+$Date: 2021/01/04 09:55:31 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>