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    malware-games.html
    malware-mobiles.html
    proprietary-addictions.html
    proprietary.html

diff -rNU2 malware-games.html malware-games.html
--- malware-games.html  2021-01-08 05:03:53.078019532 +0000
+++ malware-games.html  2021-01-09 05:01:50.135754859 +0000
@@ -247,4 +247,13 @@
   </li>
 
+  <li id="M201604040">
+    <p>Many popular mobile games are based on the
+    gacha system, which has been turning phones into
+    slot machines ever since 2010. The &ldquo;complete
+    gacha&rdquo; variant was declared illegal in Japan in 2012, but <a
+    
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2016/04/04/japanese-mobile-gaming-still-cant-shake-off-the-spectre-of-exploitation/";>
+    the legal variants are still exploiting users</a>.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201512290">
     <p>Many <a
@@ -421,5 +430,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/01/05 10:58:41 $
+$Date: 2021/01/08 14:51:13 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 malware-mobiles.html malware-mobiles.html
--- malware-mobiles.html        2021-01-08 05:03:53.086019532 +0000
+++ malware-mobiles.html        2021-01-09 05:01:50.147754859 +0000
@@ -124,4 +124,5 @@
 <h3>Types of malware in mobiles</h3>
 <ul>
+  <li><a href="#addictions">Addictions</a></li>
   <li><a href="#back-doors">Back doors</a></li>
 <!--<li><a href="#censorship">Censorship</a></li>-->
@@ -130,12 +131,26 @@
   <li><a href="#insecurity">Insecurity</a></li>
   <li><a href="#interference">Interference</a></li>
+  <li><a href="#jails">Jails</a></li>
   <li><a href="#manipulation">Manipulation</a></li>
   <li><a href="#sabotage">Sabotage</a></li>
   <li><a href="#surveillance">Surveillance</a></li>
-  <li><a href="#jails">Jails</a></li>
   <li><a href="#tyrants">Tyrants</a></li>
 </ul>
 </div>
 
+<h3 id="addictions">Addictions</h3>
+
+<ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M201604040">
+    <p>Many popular mobile games are based on the
+    gacha system, which has been turning phones into
+    slot machines ever since 2010. The &ldquo;complete
+    gacha&rdquo; variant was declared illegal in Japan in 2012, but <a
+    
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2016/04/04/japanese-mobile-gaming-still-cant-shake-off-the-spectre-of-exploitation/";>
+    the legal variants are still exploiting users</a>.</p>
+  </li>
+</ul>
+
+
 <h3 id="back-doors">Back Doors</h3>
 
@@ -1290,5 +1305,5 @@
      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"
@@ -1300,5 +1315,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/12/22 08:56:44 $
+$Date: 2021/01/08 14:55:48 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary-addictions.html proprietary-addictions.html
--- proprietary-addictions.html 2021-01-08 05:03:53.098019532 +0000
+++ proprietary-addictions.html 2021-01-09 05:01:50.155754859 +0000
@@ -115,5 +115,8 @@
     is enhanced by seductive animation. They are <a
     
href="https://www.pcgamer.com/behind-the-addictive-psychology-and-seductive-art-of-loot-boxes/";>
-    akin to gambling</a>.</li>
+    akin to gambling</a>, and so are the <a
+    href="https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Gacha_game";>gacha games</a>,
+    very popular in Asia, which may be considered the ancestors of
+    loot boxes.</li>
 
     <li>The developers of gratis
@@ -292,4 +295,13 @@
   </li>
 
+  <li id="M201604040">
+    <p>Many popular mobile games are based on the
+    gacha system, which has been turning phones into
+    slot machines ever since 2010. The &ldquo;complete
+    gacha&rdquo; variant was declared illegal in Japan in 2012, but <a
+    
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2016/04/04/japanese-mobile-gaming-still-cant-shake-off-the-spectre-of-exploitation/";>
+    the legal variants are still exploiting users</a>.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201507290">
     <p>Game Of War: Fire Age is an iPhone game with <a
@@ -380,5 +392,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/01/07 14:08:21 $
+$Date: 2021/01/08 14:51:14 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary.html proprietary.html
--- proprietary.html    2021-01-08 05:03:53.114019532 +0000
+++ proprietary.html    2021-01-09 05:01:50.171754859 +0000
@@ -175,4 +175,13 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M201604040">
+    <p>Many popular mobile games are based on the
+    gacha system, which has been turning phones into
+    slot machines ever since 2010. The &ldquo;complete
+    gacha&rdquo; variant was declared illegal in Japan in 2012, but <a
+    
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2016/04/04/japanese-mobile-gaming-still-cant-shake-off-the-spectre-of-exploitation/";>
+    the legal variants are still exploiting users</a>.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202101050">
     <p>Most Internet connected devices in Mozilla's <a
@@ -226,12 +235,4 @@
     freedom.</p>
   </li>
-
-  <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>
 </ul>
 
@@ -296,5 +297,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/01/06 10:02:22 $
+$Date: 2021/01/08 14:51:14 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>