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[Diff Report]

Modified:

    malware-microsoft.html
    proprietary-back-doors.html
    proprietary.html
    proprietary-interference.html
    proprietary-surveillance.html

diff -rNU2 malware-microsoft.html malware-microsoft.html
--- malware-microsoft.html      2021-02-24 05:01:35.084484456 +0000
+++ malware-microsoft.html      2021-02-26 05:02:05.116198035 +0000
@@ -230,4 +230,21 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202102180">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Microsoft is <a
+    
href="https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows";>forcibly
+    removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using
+    <a href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update">a
+    universal backdoor in Windows</a>.</p>
+
+    <p>The fact that Flash has been <a
+    href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#M202012020">disabled
+    by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of power. The nature of
+    proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives the developers
+    power to impose their decisions on users. Free software on the other
+    hand empowers users to make their own decisions.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201809120">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2018-09</small>'
@@ -871,5 +888,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/02/06 15:36:32 $
+$Date: 2021/02/25 16:53:42 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary-back-doors.html proprietary-back-doors.html
--- proprietary-back-doors.html 2021-02-24 05:01:35.096484456 +0000
+++ proprietary-back-doors.html 2021-02-26 05:02:05.128198035 +0000
@@ -458,4 +458,21 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202102180">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Microsoft is <a
+    
href="https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows";>forcibly
+    removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using
+    <a href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update">a
+    universal backdoor in Windows</a>.</p>
+
+    <p>The fact that Flash has been <a
+    href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#M202012020">disabled
+    by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of power. The nature of
+    proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives the developers
+    power to impose their decisions on users. Free software on the other
+    hand empowers users to make their own decisions.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202011230">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2020-11</small>'
@@ -887,5 +904,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/01/18 12:31:21 $
+$Date: 2021/02/25 16:53:42 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary.html proprietary.html
--- proprietary.html    2021-02-24 05:01:35.112484456 +0000
+++ proprietary.html    2021-02-26 05:02:05.140198035 +0000
@@ -97,6 +97,6 @@
 </div>
 
-<p>As of January, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500
-instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 570 references to
+<p>As of February, 2021, the pages in this directory list around 500
+instances of malicious functionalities (with more than 580 references to
 back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about.</p>
 
@@ -187,4 +187,40 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202102200">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>The proprietary program Clubhouse
+    is malware and a privacy disaster. Clubhouse <a
+    
href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/20/why-hot-new-social-app-clubhouse-spells-nothing-but-trouble";>collects
+    people's personal data such as recordings of people's
+    conversations</a>, and, as a secondary problem, does not encrypt them,
+    which shows a bad security part of the issue.</p>
+
+    <p>A user's unique Clubhouse ID number and chatroom ID are transmitted
+    in plaintext, and Agora (the company behind the app) would likely
+    have access to users’ raw audio, potentially providing access to
+    the Chinese government.</p>
+
+    <p>Even with good security of data transmission, collecting personal
+    data of people is wrong and a violation of people's privacy rights.</p>
+  </li>
+
+  <li id="M202102180">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Microsoft is <a
+    
href="https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows";>forcibly
+    removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using
+    <a href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update">a
+    universal backdoor in Windows</a>.</p>
+
+    <p>The fact that Flash has been <a
+    href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#M202012020">disabled
+    by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of power. The nature of
+    proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives the developers
+    power to impose their decisions on users. Free software on the other
+    hand empowers users to make their own decisions.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202102190">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
@@ -234,25 +270,4 @@
     A to mistreat the end user.</p>
   </li>
-
-  <li id="M202010120">
-    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2020-10</small>'
-    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
-    <p>Samsung is forcing its smartphone users in Hong Kong (and Macau) <a
-    
href="https://blog.headuck.com/2020/10/12/samsung-phones-force-mainland-china-dns-service-upon-hong-kong-wifi-users/";>to
-    use a public DNS in Mainland China</a>, using software update released
-    in September 2020, which causes many unease and privacy concerns.</p>
-  </li>
-
-  <li id="M202101130">
-    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-01</small>'
-    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
-    <p>The authorities in Venice track the <a
-    
href="https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/venice-control-room-tourism/index.html";>
-    movements of all tourists</a> using their portable phones.  The article
-    says that <em>at present</em> the system is configured to report only
-    aggregated information.  But that could be changed.  What will that
-    system do 10 years from now?  What will a similar system in another
-    country do?  Those are the questions this raises.</p>
-  </li>
 </ul>
 
@@ -317,5 +332,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/02/23 08:48:07 $
+$Date: 2021/02/25 16:53:42 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary-interference.html proprietary-interference.html
--- proprietary-interference.html       2021-02-24 05:01:35.120484456 +0000
+++ proprietary-interference.html       2021-02-26 05:02:05.148198035 +0000
@@ -72,4 +72,21 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202102180">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Microsoft is <a
+    
href="https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/131798/microsoft-starts-automatically-removing-flash-from-windows";>forcibly
+    removing the Flash player from computers running Windows 10</a>, using
+    <a href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#windows-update">a
+    universal backdoor in Windows</a>.</p>
+
+    <p>The fact that Flash has been <a
+    href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#M202012020">disabled
+    by Adobe</a> is no excuse for this abuse of power. The nature of
+    proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows, gives the developers
+    power to impose their decisions on users. Free software on the other
+    hand empowers users to make their own decisions.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202005250">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2020-05</small>'
@@ -375,5 +392,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/01/18 12:55:50 $
+$Date: 2021/02/25 16:53:42 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary-surveillance.html proprietary-surveillance.html
--- proprietary-surveillance.html       2021-02-24 05:01:35.144484456 +0000
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html       2021-02-26 05:02:05.164198035 +0000
@@ -525,4 +525,23 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202102200">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>The proprietary program Clubhouse
+    is malware and a privacy disaster. Clubhouse <a
+    
href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/20/why-hot-new-social-app-clubhouse-spells-nothing-but-trouble";>collects
+    people's personal data such as recordings of people's
+    conversations</a>, and, as a secondary problem, does not encrypt them,
+    which shows a bad security part of the issue.</p>
+
+    <p>A user's unique Clubhouse ID number and chatroom ID are transmitted
+    in plaintext, and Agora (the company behind the app) would likely
+    have access to users’ raw audio, potentially providing access to
+    the Chinese government.</p>
+
+    <p>Even with good security of data transmission, collecting personal
+    data of people is wrong and a violation of people's privacy rights.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202101080">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-01</small>'
@@ -3334,5 +3353,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/02/22 10:24:33 $
+$Date: 2021/02/25 15:39:35 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>