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Modified:

    all.html
    proprietary-back-doors.html
    proprietary-fraud.html
    proprietary.html
    proprietary-manipulation.html
    proprietary-subscriptions.html

diff -rNU2 all.html all.html
--- all.html    2021-07-04 04:04:27.104823979 +0000
+++ all.html    2021-07-05 04:04:13.712165504 +0000
@@ -43,4 +43,26 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+<!--#set var='ADD' value='2021-07-04' --><!--#set var='PUB' value='2021-06-22' 
--><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>Peloton company which produces treadmills recently <a
+    
href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/peloton-tread-owners-now-forced-into-monthly-subscription-after-recall/";>locked
+    people out of basic features of people's treadmills by a software
+    update</a>. The company now asks people for a membership/subscription
+    for what people already paid for.</p>
+
+    <p>The software used in the treadmill is proprietary and probably
+    includes back doors to force software updates. It teaches the lesson
+    that if a product talks to external networks, you must expect it to
+    take in new malware.</p>
+
+    <p>Please note that the company behind this product said they
+    are working to reverse the changes so people will no longer need
+    subscription to use the locked feature.</p>
+
+    <p>Apparently public anger made the company back down. If we want that
+    to be our safety, we need to build up the anger against malicious
+    features (and the proprietary software that is their entry path)
+    to the point that even the most powerful companies don't dare.</p>
+  </li>
+
 <!--#set var='ADD' value='2021-06-27' --><!--#set var='PUB' value='2021-06-19' 
--><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
@@ -2268,5 +2290,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/06/28 13:40:29 $
+$Date: 2021/07/04 05:23:19 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary-back-doors.html proprietary-back-doors.html
--- proprietary-back-doors.html 2021-07-04 04:04:27.136823976 +0000
+++ proprietary-back-doors.html 2021-07-05 04:04:13.748165514 +0000
@@ -473,4 +473,28 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202106220">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-06</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Peloton company which produces treadmills recently <a
+    
href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/peloton-tread-owners-now-forced-into-monthly-subscription-after-recall/";>locked
+    people out of basic features of people's treadmills by a software
+    update</a>. The company now asks people for a membership/subscription
+    for what people already paid for.</p>
+
+    <p>The software used in the treadmill is proprietary and probably
+    includes back doors to force software updates. It teaches the lesson
+    that if a product talks to external networks, you must expect it to
+    take in new malware.</p>
+
+    <p>Please note that the company behind this product said they
+    are working to reverse the changes so people will no longer need
+    subscription to use the locked feature.</p>
+
+    <p>Apparently public anger made the company back down. If we want that
+    to be our safety, we need to build up the anger against malicious
+    features (and the proprietary software that is their entry path)
+    to the point that even the most powerful companies don't dare.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202102180">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
@@ -919,5 +943,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/06/28 06:49:45 $
+$Date: 2021/07/04 05:23:19 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary-fraud.html proprietary-fraud.html
--- proprietary-fraud.html      2021-07-04 04:04:27.144823976 +0000
+++ proprietary-fraud.html      2021-07-05 04:04:13.760165518 +0000
@@ -62,4 +62,28 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202106220">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-06</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Peloton company which produces treadmills recently <a
+    
href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/peloton-tread-owners-now-forced-into-monthly-subscription-after-recall/";>locked
+    people out of basic features of people's treadmills by a software
+    update</a>. The company now asks people for a membership/subscription
+    for what people already paid for.</p>
+
+    <p>The software used in the treadmill is proprietary and probably
+    includes back doors to force software updates. It teaches the lesson
+    that if a product talks to external networks, you must expect it to
+    take in new malware.</p>
+
+    <p>Please note that the company behind this product said they
+    are working to reverse the changes so people will no longer need
+    subscription to use the locked feature.</p>
+
+    <p>Apparently public anger made the company back down. If we want that
+    to be our safety, we need to build up the anger against malicious
+    features (and the proprietary software that is their entry path)
+    to the point that even the most powerful companies don't dare.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201908160">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2019-08</small>'
@@ -139,5 +163,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/06/01 09:21:51 $
+$Date: 2021/07/04 05:23:19 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary.html proprietary.html
--- proprietary.html    2021-07-04 04:04:27.148823976 +0000
+++ proprietary.html    2021-07-05 04:04:13.764165518 +0000
@@ -187,4 +187,28 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202106220">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-06</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Peloton company which produces treadmills recently <a
+    
href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/peloton-tread-owners-now-forced-into-monthly-subscription-after-recall/";>locked
+    people out of basic features of people's treadmills by a software
+    update</a>. The company now asks people for a membership/subscription
+    for what people already paid for.</p>
+
+    <p>The software used in the treadmill is proprietary and probably
+    includes back doors to force software updates. It teaches the lesson
+    that if a product talks to external networks, you must expect it to
+    take in new malware.</p>
+
+    <p>Please note that the company behind this product said they
+    are working to reverse the changes so people will no longer need
+    subscription to use the locked feature.</p>
+
+    <p>Apparently public anger made the company back down. If we want that
+    to be our safety, we need to build up the anger against malicious
+    features (and the proprietary software that is their entry path)
+    to the point that even the most powerful companies don't dare.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202106190">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-06</small>'
@@ -229,14 +253,4 @@
     would not necessarily legitimize this.</p>
   </li>
-
-  <li id="M201808131">
-    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2018-08</small>'
-    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
-    <p><a
-    
href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/13/17684660/google-turn-off-location-history-data";>Google
-    will track people even if people turn off location history</a>, using
-    Google Maps, weather updates, and browser searches. Google basically
-    uses any app activity to track people.</p>
-  </li>
 </ul>
 <p class="button right-align">
@@ -301,5 +315,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/06/28 06:49:45 $
+$Date: 2021/07/04 05:23:19 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary-manipulation.html proprietary-manipulation.html
--- proprietary-manipulation.html       2021-07-04 04:04:27.164823974 +0000
+++ proprietary-manipulation.html       2021-07-05 04:04:13.776165522 +0000
@@ -69,4 +69,28 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202106220">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-06</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Peloton company which produces treadmills recently <a
+    
href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/peloton-tread-owners-now-forced-into-monthly-subscription-after-recall/";>locked
+    people out of basic features of people's treadmills by a software
+    update</a>. The company now asks people for a membership/subscription
+    for what people already paid for.</p>
+
+    <p>The software used in the treadmill is proprietary and probably
+    includes back doors to force software updates. It teaches the lesson
+    that if a product talks to external networks, you must expect it to
+    take in new malware.</p>
+
+    <p>Please note that the company behind this product said they
+    are working to reverse the changes so people will no longer need
+    subscription to use the locked feature.</p>
+
+    <p>Apparently public anger made the company back down. If we want that
+    to be our safety, we need to build up the anger against malicious
+    features (and the proprietary software that is their entry path)
+    to the point that even the most powerful companies don't dare.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202102190">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
@@ -213,5 +237,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/06/09 16:30:37 $
+$Date: 2021/07/04 05:23:19 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary-subscriptions.html proprietary-subscriptions.html
--- proprietary-subscriptions.html      2021-07-04 04:04:27.176823974 +0000
+++ proprietary-subscriptions.html      2021-07-05 04:04:13.784165524 +0000
@@ -70,4 +70,28 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202106220">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-06</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Peloton company which produces treadmills recently <a
+    
href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/peloton-tread-owners-now-forced-into-monthly-subscription-after-recall/";>locked
+    people out of basic features of people's treadmills by a software
+    update</a>. The company now asks people for a membership/subscription
+    for what people already paid for.</p>
+
+    <p>The software used in the treadmill is proprietary and probably
+    includes back doors to force software updates. It teaches the lesson
+    that if a product talks to external networks, you must expect it to
+    take in new malware.</p>
+
+    <p>Please note that the company behind this product said they
+    are working to reverse the changes so people will no longer need
+    subscription to use the locked feature.</p>
+
+    <p>Apparently public anger made the company back down. If we want that
+    to be our safety, we need to build up the anger against malicious
+    features (and the proprietary software that is their entry path)
+    to the point that even the most powerful companies don't dare.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202008180">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2020-08</small>'
@@ -232,5 +256,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/06/01 09:21:53 $
+$Date: 2021/07/04 05:23:19 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>