all.html malware-apple.html malware-google.html proprietary.html ...

[Diff Report]

Modified:

    all.html
    malware-apple.html
    malware-google.html
    proprietary.html
    proprietary-insecurity.html

diff -rNU2 all.html all.html
--- all.html    2021-07-31 04:02:43.086710841 +0000
+++ all.html    2021-08-01 04:10:01.076527024 +0000
@@ -46,5 +46,5 @@
     <p><a
     
href="https://www.xda-developers.com/zero-click-imessage-exploit-was-used-to-spy-on-journalists/";>Crackers
-    used a zero-day and zero-click exploit in Apple iThings to install
+    used an exploit in Apple iThings to install
     spyware</a> on people's devices, many of them to be journalists, even
     if they were using the latest version of the proprietary operating
@@ -67,9 +67,8 @@
     operating systems</a> to impose surveillance on people. It can record
     people's calls, copy their messages, and secretly film them, using a
-    zero-click (means no interaction is needed) and zero-day (means the
-    bug was not found yet) vulnerabilities.</p>
+    security vulnerability.</p>
 
     <p>A free operating system would've let people to fix the bugs for
-    themselves but now infected people should wait for corporations to
+    themselves but now infected people are forced to wait for corporations to
     fix the problems.</p>
 
@@ -2352,5 +2351,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/07/30 15:37:58 $
+$Date: 2021/07/31 16:38:25 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 malware-apple.html malware-apple.html
--- malware-apple.html  2021-07-31 04:02:43.094710853 +0000
+++ malware-apple.html  2021-08-01 04:10:01.084527026 +0000
@@ -260,5 +260,5 @@
     <p><a
     
href="https://www.xda-developers.com/zero-click-imessage-exploit-was-used-to-spy-on-journalists/";>Crackers
-    used a zero-day and zero-click exploit in Apple iThings to install
+    used an exploit in Apple iThings to install
     spyware</a> on people's devices, many of them to be journalists, even
     if they were using the latest version of the proprietary operating
@@ -283,9 +283,8 @@
     operating systems</a> to impose surveillance on people. It can record
     people's calls, copy their messages, and secretly film them, using a
-    zero-click (means no interaction is needed) and zero-day (means the
-    bug was not found yet) vulnerabilities.</p>
+    security vulnerability.</p>
 
     <p>A free operating system would've let people to fix the bugs for
-    themselves but now infected people should wait for corporations to
+    themselves but now infected people are forced to wait for corporations to
     fix the problems.</p>
 
@@ -1216,5 +1215,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/07/30 15:37:58 $
+$Date: 2021/07/31 16:38:25 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 malware-google.html malware-google.html
--- malware-google.html 2021-07-31 04:02:43.106710871 +0000
+++ malware-google.html 2021-08-01 04:10:01.096527027 +0000
@@ -258,9 +258,8 @@
     operating systems</a> to impose surveillance on people. It can record
     people's calls, copy their messages, and secretly film them, using a
-    zero-click (means no interaction is needed) and zero-day (means the
-    bug was not found yet) vulnerabilities.</p>
+    security vulnerability.</p>
 
     <p>A free operating system would've let people to fix the bugs for
-    themselves but now infected people should wait for corporations to
+    themselves but now infected people are forced to wait for corporations to
     fix the problems.</p>
 
@@ -779,5 +778,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/07/30 15:37:58 $
+$Date: 2021/07/31 16:38:25 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary.html proprietary.html
--- proprietary.html    2021-07-31 04:02:43.138710918 +0000
+++ proprietary.html    2021-08-01 04:10:01.124527032 +0000
@@ -192,5 +192,5 @@
     <p><a
     
href="https://www.xda-developers.com/zero-click-imessage-exploit-was-used-to-spy-on-journalists/";>Crackers
-    used a zero-day and zero-click exploit in Apple iThings to install
+    used an exploit in Apple iThings to install
     spyware</a> on people's devices, many of them to be journalists, even
     if they were using the latest version of the proprietary operating
@@ -215,9 +215,8 @@
     operating systems</a> to impose surveillance on people. It can record
     people's calls, copy their messages, and secretly film them, using a
-    zero-click (means no interaction is needed) and zero-day (means the
-    bug was not found yet) vulnerabilities.</p>
+    security vulnerability.</p>
 
     <p>A free operating system would've let people to fix the bugs for
-    themselves but now infected people should wait for corporations to
+    themselves but now infected people are forced to wait for corporations to
     fix the problems.</p>
 
@@ -342,5 +341,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/07/30 15:37:58 $
+$Date: 2021/07/31 16:38:25 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary-insecurity.html proprietary-insecurity.html
--- proprietary-insecurity.html 2021-07-31 04:02:43.146710930 +0000
+++ proprietary-insecurity.html 2021-08-01 04:10:01.128527032 +0000
@@ -49,15 +49,23 @@
 
 <div class="article">
-<p>This page lists clearly established cases of insecurity in
-proprietary software that has grave consequences or is otherwise
-noteworthy. Even though most of these security flaws are unintentional,
-thus are not malicious functionalities in a strict sense, we report
-them to show that proprietary software is not immune to bugs, and is
-often quite sloppy.</p>
-
-<p>All complex programs, whether free or proprietary, contain bugs. What
-makes bugs more dangerous in proprietary software is that users are
-<em>helpless to fix any security problems that arise</em>.  Keeping
-the users helpless is what's culpable about proprietary software.</p>
+<p>This page lists clearly established cases of insecurity in proprietary
+software that has grave consequences or is otherwise noteworthy. Even
+though most of these security flaws are unintentional, thus are not
+malicious functionalities in a strict sense, we report them to show that
+proprietary software is not as secure as mainstream media may say.</p>
+
+<p>This doesn't imply that free software is immune to bugs or insecurities.
+The difference between free and proprietary software in this respect is
+the handling of the bugs: free software users are able to study the
+program and/or fix the bugs they find, often in communities as they are
+able to share the program, while proprietary program users are forced to
+rely on the program's developer for fixes.</p>
+
+
+<p>If the developer does not care to fix the problem &mdash; often the case for
+embedded software and old releases &mdash; the users are sunk. But if the
+developer does send a corrected version, it may contain new malicious
+functionalities as well as bug fixes.</p>
+
 
 <div class="important">
@@ -77,5 +85,5 @@
     <p><a
     
href="https://www.xda-developers.com/zero-click-imessage-exploit-was-used-to-spy-on-journalists/";>Crackers
-    used a zero-day and zero-click exploit in Apple iThings to install
+    used an exploit in Apple iThings to install
     spyware</a> on people's devices, many of them to be journalists, even
     if they were using the latest version of the proprietary operating
@@ -100,9 +108,8 @@
     operating systems</a> to impose surveillance on people. It can record
     people's calls, copy their messages, and secretly film them, using a
-    zero-click (means no interaction is needed) and zero-day (means the
-    bug was not found yet) vulnerabilities.</p>
+    security vulnerability.</p>
 
     <p>A free operating system would've let people to fix the bugs for
-    themselves but now infected people should wait for corporations to
+    themselves but now infected people are forced to wait for corporations to
     fix the problems.</p>
 
@@ -1199,5 +1206,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/07/30 15:37:58 $
+$Date: 2021/07/31 16:38:25 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>