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diff -rNU2 all.html all.html
--- all.html 2022-09-21 04:02:50.070787241 +0000
+++ all.html 2022-09-22 04:02:39.091051939 +0000
@@ -51,4 +51,62 @@
<ul class="blurbs">
+<!--#set var='ADD' value='2022-09-21' --><!--#set var='PUB' value='2022-09-00'
--><li><small class='date-tag'>Added: <span class="gnun-split"></span><!--#echo
encoding='none' var='ADD' --><span class="gnun-split"></span> — Latest
reference: <span class="gnun-split"></span><!--#echo encoding='none' var='PUB'
--></small>
+ <p><a hreflang="ja"
+ href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-CAS";>B-CAS</a> <a
+ href="#m1">[1]</a> is the digital restrictions management (DRM) system
+ used by Japanese TV broadcasters, including state-run TV. It is sold
+ by the B-CAS company, which has a de-facto monopoly on it. Initially
+ intended for pay-TV, its use was extended to digital free-to-air
+ broadcasting as a means to enforce restrictions on copyrighted
+ works. The system encrypts works that permit free redistribution
+ just like other works, thus denying users their nominal rights.</p>
+
+ <p>Beside implementing drastic copying and viewing restrictions,
+ B-CAS gives the broadcaster full power over users, through back doors
+ among other means. For example:</p>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>It can force messages to the user's TV screen, and the user
+ can't turn them off.</li>
+
+ <li>It can force updates, even if the TV is disconnected from the
+ internet or turned off (but still plugged into an outlet). This can
+ be abused for information control policies that disable stored TV
+ programs, thus interfering with free speech.</li>
+
+ <li>It can collect viewing information and share it with other
+ companies to take surveys. Until 2011, user registration was
+ required, so the viewing habits of each customer were recorded. We
+ don't know whether this personal information was deleted from the
+ company's servers after 2011.</li>
+
+ <li>As the export of B-CAS cards is illegal, people outside Japan
+ are deprived of a valuable source of information about what happens
+ in Japan.</li>
+
+ <li>On the client side, the DRM is typically implemented by a card
+ that plugs into a compatible receiver, or alternatively by a tuner
+ card that plugs into a computer. Since the software in receivers is
+ nonfree, and tuner cards are designed for either Windows or MacOS,
+ it is impossible to legally watch Japanese TV from the Free World.</li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <p>These unacceptable restrictions led to a sort of cat-and-mouse
+ game, with some users doing their best to bypass the system, and
+ broadcasters trying to stop them without much success: cryptographic
+ keys were retrieved through the back door of the B-CAS card, illegal
+ cards were made and sold on the black market, as well as a tuner for
+ PC that disables the copy control signal.</p>
+
+ <p>In modern high definition TV sets, the B-CAS card takes the form of
+ a special chip, built into the receiver on the assumption that this
+ chip will be tamper-resistant. Time will tell…</p>
+
+ <p id="m1"><small>[1] We thank the free software supporter who
+ translated this article from Japanese, and shared his experience of
+ B-CAS with us. (Unfortunately, the article presents DRM as a good
+ thing.)</small></p>
+ </li>
+
<!--#set var='ADD' value='2022-09-20' --><!--#set var='PUB' value='2022-08-24'
--><li><small class='date-tag'>Added: <span class="gnun-split"></span><!--#echo
encoding='none' var='ADD' --><span class="gnun-split"></span> — Latest
reference: <span class="gnun-split"></span><!--#echo encoding='none' var='PUB'
--></small>
<p>A security researcher found that the iOS in-app browser of TikTok <a
@@ -2871,5 +2929,5 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2022/09/20 10:25:18 $
+$Date: 2022/09/21 19:18:57 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
diff -rNU2 malware-appliances.html malware-appliances.html
--- malware-appliances.html 2022-09-21 04:02:50.078787238 +0000
+++ malware-appliances.html 2022-09-22 04:02:39.111051942 +0000
@@ -60,4 +60,64 @@
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202209000">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2022-09</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p><a hreflang="ja"
+ href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-CAS";>B-CAS</a> <a
+ href="#m1">[1]</a> is the digital restrictions management (DRM) system
+ used by Japanese TV broadcasters, including state-run TV. It is sold
+ by the B-CAS company, which has a de-facto monopoly on it. Initially
+ intended for pay-TV, its use was extended to digital free-to-air
+ broadcasting as a means to enforce restrictions on copyrighted
+ works. The system encrypts works that permit free redistribution
+ just like other works, thus denying users their nominal rights.</p>
+
+ <p>Beside implementing drastic copying and viewing restrictions,
+ B-CAS gives the broadcaster full power over users, through back doors
+ among other means. For example:</p>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>It can force messages to the user's TV screen, and the user
+ can't turn them off.</li>
+
+ <li>It can force updates, even if the TV is disconnected from the
+ internet or turned off (but still plugged into an outlet). This can
+ be abused for information control policies that disable stored TV
+ programs, thus interfering with free speech.</li>
+
+ <li>It can collect viewing information and share it with other
+ companies to take surveys. Until 2011, user registration was
+ required, so the viewing habits of each customer were recorded. We
+ don't know whether this personal information was deleted from the
+ company's servers after 2011.</li>
+
+ <li>As the export of B-CAS cards is illegal, people outside Japan
+ are deprived of a valuable source of information about what happens
+ in Japan.</li>
+
+ <li>On the client side, the DRM is typically implemented by a card
+ that plugs into a compatible receiver, or alternatively by a tuner
+ card that plugs into a computer. Since the software in receivers is
+ nonfree, and tuner cards are designed for either Windows or MacOS,
+ it is impossible to legally watch Japanese TV from the Free World.</li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <p>These unacceptable restrictions led to a sort of cat-and-mouse
+ game, with some users doing their best to bypass the system, and
+ broadcasters trying to stop them without much success: cryptographic
+ keys were retrieved through the back door of the B-CAS card, illegal
+ cards were made and sold on the black market, as well as a tuner for
+ PC that disables the copy control signal.</p>
+
+ <p>In modern high definition TV sets, the B-CAS card takes the form of
+ a special chip, built into the receiver on the assumption that this
+ chip will be tamper-resistant. Time will tell…</p>
+
+ <p id="m1"><small>[1] We thank the free software supporter who
+ translated this article from Japanese, and shared his experience of
+ B-CAS with us. (Unfortunately, the article presents DRM as a good
+ thing.)</small></p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202208070">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2022-08</small>'
@@ -1329,5 +1389,5 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2022/09/20 09:17:34 $
+$Date: 2022/09/21 19:18:57 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary-drm.html proprietary-drm.html
--- proprietary-drm.html 2022-09-21 04:02:50.122787227 +0000
+++ proprietary-drm.html 2022-09-22 04:02:39.163051952 +0000
@@ -73,4 +73,64 @@
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202209000">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2022-09</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p><a hreflang="ja"
+ href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-CAS";>B-CAS</a> <a
+ href="#m1">[1]</a> is the digital restrictions management (DRM) system
+ used by Japanese TV broadcasters, including state-run TV. It is sold
+ by the B-CAS company, which has a de-facto monopoly on it. Initially
+ intended for pay-TV, its use was extended to digital free-to-air
+ broadcasting as a means to enforce restrictions on copyrighted
+ works. The system encrypts works that permit free redistribution
+ just like other works, thus denying users their nominal rights.</p>
+
+ <p>Beside implementing drastic copying and viewing restrictions,
+ B-CAS gives the broadcaster full power over users, through back doors
+ among other means. For example:</p>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>It can force messages to the user's TV screen, and the user
+ can't turn them off.</li>
+
+ <li>It can force updates, even if the TV is disconnected from the
+ internet or turned off (but still plugged into an outlet). This can
+ be abused for information control policies that disable stored TV
+ programs, thus interfering with free speech.</li>
+
+ <li>It can collect viewing information and share it with other
+ companies to take surveys. Until 2011, user registration was
+ required, so the viewing habits of each customer were recorded. We
+ don't know whether this personal information was deleted from the
+ company's servers after 2011.</li>
+
+ <li>As the export of B-CAS cards is illegal, people outside Japan
+ are deprived of a valuable source of information about what happens
+ in Japan.</li>
+
+ <li>On the client side, the DRM is typically implemented by a card
+ that plugs into a compatible receiver, or alternatively by a tuner
+ card that plugs into a computer. Since the software in receivers is
+ nonfree, and tuner cards are designed for either Windows or MacOS,
+ it is impossible to legally watch Japanese TV from the Free World.</li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <p>These unacceptable restrictions led to a sort of cat-and-mouse
+ game, with some users doing their best to bypass the system, and
+ broadcasters trying to stop them without much success: cryptographic
+ keys were retrieved through the back door of the B-CAS card, illegal
+ cards were made and sold on the black market, as well as a tuner for
+ PC that disables the copy control signal.</p>
+
+ <p>In modern high definition TV sets, the B-CAS card takes the form of
+ a special chip, built into the receiver on the assumption that this
+ chip will be tamper-resistant. Time will tell…</p>
+
+ <p id="m1"><small>[1] We thank the free software supporter who
+ translated this article from Japanese, and shared his experience of
+ B-CAS with us. (Unfortunately, the article presents DRM as a good
+ thing.)</small></p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202203210">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2022-03</small>'
@@ -558,5 +618,5 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2022/04/13 07:49:52 $
+$Date: 2022/09/21 19:18:57 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary.html proprietary.html
--- proprietary.html 2022-09-21 04:02:50.126787225 +0000
+++ proprietary.html 2022-09-22 04:02:39.167051952 +0000
@@ -198,4 +198,64 @@
<ul class="blurbs">
+ <li id="M202209000">
+ <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2022-09</small>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+ <p><a hreflang="ja"
+ href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-CAS";>B-CAS</a> <a
+ href="#m1">[1]</a> is the digital restrictions management (DRM) system
+ used by Japanese TV broadcasters, including state-run TV. It is sold
+ by the B-CAS company, which has a de-facto monopoly on it. Initially
+ intended for pay-TV, its use was extended to digital free-to-air
+ broadcasting as a means to enforce restrictions on copyrighted
+ works. The system encrypts works that permit free redistribution
+ just like other works, thus denying users their nominal rights.</p>
+
+ <p>Beside implementing drastic copying and viewing restrictions,
+ B-CAS gives the broadcaster full power over users, through back doors
+ among other means. For example:</p>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>It can force messages to the user's TV screen, and the user
+ can't turn them off.</li>
+
+ <li>It can force updates, even if the TV is disconnected from the
+ internet or turned off (but still plugged into an outlet). This can
+ be abused for information control policies that disable stored TV
+ programs, thus interfering with free speech.</li>
+
+ <li>It can collect viewing information and share it with other
+ companies to take surveys. Until 2011, user registration was
+ required, so the viewing habits of each customer were recorded. We
+ don't know whether this personal information was deleted from the
+ company's servers after 2011.</li>
+
+ <li>As the export of B-CAS cards is illegal, people outside Japan
+ are deprived of a valuable source of information about what happens
+ in Japan.</li>
+
+ <li>On the client side, the DRM is typically implemented by a card
+ that plugs into a compatible receiver, or alternatively by a tuner
+ card that plugs into a computer. Since the software in receivers is
+ nonfree, and tuner cards are designed for either Windows or MacOS,
+ it is impossible to legally watch Japanese TV from the Free World.</li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <p>These unacceptable restrictions led to a sort of cat-and-mouse
+ game, with some users doing their best to bypass the system, and
+ broadcasters trying to stop them without much success: cryptographic
+ keys were retrieved through the back door of the B-CAS card, illegal
+ cards were made and sold on the black market, as well as a tuner for
+ PC that disables the copy control signal.</p>
+
+ <p>In modern high definition TV sets, the B-CAS card takes the form of
+ a special chip, built into the receiver on the assumption that this
+ chip will be tamper-resistant. Time will tell…</p>
+
+ <p id="m1"><small>[1] We thank the free software supporter who
+ translated this article from Japanese, and shared his experience of
+ B-CAS with us. (Unfortunately, the article presents DRM as a good
+ thing.)</small></p>
+ </li>
+
<li id="M202208240">
<!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2022-08</small>'
@@ -275,15 +335,4 @@
inform the owner of the phone in writing on paper, with an apology.</p>
</li>
-
- <li id="M201507281">
- <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2015-07</small>'
- --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
- <p>Many retail businesses publish cr…apps that ask to <a
- href="https://www.delish.com/kitchen-tools/a43252/how-food-apps-use data/">
- spy on the user's own data</a>—often many kinds.</p>
-
- <p>Those companies know that snoop-phone usage trains people to say
- yes to almost any snooping.</p>
- </li>
</ul>
<p class="button right-align">
@@ -348,5 +397,5 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2022/09/20 10:25:21 $
+$Date: 2022/09/21 19:18:57 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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