# LANGUAGE translation of https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-apple.html # Copyright (C) YEAR Free Software Foundation, Inc. # This file is distributed under the same license as the original article. # FIRST AUTHOR , YEAR. # #, fuzzy msgid "" msgstr "" "Project-Id-Version: malware-apple.html\n" "POT-Creation-Date: 2025-05-09 11:27+0000\n" "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n" "Last-Translator: FULL NAME \n" "Language-Team: LANGUAGE \n" "Language: \n" "MIME-Version: 1.0\n" "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n" "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n" #. type: Content of: msgid "" "Apple's Operating Systems are Malware - GNU Project - Free Software " "Foundation" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><a> msgid "<a id=\"side-menu-button\" class=\"switch\" href=\"#navlinks\">" msgstr "" #. type: Attribute 'title' of: <div><a><img> msgid "Section contents" msgstr "" #. type: Attribute 'alt' of: <div><a><img> msgid " [Section contents] " msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div> msgid "</a>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p><a> msgid "<a href=\"/\">" msgstr "" #. type: Attribute 'title' of: <div><p><a><img> msgid "GNU Home" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "</a> / <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary.html\">Malware</a> / By " "company /" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><h2> msgid "Apple's Operating Systems Are Malware" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><p> msgid "" "Nonfree (proprietary) software is very often malware (designed to mistreat " "the user). Nonfree software is controlled by its developers, which puts them " "in a position of power over the users; <a " "href=\"/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html\">that is the " "basic injustice</a>. The developers and manufacturers often exercise that " "power to the detriment of the users they ought to serve." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><p> msgid "This typically takes the form of malicious functionalities." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><div><p> msgid "" "If you know of an example that ought to be in this page but isn't here, " "please write to <a " "href=\"mailto:webmasters@gnu.org\"><webmasters@gnu.org></a> to inform " "us. Please include the URL of a trustworthy reference or two to serve as " "specific substantiation." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><div><h3> msgid "Types of Apple malware" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><div><ul><li> msgid "<a href=\"#back-doors\">Back doors</a>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><div><ul><li> msgid "<a href=\"#censorship\">Censorship</a>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><div><ul><li> msgid "<a href=\"#drm\">DRM</a>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><div><ul><li> msgid "<a href=\"#incompatibility\">Incompatibility</a>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><div><ul><li> msgid "<a href=\"#insecurity\">Insecurity</a>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><div><ul><li> msgid "<a href=\"#interference\">Interference</a>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><div><ul><li> msgid "<a href=\"#jails\">Jails</a>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><div><ul><li> msgid "<a href=\"#manipulation\">Manipulation</a>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><div><ul><li> msgid "<a href=\"#pressuring\">Pressuring</a>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><div><ul><li> msgid "<a href=\"#sabotage\">Sabotage</a>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><div><ul><li> msgid "<a href=\"#subscriptions\">Subscriptions</a>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><div><ul><li> msgid "<a href=\"#surveillance\">Surveillance</a>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><div><ul><li> msgid "<a href=\"#tyrants\">Tyrants</a>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><h3> msgid "Back Doors" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple appears to say that <a " "href=\"https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/10/apple-silent-update-zoom-app/\"> " "there is a back door in MacOS</a> for automatically updating some (all?) " "apps." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "The specific change described in the article was not malicious—it " "protected users from surveillance by third parties—but that is a " "separate question." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "The Dropbox app for Macintosh <a " "href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20180124123506/http://applehelpwriter.com/2016/07/28/revealing-dropboxs-dirty-little-security-hack/\"> " "takes control of user interface items after luring the user into entering an " "admin password</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Mac OS X had an <a " "href=\"https://truesecdev.wordpress.com/2015/04/09/hidden-backdoor-api-to-root-privileges-in-apple-os-x/\"> " "intentional local back door for 4 years</a>, which could be exploited by " "attackers to gain root privileges." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "The iPhone has a back door for <a " "href=\"https://www.npr.org/2010/11/22/131511381/wipeout-when-your-company-kills-your-iphone\"> " "remote wipe</a>. It's not always enabled, but users are led into enabling " "it without understanding." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "The iPhone has a back door <a " "href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/3358134/Apples-Jobs-confirms-iPhone-kill-switch.html\"> " "that allows Apple to remotely delete apps</a> which Apple considers " "“inappropriate”. Jobs said it's OK for Apple to have this power " "because of course we can trust Apple." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><h3> msgid "Censorship" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><p> msgid "" "Apple mainly uses iOS, which is a typical jail, to impose censorship through " "the Apple Store. Please refer to the <a href=\"#jails\">Apple Jails</a> " "section for more information." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><h3> msgid "DRM" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><p> msgid "" "Digital restrictions management, or “DRM,” refers to " "functionalities designed to restrict what users can do with the data in " "their computers." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple prevents people from upgrading their Mac hardware <a " "href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/21/22989226/apple-mac-studios-removable-ssd-blocked-software-replacement\">by " "imposing DRM on its removable SSD storage</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple's new tactic to restrict users from repairing their own device and " "impose DRM on people is to <a " "href=\"https://www.ifixit.com/News/54829/apples-new-screen-repair-trap-could-change-the-repair-industry-forever\">completely " "disable its Face ID functionality</a> when you replace its screen." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple is putting DRM on iPhone batteries, and the system proprietary " "software <a href=\"#M201908150\">turns off certain features when batteries " "are replaced other than by Apple.</a>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "DRM makes the iPhone 7 nearly <a href=\"#iphone7-sabotage\">unrepairable</a> " "by anyone else but Apple." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "<a " "href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/bmvxp4/switzerland-wants-a-single-universal-phone-charger-by-2017\"> " "Apple uses DRM software to prevent people from charging an iThing with a " "generic USB cable</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "<a " "href=\"https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/11/apple-downgrades-macbook-video-drm\"> " "DRM (digital restrictions mechanisms) in MacOS</a>. This article focuses on " "the fact that a new model of Macbook introduced a requirement for monitors " "to have malicious hardware, but DRM software in MacOS is involved in " "activating the hardware. The software for accessing iTunes is also " "responsible." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "<a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2007/08/aacs-tentacles/\"> DRM " "that caters to Blu-ray disks</a>. (The article focused on Windows and said " "that MacOS would do the same thing subsequently.)" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "iTunes videos have DRM, which allows Apple to <a " "href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FairPlay\">dictate where its customers " "can watch the videos they purchased</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><h3> msgid "Incompatibility" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><p> msgid "" "In this section, we list characteristics of Apple programs that block or " "hinder users from switching to any alternative program—and, in " "particular, from switching to free software which can liberate the device " "the software runs on." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "In MacOS and iOS, the procedure for <a " "href=\"https://support.apple.com/guide/photos/export-photos-videos-and-slideshows-pht6e157c5f/mac\"> " "converting images from the Photos format</a> to a free format is so tedious " "and time-consuming that users just give up if they have a lot of them." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "iWork (office software that runs on MacOS, iOS and iCloud) uses secret " "formats and <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWork\">provides no " "means of converting them to or from Open Document Formats</a>. iWork formats " "have changed several times since they were first introduced. This may have " "had the effect of thwarting <a " "href=\"https://gothub.projectsegfau.lt/obriensp/iWorkFileFormat/\">reverse " "engineering efforts</a>, thus preventing free software from fully supporting " "them." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "iWork formats are considered <a " "href=\"https://wiki.harvard.edu/confluence/download/attachments/204385883/Format%20profile%20-%20Apple%20iWork%20Pages%20v04.docx?version=1&modificationDate=1459873751000&api=v2\"> " "unfit for document preservation</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><h3> msgid "Insecurity" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><p> msgid "" "These bugs are/were not intentional, so unlike the rest of the file they do " "not count as malware. We mention them to refute the supposition that " "prestigious proprietary software doesn't have grave bugs." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple <a " "href=\"https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apple-pulls-icloud-end-to-end-encryption-feature-in-the-uk/\"> " "stopped offering iCloud end-to-end encryption in the UK</a> after the UK " "government demanded <a " "href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/07/apple-encryption-backdoor-uk/\"> " "worldwide access to encrypted user data</a>. This is one more proof that " "storing your own data “in the cloud” puts it at risk." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "<a " "href=\"https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/12/exploit-used-in-mass-iphone-infection-campaign-targeted-secret-hardware-feature/\"> " "A back door in Apple devices</a>, present and abused from at least 2019 " "until 2023, allowed crackers to have full control over them by sending " "iMessage texts that installed malware without any action on the user's " "part. Infections, among other things, gave the intruders access to owners' " "microphone recordings, photos, location and other personal data." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "A critical bug in Apple's iOS makes it possible for attackers to alter a " "shutdown event, <a " "href=\"https://blog.zecops.com/research/persistence-without-persistence-meet-the-ultimate-persistence-bug-noreboot/\">tricking " "the user into thinking that the phone has been powered off</a>. But in fact, " "it's still running, and the user can't feel any difference between a real " "shutdown and the fake shutdown." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Some researchers at Google <a " "href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/93bw8y/google-caught-hackers-using-a-mac-zero-day-against-hong-kong-users\">found " "a zero-day vulnerability on MacOS, which crackers used to target people " "visiting the websites</a> of a media outlet and a pro-democracy labor and " "political group in Hong Kong." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "<small>Please note that the article wrongly refers to crackers as “<a " "href=\"/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Hacker\">hackers</a>”.</small>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "<a " "href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/jul/18/what-is-pegasus-spyware-and-how-does-it-hack-phones\"> " "The pegasus spyware used vulnerabilities on proprietary smartphone operating " "systems</a> to impose surveillance on people. It can record people's calls, " "copy their messages, and secretly film them, using a security " "vulnerability. There's also <a " "href=\"https://info.lookout.com/rs/051-ESQ-475/images/lookout-pegasus-technical-analysis.pdf\"> " "a technical analysis of this spyware</a> available in PDF format." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "A free operating system would've let people to fix the bugs for themselves " "but now infected people will be compelled to wait for corporations to fix " "the problems." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Commercial crackware can <a " "href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/dec/20/iphones-vulnerable-to-hacking-tool-for-months-researchers-say\"> " "get passwords out of an iMonster</a>, use the microphone and camera, and " "other things." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple has <a " "href=\"https://sneak.berlin/20201112/your-computer-isnt-yours/\">implemented " "a malware in its computers that imposes surveillance</a> on users and " "reports users' computing to Apple." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "The reports are even unencrypted and they've been leaking this data for two " "years already. This malware is reporting to Apple what user opens what " "program at what time. It also gives Apple power to sabotage users' " "computing." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "A series of vulnerabilities <a " "href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2019/08/31/apple-iphone-ipad-security-ios-upgrade-iphone-xs-max-xr-update/\">found " "in iOS allowed attackers to gain access to sensitive information including " "private messages, passwords, photos and contacts stored on the user's " "iMonster</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "The deep insecurity of iMonsters is even more pertinent given that Apple's " "proprietary software makes users totally dependent on Apple for even a " "modicum of security. It also means that the devices do not even try to " "offer security against Apple itself." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "A vulnerability in Apple's Image I/O API allowed an attacker to <a " "href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/22/stagefright-flaw-ios-iphone-imessage-apple\">execute " "malicious code from any application which uses this API to render a certain " "kind of image file</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "A bug in the iThings Messages app <a " "href=\"https://theintercept.com/2016/04/12/apple-bug-exposed-chat-history-with-a-single-click/\">allowed " "a malicious web site to extract all the user's messaging history</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "<a " "href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20180816030205/http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/privacy-scandal-nsa-can-spy-on-smart-phone-data-a-920971.html\"> " "The NSA can tap data in smart phones, including iPhones, Android, and " "BlackBerry</a>. While there is not much detail here, it seems that this " "does not operate via the universal back door that we know nearly all " "portable phones have. It may involve exploiting various bugs. There are <a " "href=\"https://www.osnews.com/story/27416/the-second-operating-system-hiding-in-every-mobile-phone/\"> " "lots of bugs in the phones' radio software</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><h3> msgid "Interference" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><p> msgid "" "Various proprietary programs are designed to harass, annoy or cause trouble " "for the user. They are like sabotage, but they are not grave enough to " "qualify for the word “sabotage”. Nonetheless, they are nasty and " "wrong. This section describes examples of Apple committing interference." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "<a href=\"https://www.techarp.com/mobile/apple-china-limit-airdrop/\"> " "Obeying a demand by the Chinese government, Apple restricted the use of " "AirDrop in China</a>. It imposed a ten-minute time limit during which users " "can receive files from non contacts. This makes it nearly impossible to use " "AirDrop for its intended purpose, which is to exchange files with strangers " "between iMonsters in physical proximity. This happened after it became known " "that dissenters were using the app to distribute digital anti-government " "fliers anonymously." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "<a " "href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/may/30/gadgets-have-stopped-working-together-interoperability-apple\">Apple " "is systematically undermining interoperability</a>. At the hardware level, " "it does this via nonstandard plugs, buses and networks. At the software " "level, it does this by not letting the user have any data except within one " "app." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple is putting DRM on iPhone batteries, and the system proprietary " "software <a " "href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/59nz3k/apple-is-locking-batteries-to-specific-iphones-a-nightmare-for-diy-repair\">turns " "off certain features when batteries are replaced other than by Apple.</a>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><h3> msgid "Jails" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><p> msgid "" "Jails are systems that impose censorship on which application programs a " "user can install." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Shortcuts, a built-in scripting app on Apple devices, <a " "href=\"https://support.apple.com/guide/shortcuts/apdf01f8c054/5.0/ios/15.0\"> " "doesn't give you complete freedom to share scripts</a> " "(a.k.a. “shortcuts”). Exporting a script as a file <a " "href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20230329031338/https://www.reddit.com/r/StallmanWasRight/comments/vogb0c/all_methods_of_sharing_ios_shortcuts_require_an/\"> " "requires an Apple ID</a>, and may be subjected to censorship by Apple." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "In this situation (and many others), switching from iPhony/iBad to a freedom " "respecting device gives you both convenience and freedom. The assumption " "that you must sacrifice convenience to get freedom is often wrong. Jails are " "inconvenient." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple has made it <a " "href=\"https://gizmodo.com/apple-and-google-pull-opposition-app-from-russian-store-1847695238\"> " "impossible to load Navalny's tactical voting app into an iPhone</a> in " "Russia." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "It is impossible because (1) the iPhone refuses to load apps from anywhere " "other than Apple, and (2) Apple has obeyed a Russian censorship law. The " "first point is enforced by Apple's nonfree software." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple plans to require that <a " "href=\"https://www.macrumors.com/2019/04/08/mac-apps-notarization-macos-10-14-5/\"> " "all application software for MacOS be approved by Apple first</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Offering a checking service as an option could be useful and would not be " "wrong. Requiring users to get Apple's approval is tyranny. Apple says the " "check will only look for malware (not counting the malware that is <a " "href=\"/proprietary/malware-apple.html#TOC\">part of the operating " "system</a>), but Apple could change that policy step by step. Or perhaps " "Apple will define malware to include any app that the Chinese government " "does not like." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "For free software, this means users will need to get Apple's approval after " "compilation. This amounts to a system of surveilling the use of free " "programs." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "<a " "href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IOS_jailbreaking&oldid=835861046\"> " "iOS, the operating system of the Apple iThings, is the prototype of a " "jail</a>. It was Apple that introduced the practice of designing general " "purpose computers with censorship of application programs." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Here is an article about the <a " "href=\"https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2008/03/07/code-signing-and-you/\"> " "code signing</a> that the iThings use to lock up the user." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Curiously, Apple is beginning to allow limited passage through the walls of " "the iThing jail: users can now install apps built from source code, provided " "the source code is written in Swift. Users cannot do this freely because " "they are required to identify themselves. <a " "href=\"https://developer.apple.com/xcode/\">Here are details</a>. While this " "is a crack in the prison walls, it is not big enough to mean that the " "iThings are no longer jails." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><h4> msgid "Examples of censorship by Apple jails" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "The Russian communications watchdog <a " "href=\"https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/russian-watchdog-tells-google-apple-remove-navalny-app-report-2021-08-20/\"> " "tells Google and Apple to remove Navalny's app</a> from their stores." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Because Apple controls what a user can install, this is absolute " "censorship. By contrast, because Android does not do that, users can install " "apps even if Google does not offer them." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple is <a " "href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/aug/30/this-isnt-the-1990s-apple-under-pressure-from-app-developers\"> " "putting the squeeze on all business</a> conducted through apps for " "iMonsters." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "This is a symptom of a very big injustice: that Apple has the power to " "decide what software can be installed on an iMonster. That it is a jail." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple has <a " "href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/10/hong-kong-protests-apple-pulls-tracking-app-after-china-criticism\"> " "banned the app that Hong Kong protesters use to communicate</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Obeying the “local laws” about what people can do with software " "is no excuse for censoring what software people can use." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple <a " "href=\"https://boingboing.net/2019/10/07/apple-ios-13-1-2-for-hong-kong.html\"> " "censors the Taiwan flag in iOS</a> on behalf of the Chinese government. When " "the region is set to Hong Kong, this flag is not visible in the emoji " "selection widget but is still accessible. When the region is set to mainland " "China, all attempts to display it will result in the “empty " "emoji” icon as if the flag never existed." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Thus, not only does Apple use the App Store as an instrument of censorship, " "it also uses the iThing operating system for that purpose." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Users caught in the jail of an iMonster are <a " "href=\"https://boingboing.net/2019/05/15/brittle-security.html\"> sitting " "ducks for other attackers</a>, and the app censorship prevents security " "companies from figuring out how those attacks work." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple's censorship of apps is fundamentally unjust, and would be inexcusable " "even if it didn't lead to security threats as well." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple is <a " "href=\"https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/10/iranian-hardliners-want-isolated-internet\"> " "censoring apps for the US government too</a>. Specifically, it is deleting " "apps developed by Iranians." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "The root of these wrongs is in Apple. If Apple had not designed the " "iMonsters to let Apple censor applications, Apple would not have had the " "power to stop users from installing whatever kind of apps." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple <a " "href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/29/technology/china-apple-censorhip.html\"> " "deleted several VPNs from its app store for China</a>, thus using its own " "censorship power to strengthen that of the Chinese government." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple used its censorship system to enforce Russian surveillance <a " "href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20220402210254/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/technology/linkedin-blocked-in-russia.html\"> " "by blocking distribution of the LinkedIn app in Russia</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "This is ironic because LinkedIn is a surveillance system itself. While " "subjecting its users to its own surveillance, it tries to protect its users " "from Russian surveillance, and is therefore subject to Russian censorship." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "However, the point here is the wrong of Apple's censorship of apps." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple used its censorship system to enforce China's censorship <a " "href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/05/apple-removes-new-york-times-app-in-china\"> " "by blocking distribution of the New York Times app</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple censors games, <a " "href=\"https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/05/apple-says-game-about-palestinian-child-isnt-a-game/\"> " "banning some games from the cr…app store</a> because of which " "political points they suggest. Some political points are apparently " "considered acceptable." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple <a href=\"https://www.ifixit.com/News/7401/ifixit-app-pulled\"> banned " "a program from the App Store</a> because its developers committed the " "enormity of disassembling some iThings." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "As of 2015, Apple <a " "href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/23/apple-anti-choice-tendencies-showing-in-app-store-reproductive-rights\"> " "systematically bans apps that endorse abortion rights or would help women " "find abortions</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "This particular political slant <a " "href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/dec/01/siri-abortion-apple-unintenional-omissions\"> " "affects other Apple services</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple has banned iThing applications that show the confederate flag. <a " "href=\"https://www.huffpost.com/entry/apple-confederate-flag_n_7663754\"> " "Not only those that use it as a symbol of racism</a>, but even strategic " "games that use it to represent confederate army units fighting in the Civil " "War." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "This ludicrous rigidity illustrates the point that Apple should not be " "allowed to censor apps. Even if Apple carried out this act of censorship " "with some care, it would still be wrong. Whether racism is bad, whether " "educating people about drone attacks is bad, are not the real issue. Apple " "should not have the power to impose its views about either of these " "questions, or any other." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "<a " "href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/11/papers-please-game-ipad-nude-body-scans\"> " "More examples of Apple's arbitrary and inconsistent censorship</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple used this censorship power in 2014 to <a " "href=\"https://boingboing.net/2014/02/07/apple-yanks-last-remaining-bit.html\"> " "ban all bitcoin apps</a> for the iThings for a time. It also <a " "href=\"https://www.gamespot.com/articles/apple-removes-game-about-growing-marijuana-from-app-store/1100-6419864/\"> " "banned a game about growing marijuana</a>, while permitting games about " "other crimes such as killing people. Perhaps Apple considers killing more " "acceptable than marijuana." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple rejected an app that displayed the locations of US drone " "assassinations, giving various excuses. Each time the developers fixed one " "“problem”, Apple complained about another. After the fifth " "rejection, Apple <a " "href=\"https://mashable.com/archive/apple-app-tracks-drone-strikes\"> " "admitted it was censoring the app based on the subject matter</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><h3> msgid "Manipulation" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "<a " "href=\"https://www.howtogeek.com/803598/app-is-damaged-and-cant-be-opened/\"> " "Apple has been labeling various third-party files and programs as " "“damaged”</a>, preventing users from opening them, and implying " "that software from third-party sources is dangerous. While these " "restrictions can be circumvented, they violate users' freedom to do their " "computing as they wish. Most of the time, the purpose of warnings such as " "“damaged” is to scare users into sticking with Apple's " "proprietary programs for no good reason." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "“Dark patterns” are <a " "href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2013/8/29/4640308/dark-patterns-inside-the-interfaces-designed-to-trick-you\">user " "interfaces designed to mislead users, or make option settings hard to " "find</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "This allows a company such as Apple to say, “We allow users to turn " "this off” while ensuring that few will understand how to actually turn " "it off." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><h3> msgid "Pressuring" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><p> msgid "" "Proprietary companies can take advantage of their customers by imposing " "arbitrary limits to their use of the software. This section reports " "examples of hard sell and other unjust commercial tactics by Apple." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple Siri <a " "href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/oct/27/apple-music-subscribers-siri-questions\">refuses " "to give you information</a> about music charts if you're not an Apple Music " "subscriber." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><h3> msgid "Sabotage" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><p> msgid "" "These are situations in which Apple employs its power over users to directly " "intervene in ways that harm them or block their work." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "<a " "href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20231213150111/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/12/technology/iphone-repair-apple-control.html\">To " "block non-Apple repairs, Apple encodes the iMonster serial number in the " "original parts</a>. This is called “parts pairing”. Swapping " "parts between working iMonsters of the same model causes malfunction or " "disabling of some functionalities. Part replacement may also trigger " "persistent alerts, unless it is done by an Apple store." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "When Apple suspects a user of fraud, it judges the case secretly and " "presents the verdict as a fait accompli. The punishment to a user found " "guilty <a " "href=\"https://qz.com/1683460/what-happens-to-your-itunes-account-when-apple-says-youve-committed-fraud\">is " "being cut off for life, which more-or-less cripples the user's Apple devices " "forever</a>. There is no appeal." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple and Samsung deliberately <a " "href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/oct/24/apple-samsung-fined-for-slowing-down-phones\">degrade " "the performance of older phones to force users to buy their newer " "phones</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple has <a " "href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/31/17412396/telegram-apple-app-store-app-updates-russia\">blocked " "Telegram from upgrading its app for a month</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "This evidently has to do with Russia's command to Apple to block Telegram in " "Russia." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "The Telegram client is free software on other platforms, but not on " "iThings. Since <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-jails.html#apple\">they " "are jails</a>, they don't permit any app to be free software." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "MacOS High Sierra forcibly reformats SSD boot drives, and <a " "href=\"https://www.macworld.com/article/230582/apple-file-system-apfs-faq.html\"> " "changes the file system from HFS+ to APFS</a>, which cannot be accessed from " "GNU/Linux, Windows or even older versions of MacOS." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple will stop <a " "href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jun/06/iphone-ipad-apps-games-apple-5-5c-obsolete\">fixing " "bugs for older model iThings</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Meanwhile, Apple stops people from fixing problems themselves; that's the " "nature of proprietary software." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "The iPhone 7 contains DRM specifically designed to <a " "href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/kbjm8e/iphone-7-home-button-unreplaceable-repair-software-lock\"> " "brick it if an “unauthorized” repair shop fixes it</a>. " "“Unauthorized” essentially means anyone besides Apple." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "<small>(The article uses the term “lock” to describe the DRM, " "but we prefer to use the term <a " "href=\"/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#DigitalLocks\"> digital " "handcuffs</a>.)</small>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple <a " "href=\"https://www.theregister.com/2016/04/14/uninstall_quicktime_for_windows/\"> " "stops users from fixing the security bugs in Quicktime for Windows</a>, " "while refusing to fix them itself." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "The Apple Music client program <a " "href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20170520213355/https://blog.vellumatlanta.com/2016/05/04/apple-stole-my-music-no-seriously/\">scans " "the user's file system for music files, copies them to an Apple server, and " "deletes them</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "iOS version 9 for iThings <a " "href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair\">sabotages " "them irreparably if they were repaired by someone other than " "Apple</a>. Apple eventually backed off from this policy under criticism from " "the users. However, it has not acknowledged that this was wrong." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple forced millions of iThings to <a " "href=\"https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7256669?tstart=0\">download a " "system upgrade without asking the users</a>. Apple did not forcibly install " "the upgrade but the downloading alone caused lots of trouble." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple <a " "href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/04/apple-deleted-music-ipods-rivals-steve-jobs\"> " "deleted from iPods the music that users had got from internet music stores " "that competed with iTunes</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "<a " "href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20230315024447/https://www.computerworld.com/article/2541250/update--apple-plays-hardball--upgrade--bricks--unlocked-iphones.html\"> " "An Apple firmware “upgrade” bricked iPhones that had been " "unlocked</a>. The “upgrade” also deactivated applications not " "approved by <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-jails.html\">Apple " "censorship</a>. All this was apparently intentional." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><h3> msgid "Subscriptions" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple can remotely <a " "href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/games/2020/aug/18/apple-sets-deadline-in-feud-with-fortnite-maker-epic-games\"> " "cut off any developer's access to the tools for developing software</a> for " "iOS or MacOS." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Epic (Apple's target in this example) makes nonfree games which have their " "own <a " "href=\"https://ekgaming.com/2019/03/17/is-the-epic-games-store-spying-on-your-computer/\"> " "malicious features</a>, but that doesn't make it acceptable for Apple to " "have this sort of power." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><h3> msgid "Surveillance" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "<a " "href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20230101185726/https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-analytics-tracking-even-when-off-app-store-1849757558\"> " "The iMonster app store client programs collect many kinds of data</a> about " "the user's actions and private communications. “Do not track” " "options are available, but tracking doesn't stop if the user activates them: " "Apple keeps on collecting data for itself, although it claims not to send it " "to third parties." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "<a " "href=\"https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/14/apple_data_collection_lawsuit/\"> " "Apple is being sued</a> for that." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "<a " "href=\"https://www.cpomagazine.com/data-privacy/icloud-data-turned-over-to-chinese-government-conflicts-with-apples-privacy-first-focus/\">Apple " "is moving its Chinese customers' iCloud data to a datacenter controlled by " "the Chinese government</a>. Apple is already storing the encryption keys on " "these servers, obeying Chinese authority, making all Chinese user data " "available to the government." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple whistleblower Thomas Le Bonniec reports that Apple made a practice of " "surreptitiously activating the Siri software to <a " "href=\"https://www.politico.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Public-Statement-Siri-recordings-TLB.pdf\"> " "record users' conversations when they had not activated Siri</a>. This was " "not just occasional, it was systematic practice." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "His job was to listen to these recordings, in a group that made transcripts " "of them. He does not believes that Apple has ceased this practice." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "The only reliable way to prevent this is, for the program that controls " "access to the microphone to decide when the user has “activated” " "any service, to be free software, and the operating system under it free as " "well. This way, users could make sure Apple can't listen to them." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Google, Apple, and Microsoft (and probably some other companies) <a " "href=\"https://www.lifewire.com/wifi-positioning-system-1683343\">are " "collecting people's access points and GPS coordinates (which can identify " "people's precise location) even if their GPS is turned off</a>, without the " "person's consent, using proprietary software implemented in person's " "smartphone. Though merely asking for permission would not necessarily " "legitimize this." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Safari occasionally <a " "href=\"https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2019/10/13/dear-apple-safe-browsing-might-not-be-that-safe/\"> " "sends browsing data from Apple devices in China to the Tencent Safe Browsing " "service</a>, to check URLs that possibly correspond to " "“fraudulent” websites. Since Tencent collaborates with the " "Chinese government, its Safe Browsing black list most certainly contains the " "websites of political opponents. By linking the requests originating from " "single IP addresses, the government can identify dissenters in China and " "Hong Kong, thus endangering their lives." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "The Chinese Communist Party's “Study the Great Nation” app " "requires users to grant it <a " "href=\"https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/chinese-app-allows-officials-access-to-100-million-users-phone-report-2115962\"> " "access to the phone's microphone, photos, text messages, contacts, and " "internet history</a>, and the Android version was found to contain a " "back-door allowing developers to run any code they wish in the users' phone, " "as “superusers.” Downloading and using this app is mandatory at " "some workplaces." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Note: The <a " "href=\"http://web-old.archive.org/web/20191015005153/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinese-app-on-xis-ideology-allows-data-access-to-100-million-users-phones-report-says/2019/10/11/2d53bbae-eb4d-11e9-bafb-da248f8d5734_story.html\"> " "Washington Post version of the article</a> (partly obfuscated, but readable " "after copy-pasting in a text editor) includes a clarification saying that " "the tests were only performed on the Android version of the app, and that, " "according to Apple, “this kind of ‘superuser’ surveillance " "could not be conducted on Apple's operating system.”" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "In spite of Apple's supposed commitment to privacy, iPhone apps contain " "trackers that are busy at night <a " "href=\"https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2019/05/its-3-am-do-you-know-who-your-iphone-is-talking-to.html\"> " "sending users' personal information to third parties</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "The article mentions specific examples: Microsoft OneDrive, Intuit's Mint, " "Nike, Spotify, The Washington Post, The Weather Channel (owned by IBM), the " "crime-alert service Citizen, Yelp and DoorDash. But it is likely that most " "nonfree apps contain trackers. Some of these send personally identifying " "data such as phone fingerprint, exact location, email address, phone number " "or even delivery address (in the case of DoorDash). Once this information is " "collected by the company, there is no telling what it will be used for." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Adware Doctor, an ad blocker for MacOS, <a " "href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/wjye8x/mac-anti-adware-doctor-app-steals-browsing-history\">reports " "the user's browsing history</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "The DMCA and the EU Copyright Directive make it <a " "href=\"https://boingboing.net/2017/11/25/la-la-la-cant-hear-you.html\"> " "illegal to study how iOS cr…apps spy on users</a>, because this would " "require circumventing the iOS DRM." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "In the latest iThings system, “turning off” WiFi and Bluetooth " "the obvious way <a " "href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/21/ios-11-apple-toggling-wifi-bluetooth-control-centre-doesnt-turn-them-off\"> " "doesn't really turn them off</a>. A more advanced way really does turn them " "off—only until 5am. That's Apple for you—“We know you " "want to be spied on”." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple proposes <a " "href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/15/apple-removing-iphone-home-button-fingerprint-scanning-screen\">a " "fingerprint-scanning touch screen</a>—which would mean no way to use " "it without having your fingerprints taken. Users would have no way to tell " "whether the phone is snooping on them." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "iPhones <a " "href=\"https://theintercept.com/2016/11/17/iphones-secretly-send-call-history-to-apple-security-firm-says/\">send " "lots of personal data to Apple's servers</a>. Big Brother can get them from " "there." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "The iMessage app on iThings <a " "href=\"https://theintercept.com/2016/09/28/apple-logs-your-imessage-contacts-and-may-share-them-with-police/\">tells " "a server every phone number that the user types into it</a>; the server " "records these numbers for at least 30 days." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "iThings automatically upload to Apple's servers all the photos and videos " "they make." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><blockquote><p> msgid "" "iCloud Photo Library stores every photo and video you take, and keeps them " "up to date on all your devices. Any edits you make are automatically updated " "everywhere. […]" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "(From <a " "href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20150921152044/https://www.apple.com/icloud/photos/\">Apple's " "iCloud information</a> as accessed on 24 Sep 2015.) The iCloud feature is <a " "href=\"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202033\">activated by the startup " "of iOS</a>. The term “cloud” means “please don't ask " "where.”" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "There is a way to <a href=\"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201104\"> " "deactivate iCloud</a>, but it's active by default so it still counts as a " "surveillance functionality." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Unknown people apparently took advantage of this to <a " "href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/01/naked-celebrity-hack-icloud-backup-jennifer-lawrence\">get " "nude photos of many celebrities</a>. They needed to break Apple's security " "to get at them, but NSA can access any of them through <a " "href=\"/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html#digitalcash\">PRISM</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple has made various <a " "href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/nov/04/apple-data-privacy-icloud\"> " "MacOS programs send files to Apple servers without asking permission</a>. " "This exposes the files to Big Brother and perhaps to other snoops." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "It also demonstrates how you can't trust proprietary software, because even " "if today's version doesn't have a malicious functionality, tomorrow's " "version might add it. The developer won't remove the malfeature unless many " "users push back hard, and the users can't remove it themselves." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "MacOS automatically <a " "href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20170831144456/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2014/10/30/how-one-mans-private-files-ended-up-on-apples-icloud-without-his-consent/\"> " "sends to Apple servers unsaved documents being edited</a>. The things you " "have not decided to save are <a " "href=\"https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/10/apple_copies_yo.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter/\"> " "even more sensitive</a> than the things you have stored in files." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple admits the <a " "href=\"https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/spotlight-suggestions-in-os-x-yosemite-and-ios-are-you-staying-private/\"> " "spying in a search facility</a>, but there's a lot <a " "href=\"https://gothub.projectsegfau.lt/fix-macosx/yosemite-phone-home/\"> " "more snooping that Apple has not talked about</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Various operations in <a " "href=\"https://lifehacker.com/safari-and-spotlight-can-send-data-to-apple-heres-how-1648453540\"> " "the latest MacOS send reports to Apple</a> servers." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple can, and regularly does, <a " "href=\"https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/05/new-guidelines-outline-what-iphone-data-apple-can-give-to-police/\"> " "remotely extract some data from iPhones for the state</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "This may have improved with <a " "href=\"https://www.denverpost.com/2014/09/17/apple-will-no-longer-unlock-most-iphones-ipads-for-police/\"> " "iOS 8 security improvements</a>; but <a " "href=\"https://theintercept.com/2014/09/22/apple-data/\"> not as much as " "Apple claims</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "<a " "href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/23/iphone-backdoors-surveillance-forensic-services\"> " "Several “features” of iOS seem to exist for no possible purpose " "other than surveillance</a>. Here is the <a " "href=\"http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/iOS_Backdoors_Attack_Points_Surveillance_Mechanisms_Moved.pdf\"> " "Technical presentation</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "<a " "href=\"https://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/privacy-advocates-worry-over-new-apple-iphone-tracking-feature-161836223.html\"> " "Spotlight search</a> sends users' search terms to Apple." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "The <a class=\"not-a-duplicate\" " "href=\"https://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/privacy-advocates-worry-over-new-apple-iphone-tracking-feature-161836223.html\"> " "iBeacon</a> lets stores determine exactly where the iThing is, and get other " "info too." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "<a " "href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20190924053515/https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-30/how-nsa-hacks-your-iphone-presenting-dropout-jeep\"> " "Either Apple helps the NSA snoop on all the data in an iThing, or it is " "totally incompetent</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "The iThing also <a " "href=\"https://www.theregister.com/2013/08/08/ios7_tracking_now_its_a_favourite_feature/\"> " "tells Apple its geolocation</a> by default, though that can be turned off." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "There is also a feature for web sites to track users, which is <a " "href=\"https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/10/17/how-to-disable-apple-ios-user-tracking-ios-6/\"> " "enabled by default</a>. (That article talks about iOS 6, but it is still " "true in iOS 7.)" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Users cannot make an Apple ID (<a " "href=\"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/49951/how-can-i-download-free-apps-without-registering-an-apple-id\">necessary " "to install even gratis apps</a>) without giving a valid email address and " "receiving the verification code Apple sends to it." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><h3> msgid "Tyrants" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><p> msgid "" "Tyrants are systems that reject any operating system not " "“authorized” by the manufacturer." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple devices lock users in <a " "href=\"https://gizmodo.com/homepod-is-the-ultimate-apple-product-in-a-bad-way-1822883347\"> " "solely to Apple services</a> by being designed to be incompatible with all " "other options, ethical or unethical." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Apple arbitrarily <a " "href=\"https://9to5mac.com/2014/12/01/ios-8-1-signing-window-closed/\">blocks " "users from installing old versions of iOS</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "The Apple iThings are tyrant devices. There is a port of Android to the " "iThings, but installing it requires <a " "href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20150721065208/http://www.idroidproject.org/wiki/Status\"> " "finding a bug or “exploit”</a> to make it possible to install a " "different system." msgstr "" #. TRANSLATORS: Use space (SPC) as msgstr if you don't have notes. #. type: Content of: <div><div> msgid "*GNUN-SLOT: TRANSLATOR'S NOTES*" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><p> msgid "" "Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to <a " "href=\"mailto:gnu@gnu.org\"><gnu@gnu.org></a>. There are also <a " "href=\"/contact/\">other ways to contact</a> the FSF. Broken links and " "other corrections or suggestions can be sent to <a " "href=\"mailto:webmasters@gnu.org\"><webmasters@gnu.org></a>." msgstr "" #. TRANSLATORS: Ignore the original text in this paragraph, #. replace it with the translation of these two: # #. We work hard and do our best to provide accurate, good quality #. translations. 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