# LANGUAGE translation of https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/proprietary-fraud.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: proprietary-fraud.html\n" "POT-Creation-Date: 2023-05-30 13:28+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=CHARSET\n" "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n" #. type: Content of: msgid "Proprietary Fraud - 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 " "type /" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><h2> msgid "Proprietary Fraud" 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><p> msgid "" "Here are some examples of proprietary software that defrauds " "users—taking their money by trickery." 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><ul><li><p> msgid "" "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." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "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." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "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." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "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." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "A game published on Facebook <a " "href=\"https://revealnews.org/article/so-your-child-racked-up-unwanted-credit-card-charges-playing-video-games-now-what/\">aimed " "at leading children to spend</a> large amounts of their parents' money " "without explaining it to them." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><p> msgid "" "Some proprietary <a " "href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/19/apple-talking-cats-in-app-purchases\"> " "games lure children to spend their parents' money</a>." msgstr "" #. 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