diff --git a/requested_articles.txt b/requested_articles.txt deleted file mode 100644 index dfc1de5..0000000 --- a/requested_articles.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,92 +0,0 @@ -This text file is so that I can list all of the articles that -people have requested to be made, so that I don't forget about -anyone's request. If you are interested in writing articles -for the site and need help choosing something to review, this -list is a good place to start. - -1password — made a "stub" article: -https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/1password.html - -Ask.com services (excite, myway) — no progress has been made - -Merge information from http://archive.is/baCzK and https://www.ghacks.net/2016/02/08/steam-uses-insecure-out-of-date-chromium-browser/ -to the steam article, also run it through MITMproxy to find what requests it makes. — no progress has been made - -Create a new class of articles about browser addons, the following explicitly: -NoScript (allegedly phones home? needs a test to see if that's true or not...) -Stylish (definite spyware) -Ghostery - -No progress made on any of those ^ - -uTorrent — stub article: https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/utorrent.html - -Write about Razor mouse products: -Useful links: -https://www.razer.com/legal/privacy-policy -http://wp.xin.at/archives/1438 -For mitigation guides there's an easy way to run any program without letting it connect to the internet using scripts through iptables and there's always the --net=none option with firejail. -https://serverfault.com/questions/550276/how-to-block-internet-access-to-certain-programs-on-linux I use 'ni' instead of 'no-internet'. - -No progress has been made ^ - -Write about the oculus rift: -https://www.roadtovr.com/oculus-vr-privacy-policy-serves-needs-facebook-not-users/ -https://www.roadtovr.com/error-rendered-many-rifts-useless-simple-workaround/ - -No Progress ^ - -Write about privacy badger: https://www.eff.org/privacybadger#faq-Why-does-my-browser-connect-to-fastly.com-IP-addresses-on-startup-after-installing-Privacy-Badger - -Write about lenovo bundling spyware: -https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/security-failings-demonstrate-avoid-lenovo/ - -Write about HP bundling spyware: -https://www.extremetech.com/computing/259605-hp-caught-installing-spyware-windows-10-systems-without-permission-notification -https://www.engadget.com/2017/11/28/hp-quietly-installs-system-slowing-spyware-on-its-pcs/ - -Write about Dell bundling spyware: -https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20050530/2333212.shtml -https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/11/dell-does-superfish-ships-pcs-with-self-signed-root-certificates/ - -Write about TOSHIBA bundling spyware: -https://www.shouldiremoveit.com/TOSHIBA-Service-Station-5383-program.aspx - -Write about Acer bundling spyware: -https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2477704,00.asp - -Rate CPU's for spyware: -https://libreboot.org/faq.html#amd -https://libreboot.org/faq.html#intel - -Some progress made with that. See AMD CPU article. Still need to finish that. - -Write about visual studio — no progress -write about geary — no progress - -Add this tag to the top of everything: - - -Ublock Origin — No progress (phoning home? check privacy policy) - -> please add to overview browsers like Seamonkey, Srware Iron and Sphere -> browser: https://sphere.tenebris.cc - -Did Iron and Sphere - - -Write about the Bromite Android Browser - --I don't have an android phone. So someone else will have to write it, I don't have the means to do a reveiw of it. - -write articles about alternatives to Discord: - -Signal -XMPP -Mumble, etc. - -No progress has been made yet. - -Write an article about Facebook. -Write an article about TikTok. -