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Brave

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- Note: This article is outdated. I will try to update it soon. - -

-

- Brave Browser is a Chromium fork with many interesting features not - found elsewhere, such as built-in Adblock and other extensions, - fingerprinting protection, cleaner Preferences menu than other Chrome - forks, and the (opt-in) ability to automatically support (pay) the - websites you visit. The developers describe it as - "A browser with your interests at heart."[1] With the built-in privacy - protections, some would seem to agree with that. Let's see how it - stacks up when we take everything into account. -

-

Spyware Level: High

-

- Auto-updates that can be turned off only by hacky workarounds. - Google as default search engine. - Analytics on Brave's home page. Two other requests made at each start - of Brave. Whitelisting spyware from Facebook and Twitter.[5] - Has some decent privacy protections built in, but uMatrix is still - better. Some privacy features are there by default, but, it's still - trying to work with advertisers (same as Mozilla did with their - Sponsored Tiles). Despite claiming to be - "A browser with your interests at heart."[1], it has Google as default - search engine, as well as shitty forced updates. Anyway, despite the - privacy protections, you should stay away from this browser — it seems - to have a "mission" to switch the internet to its version of - "user-respecting" ads, (we know how that turned out for Mozilla), and - that's slimy and suspicious. Beyond that it has repeatedly shown - itself to be dishonest and disingenuous about what it's mission and - goals and operations are. -

-

Whitelisting spyware from Facebook and Twitter

-

- On its website, Brave claims that - "Brave fights malware and prevents tracking, keeping your - information safe and secure. It’s our top priority."[6]. Yet despite this claim, Brave actually - disables its tracking protections for - Facebook and Twitter's spyware scripts that allow them to track people - across the web.[5] Brave's spyware - protections, and any claims that it makes to work in the interests of - its users, - cannot be taken seriously. Brave is - actively working - against its users while lying to them - about supposed privacy protections that it offers. This problem - becomes even more serious when you take into account Brave's response - to this situation: -

-

- - "Loading a script from an edge-cache does not track a user without - third-party cookies or equivalent browser-local storage, which Brave - always blocks and always will block. In other words, sending - requests and receiving responses without cookies or other means of - identifying users does not necessarily create a tracking threat." - - - [7] - -

-

- This statement is just completely wrong. - Just because a website isn't able to store cookies, does not mean - that it cannot uniquely identify you. Executing JavaScript spyware - from Facebook and Twitter is - - more than enough. - - Blocking cookies is not going to stop them from tracking you. This - isn't even information that is difficult to verify. There are many - websites that you can visit right now, to see just how much - information a JavaScript program designed to track you can get. -

-
-

- Here are a few: -
- https://browserleaks.com/ -
- https://panopticlick.eff.org/ -
-

-
-

Auto-updates

-

- Brave will check for updates every time you run it, and you CANNOT - turn it off (except through fiddling with DNS and such) ! What is the - devs' answer? From their GitHub page - [2]: -

- -

- - "We don't plan on adding in UI to disable updates, but users can - easily adjust environment variables if they really want to put - themselves at risk." - -

- -

and

- -

- - "i feel that being able to figure out how to do this is a - sufficiently high bar for users who want to turn off autoupdating - (to prove they know what they're doing and understand the security - implications)" - -

- -

- So according to the devs, you have to hunt down random internet - comments to be able to disable auto-updating. Brave will also update - what looks like the list of its "partners" every time you run it. - Extensions are also updated often. - -

- -

Anti-privacy search engine by default

-

- Google - is the default search engine of Brave, and the issues with it are well - known and would take a book to describe them all. -

- -

Brave's start page contains analytics

-

- Brave will connect to its home page, https://brave.com, automatically - on the first run of Brave, and that page contains Piwik's analytics - scripts. This is the full request: - - It will also make a connection to Google to download some fonts. You - can disable these on subsequent runs by changing the start page. -

-

Crash reports

-

- Enabled by default, but can be disabled from the preferences menu. -

-

Other requests

-

- Brave will make a connection to this site every time it is started up: - - It probably has something to do with their project of working with - advertisers to provide more relevant targeted ads, which sounds pretty - disgusting, but can be turned off ("Notify me about token - promotions"). You can read more about it here - [3] - .It will also make this request which downloads the rulesets for HTTPS - Everywhere: - -

-

Brave's privacy protections

-

- Brave Browser also contains in-built privacy protections such as HTTPS - Everywhere, AdBlock, cookie blocking, script blocking, and - fingerprinting protections — that are configurable site by site. This - is commendable of course, but in the end, uMatrix outclasses them. - Trackers, for example, easily avoid pure AdBlock (so you will be - tracked by Facebook and such), and binary script blocking breaks - sites. Nice effort on Brave's part though, and the fingerprinting - protection I don't think is found in any other browser (but I didn't - confirm if it actually works). -

-
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Credits

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    - This article was written by - digdeeper.neocities.org
    - Formatting changes were done by the site maintainer. -
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Sources:

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    -
  1. - Brave's website - [web.archive.org] -
    2. -
  2. - How to stop autoupdate of brave? - [web.archive.org] - [archive.li] -
    3. -
  3. - Basic Attention Token - [web.archive.org] - [wayback.archive-it.org] -
    4. -
  4. - Laptop Headers - [web.archive.org] - [archive.fo] -
    5. -
  5. - Facebook, Twitter Trackers Whitelisted by Brave Browser - [web.archive.org] - [archive.fo] -
    6. -
  6. - Brave Browser Features - [web.archive.org] -
    7. -
  7. - Script Blocking Exceptions Update - [web.archive.org] - [archive.fo] -
    8. -
-
-
- This article was created on 5/7/2018
- This article was last edited on 2/13/2019 - -

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Brave

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Brave Browser is a Chromium fork with many interesting features not found elsewhere, such as built-in Adblock and other extensions, fingerprinting protection, a cleaner Preferences menu compared to other Chrome forks, and the (opt-in) ability to automatically support (pay) the websites you visit. The developers describe it as "A browser with your interests at heart."[1] with the built-in privacy protections.

+

Spyware Level: High

+

Brave is self updating software, uses Google as the default search engine, has built-in telemetry, and even has an opt-out rss-like news feed similar to Firefox Pocket. These shouldn't be the things that come to mind if someone were to imagine a privacy oriented browser.

+

Whitelisting spyware from Facebook and Twitter

+

On its website, Brave claims that "Brave fights malware and prevents tracking, keeping your information safe and secure. It’s our top priority."[6]. Yet despite this claim, Brave actually disables its tracking protections for Facebook and Twitter's scripts that allow them to track people across the web.[5] Brave has been actively downplaying the role that JavaScript plays when tracking someone.

+

+

"Loading a script from an edge-cache does not track a user without third-party cookies or equivalent browser-local storage, which Brave always blocks and always will block. In other words, sending requests and receiving responses without cookies or other means of identifying users does not necessarily create a tracking threat."[7]

+

+

This couldn't be more far from the truth. Just because a website isn't able to store cookies, doesn't mean it can't uniquely identify you. Using JavaScript from Facebook and Twitter would be more than enough to track you and blocking cookies alone isn't going to stop that. Just as a quick point of reference to what information JavaScript can scrape, you might want to visit this website.

+

They later on added an option to the extension to disable all of the JavaScript, but this new feature seems to be nothing more than the JavaScript switch found in vanilla Chromium. They recently added an option here to block some of the scripts from Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn after receiving pushback as a result of the controversy.

+

A quick note on the whitelisting trackers: This specific point on whitelisting trackers isn't making the case of Brave being spyware as much as it's making the case of Brave's privacy features being snake oil.

+

Auto-updates

+

Brave will check for updates every time you run it, and you can't turn it off from the browser. Athough, it's on Brave's low priority list to add an option to do so[2]. The reason why it's low priority would be because it's been over a year and there hasn't been an implementation of it yet.

+

A special note is that on most (all?) GNU/Linux distributions, the automatic updates are only for the extensions.

+

Anti-privacy search engine by default

+

Google is the default search engine of Brave. For a browser that claims to be privacy oriented, this is a red flag. They at least make it easy for you to change the default search engine on the first run.

+

Brave has built-in telemetry

+

While running, Brave will make lots of requests to the domain p3a.brave.com as telemetry. They claim they store the collected data for several days[8]. Telemetry should be the last thing to come to mind if someone were to imagine a privacy oriented browser. This feature is an opt-out that can be disabled. This opt-out can be disabled here.

+

Brave Today

+

Brave now has new feature similar to Firefox Pocket called Brave Today. If you don't know what Firefox Pocket is, it's basically an rss-like news feed that's shown in every blank tab. This feature Brave has is sadly an opt-out rather than an opt-in and sends lots of requests to Brave's servers. It can't seem to be disabled it in and of itself, but setting the tabs to blank seems to stop the requests.

+

SafeBrowsing

+

Brave uses SafeBrowsing. It's a feature that tries to "protect" the user from potentially unsafe websites and extensions. However, it sends requests to fetch the information required. Judging by some of the information in the Miscellaneous requests worth noting section, it wouldn't be too far-fetched of Brave to use Google's SafeBrowsing rather than their own implementation. This opt-out can be disabled here.

+

Brave Rewards

+

Brave has a rewards program. You can find more information about it here[3]. At first glance it looks like the rewards program is an opt-in, but the browser makes requests to these domains regardless if you sign up or not:

+
+

rewards.brave.com

+

api.rewards.brave.com

+

grant.rewards.brave.com

+
+

Miscellaneous requests worth noting

+

Brave on first run sends a request to fetch the library used for checking spelling errors:

+ brave spelling library +

Brave on first run sends a request to variations.brave.com. A guess would be that this request has to do with the crypto aspect of the rewards program. It could also be some way of verifying the list of affiliates. The later is unlikely because the request that fetches the list of affiliates is constant to whether or not the seed request is made:

+ brave verification tool +

Right after the request to variations.brave.com is made, Brave fetches the list of affiliates through laptop-updates.brave.com. As stated before, the previous request doesn't seem to be a requirement for this request.

+ custom headers +

Brave makes a request to static1.brave.com every once and a while, which looks like it's used to fetch plugin information[4]? When the url was placed into the browser, it was directed to Google's error 404 page[9]. This seems kind of unsettling that one of Brave's domains would do that:

+ static brave + google error 404 +

A quick curl --head static1.brave.com shows that Brave uses Google's gstatic, which uses Cloudflare as well:

+ google error 404 +

On the first run, Brave fetches five extensions from brave-core-ext.s3.brave.com and tries to install them:

+ brave extensions +
+
+

Sources

+

1. + Brave's website + [web.archive.org]

+

2. + Add a disable autoupdate feature + [web.archive.org]

+

3. + Brave Rewards Program + [web.archive.org]

+

4. + Plugin Information? + [web.archive.org]

+

5. + Facebook, Twitter Trackers Whitelisted by Brave Browser + [web.archive.org]

+

6. + Brave Browser Features + [web.archive.org]

+

7. + Script Blocking Exceptions Update + [web.archive.org]

+

8. + Brave's Analytics + [web.archive.org]

+

9. + Brave's static site + [archive.is]

+
+ This article was created on 5/7/2018
+ This article was last edited on 12/30/2020 +
+

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+

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+
+ [Español] + [Polski]

+

Google Chrome is a web browser developed and distributed by Google.

@@ -124,9 +128,9 @@
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Google Chrome

- English Translation
+ [English] + [Polski]

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+ Google Chrome jest przeglądarką internetową opracowaną i rozpowszechnianą przez Google. +

+

Poziom Oprogramowania Szpiegowskiego: Ekstermalnie Wysoki

+

Google Chrome nie jest w pełni otwartoźródłowa

+

+ Większa część Google Chrome jest otwartoźródłowa, jednak nie całość, co uniemożliwa osobom sprawdzenie + przeglądarki pod kątem potencjalnych szpiegowskich funkcji które nie są ujawnione. +

+

Google Chrome śledzi historię wyszukiwań użytkownika

+

+ Google Chrome zawiera kilka funkcji szpiegowskich które odpowiadają na historię wyszukiwania użytkownika wysyłaną + na serwery Google. To jest potwierdzone w polityce prwatności[1], wyjaśniającej na + czym te funkcje polegają. +

+

+ Pierwszą funkcją szpiegowską w Google Chrome jest integracja z szpiegowską platformą "Konto Google". " Jeśli + twoje konto jest zalogowane w Google lub do Chrome a twoją domyślną wyszukiwarką internetową jest Google, + wyszukiwania wpisane w pasek adresu w Chrome są zapisywane na twoim koncie Google. " +

+

+ Google Chrome także posiada opcje szpiegowską nazwanną "Usługa przewidywania wyszukiwania". Zostało to wyjaśnione że: + "Gdy szukasz używając paska adresu w Chrome, znaki wpisane przez ciebie (póki nie wciśnięto "enter") są wysyłane + do twojej domyślnej wyszukiwarki internetowej. Jeśli Google jest twoją domyślną wyszukiwarką internetową, precyzja + jest oparta o twoją historię wyszukiwania, tematy związane z tym co piszesz i czego szukają inni ludzie." +

+

+ Jest także opcja szpiegowska "Pomoc w nawigacji" która stwierdza że: "Gdy nie możesz się połączyć z stroną + internetową, możesz uzyskać sugestie dotyczące alternatywnych stron podobnych do tej na którą nie możesz się + dostać. W celu zaoferowania tobie sugestii, Chrome prześle do Google adres URL strony którą próbujesz odwiedzić. " +

+

Google Chrome profiluje twoje użycie komputera

+

+ W polityce prywatności[1], Google szczegółowo opisuje ekstremalnie szpiegowską opcję + którą określa "Statystyki użytkowania i raporty o awariach". To, co robi, to wysyła bardzo szczegółowe informacje + o twoim sprzęcie i użyciu komputera, co potwierdza że definitywnie zawiera następujące opcje szpiegowskie:

+ +

+ Ale można to przetłumaczyć z niejasnego języka że Chrome mógłby i prawdopodobnie monitoruje, jakie masz inne + programy uruchomione. Tak czy inaczej, jest to gromadzenie dużej ilość informacji, ponieważ można je użyć do + odtworzenia co użytkownik robi na swoim komputerze przez cały czas. Chrome wyjaśnia że te informacje są zbierane + za każdym razem gdy strona chodzi zbyt "wolno" bądź gdy Google Chrome ulega awarii. +

+

Google Chrome jest zintegrowane z Google Payments

+

+ Google Payments to oprogramowanie szpiegowskie które przechwytuje twoje informacje bankowe i wysyła je do + Google.[2] Ta usługa jest zintegrowana z przeglądarką Google Chrome, co sprawia + że jest to kolejna opcjonalna funkcja w tym oprogramowaniu. +

+

Google Chrome zawiera keyloggera

+

+ Zostało to potwierdzone w różnych miejscach[3][4]. + Zasadniczo, za każdym razem gdy piszesz coś w pasek adresu, zostaje to wysłane do Google. Najwyraźniej można + to wyłączyć przez deaktywację "usługi sugestii". +

+

Google Chrome nagrywa twój głos

+

+ Potwierdzono to że Google Chrome stale nagrywa wszystkie dostępne mikrofony na twoim komputerze. Można to + znaleźć w tym oświadczeniu[5] w publikacji dotyczącej prywatności. "Głosowe & + dźwiękowe informacje mogą być gromadzone. Na przykład, jeśli twoje dziecko używa poleceń głosowych (n.p., "OK, Google" lub + dotyka ikony mikrofonu), nagranie następującej mowy/dźwięku, plus parę sekund wcześniej, + zostanie zapisane na jego koncie…" Ta funkcja jest dostępna jeśli używasz szpiegowskiej platformy + "Google Accounts" i wyraźnie informujesz Google, aby utworzył profil twojego dziecka. Niezweryfikowane jest czy + wysyłane na ich serwery informacje też odsłuchują poza tą funkcją. +

+

Google Chrome zapisuje hasła użytkowników na serwerach Google

+

+ Jakiekolwiek hasło przechowywane w "menedżerze haseł" Google Chrome jest przesyłane do Google jeśli twoje konto + jest zalogowane na szpiegowskie "Google Accounts". +

+

Google Chrome profiluje użytkowników na inne różne sposoby

+

+ Odwołując się do polityki prywatności[1], Google Chrome profiluje + jakiego rodzaju formularze internetowe wypełniasz, a także w jakim języku jest używana głównie + zawartość. Google Chrome także tworzy unikalny identyfikator dla każdej wykonywanej instalacji. + Ten unikalny identyfikator jest wysyłany do Google za każdym razem kiedy uruchamiasz przeglądarkę, + więc Google może stworzyć tożsamość opartą o ciebie tym samym naruszając prywatność. Google także + przechowywuje wszystkie twoje ustawienia na ich oficjalnych serwerach podczas używania funkcji "Google Accounts". +

+

Google Chrome to samoaktualizujące się oprogramowanie

+

+ Google Chrome zawiera aktualizator który jest ciągle uruchomiony w tle i synchronizuje się z serwerami Google + aby sprawdzać aktualizacje. Aktualizator pobiera i uruchamia niezweryfikowane pliki wykonywalne od Google podczas + aktualizacji Chrome. Usługa automatycznej aktualizacji, taka jak ta, nie może zweryfikować, czy aktualizacje nie + są oprogramowaniem szpiegującym i/lub nie zawierają dodatkowych funkcji oprogramowania szpiegującego. +

+
+
+
+
+

Further Reading:

+
    + Reasons not to use Google [web.archive.org] [archive.is] + Welcome to the Botnet. Or, The Case Against Google Chrome [web.archive.org] [archive.is] +
+
+
+
+

Sources:

+
    +
  1. Google Chrome Privacy Notice [web.archive.org] [archive.is]
    2. +
  2. Google Payments Privacy Notice [web.archive.org] +
  3. Google Chrome – Spyware? Confirmed? [web.archive.org] [archive.li]
    4. +
  4. Google Chrome a Keylogger – Privacy Concerns [web.archive.org] [archive.li]
    5. +
  5. Privacy Notice for Google Accounts Managed with Family Link (“Privacy Notice”) [web.archive.org] [archive.li]
    6. +
+
+
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Discord

- Spanish Translation + [Español]

Discord is an instant messaging application for macOS, Windows, Linux, @@ -399,16 +399,15 @@ This article was last edited on 4/11/2019

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Discord

- English Translation + [English]

Discord es un programa de mensajería instantanea disponible para MacOS, GNU/Linux, Android, Windows, Android e iOS. @@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ por si el link muere. This is a translation of the english article. It may become outdated- compare the dates on both articles.

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DuckDuckGo

- Spanish Translation + [Español]

@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ DuckDuckGo is a search engine created by Gabriel Weinberg and owned by Duck Duck This article was last edited on 9/16/2018

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DuckDuckGo

-

English Translation

+

[English]

DuckDuckGo es un motor de busqueda creado por Gabriel Weinberg y mantenido or Duck Duck Go, inc

Nivel de spyware: Posiblemente spyware

@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ This translation may become out of date. Compare dates with the english article.

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@@ -29,17 +31,17 @@ >.

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+

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Sources:

    @@ -55,22 +57,21 @@
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Mozilla Firefox

- Spanish Translation + [Español]

Mozilla Firefox is one of the most popular and longest existing @@ -271,9 +271,9 @@ they should be set too: This article was created on 11/23/2017

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Mozilla Firefox

+
+ [English]

+

Mozilla Firefox es uno de los navegadores web más populares y perdurables. Sus desarrolladores han adquirido cierta reputación por desarrollar un "navegador que respeta la privacidad y seguridad del usuario" - pero, ¿es algo justificado o sólo una estrategia de marketing? Bueno, de hecho, a través de sus años de existencia, los desarrolladores han tomado varias decisiones que podrían ser consideradas anti-privacidad (y anti-usuario en general), pero en este artículo nos estaremos enfocando exclusivamente en aquellas que pueden ser consideradas spyware. Versión testeada: 52.5.0, con la configuración por defecto. Programas usados para buscar solicitudes web: Mitmproxy.

@@ -260,8 +259,8 @@ Una mejor forma de entender esto es que Mozilla quiere pretender que incluir spy This article was created on 11/23/2017

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Godot

+

+ Godot is a videogame engine +

+

Spyware Level: Not Rated

+

+ Godot claims in its privacy policy1that they + collect the following data: + +

+ +

+

Sources

+

Godot + privacy + policy + [archive.org] +

+
+
+ This article was created on 2020-11-02
+ This article was last edited on 2020-11-02 + +

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+ + diff --git a/articles/google.html b/articles/google.html index 3e8755e..bad2d99 100644 --- a/articles/google.html +++ b/articles/google.html @@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ services when concerning user privacy. This article was last edited on 11/9/2018

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Google Search

- Spanish Translation
- Turkish Translation + [Español] + [Türk]

@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ your information, so it is really not trying to be very detailed because it woul This article was last edited on 12/12/2018

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Buscador de Google

-English Version
-Turkish Version
+[English] +[Türk]

El buscador de Google es un motor de busqueda creado y mantenido por Google

@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ Please keep this in mind when reading! It may become outdated in the future.

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Google Arama

- İspanyolca Çeviri
- English Version
+ [English] + [Español]

Google Arama tarafından oluşturulan ve yönetilen bir arama motorudur. @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ lisansı altında lisanslanmak zorundadır.

This article was translated from english on 4/8/2019. Check the dates of the english article with this one in case any changes have been made. This translation might become outdated in the future.

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+
+ World Wide Web Consortum: The maintainers of the HTTP standard +

HyperText Transmission Protocol

+

HTTP is a protocol usually used for transferring HyperText Markup Language documents accross the internet.

+

Spyware Level: Not Rated

+

HTTP is a protocol that is not designed with the privacy of its users in mind. The language used in the HTTP specification explicitly says that the protocol was designed with enabling the datamining of its users in mind, and contains features that are not absolutely necessary for the purpose of the protocol, but allow the protocol compromise user privacy.

+

"User-Agent" Datamining feature

+

Section 14.43[1] of the HTTP specification details the "User-Agent" feature of the protocol that, when implemented, will attach information about your computing enviroment that can be used to track you. The biggest danger of the User-Agent is that there is no way to anonymously opt-out of this- even if you do not provide a user-agent, because almost everyone else does, you will be tracked by the fact that you do not provide that information. There are many strategies to mitigate this, with only varying levels of success, but the problem is that this is the acceptable standard of how HTTP is used and not the forgotten feature that it should be. Not only does the User-Agent feature collect this unncessary information, its purpose is explicitly stated in the protocol specifications to aid in datamining.

+

"The User-Agent request-header field contains information about the user agent originating the request. This is for statistical purposes, the tracing of protocol violations, and automated recognition of user agents for the sake of tailoring responses to avoid particular user agent limitations. User agents SHOULD include this field with requests."

+

Acknowledgement of HTTP's privacy problem

+

In the HTTP specification, the W3C explicitly acknowledges the serious privacy violations that implementations of this protocol are capable of comitting. Section 15.1[2] of the HTTP specification has a very detailed analysis of the implications of the comprimization of privacy that the User-Agent allows to happen and suggests how to use the User-Agent feature: as an opt-in feature where the privacy concerns of using such a feature are properly explained to the user. Even though this is a good section, it shows a very naive viewpoint from the W3C, the expectation that this feature would not be abused, and the expectation that implementers of this standard would respect the privacy of their users and would not use these features of the protocol to datamine users.

+

At best, you could call this mindset naive. If you want to hold the W3C in contempt, you could call it malicious. It's easy to write in your standard that while you could use this protocol to monitor the behavior of users, you should ask for their permission. But once that standard is widely implemented, and is widely used for the exact malicious purpose that was acknowledged in its specification, who's fault is that?

+
+
+
+

Sources

+

1.Section 14 of the HTTP/1.1 Specification [web.archive.org]

+

2.Section 15 of the HTTP/1.1 Specification [web.archive.org]

+
+

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+

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GNU IceCat

- Spanish Translation + [Español]

GNU IceCat is a web browser that is a fork of Firefox. @@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ GNU IceCat is a fork of Firefox that is more private and secure than Firefox and This article was last edited on 9/18/2018

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GNU IceCat

- English Translation

+ [English]

GNU IceCat es un navegador web, derivado de Firefox. @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ GNU IceCat es un navegador web, derivado de F

GNU IceCat es una derivación de Firefox que es mas seguro y privado que Firefox, contiene muchas características que protegen la privacidad del usuario. IceCat 60 No hace conexiones no solicitadas cuando lo abres. La versión anterior tuvo problemas, pero la versión 60 no parece tener estos problemas. Puedes leer sobre la versión anterior Icecat 59 [English]

Características de privacidad de IceCat

-

Fuente: gnu.org

+

Fuente: gnu.org

LibreJS: Gnu LibreJS apunta al "Problema de JavaScript" descrito por el artículo de Richard Stallman "The JavaScript Trap."

HTTPS-Everywhere: Extensión que encripta tu comunicación con muchos sitios web, haciendo tu navegación mas segura.

@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ GNU IceCat es un navegador web, derivado de F

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Spyware Watchdog Article Catalog

All of the articles on this website are available here!

-

If you want to contribute to this website, you can always make a pull request.

+

If you want to contribute to this website, you can always make a pull request.

Web Browsers

Comparison between web browsers

- NetSurf [Mitigation Guide]

- Surf [Francais]

- Lynx

- SRWare Iron

- Slimjet

- Google Chrome - [Espanol]

+ NetSurf [Polski] [Mitigation Guide] [Poradnik Mitygacji]

+ Surf [Francais] [Polski]

+ Lynx [Polski]

+ SRWare Iron [Polski]

+ Slimjet [Polski]

+ Google Chrome [Español] [Polski]

Opera

WebDiscover

- Mozilla Firefox [Espanol] [Mitigation Guide]

[Guía de Mitigación]

+ Mozilla Firefox [Español] [Mitigation Guide] [Guía de Mitigación]

Vivaldi

Internet Explorer

Dissenter

- Waterfox

+ Waterfox Classic

Brave

Pale Moon [Mitigation Guide]

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Iridium Browser [Mitigation Guide]

GNU IceCat - [Espanol]

+ [Español]

Falkon

Otter Browser

Qutebrowser

@@ -62,21 +62,20 @@

Messaging Clients/Services

Discord - [Espanol]

+ [Español]

Mozilla Thunderbird

- Telegram

Hexchat

Search Engines

Google Search - [Espanol] - [Turkish]

+ [Español] + [Türk]

Bing

Yahoo

DuckDuckGo - [Espanol]

+ [Español]

Video Games

@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ Red Shell

Unity

Razer - [Espanol]

+ [Español]

Kerbal Space Program

GZDoom

@@ -104,6 +103,12 @@ CDex

Paint.NET

+
+

Not Spyware but Has Privacy Issues

+
+ Telegram

+ HyperText Transmission Protocol

+
diff --git a/articles/index2.html b/articles/index2.html index ef9c536..7681460 100644 --- a/articles/index2.html +++ b/articles/index2.html @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@

Online Spyware Classification Project Unfinished Article Catalog

-This is a catalog of all of the articles that are currently works-in-progress. The articles here are either unfinished, or not accurate and need to be edited before they can be added to the normal catalog. If you want to edit any of these articles, or contribute your own articles, contact us on XMPP over in spyware@conference.nuegia.net, or visit us at the git repo on Codeberg. These articles need the most help, so feel free to contribute! +This is a catalog of all of the articles that are currently works-in-progress. The articles here are either unfinished, or not accurate and need to be edited before they can be added to the normal catalog. If you want to edit any of these articles, or contribute your own articles, visit us at the git repo on Codeberg. These articles need the most help, so feel free to contribute!

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diff --git a/articles/instagram.html b/articles/instagram.html index 9388e2a..2e57675 100644 --- a/articles/instagram.html +++ b/articles/instagram.html @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Whenever a user takes a picture on a modern smartphone, GPS Coordinates are stor
  • All files on phone and files on MicroSD card
  • Phone camera
  • Phone microphone
    • -
  • Identifying device information: IEMI number, carrier, SIM status, phone number
    • +
  • Identifying device information: IMEI number, carrier, SIM status, phone number
  • Control phone vibrator motor

    • Denying the app access to: the phone owners full name, contacts stored on the phone, the phones calendar, permission to send and receive SMS messages, and identifying device information resulted in annoying nags containing some excuse as to why they would like access to said permission.

    @@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ Whenever a user takes a picture on a modern smartphone, GPS Coordinates are stor This article was last edited on 2/24/2019

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    diff --git a/articles/iridium.html b/articles/iridium.html index 652df02..ad6eac7 100644 --- a/articles/iridium.html +++ b/articles/iridium.html @@ -77,9 +77,9 @@

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    SRWare Iron Logo

    SRWare Iron

    +
    + [Polski]

    +

    SRWare Iron is a free web browser, and an implementation of Chromium by SRWare of Germany.

    @@ -177,9 +180,9 @@
    This article was last edited on 11/20/2018 -

    If you want to edit this article, or contribute your own article(s), contact us on XMPP over in spyware@conference.nuegia.net, or visit us at the git repo on Codeberg.

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    - CC0 License + CC0 License
    diff --git a/articles/iron_pl.html b/articles/iron_pl.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fdbe13e --- /dev/null +++ b/articles/iron_pl.html @@ -0,0 +1,193 @@ + + + + + + SRWare Iron — Spyware Watchdog + + + + +
    +
    ← Katalog
    +
    + SRWare Iron Logo +

    SRWare Iron

    +
    + [English]

    +
    +

    + SRWare Iron jest darmową przeglądarką internetową i implementacją Chromium stworzoną przez SRWare z Niemiec. +

    +

    Poziom Oprogramowania Szpiegowskiego: Ekstermalnie Wysoki

    +

    + SRWare Iron uważa się za przestrzegającą prywatność przeglądarkę internetową będącą alternatywą dla + Google Chrome; a dokładnie reklamuje siebie jako + przestrzegająca prywatności przeglądarka internetowa która ma dać użytkownikom działanie Chrome bez dodatków + szpiegujących od Google. Po zbadaniu Iron'a, to wszystko okazuje się być nieprawdą. + SRWare Iron łaczy się z bardzo wieloma serwerami przy pierwszym uruchomieniu. Zbiera on około + ~400-500 niepożądanych połączeń i parę minut zajęło mu aby zatrzymać + tworzenie nowych połączeń. SRWare Iron używa szpiegowskiej wyszukiwarki Bing + jako domyślnej, jednak wykracza poza to i przekierowywuje żądania do Bing przez własne serwery więc może + przechwytywać twoje wyszukiwania w internecie. Najważniejsze jest to że ta przeglądarka jest kolejną fałszywą + przeglądarką oferującą "prywatność", gdzie w rzeczywistości nie jest lepsza od Chrome. +

    +

    + Wersja 69.0.3600.0 SRWare Iron została przetestowana na 64-bitowym Windows 7. Do monitorowania zachowań + tego programu użyto MITMproxy, Microsoft Network Monitor 3.4 i Sysinternals ProcMon. +

    +

    Złudne poczcuie prywatność

    +

    + SRWare Iron na swojej stronie twierdzi że: +

    +

    + "Chrome zachwyca bardzo szybkim renderowaniem stron, lśniącym wyglądem i innowacyjnymi możliwościami. Ale jest również krytykowany przez specjalistów ds. Ochrony danych, z powodów takich jak tworzenie unikalnego identyfikatora użytkownika do jego śledzenia bądź przesyłanie wyszukiwań do Google w celu generowania sugestii. SRWare Iron jest prawdziwą alternatywą. Przeglądarka jest oparta na kodzie źródłowym Chromium i oferuje takie same opcje co Chrome, jednak bez opcji naruszających prywatność." + [1]

    +

    + W rzeczywistości wymieniasz jedną przeglądarkę pełną oprogramowania szpiegowskiego na drugą. Tam gdzie oprogramowanie szpiegowskie + Chrome zostało usunięte, oprogramowanie Irona je zastępuje. Jaką truciznę wybierasz? Najgorsze jest to że to co ludzie przeczytali + na stronie SRWare, uwierzyli w to bez robienia żadnych testów. Przykładowo + ten artykuł + [web.archive.org] + po prostu kopiuje listę porównywawczą z strony Iron bez żadnej analizy, następnie ogłaszając ją jako bezpieczna alternatywa dla Chrome. + Najodważniejszą rzeczą jest wspaniały cytat z sekcji najczęściej zadawanych pytań dla przeglądarki Iron: +

    +

    + "Czy mogę sprawdzić że Iron na serio nie wysyła żadnych prywatnych danych, jak powiedzieliście? Tak, możesz. Są narzędzia takie jak Wireshark, które skanują ruch sieciowy. Nie wykryliśmy żadnej podejrzanej aktywności. Ale ty możesz potwierdzić to własnoręcznie." + [2]

    +

    + Co jest wspaniałą perłą w kontekście tego co faktycznie można znaleźć podczas przeprowadzania testów programu. +

    +

    Ogromna ilość połączeń przy pierwszym uruchomieniu

    +

    + Kiedy uruchomisz pierwszym razem SRWare Iron, ono natychmiast odwiedzi podane strony: https://iron.start.me/us i + https://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php. Najbardziej natarczywą stroną jest domena start.me + która zaczyna ładować ogromną ilość złośliwego oprogramowania z internetu. Dokładnia ilość żądań nie została przeze mnie policzona + ale to było gdzieś w zakresie 400-500 żądań (moje oprogramowanie nie jest aż tak dokładne... lub też nie używam go tak dobrze + jak to jest możliwe). To zdjęcie (w momencie pisania wychodzi 1.06MB - prawie 1/4 wielkości strony!) + powinno dać tobie do myślenia o ilości żądań które mnie zasypały. Upłynęło trochę czasu do zakończenia otrzymywania żądań. W następnych + uruchomieniach ilość żądań była mniejsza. Iron łączy się do szpiegowskich platform takich jak Google Analytics i Piwik oraz wykonywuje + własne skrypty JavaScript. Są tu wiele niepotrzebnych połączeń do Google Analytics więc prawdopodobnie to znaczy że wiele firm może + wysłać własne skrypty analizujące za pośrednictwem strony głównej. W ten sposób dokładnie pobierają twój ruch oraz profilują twoją przeglądarkę + i komputer w momencie w którym zaczynasz przeglądać internet z twoją nową "szanującą prywatność" przeglądarką aby te wszystkie firmy + reklamowe mogły cię śledzić wszędzie gdzie jesteś! +

    +

    + Podczas sprawdzania połączenia przeglądarki w Network Monitor 3.4, można zobaczyć że Iron łączy się z dużą ilością + serwerów, mimo że łączyło się z tylko dwiema domenami. Ten zrzut ekranu nie ukazuje + wszystkich adresów IP z którymi się połączono, ale powinien dać ci do myślenia. +

    +

    + Żeby nie było żadnej niejasności, to powiadomienie jest pokazywane kiedy włączysz stronę główną: +

    +

    + "Używamy cookies do personalizacji treści i reklam, zapewniania funkcji + sieci społeczenościowych i analizowania naszego ruchu. Udostępniamy także + informacje na temat używania naszej strony naszym partnerom w zakresie mediów + społecznościowych, reklamy i analizy, którzy mogą je łączyć z innymi informacjami + które zostały im przekazane przez użytkownika bądź też które zostały zebrane w + wyniku korzystania z ich usług." +

    +

    + Tylko po to żeby nie było wątpliwości - dostajesz śledzące cookies przez firmy reklamowe. +

    +

    Przekierowywanie wyszukań internetowych przez domenę programistów

    +

    + Po tym jak twoja przeglądarka zostanie zidentyfikowana przez każdą szpiegującą firmę, możesz zacząć przeglądać internet z + twojej nowej przeglądarki SRWare Iron. Domyślna wyszukiwarka to szpiegujący Bing. + Jednak, nie wystarczy wskazać tylko na szpiegowską wyszukiwarkę... gdy spróbujjesz wyszukać na Bing, to się właśnie dzieje: +

    + SRWare Iron przekierowywuje przez swoje serwery +

    + W zasadzie, za każdym razem kiedy wyszukujesz przez tą przeglądarkę, twoje wyszukiwania są wysyłane przez serwery + programistów. Więc, programiści przeglądarki tym sposobem mogą znać twoją historię przeglądania. Twoje wyszukiwania + są także wysyłane przez wisesearches.com, ale nie wiem kim oni są. Więc teraz zamiast dawać twoją historię + wyszukiwania do jednej szpiegowskiej firmy - Google, możesz dawać aż trzem szpiegowskim firmom przechodząc do tej przeglądarki. + To jest bardzo podobna taktyka do tej używanej przez szpiegowską przeglądarkę Slimjet, + gdzie przekierowywuje zapytania z Bing przez własne domeny. +

    +

    Cel programistów SRWare Iron?

    +

    + Jeśli zagłębisz się w proces powstawania SRWare Iron, możesz znaleźć kilka interesujących informacji od niektórych programistów Chrome + o celach stworzenia tego forka. A dokładniej - ta bardzo ciekawa konwersacja:[3] +

    + + <Kmos> Iron: dlaczego nie przyczynimy się do Chrome, tylko forkujesz ? + <Iron> ponieważ usunąłem cały kod związany z prywatnością + <Iron> n.p. śledzenie akceleratora pobierania (RLZ) + <Iron> i śledzenie URL co 5 sekund po uruchomieniu + <Iron> oryginalny chrome mocno integruje się z google...nie cierpię tego + <jamessan> wszyscy mają mieć opcje aby wyłączyć śledzenie, jeśli dobrze pamiętam + <Iron> tak ale oni nie mają tych opcji + <Iron> i nikt nie wie kiedy następna beta zostanie wydana + <jamessan> więc popracuj na dodaniem opcji wyłączenia śledzenia żeby była w następnym wydaniu + <mgreenblatt> Iron.. dlaczego by nie zaproponować poprawki bazującej na preprocesorze definiującym który wyłącza sekcje których nie lubisz bez forkowania kodu? + <mgreenblatt> (zakładając, że coś takiego obecnie nie istnieje) + <Iron> ponieważ fork przyciągnie dużo rozgłosu dla mojej osoby i mojej strony + <Iron> to znaczy: dużo pieniędzy również ;) + <Kmos> rotflol + <Iron> co oznacza rotful? + <mgreenblatt> Iron.. jesteś dużą korporacją która może poświęcić czas na rozwój forka czegoś tak skomplikowanego jak chromium? + <Kmos> Iron: wygoogluj o tym + <Iron> tak, mam wystarczająco dużo czasu aby go rozwijać + <jamessan> heh, oczekujesz aby zrobić dużą ilość pieniędzy z zrobienia forka chromium? to jest całkiem zabawne + <Iron> nie wezmę pieniędzy na mój fork + <Iron> ale posiadam adsense na mojej stronie ;) + <Iron> dużo odwiedzających -> dużo kliknięć > dużo pieniędzy ;) + <Kmos> i czy uważasz że google powinno wspierać twojego forka + <Kmos> lol + <mgreenblatt> Iron.. zawsze dobrze jest mieć marzenia ;-) + <Iron> jesteśmy w niemczech + <Iron> prasa będzie kochać mojego forka + <Iron> rozmawiałem już z wieloma dziennikarzami + <DrPizza> Dlaczego forkujesz? + <DrPizza> do czego? + <Iron> aby usunąć wszystkie rzeczy w kodzie odwoływujące się do google ;) + <jamessan> by zdobyć sławę i fortunę + <Iron> nikt tutaj nie ufa google + <Iron> niemieckie społeczeństwo mówi że google jest bardzo złe + <jamessan> ale używasz adsense od google + +

    + Więc to może rozwiać wątpliwości... motywacją istnienia tej przeglądarki jest zarabianie na + prywatności przez generowanie ruchu do strony Iron'a, gdzie on może robić pieniądze przez + serwowanie szpiegowskiego oprogramowania użytkownikom, tym samym którzy chcieli od szkodliwego + oprogramowania uciec. Potem jego fork zostaje naładowany całego sortu szpiegowskim oprogramowaniem + od innych firm... z których pewnie też zarabia trochę pieniędzy. (po co inaczej miałby poświęcać + czas na integrowanie tego wszystkiego z jego przeglądarką? Możemy tylko spekulować.) + W końcu jest całkiem jasne że ta przeglądarka to ogromny przekręt i nie powinno się jej używać. +

    +
    +
    +
    +
    +

    Sources:

    +
      +
    1. + SRWare Iron: The Browser of the future — Overview + [web.archive.org] + [archive.is]
      +
      2. +
    2. + SRWare Iron: The Browser of the future — Frequently asked questions + [web.archive.org] + [archive.is]
      +
      3. +
    3. + The story of Iron + [web.archive.org]
      +
      4. +
    +
    +
    + This article was last edited on 11/20/2018 + +

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    + + + diff --git a/articles/itunes.html b/articles/itunes.html index f562de4..882fb9a 100644 --- a/articles/itunes.html +++ b/articles/itunes.html @@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ So, there can be no illusion or mistake about what happens to the information yo This article was last edited on 5/12/2018

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    diff --git a/articles/ksp.html b/articles/ksp.html index a1c0ad8..abec6a8 100644 --- a/articles/ksp.html +++ b/articles/ksp.html @@ -174,9 +174,9 @@ This article was last updated on 5/30/2018

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    diff --git a/articles/lynx.html b/articles/lynx.html index baa7636..5a7b20b 100644 --- a/articles/lynx.html +++ b/articles/lynx.html @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ + Lynx - Spyware Watchdog @@ -16,6 +17,9 @@
    Lynx Logo

    Lynx

    +
    + [Polski]

    +

    Lynx is a text browser for the World Wide Web.

    Spyware Level: Not Spyware

    Lynx makes no unsolicited requests at all.

    @@ -27,10 +31,10 @@

    This article was created on 4/6/2020

    This article was lasted edited on 10/7/2020

    -

    If you want to contribute to this website, you can always make a pull request.

    +

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    - CC0 License + CC0 License
    - \ No newline at end of file + diff --git a/articles/lynx_pl.html b/articles/lynx_pl.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..31fd84b --- /dev/null +++ b/articles/lynx_pl.html @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ + + + + + + + + + Lynx - Spyware Watchdog + + + +
    +
    + ← Katalog +
    +
    + Lynx Logo +

    Lynx

    +
    + [English]

    +
    +

    Lynx jest tekstową przeglądarką internetową.

    +

    Poziom Oprogramowania Szpiegowskiego: Brak oprogramowania szpiegowskiego

    +

    Lynx nie wysyła żadnych niepożądanych żądań.

    +

    Jest także w pełni otwartym oprogramowaniem licencjonowanym na licencji GPLv2.

    +
    +

    Further Reading

    +

    lynx.browser.org

    +
    +

    This article was created on 4/6/2020

    +

    This article was lasted edited on 10/7/2020

    +
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    + + diff --git a/articles/netsurf.html b/articles/netsurf.html index 2695827..0f30e09 100644 --- a/articles/netsurf.html +++ b/articles/netsurf.html @@ -10,7 +10,10 @@
    ← Catalog
    Images are in the ../images folder -

    Netsurf

    +

    Netsurf

    +
    + [Polski]

    +

    From their website: "NetSurf is a multi-platform web browser for RISC OS, UNIX-like platforms (including Linux), Mac OS X, and more" [1] Version Tested: Netsurf 3.9

    @@ -27,9 +30,9 @@
    -

    If you want to edit this article, or contribute your own article(s), contact us on XMPP over in spyware@conference.nuegia.net, or visit us at the git repo on Codeberg.

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    +
    ← Katalog
    +
    + Obrazy są w folderze ../images +

    Netsurf

    +
    + [English]

    +
    +

    + Z ich strony internetowej: "NetSurf jest wieloplatformową przeglądarką internetową dla RISC OS, platform podobnych do UNIX-owych (w tym Linux), Mac OS X i innych" [1] Wersja testowana: Netsurf 3.9 +

    +

    Poziom Oprogramowania Szpiegowskiego: Niski

    +

    Po uruchomieniu Netsurf zwraca się z prośbą o otrzymanie ikony domyślnej wyszukiwarki, którą jest Google. Zostało to przetestowane za pomocą mitmproxy. Poza tym, nie ma żadnych niepożądanych żądań. Po zastosowaniu się do poradnika mitygacji, to oprogramowanie nie jest oprogramowaniem szpiegowskim.

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    Otter Browser makes no unsolicited requests at all. It is fully open source. The developers, also, don't plan to include any spyware "features" in the future. This seems like a true privacy-based web browser (at least for now).

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    -Qutebrowser makes no unsolicited requests at all. It is also fully open source. This web browser is a great choice to use, and there is -nothing to complain about from a privacy standpoint. (although I don't really know how to use the User Interface that well...) So far this browser looks like it can stand tall in the ranks of the other privacy-respecting web browsers out there. -

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    Qutebrowser makes no unsolicited requests at all. It is also libre software. This web browser is a great choice to use, and there is nothing to complain about from a privacy standpoint. (although I don't really know how to use the User Interface that well...) So far this browser looks like it can stand tall in the ranks of the other privacy-respecting web browsers out there.

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    + Slimjet jest klonem przeglądarki internetowej SlimBrowser od FlashPeak która wykorzystuje kod źródłowy Chromium. +

    +

    Poziom Oprogramowania Szpiegowskiego: Ekstermalnie Wysoki

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    + Na swojej stronie internetowej Slimjet twierdzi że jest bardzo zaangażowana w dbanie o prywatność użytkownika i blokuje śledzenie Google, w przeciwieństwie do Google Chrome[1]. Jednak, to twierdzenie jest nieprawdziwe. Slimjet stale wysyła informacje do Google i łączy się z ich + usługami. Slimjet twierdzi że obawia się o prywatność ale ostatecznie zachowuje prawie wszystkie funkcje szpiegowskie znalezione w Google Chrome, jak również dodatkowe śledzenie dodane przez FlashPoint. W ten sposób, Slimjet udaje się zaimplementować całe oprogramowanie szpiegowskie które można znaleźć w przeglądarkach takich jak Google Chrome, z wyjątkiem tego że zamiast do jednej firmy która posiada te informacje, jest ono podzielone na kilka firm... +

    +

    Kontakt do domu

    +

    + Mimo że na swojej stronie internetowej FlashPeak twierdzi że: "Slimjet nie wysyła żadnych danych do Google jak Chrome."[1] + w momencie kiedy uruchamiam Slimjet przy uruchomionym MITMproxy, zostaje powitany tym: +

    + Slimjet wysyła żądania do każdego rodzaju usług Google +

    + Więc, to twierdzenie najzwyczajniej w świecie jest nieprawdziwe. Wciąż Slimjet posiada szpiegowskie rzeczy Google, skoro ciągle łączy się z różnymi usługami Google. Zaskakujące jest to że wciąż nie połączono mnie z żadnym serwerem FlashPeak gdy to testuję. Mimo to, FlashPeak twierdzi że zbiera informacje o swoich użytkownikach do wewnętrznego użytku.[2] Więc, musi to być kontakt do domu jak również wysyłanie informacji do Google. Może wysyła informacje przez jakąś usługę Google? +

    +

    Domyślna wyszukiwarka internetowa w Slimjet to szpieg

    +

    + Domyślną wyszukiwarką internetową jest Bing, która sprzedaje twoje informacje do reklamodawców. Jeśli to + nie wystarcza, wyszukiwanie jest "serwowane przez fpseek.com" co oznacza że nie tylko ujawniasz swoje informacje dla Bing, ale one są + również przechwytywane przez fpseek, który ma własną politykę prywatności[3]. Za każdym razem gdy szukasz coś przez + domyślną wyszukiwarkę, twoje żądania są wysyłane jednocześnie do Bing i fpseek. +

    + Połączenie z fspeek +

    + Więc, nie tylko udostępniasz wszystkie dane Microsoftowi, teraz jeszcze inna firma przegląda twoje wyszukiwania. To jest wyjątkowo zła + domyślna wyszukiwarka internetowa z powodu ilości wycieku informacji. Fpseek samo w sobie jest firmą która wydaje się szpiegować w jaki + sposób użytkownicy wchodzą w interakcję z reklamami, i twierdzi że zbiera dane o użytkownikach do: +

    +

    + "...utrzymania i ulepszania jakości i działanie oprogramowania i usług, w tym, monitorowania wyświetlania i interakcji z reklamami, wynikami wyszukiwania oraz innymi usługami i produktami dostarczanych przez firmę." + [3]

    +

    + Więc, wygląda na to że twoje wyszukiwania są wysyłane do dwóch firm reklamowych zamiast do jednej. Przynajmniej wtedy gdy wyszukiwarka internetowa + zostanie zmieniona na alternatywną, taką jak DuckDuckGo, żądania do fpseek ustają. +

    +

    Zbieranie informacji o użytkownikach

    +

    + Slimjet twierdzi że zbiera "pewne anonimowe informacje dotyczące statystyk używania funkcji", oraz twierdzi że nie przechwytuje twojego + adresu IP bądź sprzedaje te informacje do reklamodawców. Jednak, to ciągle jest szpiegowskie oprogramowanie typu opt-out. +

    +

    Korzystanie z usługi BITS Microsoftu do wysyłania historii wyszukiwania na serwery Google

    +

    + Gdy uruchamiasz Slimjet, zacznie on używać BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service) które zostało zaprojektowane do używania wolnej przepustowności + aby przesyłać aktualizacje i inne informacje. Te żądania są przesyłane między Slimjet a serwerem Google, z potwierdzeniem z Process Monitor i MITMproxy: +

    + Bits1 + Bits2 + Bits3 +

    + Prywatne informacje zostały ocenzurowane z tych zdjęć. Nie jest jasne do czego to służy, ale prawdopodobnie jest to robione w celu zaimplementowania + "SYNCHRONIZACJI ZAKŁADEK I DANYCH" która jest reklamowana na stronie Slimjet. Prawdopodobnie w ten sposób przesyłają całą twoją historię wyszukiwania i zakładki do swojej chmury, która wygląda na dostarczoną przez Google. Nie ma innych opcji ani żądań które wymagają dużych ilości danych do przesłania na inny serwer tą drogą, więc przez proces eliminacji to jest moja teoria, jak to zostało zaimplementowane. +

    + funkcja synchronizacji w chmurze +

    + Oczywiście można powiedzieć że każdy rodzaj usługi synchronizującej historię wyszukiwania "w chmurze" to koszmar prywatności. Teraz zarówno Google jak i Slimjet mają dostęp do twojej historii przeglądania... +

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    From their website: "surf is a simple web browser based on WebKit2/GTK+. It is able to display websites and follow links."[1] Program tested: v2.0 for Linux. Mitmproxy was used to check for connections. @@ -35,9 +36,9 @@

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    D'apres le site de Suckless: "surf est un navigateur simple basé sur WebKit2/GTK+. Il peut afficher des sites web et suivre des liens."[1] Testé: version 2.0 pour Linux. Mitmproxy a été utilisé pour vérifier les connections.

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    + Z ich strony internetowej: "surf" to prosta przeglądarka internetowa oparta na WebKit2/GTK+. Jest ona w stanie wyświetlać strony internetowe i podążać za linkami."[1] Program przetestowany: v2.0 dla Linuksa. Do sprawdzania połączeń użyto Mitmproxy. +

    +

    Poziom Oprogramowania Szpiegowskiego: Brak Oprogramowania Szpiegowskiego

    +

    + Surf nie wysyła żadnych niepożądanych żądań. + Jest to również w pełni wolne oprogramowanie na licencji expat. Zostało ono przetestowane w połączeniu z tabbed, kolejnym oprogramowaniem stworzonym przez tych samych ludzi do użytku z surf, dodaje wsparcie dla kart. Z punktu widzenia prywatności, ta przeglądarka jest doskonałym wyborem. +

    +

    Surf wymaga serwerów proxychains, aby połączyć się z Tor, ponieważ obsługuje on tylko proxy HTTP, a nie SOCKS (czyli to, czego używa Tor).

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    -Telegram has some spyware features in it such as the telephone number verification, and routing communications through official Telegram servers in most cases. However, Telegram contains privacy features and claims to not collect any user information[1]. -

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    -Telegram features the more modern spyware feature that requires the user to associate their persistent user identity with a telephone number. This is obviously a breach of privacy, because Telegram requires the user to disclose this personal information. -

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    Centralized communication routing

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    -Telegram does not use peer-to-peer or private servers for the majority of its communications. This means that Telegram is capable of logging all of the communications you send through its service, unless you opt to only use the Peer-to-Peer features of Telegram. Centralized communication routing has a high potential to be spyware. Telegram attempts to use Peer-to-Peer communication for Voice Calls, but it may disclose IP address to the counterpart. Telegram claims in its privacy policy[1] that it does not collect any information, but it is impossible to prove this. -

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    -Telegram's server software is closed source and Telegram does not distribute its server software. There is no way for other people to host their own Telegram services because -of this, meaning that the servers that the developers operate are the only choice for using this messaging platform. -

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    Telegram does not follow its GPLv2 Obligations

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    -Telegram clients are advertised as free software, but in practice the source code is not immediately accessible[2], the delay sometimes being up to 5 months. So, unknown spyware features could be in the official Telegram client binaries that you download, without you knowing. It's recommended that you build an outdated version of telegram from its source code, since it's not provable whether or not the binaries that are distributed have unknown spyware or not. -

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    - 1. - Telegram Privacy Policy - [web.archive.org] - [archive.is]
    - - 2. - Where are the sources of the latest releases? - [archive.li]
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    - This article was last edited on 2/18/2019 -

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    Telegram is an instant messaging program that allows you to send text, images, videos and also any other files to other Telegram users.

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    Spyware Level: Not Rated

    +

    Telegram has some privacy problems such as the telephone number verification, and routing communications through official Telegram servers in most cases. However, Telegram contains privacy features and claims to not collect any user information[1].

    +

    Telephone Number Required

    +

    Telegram features the more modern spyware feature that requires the user to associate their persistent user identity with a telephone number. This is obviously a breach of privacy, because Telegram requires the user to disclose this personal information.

    +

    Centralized communication routing

    +

    Telegram does not use peer-to-peer or private servers for the majority of its communications. This means that Telegram is capable of logging all of the communications you send through its service, unless you opt to only use the Peer-to-Peer features of Telegram. Centralized communication routing has a high potential to be spyware. Telegram attempts to use Peer-to-Peer communication for Voice Calls, but it may disclose IP address to the counterpart. Telegram claims in its privacy policy.[1] that it does not collect any information, but it is impossible to prove this.

    +

    Telegram's server software is closed source and Telegram does not distribute its server software. There is no way for other people to host their own Telegram services because of this, meaning that the servers that the developers operate are the only choice for using this messaging platform.

    +

    Telegram does not follow its GPLv2 Obligations

    +

    Telegram clients are advertised as free software, but in practice the source code is not immediately accessible.[2], the delay sometimes being up to 5 months. So, unknown spyware features could be in the official Telegram client binaries that you download, without you knowing. It's recommended that you build an outdated version of telegram from its source code, since it's not provable whether or not the binaries that are distributed have unknown spyware or not.

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    1.Telegram Privacy Policy [web.archive.org]

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    2.Where are the sources of the latest releases? [web.archive.org]

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    Waterfox

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    -Waterfox is a web browser that is a fork of Firefox. -

    -

    Spyware Level: High

    -

    -Waterfox is a fork of Firefox that claims to be more private and secure -than Firefox. However, Waterfox contains telemetry and shares -information about you with Mozilla, and has other spyware features. -

    -

    Waterfox connects to spyware services when it is first run

    -

    - If you start up Waterfox for the first time, it will make 109 requests[5] to several spyware platforms, most notably - Google Analytics, and Mozilla online services like its Geolocation service, and several other Mozilla services, as - well as Waterfox's own update service. You can look at a list of these requests - here or on a mirror here. -

    -

    Waterfox has a communication problem

    -

    - There has been some controversy over Waterfox's privacy policy[1]. - At the time of writing, it claims that Waterfox sends "Webpage data - to Google's SafeBrowsing service," meaning that at one point, both Google -and Waterfox were spying on all of your internet activity. However, -according to this reddit thread[2], - this is no longer true: therefore, Waterfox's privacy policy does not - necessarily reflect what information the browser currently collects. - The lack of detail and clarity in the privacy policy is also very - concerning. For example, in the abovementioned section titled "Webpage - data to Google's SafeBrowsing service," there are links to a Firefox - Knowledge Base article and Google's privacy policy, neither of which - actually explain what data is sent by Waterfox to Google. If this were - still accurate, it would have some serious privacy implications (and - would certainly bump up the spyware rating of this program). An - inaccurate and outdated privacy policy — i.e. one that does not - correctly explain what information is being shared — is - a serious red flag for any privacy-conscious user. -

    -

    Waterfox "phones home" with information about your computer whenever you start it up

    -

    -According to its privacy policy[1], Waterfox collects the following information by default: -

    - -

    -Waterfox shares this information with Mozilla and will collect this information every time you launch Waterfox. -

    -

    Waterfox offers spyware search engines to its users and uses Bing as its default search engine

    -

    -By default Waterfox is using the spyware search engine Bing. -Why would a privacy-based Web Browser offer this search engine by default? The other offered search engines are not much better- we have the option of searching with Google, -which also logs your internet searches, and Ecosia, which also logs your internet searches (but it gives them to Bing). Luckily there are some more private search engines offered, -like StartPage and DuckDuckGo. What is concerning is the attitude that the developer of Waterfox has towards these spyware search engines: -

    -

    - "Bing is actually quite good for privacy as well (let's not forget Mozilla even suggested them as a more privacy focused search back in 2009)."[3] -

    -

    -It's very clear that while the browser advertises itself as very privacy focused, the actual words and actions of the developers aren't consistent with this claim. -

    -

    Waterfox sends all website notifications through Mozilla's servers

    -

    -If you enable notifications on a website, all of those messages will -be sent through Mozilla's servers. According to Waterfox's privacy policy[1], -Mozilla cannot see the content of said messages. However, Mozilla will -receive the following information: -

    - -

    -So, Mozilla can see who is sending notifications, when these notifications -are being sent, how many notifications are sent, and how many websites you -have enabled notifications on. Waterfox collects all of the above, and -additionally sees your IP address for each notification sent. -

    -

    Waterfox is integrated into the "Firefox Accounts" spyware platform

    -

    -The "Firefox Accounts" platform allows you to sync a lot of sensitive -information, such as your internet history, across all of your devices. -This is, of course, all being stored on Mozilla's servers.[4] -This feature -is opt-in spyware, but it should still be mentioned. -If you don't want your internet history to be uploaded to Mozilla servers, -don't use this feature. -

    -

    Waterfox is self updating software

    -

    -Self updates are a spyware feature since they are usually ways for the developer of a program to put spyware into their software without presenting it in a prominent way -where the user can understand what they are giving up when they download the update. Given Waterfox's bad communication, this is especially likely to happen. -

    -
    -
    -

    Sources

    -

    - - 1. - Improve security for users everywhere - [web.archive.org] - [archive.li]
    - - 2. - What happened to Waterfox's devotion to user privacy? - [web.archive.org] - [archive.li]
    - - 3. - Waterfox and Ecosia — Privacy Concerns - [web.archive.org] - [archive.is]
    - - 4. - Access Mozilla Services with Firefox Account - [archive.li]
    - - 5. - How to choose a browser for everyday use? - [web.archive.org] - [archive.is]
    - -

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    - This article was last edited on 6/2/2018 -

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    Waterfox Classic

    +

    Version tested was 2020.10.

    +

    + Waterfox is a web browser that is a fork of Firefox. +

    +

    Spyware Level: High

    +

    + Waterfox is a fork of Firefox that claims to be more private and secure + than Firefox. However, Waterfox contains telemetry and shares + information about you with Mozilla, and has other spyware features. +

    +

    Waterfox connects to spyware services when it is first run

    +

    + If you start up Waterfox for the first time, it will make 55 requests[4] to several spyware platforms, notably + Matomo, and Mozilla online services like its Geolocation service, and several other Mozilla services, as + well as Waterfox's own update service. You can look at a list of these requests + here. +

    +

    Waterfox offers spyware search engines to its users and uses Bing as its default search engine

    +

    + By default Waterfox is using the spyware search engine Bing. + Why would a privacy-based Web Browser offer this search engine by default? The other offered search engines are not much better- we have the option of searching with Google, + which also logs your internet searches, and Ecosia, which also logs your internet searches (but it gives them to Bing). The developers attitude towards these search engines is concerning: +

    +

    + "Bing is actually quite good for privacy as well (let's not forget Mozilla even suggested them as a more privacy focused search back in 2009)."[2] +

    +

    + It's very clear that while the browser advertises itself as very privacy focused, the actual words and actions of the developers aren't consistent with this claim. +

    +

    Waterfox is integrated into the "Firefox Accounts" spyware platform

    +

    + The "Firefox Accounts" platform allows you to sync a lot of sensitive + information, such as your internet history, across all of your devices. + This is, of course, all being stored on Mozilla's servers.[3] + This feature + is opt-in spyware, but it should still be mentioned. + If you don't want your internet history to be uploaded to Mozilla servers, + don't use this feature. +

    +

    Waterfox is self updating software

    +

    + Self updates are a spyware feature since they are usually ways for the developer of a program to put spyware into their software without presenting it in a prominent way + where the user can understand what they are giving up when they download the update. +

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    Further Reading:

    +
      +
    1. https://www.waterfox.net/privacy + [web.archive.org]
      2. +
    2. https://www.waterfox.net/legal + [web.archive.org]
      3. +
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    +
    +
    +

    Sources:

    +
      +
    1. + What happened to Waterfox's devotion to user privacy? + [web.archive.org] + [archive.li]
      +
      2. +
    2. + Waterfox and Ecosia — Privacy Concerns + [web.archive.org] + [archive.is]
      +
      3. +
    3. + Access Mozilla Services with Firefox Account + [archive.li]
      +
      4. +
    4. + All the requests made (mitmproxy) +
      5. +
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    + This article was created prior to 6/2/2018
    + This article was last edited on 12/27/2020 +

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    - Web Browser (aka Werefox) is a browser originally based on Pale Moon. - -

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    Spyware Level: Not Spyware

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    - Web Browser makes no unsolicited requests at all. - It is also fully open source.[1] It is a great choice for everyday use and due to it being based on Pale Moon, it has access to all of the XUL plugins available. -

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    Web Browser is a browser originally based on Pale Moon.

    +

    Spyware Level: Not Spyware

    +

    Web Browser makes no unsolicited requests at all. It is also fully open source.[1] It is a great choice for everyday use and due to it being based on Pale Moon, it has access to all of the XUL plugins available.

    +
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    +
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    Sources

    +

    1.Project's homepage

    +
    +

    This article was created on 4/3/20

    +

    This article was lasted edited on 10/11/2020

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    Back to catalog

    diff --git a/guides/netsurf.html b/guides/netsurf.html index b01d5b5..a5c252f 100644 --- a/guides/netsurf.html +++ b/guides/netsurf.html @@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
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    If you want to edit this article, or contribute your own article(s), contact us on XMPP over in spyware@conference.nuegia.net, or visit us at the git repo on Codeberg.

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    If you want to edit this article, or contribute your own article(s), visit us at the git repo on Codeberg.

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    + Obrazy są w folderze ../images +

    Netsurf Poradnik Mitygacji

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    + Ten poradnik został przetestowany przy użyciu Netsurf 3.9. +

    +
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    Poziom Oprogramowania Szpiegowskiego: Niski → Brak oprogramowania szpiegowskiego

    +

    Metoda Mitygacji 1:

    +

    Ta metoda jest dość prosta, zmień domyślną wyszukiwarkę, a żądanie do google nie będzie się już odbywać, jeśli chcesz, możesz to zrobić przy odłączonym Internecie, co uniemożliwi pierwsze żądanie.

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    Metoda Mitygacji 2:

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    Ta metoda jest nieco bardziej skomplikowana, używamy łatki do kodu źródłowego, aby zmienić domyślną wyszukiwarkę (a także usunąć opcje nie przyjazne dla prywatności). Wystarczy zastosować tę łatkę do kodu źródłowego i ponownie skompilować.

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    Źródła

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      + 1.Patch [web.archive.org] [archive.is]
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    If you want to edit this article, or contribute your own article(s), visit us at the git repo on Codeberg.

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    All contributions must be licensed under the CC0 license to be accepted.

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    + + + diff --git a/guides/palemoon.html b/guides/palemoon.html index 20fc95f..ec650ce 100644 --- a/guides/palemoon.html +++ b/guides/palemoon.html @@ -69,9 +69,9 @@

    - If you want to edit this article, or contribute your own article(s), contact us on XMPP over in spyware@conference.nuegia.net, or visit us at the git repo on Codeberg. All contributions must be licensed under the CC0 license to be accepted. + If you want to edit this article, or contribute your own article(s), visit us at the git repo on Codeberg. All contributions must be licensed under the CC0 license to be accepted.

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    Many "everyday" applications are actually spyware. We take an expansive and strict stance on what constitutes spyware. We define spyware as anything that includes "telemetry, information collection, phoning home, automatic updates, or is listening in".

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    This website contains articles on popular programs and internet services explaining spyware features, so that potential users can be aware of the information they may be giving away by downloading or using spyware, using easy to understand ratings, detailed explanations, and proof, of how features of these programs can spy on the user.

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    Many "everyday" applications are actually spyware. We take an expansive and strict stance on what constitutes spyware. We define spyware as anything that includes telemetry, phoning home, automatic updates or is listening in without user knowledge/consent.

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    This website contains articles on popular programs and explaining the spyware features found in them, so that potential users can be aware of the information they may be giving away by downloading or using spyware, using easy to understand ratings, detailed explanations, and proof, of how features of these programs can spy on the user.

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    If you want to contribute to this website, you can always make a pull request.

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    Clearnet #3 (nuegia)

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    Clearnet #4 (GitLab pages: xgqt.gitlab.io)*

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    Tor #1 (v3)

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    Tor #2 (v2)

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    Tor #3 (v3)

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    Tor #4 (v3)

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    Freenet

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    Zeronet

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    I2P #1

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    I2P #2

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    *This mirror uses Cloudflare. If you want to learn more about it, you can go here. The repository the link provides is a work in progress aiming to be more professional-like. However, it should give you a general idea on potential issues with Cloudflare.

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    This website has a git repo.

    History

    Spyware Watchdog was maintained and contributed to by The Founder of the Site between Nov 22nd, 2017 and May 10th, 2019. After which the site was put on hiatus for a while, before being handed over to Digdeeper in early 2020. It was then transferred to a git repository!

    diff --git a/style.css b/style.css index a8f68c3..c2fa55c 100644 --- a/style.css +++ b/style.css @@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ xmp { .yellowgreen { color: #c8e63c; } -.yellow { - color: #ffff00; +.white { + color: white; } .orange { color: #ff6100; @@ -169,3 +169,7 @@ xmp { .lime { color: lime; } + +.yellow { + color: yellow; +} \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/wip/signal.html b/wip/signal.html index 80d301a..cf111d7 100644 --- a/wip/signal.html +++ b/wip/signal.html @@ -16,12 +16,55 @@

    You cannot create an account in Signal without giving it your phone number.

    Signal is not completly Peer-To-Peer

    Signal claims to be a Peer-To-Peer messenger. But this is not true because Signal stores your phone number in the servers.1

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    Signal has the decryption keys of their messages

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    + The Signal legal terms3 claims they have the + decryption keys:
    + + "Additional technical information is stored on our servers, + including randomly generated authentication tokens, keys, push + tokens, and other material that is necessary to establish + calls and transmit messages. Signal limits this additional + technical information to the minimum required to operate the + Services." + +
    + It also says it would give info to the government and law + enforcement agencies:
    + + Third Parties. We work with third parties to provide some of our + Services. For example, our Third-Party Providers send a + verification code to your phone number when you register for our + Services. These providers are bound by their Privacy Policies to + safeguard that information. If you use other Third-Party + Services like YouTube, Spotify, Giphy, etc. in connection with + our Services, their Terms and Privacy Policies govern your use + of those services. + +
    + Please note the "Services like youtube, spotify, giphy". Those + sites are in the Signal source code4, so they can spy + on you. + + Then, we have this:
    + + Other instances where Signal may need to share your data + + To meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request. + To enforce applicable Terms, including investigation of potential violations. + To detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security, or technical issues. + To protect against harm to the rights, property, or safety of Signal, our users, or the public as required or permitted by law. + +
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    Further reading

    Signal considered harmful

    References

    1: A Look Into Signal’s Encrypted Profiles

    2: Request: Google Play signed download alternative

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    3: https://signal.org/legal/

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    4: https://signal.org/blog/signal-and-giphy-update/