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    malware-cars.html
    malware-games.html
    malware-mobiles.html
    proprietary-addictions.html
    proprietary.html
    proprietary-surveillance.html

diff -rNU2 malware-cars.html malware-cars.html
--- malware-cars.html   2021-01-12 05:03:22.087169191 +0000
+++ malware-cars.html   2021-01-13 05:02:29.081099915 +0000
@@ -294,5 +294,5 @@
     data remotely and determine the car's location
     at any time. (See Section 2, paragraphs b and c of the <a
-    
href="http://www.teslamotors.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/tmi_privacy_statement_external_6-14-2013_v2.pdf";>
+    
href="https://www.tesla.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/en_US/tmi_privacy_statement_external_6-14-2013_v2.pdf";>
     privacy statement</a>.) The company says it doesn't store this
     information, but if the state orders it to get the data and hand it
@@ -374,5 +374,5 @@
      Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. -->
 
-<p>Copyright &copy; 2017-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
+<p>Copyright &copy; 2017-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
 
 <p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
@@ -384,5 +384,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/10/17 07:26:23 $
+$Date: 2021/01/12 08:55:35 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 malware-games.html malware-games.html
--- malware-games.html  2021-01-12 05:03:22.087169191 +0000
+++ malware-games.html  2021-01-13 05:02:29.085099915 +0000
@@ -248,10 +248,11 @@
 
   <li id="M201604040">
-    <p>Many popular mobile games are based on the
-    gacha system, which has been turning phones into
-    slot machines ever since 2010. The &ldquo;complete
-    gacha&rdquo; variant was declared illegal in Japan in 2012, but <a
+    <p>Many popular mobile games include a random-reward system called
+    <a href="#gacha"><i>gacha</i></a> which is especially effective on
+    children. One variant of gacha was declared illegal in Japan in 2012,
+    but the other variants are still <a
     
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2016/04/04/japanese-mobile-gaming-still-cant-shake-off-the-spectre-of-exploitation/";>
-    the legal variants are still exploiting users</a>.</p>
+    luring players into compulsively spending</a> inordinate amounts of
+    money on virtual toys.</p>
   </li>
 
@@ -430,5 +431,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/01/08 14:51:13 $
+$Date: 2021/01/12 08:45:55 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 malware-mobiles.html malware-mobiles.html
--- malware-mobiles.html        2021-01-12 05:03:22.095169191 +0000
+++ malware-mobiles.html        2021-01-13 05:02:29.097099915 +0000
@@ -143,10 +143,11 @@
 <ul class="blurbs">
   <li id="M201604040">
-    <p>Many popular mobile games are based on the
-    gacha system, which has been turning phones into
-    slot machines ever since 2010. The &ldquo;complete
-    gacha&rdquo; variant was declared illegal in Japan in 2012, but <a
+    <p>Many popular mobile games include a random-reward system called
+    <a href="#gacha"><i>gacha</i></a> which is especially effective on
+    children. One variant of gacha was declared illegal in Japan in 2012,
+    but the other variants are still <a
     
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2016/04/04/japanese-mobile-gaming-still-cant-shake-off-the-spectre-of-exploitation/";>
-    the legal variants are still exploiting users</a>.</p>
+    luring players into compulsively spending</a> inordinate amounts of
+    money on virtual toys.</p>
   </li>
 </ul>
@@ -1315,5 +1316,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/01/08 14:55:48 $
+$Date: 2021/01/12 08:45:55 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary-addictions.html proprietary-addictions.html
--- proprietary-addictions.html 2021-01-12 05:03:22.103169191 +0000
+++ proprietary-addictions.html 2021-01-13 05:02:29.105099915 +0000
@@ -72,6 +72,6 @@
 
  <p id="M209900000">Many games are designed to
-    keep gamers compulsively playing&mdash;and renewing
-    their subscription. To achieve this result, developers use <a
+    keep gamers compulsively playing&mdash;and spending
+    money on the game. To achieve this result, developers use <a
     
href="http://www.cracked.com/article_18461_5-creepy-ways-video-games-are-trying-to-get-you-addicted.html";>
     techniques that derive from behavioral and brain research</a>:</p>
@@ -115,8 +115,12 @@
     is enhanced by seductive animation. They are <a
     
href="https://www.pcgamer.com/behind-the-addictive-psychology-and-seductive-art-of-loot-boxes/";>
-    akin to gambling</a>, and so are the <a
-    href="https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Gacha_game";>gacha games</a>,
-    very popular in Asia, which may be considered the ancestors of
-    loot boxes.</li>
+    akin to gambling</a>.</li>
+
+    <li id="gacha"><a
+    href="https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Gacha_game";><i>Gacha</i></a> systems,
+    widely used by Japanese games since 2010, may be considered the
+    ancestors of loot boxes. A <i>gacha</i> is the virtual equivalent of
+    a capsule-toy vending machine. Its addictiveness is based on random
+    rewards, and also on the basic instinct of people to collect items.</li>
 
     <li>The developers of gratis
@@ -296,10 +300,11 @@
 
   <li id="M201604040">
-    <p>Many popular mobile games are based on the
-    gacha system, which has been turning phones into
-    slot machines ever since 2010. The &ldquo;complete
-    gacha&rdquo; variant was declared illegal in Japan in 2012, but <a
+    <p>Many popular mobile games include a random-reward system called
+    <a href="#gacha"><i>gacha</i></a> which is especially effective on
+    children. One variant of gacha was declared illegal in Japan in 2012,
+    but the other variants are still <a
     
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2016/04/04/japanese-mobile-gaming-still-cant-shake-off-the-spectre-of-exploitation/";>
-    the legal variants are still exploiting users</a>.</p>
+    luring players into compulsively spending</a> inordinate amounts of
+    money on virtual toys.</p>
   </li>
 
@@ -392,5 +397,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/01/08 14:51:14 $
+$Date: 2021/01/12 08:44:01 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary.html proprietary.html
--- proprietary.html    2021-01-12 05:03:22.123169191 +0000
+++ proprietary.html    2021-01-13 05:02:29.125099915 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <!--#include virtual="/server/html5-header.html" -->
-<!-- Parent-Version: 1.94 -->
+<!-- Parent-Version: 1.95 -->
+<!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html -->
 <!-- 
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@@ -94,4 +95,9 @@
 back them up), but there are surely thousands more we don't know about.</p>
 
+<p>If you want to be notified when we add new items or make other changes,
+subscribe to the <a
+href="https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/www-malware-commits";>mailing list
+&lt;www-malware-commits@gnu.org&gt;</a>.</p>
+
 <table id="TOC">
  <tr>
@@ -178,5 +184,5 @@
     <p>As of 2021, WhatsApp (one of Facebook's subsidiaries) is <a
     
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlypage/2021/01/08/whatsapp-tells-users-share-your-data-with-facebook-or-well-deactivate-your-account/";>forcing
-    its users to share sensitive personal data</a> with its parent
+    its users to hand over sensitive personal data</a> to its parent
     company. This increases Facebook's power over users, and further
     jeopardizes people's privacy and security.</p>
@@ -188,10 +194,11 @@
 
   <li id="M201604040">
-    <p>Many popular mobile games are based on the
-    gacha system, which has been turning phones into
-    slot machines ever since 2010. The &ldquo;complete
-    gacha&rdquo; variant was declared illegal in Japan in 2012, but <a
+    <p>Many popular mobile games include a random-reward system called
+    <a href="#gacha"><i>gacha</i></a> which is especially effective on
+    children. One variant of gacha was declared illegal in Japan in 2012,
+    but the other variants are still <a
     
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2016/04/04/japanese-mobile-gaming-still-cant-shake-off-the-spectre-of-exploitation/";>
-    the legal variants are still exploiting users</a>.</p>
+    luring players into compulsively spending</a> inordinate amounts of
+    money on virtual toys.</p>
   </li>
 
@@ -294,5 +301,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/01/11 09:15:45 $
+$Date: 2021/01/12 15:21:54 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary-surveillance.html proprietary-surveillance.html
--- proprietary-surveillance.html       2021-01-12 05:03:22.147169191 +0000
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html       2021-01-13 05:02:29.149099915 +0000
@@ -483,5 +483,5 @@
     <p>As of 2021, WhatsApp (one of Facebook's subsidiaries) is <a
     
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlypage/2021/01/08/whatsapp-tells-users-share-your-data-with-facebook-or-well-deactivate-your-account/";>forcing
-    its users to share sensitive personal data</a> with its parent
+    its users to hand over sensitive personal data</a> to its parent
     company. This increases Facebook's power over users, and further
     jeopardizes people's privacy and security.</p>
@@ -2464,5 +2464,5 @@
     data remotely and determine the car's location
     at any time. (See Section 2, paragraphs b and c of the <a
-    
href="http://www.teslamotors.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/tmi_privacy_statement_external_6-14-2013_v2.pdf";>
+    
href="https://www.tesla.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/en_US/tmi_privacy_statement_external_6-14-2013_v2.pdf";>
     privacy statement</a>.) The company says it doesn't store this
     information, but if the state orders it to get the data and hand it
@@ -2852,5 +2852,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/01/11 09:15:45 $
+$Date: 2021/01/12 14:16:45 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>